It seems like forever that I have waited
for a bb cream to be available in the UK in a colour that I can actually wear
without looking like a pasty ghost.
Cosmetics
Companies, would it kill you to release all the shades at the same time???
After waiting for what seems like forever, two BB creams are finally on the market for the darker ladies and surprisingly
they are BOTH
drugstore and exclusive to Superdrugs.
Up for the BB cream wars today, fighting
for your love and money are the Gosh BB Creams and the Sleek Makeup BB Cream so
lets dive into the arena (yes I am in a Hunger Games mode, and yes I am having fun
writing the review this way)
Standing at 30ml, in a glossy, black
packaging with a RRP of £9.99, we have Gosh Cosmetics’ BB cream.
Acting as a 3 in 1 solution (Foundation,
Primer and Moisturiser) with an SPF 15. The Gosh BB Cream in 05
Espresso is spot on shade wise for my skin (MAC
reference NW45) and with added mineral pigments to the formulation. It
promises to adapt to your skin tone.
Personally I don’t actually LOVE this BB cream, which is a real
shame for me as it is the only bb cream I’ve found in my exact shade. I used
this for the best part of two weeks; ditching my everyday Illamasqua Skin Base,
and honestly I don’t find that this moisturized my skin at all. I feel that it
dried it out and also made my pores on my face a lot more pronounce and broke
me out.
Now I do believe that it adapted to my
skintone, so on other girls who happen to be a similar skintone to me, this is
a great choice but I am starting to think that I don’t have a positive reaction
to Gosh skincare products in general, so if it wasn’t for the slight reaction I
would be preaching the benefits of this product
And in this Corner, in an sleek (pun intended).
black, glossy packaging, we have have Sleek’s
The Sleek Makeup Blemish Balms come in 4 shades and
unfortunately for me I seem to be situated in between the medium shade and the
darkest shade and while I have a peeve of mixing foundations (I mean REALLY?
Who has that kind of time?), I can’t lie that I was tempted to get
both, but I went for the medium instead.
The medium is a shade lighter that what I
normally go for, so straight off the bat it didn’t look great on me. I looked a
bit pale and chalky but I find that it blended well and had a firmer
consistency than the Gosh foundation.
Infused with Vitamin C and promising to
reduce skin discolouration as well as gradually repair damaged skin. I do feel
that this was the most moisturizing of the two and although I didn’t dare leave
my house with it on (didn’t want to scare the kiddies), I am
considering getting the Dark Shade so I can mix the two foundations together so
I can get my moneys worth out of it.
At 50ml,
it is 20 ml more than the Gosh foundation and also a £1 cheaper but I found I
probably used more of the Sleek BB Cream trying to blend it into my skin than
the Gosh one.
Anyway this is my jumble review of the Drugstore BB
Creams. Since there is no real clear-cut winner for me, let’s just assume that
they both managed to knock each other unconscious at the same time.
Which BB Cream works for you? Would love to know how
it worked because my skin just seems to be having an off month lately
