Review: Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream

I recently went to a blogger meet up that also happened to be a beauty swap, and Jennifer graciously offered to give this to me to try. I’ve heard so much about BB Creams but I’ve not tried many because its not readily available in Canada (the only other one I’ve tried sucked so much I don’t even remember what its called anymore). If you don’t know what BB Cream is, its basically a tinted moisturizer that promises three benefits: protects (SPF), covers (tint) and repairs (whitening or anti-aging). It is slightly thicker than the tinted moisturizers I’ve tried, but because of that it also offers significantly better coverage.

Anyways, this is the Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream in No. 23 Natural Beige. It comes packaged in a 50 mL tube with a pump.

First off, I really like the design of the tube. It has a very convenient pump that you can use to dispense just the right amount of product (2/3 of a pump is perfect for me).

Secondly, to the shade. No. 23 Natural Beige is a perfect fit for me. It blends in very well with my skin tone and it adds a significant amount of warmth to it (versus making it yellow).

Now on to the product itself. I really love this product, not just because it blends in so well with my skin, but because not only does it offer the perfect amount of moisture for a good day out (I wore this everyday when I was in Barcelona), it also makes my face look radiant, especially in pictures. It has a good amount of SPF, at 42, and PA+++, so I can be sure that I’m getting the sun protection that I need. I found that this also has good oil control; my face doesn’t get slick until many many hours later even in the hot sun (I set the cream with  a bit of Benefit Sugarbomb all over my face).

It is quite thick, but can be easily blended out. I found the blemish coverage to be just right, not too cakey but not completely transparent. The only thing though about the coverage is that it can get streaky easily if its not completely blended out. I found this to be a problem mainly around my nose area. But the good thing is, this cream doesn’t dry and set until a few minutes later, so you have plenty of time to work with it. One of the bigger issues I have with this one is that there is little pore coverage, which you can see in the picture below.

I mainly compared this with my regular foundation (Guerlain Parure Extreme), and I found that although it is technically a tinted moisturizer, it is a lot heavier in texture. Coverage is about the same, and they both felt weightless on my skin, but when I felt my skin with this one, I can feel the cream set on top, but with Guerlain it had basically melted into my skin.

But then again… Guerlain’s foundation was about $60 when this BB Cream is only around $20-30. For the price point, I would definitely rebuy this. It is affordable and offers great benefits compared to other products of the same price range and purpose.

Here is a picture of me in Barcelona wearing this BB Cream with Benefit Sugarbomb on top.

 

I would probably score this ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤