BB Creams- To BB or Not to BB

What is all the hype about BB creams? 
What are they and why are they (allegedly) so special?

Beauty base, or balm, began in Korea as a treatment for post surgery patients. Catering to the desire for pale porcelain skin most were touted as a skin whitening product and not produced in many shades.

----Cut to large western companies seizing upon a new marketing scheme and voila--- a brand new way to help you part with your $$$.

The Promise: An all in one sun screen, moisturizer, primer, foundation,and anti-aging product.

Really?

I don’t know how you feel about mucho multi-tasking but I know that it never works that well for me. Something always suffers, usually those around me because I am c-r-a-n-k-y, and this product proves to fall short as well.

The Pure Truth: Sure it will act as a moisturizer but the other claims? Not so much.

For ingredients to work efficiently they need to be stabilized and in high amounts. Cramming a bunch of ingredients together only reduces the efficacy.

For sun screen to be effective it must applied in a much higher quantity.

As for anti-aging I am highly skeptical as there are no ingredients listed on most to suggest that is even a remote possibility.

The Bottom Line-- Save your cash and just mix a moisturizer in with your foundation if you want lighter coverage.

Rating: Beauty balms gets only one kiss outta five.

 Best to give this one the kiss off.

NEXT TIME-- Skin Ceauticals Blemish and Age Defense

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