Product description: Lightweight beauty balm with mineral pigments feels breathable and delivers moisture and SPF15 protection without clogging pores. Infused with moisturisers, antioxidants, minerals and vitamin E to help hydrate and protect your skin.
The full size product is 30ml tube. There are also 4ml sample tubes, I was using 2ml sample sachets.
This BB Cream - in opposite to it's Asian origins - has 5 shades to choose from. As a pale person I was testing out three of the brightest ones.
Depending on lighting the difference between shades is very subtele or even invisible. The darkest one from shades I tested - Natural Beige - is the most pinkish one.
The consistency is quite rare, but still good enough for easy application. Unfortunatelly either cream is not very efficient or the samples are not very generous - one sachet lastes only for two easy applications (I think I could get a third one, but with a lot of hassle). Coverage is delicate - it just covers blackheads and evens skin tone a bit. I would say it looks natural on face if it wouldn't roll so much in my wrinkles :( The glow effect is not too strong, can do without mattifier. As for sebum control it' neutral, my face became oily after 2-3h, my standart time. After 6-8h it's starting to look a bit patchy a cakey.
Price: full price is £12, but depending on offers you can get it from £6.
Pros:
+ five shades to choose from
+ hades I was testing matched well my complexion
+ doesn't smudge during application
+ glow effect is not too strong
+ easy to get thanks to many Avon Representatives
Cons:
- rolls up in my wrinkes
- after some time becomes cakey and patchy
Overall I think it's not a bad product, you can find a lot of positive reviews about it across the Internet. I think it'w worth a try, your Representative can get you samples.
So, are the European BB Creams worse than Asian ones? Not necessarily. Sure, there is some marketing catch about the fact, that suddenly BB Creams became more popular and almost every Western company made their own BB Cream. But I think, that before we criticize them just because they're Western, it's worth to try few of them out. When Garnier made their BB Cream you could order a free sample throught the website - I did try it, but quite a while ago, so I don't remember much details about it, but it didn't harm my skin and certainly was better than some foundations. We should remember the fact, that ingredients of Asian BB Creams are not top secret, everyone can look them up, so knowing the ingredients why Western companies wouldn't be able to make a good BB Cream as well? We should also remember that not all of Asian BB Cream are awesome - my favourite ones are Asian, but mostly because I tried out more Asian than European ones. Avon's BB Cream isn't worse quality than some of the Asian BB's I tested.
In the future I am going to test out some more European BB's, my priorities are Avon Solutions, Oriflame and Simple.
Active ingredient: Titanium Dioxide 5.40%
Other ingredients:
Water/Eau, Cyclopentasiloxane, Pentyl Trimethicone, Glycerin, Butylene
Glycol, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride,
Trifluoromethyl C1-4 Alkyl Dimethicone, Nylon-12, Octyldodecyl
Neopentanoate, Polysilicone-11, Quaternium-90 Bentonite, Aluminium
Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol, Stearic Acid, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl
Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Methyl Undecylenate, Ethyl Undecynelate,
HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactoone Crosspolymer, Tetrasodium Edta,
Triethoxysilylethyl Polydimethylsiloxyethyl, Dimethicone, Propylene
Carbonate, Hexylene Glycol, Calcium PCA, Hexyl Laurate, Cetyl
PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Polylyceryl-4 Isostearate, Methicone, Cocos
Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Juice, Silica, Tocopheryl Acetate,
Saccharomyces/Copper Ferment, Saccharomyces/Magnesium Ferment,
Saccharomyces/Zinc Ferment, Saccharomyces/malachite Ferment,
Saccharomyces/Tourmaline Ferment.
May contain: Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891, Iron Oxides, Mica/CI 77019
