Skin Food Red Orange Jelly BB Cream

Hello :)
Today another BB Cream Review - I decided to check out this one because I wanted to try the jelly consistency :)

The full size product is a jar with 25 gram capacity. I was testing just the sample, which looked like so:

Description: This flexible jelly pudding BB cream contains moisture-rich revitalizing ingredients from orange to keep your skin ultra moisturized and to create a hydrated and jelly-like resilient skin with a smooth finish.

So the most interesting aspect for me - consistency - it just sticks together a little bit more than a standart BB cream. Usual BB would just fill bottom of packaging, when this one kind of stays in one place. When you touch a little bit of product - for example on lid - you won't feel much difference, but when you put your finger where cream is cummulated, you'll feel under your finger a subtle resistance. I was afraid that it may be too solid, so I will have to take out "chunks" of jelly and work them around face... but no, a bit of product stays on fingers the way just any cream would and spreads easily on face. However I am not sure if it would be suitable for brush application, I just used my fingers.

The Orange Jelly BB Cream is available in two shades: #1 Light Beige and #2 Natural Beige, I was using No.1 and it matched my skin very well. 
This BB doesn't offer much coverage and I could like it for natural look if it wouldn't roll up in wrinkles so badly :/ it also makes dry patches very visible.
The producent promise moisturisation, but I didn't notice any special effect on that. It actually feels quite dry for me... it doesn't dry out skin, but the consistency seems to be weirdly dry for me.
What suprised me positively was the way it controlled sebum on my face - it lasted almost 4 hour without blotting, record!
This BB Cream contains SPF 20 PA++.

Price of full size product: between £7-10 on e-Bay.

Pros:
+ lightweight
+ colour matched my complexion well
+ sebum control

Cons:
- rolls up in wrinkles
 - makes dry patches more visible
- not enough coverage

Generally I don't mind light coverage creams as long as it looks naturally on face - this one unfortunatelly doesn't mostly because of the way it rolls up in my wrinkles. However thanks to the way it controlled sebum on my face I am considering buying some other product from Skin Food's Red Orange series - for example Makeup Finish Mist.

My first CC Cream: Tony Moly Live Aura CC Cream

Hello everyone! :)
Today I am going to review the new rival of BB Cream: CC Cream. What is the CC cream? There are quite few versions of what "CC" stands for, however the most popular seems to be Colour Correction or Colour Change. When the BB is supposed to be care & make up product, the CC is more about care and less about the make up, so it should offer a lot of skin loving properties and only a little coverage.

Generally when I first read about CC creams I kinda knew it won't be good for me, as my acne prone skin needs coverage. However I've received some free samples, so here are my thoughts :)

Product description: All in one with sun screen + whitening + wrinkle repair + radiance + moisture + primer + base makeup*. Color capsule changes color to fit to skin tone as soon as applied to offer innocent brightness to skin without makeup. Creates smooth and moisturized skin. Controls oil and moisture balance to offer vitality to skin. 

*As far as I know the 'primer' and 'base makeup' are the same things, but I suppose 7 in one look better than 6 in 1, so... ;) )

The full size product is pump bottle, cap. 50ml.

After opening my sample I was quite surprised about the colour: very very bright, almost white with pinkish shade.

However as you look more closely you can see in it tiny little dots - these are the colour capsules, which break during application to give the cream more skin-like colour. Product is available only in one shade*, which is quite bright - as a pale person I don't mind, but I would recommend people with darker skin to avoid this product. That's about it with promised "whitening effect" I suppose...

*On the market there is also a Tony Moly Pure Aura CC Cream, which according to some reviews is darker than Live Aura. The only difference in ingredients is "Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract" in Pure version, when the Live one has "Rosa Hybrid Flower Extract", so I suppose it is the same product just in different shade.

Cream has very characteristic consistency - it is not very thick, but rich - after some time after application I could still feel it on my face. According to the idea of CC cream, Aura doesn't offer much coverage - lightly evens the skin tone, barely cover blackheads. Even layering the product doesn't make it coverage better - after two layers, coverage is still poor, but it feels heavier. I had problem with finding the right amount to apply - I've put too much to cover my scars better and had to wipe the excess away with tissue. A little of product goes a long way - my sampe lasted for two over-applied uses, with normal usage I think it could last for three maybe four applications.
The shimmer effect is quite strong - what we can expect form the name of product...
It makes dry patches a little bit more visible.
It definetely has a moisturising properties, but promised sebum control? Not at all. However if you put the right amount on your face it doesn't make your skin more oily, which is not that bad.
Personally I can not see this product as a primer. It's way too rich for that, putting another product on top would be much too heavy for me. Maybe for some dryer skin? I could try to put it despite of moisturiser, however my skin is dried out in places from anti-acne products, so I don't think it would be enough.

The price of full size product: approx. £12 on e-Bay.

Pros:
+ a little goes a long way
+ moisturising (but not enough to skip moisturiser)
+ gives natural look

Cons:
- makes dry patches more visible
- poor coverage
- a bit heavy
- doesn't control sebum (promised on packaging...)
- changes colour during application (I consider it as a completly spare trick)

Summing up, this product is just not for me. Doesn't cover enough to use as make-up, too heave to use as a primer, not moisturising enough to use as a moisturiser. I think it could work for people with normal skin, who don't have much to hide, but want to use some light make up. I will say 'no, thank you' ;)

Ingredients: Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Phenyl Trimethicone, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Zinc Oxide (CI 77947), Cyclohexasiloxane, Glycerin, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Niacinamide, Methylpropanediol, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Cyclomethicone, Sodium Chloride, Beeswax, Sambucus Nigra Flower Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Centella Asiatica Extract, Prunus Serrulata Flower Extract, Nymphaea Alba Flower Extract, Rosa Hybrid Flower Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Salvia Hispanica Seed Oil, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Acacia Seyal Gum Extract, Squalane, Sorbitan Isostearate, Pentylene Glycol, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Tribehenin, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethiconol, Aluminum Hydroxide, Stearic Acid, Dimethicone, Polyester-1, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Ethylhexylglycerin, Adenosine, Glyceryl Caprylate, Butylene Glycol, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Ceramide 3, Retinol, Linoleic Acid, Tocopherol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dilinoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Cassia Angustifolia Seed Polysaccharide, Cholesterol, Propylene Glycol, Sucrose Palmitate, Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate, Oleic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylyl Glycol, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Sterols, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hexylene Glycol, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Fragrance, Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Mica (CI 77019), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77499)