Another one of my Nature Republic's purchase-BB cream!Besides the fact of me wanting to get my hands on the Exo standees,I also bought this because I just wanted to try it out-my very first BB cream!Plus I wanted to figure out what the hype is all about BB creams.Just like the other Nature Republic's stuffs,I got it from Songdo's Lotte Mart.So what is a BB cream?BB in short stands for beauty balms or blemish balms-being developed first in Germany by a dermatologist there.Later,its multi-purpose-ness became a hit in South Korea then throughout Asia & now almost the whole world :)So I thought why not I get one in a country that it's popularized in :)
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| Lovely lovely packaging with lil' flowery details |
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| I got the one on the right-in natural beige,the other is no.1 in pink beige |
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| My bare hands |
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| I put on a make-up base first!In mint green |
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| Smoothed out the base :) |
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| Dabbed on the BB cream!Looks like choco blob |
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| On its way to even things out.. |
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| Woooo done!You can see that it looks a lil' cakey on me |
What it says on the packaging?
Nature Republic By Flower BB Cream SPF 35 PA++-BB cream with corn flower extract that makes skin baby soft.
The back part of the tube is mainly in Hangul.
How to use:
I checked the web,it says;Apply a moderate amount gently.Like with primers and bases I dab them with my middle finger on my cheeks with three separate consecutive blobs in each row.Minimum of two rows on each side of my cheeks.One blob on the nose & chin,two on the forehead.Then I spread them in an outward motion-as evenly as it can get :)If it looks cakey,I'd dab my face with a beauty sponge -so it'll look smoother!
Ingredients:
Corn flower extracts(main)
Volume:35ml
Price:5900 Korean Won approximately RM18.
My Verdict:
First,as always,I love almost any kinds of packaging of Nature Republic's products-simple yet adorable :)Especially the flower details they have just like the ones from its Botanical Vanilla line.It's in a simple and slender squeeze-me upside down tube.I like that the nozzle has a tiny hole to it-so that I can better control the amount I need to squeeze out and not go too overboard with the amount at once :)-unlike some tubes such as this-.- .When I first dabbed it on it had quite a heavy feel to it if you know what I mean.Oh before I'd put them on,I had put on the Nature Republic's Botanical Vanilla make-up base-to minimize the pores' appearances.Plus I thought the BB cream will look better with it on.But to my disappointment,it did not T.T.It turned out to be cakey and powdery and it's no where near to a smooth finish...I also think that the next time I ever do try it,I'll have to mix it with another darker toned BB cream as this one had an unnatural brightening effect on my skin.Right now I'm eyeing on The Body Shop's All-In-One Colour Adapting BB Cream-which I came across last Wednesday.I may need to try that one out!On a plus side,my skin felt less oily even by fourth hour after putting it on!Usually it'll start getting oily by the second hour.One thing's for sure, it has a nice "flowery" smell-well I think they're flowers :pPlus it's affordable-that is,if you happen to buy it in South Korea.I don't know about anywhere else but Malaysian branches of Nature Republic sell them at almost three times the price you can get in South Korea -.-.Lastly,I'd have to say I'd surely be looking out for other BB creams-just not this one.But I'll tell you how it goes if I try mixing this one out with Body Shop's :) Not sure if it's safe enough to mix them but who knows it'll might work!Ok that's all for today see ya!
Ps I know today was supposed to be my first day in the hospital,but I woke up with a really bad headache so I thought I'd miss the first day.And I got super bored so I thought I might as well update you guys with some reviews.Hopefully this helped :)
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