BB Creams

BB creams, also known as Blemish Balm, Blemish Base or Beblesh Balm, is like the Holy Grail when talking about make up. For a short history lesson, it´s said that BB creams were invented in Germany and that they were initially used by dermatologists to help laser surgery patients protect, soothe and refine highly sensitive skin while providing light coverage for post-laser scars, acne and other blemishes.

Even through it´s mainly sold mainly in East and Southeast Asia this cosmetic item is growing more and more famous all over the world. Why wouldn´t? After all now BB creams nowadays can   have skin whitening or brightening properties, others are anti-acne, some are anti-wrinkle, some are intended to even out skin tone, and others to lighten blemish scars. Even you can find BB creams with no color most of them are tinted and have have functions of primer, foundation, moisturizer, sun block, pore minimization and skin refining together, which saves a lot of money and also a lot of time when putting on make up. You can get BB creams with light,medium or heavy coverage depending of what you like. You can find them for any type of skin. Also most BB creams have sun protection so you don´t need to apply any sun block.

The only bad thing about BB creams is that normally you can find them in only one or two tones, usually bright beige (#21) or natural beige (#23) even thought some brands have darker or lighter tones depending of the BB cream.

 But the BB creams have many good things: they are perfect for any kind of skin, they improve your skin instead of worsening it as almost all the makeup products do and they are also very cheap. Of course you can also find more expensive ones like everything.

The BB creams in South Korea are so popular that you can find A LOT of brands so you can have plenty of options while buying BB creams.
Brands on the market today include Dr. Jart, Lioele, Skin Food, The Face Shop, Missha, SKIN79, Etude House,Holika Holika, Hanskin, Baviphat, Mamonde etc..

Depending on size and brand you can find BB creams with prices from 7 to 26 euros aproximatively, which when you think aboutit it´s very cheap comparing with European prices. 

The problem comes when you want to buy a BB cream is that many of the brands don´t sell them on their websites internationally so you normally you have to buy them on ebay. Caution is needed when buying on ebay as many sellers sell fake products so it´s recommended that you buy BB creams just from South Korean sellers and even then it´s better to read the reviews on the seller to be sure.

I highly recommend the seller BELLO-GIRL if you want to but asian cosmetic products on ebay. She sells only original products, has great prices, the sipping is free and the shipping time is very short. I bought some products from her and my parcel got to Spain in 10 days. She also sends you a hand written thank you note and some samples. You can also find her on facebook at www.facebook.com/bellogirl . She answers any question you can have and also recommends things if needed. Also, if you order on facebook she gives you a 5% discount. 

Other site where you can buy is www.yesstyle.com. 

I would recommend BB creams to anyone. I´m actually using Missha Perfect Cover BB cream which has a great coverage, a SPF 42 PA+++ ( PA is used to measure the protection factor of UVA rays,there are 3 degrees of PA which are PA+, PA++, and PA+++, from less to more protection.), effective whitening (which doesn´t mean that it whitens your face just that it evens your skin tone) and anti-wrinkle properties.
I read many reviews before buying and this one is one of the best BB creams when talking to coverage (medium-high) an it also has a very good price 12.50 euros for the 50ml size from Bellogirl. I also have the 20ml size and I´ve been using it for the last month almost daily and I still have some in the tube as you need very little.

This is the amount needed for medium coverage for the whole face. For large periods of time outside (like staying in the sun all day) it´s recommended putting it 3 times.