For most people who know me, know that I love Asia. Everything from music, beauty products, fashion, the language, culture, history, art… I just love it all. I lived in Japan for 1 year with an amazing host family and I wish I could go back because I miss my life there so much.
While I was living in Japan, I was able to find a lot of the Western beauty products I was using, like MAC and Clinique, but at exorbitant prices. So in the effort to save some cash, I decided to check out some Japanese beauty products instead. I am so happy I did. The first Japanese beauty product I ever bought was a BB Cream by Canmake. Even though BB Cream gained its popularity in Asia, it was created by a German dermatologist back in the 50’s and was mainly used to protect the skin after surgeries and damage. I love this because it is an all-in-one product. It is a moisturizer, a primer, a foundation.. it’s everything! It is super light and it also has an SPF in it to help prevent pre-aging. BB Cream has been pretty popular in Asia for awhile and has only caught on in recent months/years in the Western beauty world. Even though brands like Estee Lauder HAVE produced BB Cream’s before, they were only for their Asian market. So if you’ve ever wondered why Asian women always have beautiful and look so young… well BB Cream is partially to thank. (the other half is their diets!) 😛 Anyway, for curiosities sake, even though I really like the Canmake Perfect Serum BB Cream I decided to try Smashbox’s BB Cream, since I was at Ulta and spotted it there.
When I first applied the Smashbox BB Cream I thought it smelled a little bit too much like sunscreen, but other than that, it blends very well and sets very lightly on the skin so it doesn’t add any weight or heaviness. After applying the BB Cream, I set it with my MAC Mineralize Loose Powder and the overall result was amazing. My skin was even, looked fresh and awake and best part is that it looked natural. 🙂
The biggest difference between the BB Creams produced in the Asian beauty market and the one in the Western beauty market is that in the Asian brands, some of them have whitening properties in them to make the skin appear whiter and more illuminating. Western BB Cream’s do not have this property because Westerner’s prefer to have a tanner complexion.
I highly recommend BB Cream to anyone because it works for all skin types. It’s a really easy way to achieve a flawless complexion in just one step!
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