Some people had their reservations about buying this product because of the misconception that the sponge wasn't detachable and was thus difficult to clean. Add to that the fact that you have very little product to begin with and you have a problem. So if you don't want your sponge permanently soaked in product, you're going to want to store this right-side-up somehow.Īnother thing is that there's a lot of product wasted that gets soaked into the sponge, but never makes it to your face. This is a little problematic because product flows down from the tip of the nozzle with just a little bit of gravity. One big let-down of the conceptualization of the packaging however is that the packaging is designed for this to be stored upside down. I can actually use a foundation brush with this one! BUT, if you're not so into that, it also gives you the option to apply it yourself without the sponge in a regulated manner, which is also pretty cool. It works well enough IMO, and there's no problem with excessive product. One tip of use is to squeeze just a bit, let the product distribute itself into the sponge and its surface and then apply as needed. The sponge is fed by a plastic nozzle underneath which supplies a steady controllable stream of product. That aside, the sponge applicator is something we've seen in a few BB creams and foundations out there, but I think I saw this one as the first (please do correct me if I'm wrong). The matte packaging of the tube is aesthetically pleasing, I can give you that, but one touch with BB-cream filled fingers and you'll have fingerprints all over it. Pink and white - you can't go wrong right? Unfortunately however, this doesn't really make for fail-safe storage because guess what the easiest color to get dirty is - yehp, it's white. The packaging is almost too sugary sweet for my own good. Use it for what it's made for - photoshoots, indoor functions and nightclubs when camera flash is your worst enemy LOL. But nobody's forcing you to wear this out in the sun. That being said, the fact that this BB cream doesn't have SPF does prevent unwanted bouncing off of light from your face but at the same time, it does take away its sun protection faculty. Basically it's what makes most SPF-possessing makeup make your skin look exceptionally radiant, and in the case of photoshoots, an unsightly ghostly white. You can see now why most BB creams have a white cast and why SPF can be a bad thing sometimes. One of the more common physical blocks, used in most sunblock and cosmetics is titanium dioxide. Technically speaking, any opaque material, even mud, is a physical block. Chemical blocks work by absorbing the UV that the sun emits while physical blocks are exactly what they imply - they PHYSICALLY block the sun from your skin and make the light bounce off it. SPF in sunblock and in cosmetics works in two ways - by either being a a chemical block a physical block (I know this because this was my research proposal in high school haha). You sweat, your makeup is ruined, and another corollary of bright lights is they tend to make anything with SPF shine and give off an unsightly white cast. In recordings and photoshoots, if you've ever been in any, you'll notice that the lights are so blinding and bright, you can even feel the heat of them. Let's take into consideration the fact that this BB cream was designed for wear in Television or for indoor wear. But wait, isn't that a bad thing? It depends. This has been receiving a lot of raves in the blog-o-sphere because of the fact that it doesn't have SPF. My own money from my own sweaty palms (thank goodness I was able to sell some of my fangirl stuff haha) I mean really -ĭoesn't it just look splendid? I totally broke my wallet for this, especially on a student budget. That being said, I still feel like I needed to review this because it's just one of those products I'm absolutely in love with right now. Youthful mistakes, they are numerous and unwise, but you learn in the end. I'm usually a lurker on other beauty blogs aside from my friends' blogs and the one time I decided to comment, things got sorta out of hand. I was a bit reluctant to continue this post even though it was scheduled because of a slight fit I got into with another beauty blogger about a review. So after hearing that this BB cream was finally available in the Philippines at Beauty Bar, I made a beeline to my nearest boutique and bought it, no questions asked. I've always wanted it, but never really could get down to buying it because I'm not fond of shopping online for a just a single buy. If you've followed me since August, you'd know that I've totally been wanting FairyDrops Candy Bar BB Cream after Ekiblog's wonderful review on it. Hey guys! I'm back with one of my most exciting purchases yet.
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