I've bought tones of samples and I am starting up my "Big BB Cream Test" :)
For a good start probably the most popular Skin Food's BB Cream with a mushroom extract.
Product description: This triple-function BB cream provides UV protection and deep moisturization to skin with aloe and mushroom extracts, while arbutin* and adenosine** make skin clear and resilient.
*arbutin helps treat hyperpigmentation caused by acne, allergies, infections, scars etc. It can be also used in acne or inflammation treatment. It's also a natural UV filter.
**adenosine helps keep skin elastic as it helps maintain shape of collagen fibres and is responsible for producing new ones.
The full size product comes in classic squeezy tube, cap. 50g., I tested 2g sample.
Of course I used almost all of it before making a pic :]
Cream has very thick consistency, what unfortunately makes it a bit inefficient. The amount shown on picture lasted for one application with brush. I also tried to apply with fingers and sponge, however brush was the most convinient option. The big advantage of the consistency is that you can easly layer it in places where you need more coverage. Overall coverage is nice, it reduces redness and covers some scars. It tends to smudge during application, but it's quite common for BB Creams. Unfortunatelly it makes wrinkles more visible, rolls up in them.
Mushroom BB has SPF20 PA+.
Cream looks really natural and it fitted well with my skin tone. As you can see on a pic - it is spreaded just a little bit but already not strongly visible on a skin. It gives skin typical for BB "glow" effect, it's not very strong, however I was using a bit of powder on top of it.
It is another Skin Food product which surprised me with the smell. How do you think a mushroom product can smell? This one smells like grapefruit ^^ smell is quite strong and I like it a lot, gives a nice fresh feeling during application. Scent dissapears a moment after application.
Product works well with other cosmetics - pressed powder and blusher stay well on top of it. During last application I took a risk and put it around my eyes (once I had weird allergy reaction on my eyelids and since then I am trying to use around my eyes only products designed to it, like Skin Food Salmon Concelaer). It worked quite nicely, covered my dark circles and puffs, eye shadow stayed nicely on top of it.
Lasting a would classify as a 'normal' - my very oily skin stared to by shiny after 2-3 hours. After blotting it looked alright for the next couple of hours.
The price of full size product: from £7 on e-Bay.
Pros:
+ lovely grapefruit scent
+ nice coverage
+ well matching colour
+ doesn't make dry patches more visible
Cons:
- a bit inefficient
- smudges during application
- rolls up in wrinkles
Overall it i quite nice BB Cream and quite cheap considering capacity. If that would be my only sample I would order full size straight away, but I got another 6 to test out, so it has to wait ;)
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