Dior Diorskin Nude BB Cream Glow Skin Perfecting Beauty Balm SPF 10

 Treat your skin to a truly luxurious experience with Dior’s Diorskin Nude BB Cream Glow SkinPerfecting Beauty Balm SPF 10.

This dreamy combination of skincare and make up is at the forefront of next generation complexion enhancers.

The silky, decadent cream perfects, protects and primes your skin to perfection in one simple step.

 

 

It features a unique balance of transparency, glow, perfection and hold, concealing imperfections while imparting a natural looking radiance.

Wonderfully lightweight and soft its melting texture is enriched with natural origin skin care ingredients and it adjusts perfectly to all skin tones.

Yep, even super pasty pale like mine.

 

 

The luxurious fluid glides onto your skin, disappearing almost instantly.

Unlike many BB creams which seem to vanish when applied, you’ll be pleased to hear that you can notice a real difference with this bad boy.

It offers minimal coverage, letting your natural beauty shine through but it does succeed at evening out skin tones and brightening your complexion with a natural glow.

 

 

It hydrates without drowning your skin leaving it feeling soft and comfortable while its rosy tinted glow lifts a dull, tired complexion, breathing life back into your skin.

For oily skinned lovelies I would advise ditching your regular moisturiser in favour for this balm to avoid clogged, heavy skin.

Because it contains SPF 10 you can rest assured that your skin will be protected throughout the day and it is nourishing enough to quench your oily prone skin.

 

My only gripe is that it is quite highly scented, however it does lose its potency throughout the day, though I’m not sure there’s a need to have such a highly fragranced BB cream but I suppose as its Dior it does add an extra dimension of opulence.

Luxurious and silky, it is a really gorgeous BB cream which will lift, brighten and perfect your complexion with ease.

The Dior Diorskin Nude BB Cream Glow Skin Perfecting Beauty Balm SPF 10 is available now and costs £33.

 

 

Origins Smarty Plants CC Cream

By now I’m sure you’ve all heard of CC creams- Complexion corrector creams, but have you hear of or tried this one?

Pollution, UV and Ozone can lead to a range of skin concerns, including dehydration and loss of elasticity, which speeds up skin’s aging process, something I’m sure we can all agree, is never good!

After ten years of extensive research, Origins is addressing the growing skincare concern with a product that helps turn environmental stressors into skin protection using S.M.A.R.T. technology (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology). This amazing formula recognizes stimuli, such as pollution, UV and ozone, and intuitively responds to them with time-released protection from age-accelerating skin damage!

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It is this very technology which is at the heart of Origins new Smarty Plants™ CC SPF 20 Skin complexion corrector which is designed to correct colour, brighten skin tone and hydrate skin while reducing the appearance of fine, dry lines, creating a radiant complexion 

 

The best way for me to describe the way this product feels is to liken it to a BB cream, in texture and tone.

 

Lightly blended

It is deliciously light on your skin, offering just a hint of colour for coverage, and leaves your skin feeling fresh and revived. It also smells gorgeous, like fresh plants! 

It’s perfect for my combination/oily skin but would also work well on dry skin and I love knowing that it’s not just helping me to look flawless but that it’s working hard for me too!

Fully blended in

 Now, it is a little expensive at £28 a tube, but think about the amount of money you may have spent and wasted while trying to find the right BB or CC cream for you.

I cannot fault this formulation and love wearing it every day in the knowledge that I’m helping my skin fight against pollution and skin damage!

Origins Smarty Plants CC cream is available now in two shades, Light/Medium or Medium/Deep and costs £28 for 40ml.

Too Faced Air Buffed BB Crème

I’ve tried many a BB cream, but all of those have been just that. A cream. A liquidy, fluidy cream.

Not this BB Cream, or should I say, crème .

Too Faced’s Air Buffed BB Crème (£32) is a full coverage, compact BB cream, beautifully presented in a little jar, complete with its own little snap- in- place buffing brush!

Available in 5 shades, it’s clear to see that the shade I got (Cream Glow) is far too dark for my pale skin (doh!) so be careful when ordering to make sure you get the right one!

Too Faced Air Buffed BB Crème is a complete coverage balm that is designed to correct uneven skin tone and banishes imperfections with its 5 in 1 benefits.

The cream to powder formula instantly concealed and brightened my complexion and the cute little brush allowed me to build the coverage where I needed it most (think blemishes and eye bags!)

Rose Fruit Extract helps to mattify the skin and refines pores, extracts of Star Fruit Leaf moisturise the skin and SPF 20 sunscreen shields the skin from un-necessary UV damage.

Aside from its physical form, this BB cream differs massively from the majority of others due to its super thick coverage, which I actually rather love.

I always viewed a BB cream as a light alternative to thick and heavy make- up, so to find one that is just the opposite threw me a bit!

That said, as with all BB creams, I love the duality of their skincare and makeup properties, and we all have those days where we need a little extra coverage and help with our skin, so why not have a BB cream that can do that.

 

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I know I’m harping on about how thick the cream is and how it offers full coverage, but actually you can adjust how much you need to use and what level of coverage you want to use easily with the snap in place Air Buff Brush.

Lightly Buffed

It is deliciously soft and leaves the balm evenly distributed on your skin for a flawless finish.

Fully Blended

At £32 this is an expensive buy, but think about how much use you can get from this. You can apply just a little for the days when you want just a tiny amount of coverage, or build it up for days when you need a little extra help, all while enjoying the properties associated with a regular Blemish Balm and you get a gorgeous little brush too!

Too Faced’s Air Buffed BB Crème (£32)is available now exclusively from Beauty Bay.

Clarins New BB Skin Perfecting Cream

This spring see’s the launch of a new product from Clarins.

Clarins new BB Skin Perfecting Cream (£28) is said to offer 3D Radiance thanks to its 3 in one properties;

The ability to even skin tone, revitalise tired skin and protect from harmful UV rays.

Unlike many BB creams which lack one really important component, protection from the sun’s rays, this cream boasts SPF 25.

Extracts of organic kiwi offer vitality and radiance while an exclusive combination of katafray and hyaluronic acid help to restore the skin's water reserves for additional softness and comfort.

Available in three shades (Light, Medium and Dark), it’s a gorgeous cream packed into a fabulously coloured red and gold tube and for once, while it may not look it initially, the ‘Light’ is actually light enough for my pale, pasty skin.

Yay!

It feels thick and luxurious, without leaving my skin feeling weighed down by it.

It offers a fuller coverage than many of the other BB cream’s I’ve tried, which for someone with problem skin is a god send!

It blended and absorbed into my skin really quickly leaving a fresh, matte, non- greasy finish.

 

My skin was left feeling wonderfully soft and I really appreciated the extra coverage but without having to resort to foundation, so for spring and summer it’ll be just perfect!

Clarins BB Skin Perfecting Cream (£28) isn’t available just yet, you'll need to wait until April 28th  but you’re going to want to get your hands on this when its out!