I was on the verge of purchasing a new BB Cream over the weekend, after having received
gift certificates from one of my favorite online shopping sites. However, the penny-pinching side of me suddenly remembered that I still have a few BB Cream samples in my makeup stash, all waiting to be tried. Thus, I decided to save the gift certificates for a rainy day and just make do with what I have right now.
And with that, I give you my review of the
Innisfree Eco Natural Green Tea BB Cream - the 14th BB Cream that I have tried since I started this blog (in 2011) and began my love affair with Korean makeup brands.
What I have is the 4mL sample size, which looks like this.
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| Innisfree Eco Natural Green Tea BB Cream. |
This BB Cream comes in two shades,
#1 Bright Moisture and
#2 Natural Moisture. This one is the latter.
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| Mostly (as in 95%) Hangul text at the back. |
Go for the full size and you get a 40 mL plastic squeeze tube, which look like this.
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| Full sized tube, 40 mL. |
While there's mostly Hangul text at the back of the sachet, the description in front is enough to give you an idea of what this BB cream contains and what it does.
'Enriched with Green Tea seed oil from pure Jeju Island. Green Tea revives dry, stressed skin by supplying abundant moisture."
And as you can see, it has
SPF29/PA++ - a pretty decent SPF number for me. Now here's how the product looks like.
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| A few dots of the BB Cream at the back of my hand... |
The shade has yellow undertones, and is a lot lighter than what I was expecting, considering this one is the 'darker' shade among the two variants. Kinda reminds me of
Skin Food's Good Afternoon Honey Black Tea BB Cream - perhaps the palest shade of BB Cream that I've tried.
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| Spread it evenly... (left side without BB Cream, right side with BB Cream) |
The texture, however, is thick and it's a bit tricky to blend. Squeeze out too much and you'll get a slight grayish cast on your face. But with the right amount and proper blending, you'll get light to medium coverage that's good enough to cover skin imperfections.
Wear time is okay - about six to seven hours with a primer on. I must say though, that I did feel a bit of oil in my T-zone by the fourth hour
(I wear eyeglasses, take note) which I needed to blot off and dust with a bit of powder afterwards.
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And voila, it adjusts to my skin tone nicely!
(Left side without BB Cream, right side with BB Cream.) |
Now while I do love the dewy finish and the natural glow this product gives, I am not crazy about the scent. To be brutally honest, I
abhor dislike it at the first whiff. It smelled funky, like some Oriental medicine or something, and nothing, I say nothing, like green tea. So for someone who hardly complains about the scent of makeup and cosmetics, this is a first for me. It wouldn't have been an issue if the scent goes away within minutes, but no, the scent lingers longer, much too longer than I would have wanted.
As for the price of the full-sized product (
which I doubt I would buy anyway), it's quite affordable at
14000 Korean Won. That's around
$13 or
Php590 when converted. Unfortunately though, there are no Innisfree stores yet here in the Philippines. I do my
Innisfree shopping online, or through the kindness of my husband who's still in Seoul as of this writing. :)
What I love:
- Contains green tea, which moisturizes the skin and delays skin aging.
- SPF29/PA++.
- Light to medium coverage.
- Dewy finish.
- Gives the skin a natural, healthy glow.
- Affordable price.
- Contains all-natural ingredients.
- Cruelty-free.
What you might not like:
- A bit tricky to apply.
- Oil control is so-so.
- The scent. Ugh!
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Wearing my Lisa Loeb glasses. :)
Products used:
FACE: Majolica Majorca Skin Lingerie Pore Cover,
Innisfree Eco Natural Green Tea BB Cream,
Missha Undereye Brightener.
EYES: The Face Shop Lovely Me:EX Design My Eyebrow,
BYS Waterproof Eyeliner, Fairy Drops Volume Burst Mascara.
CHEEKS: Human Heart Nature Perfect Glow Mineral Blush.
LIPS: EOS Blueberry Potion, Miners Matte Factor in Warm Red. |
Have you tried this BB Cream before? Do let me know if you have, and if you share the same sentiments with me. I'd like to verify if it's just my nose being overly sensitive to the scent, or it just really smells that way. Haha! :)
