Privia V-Face BB Review

I have another review for Privia U brand. This time is BB Cream. My ultimate fave beauty product ever. I always crazy about BB Cream. This product is like my beauty holy grail. Can't live without it, always adore how its magic for my skin.

This is the BB Cream. It has high SPF. Nice right? The packaging looks beautiful and exclusive because of the metallic shine effect. So clever! And the pretty illustration on it makes me hard to resist.

Beautiful dancing girl 

The consistency of Privia U BB Cream. It's pretty thick. I love it coz it means high coverage (but still, lighter than foundation).

Blend blend blend

Noww... for my before and after.

 

You can see here, my redness and uneven skin tone is reducing. It also gives me a little bit glow.

My face looks clearer and brighter, right? it much nicer and can really see the difference in real life.

My thought: I do love this Privia U BB Cream. The coverage and the color is so nice, match to my tone. Not too light and not too white. The one I don't like is one of the ingredients. It contains talc. Errmm.. Maybe because it contains talc, so the BB Cream smells like powder talc? Does it even related? xp

For you who want another BB Cream to try, Privia U can be one of your choice ;D
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Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream-Aqua Neutral Review

ew months ago I had an opportunity to get to know a makeup artist. Her skin was so flawless like Korean star, I was so curious about the skin care and makeup she usually use. She said she’s a regular user of SK-II and she likes to use Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream for makeup. She said that it was the best BB cream she has ever used. I happened to run out my Skin79 Hot Pink BB Cream, so I made an order for that Holika Holika! ^,^ Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream comes in two shades and I picked the no 2 (Aqua Neutral) one.

It comes with a sponge puff but I forgot to capture it

What they say in the packaging: 

Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB SPF20 PA++
[UV Protection Sun Care Cosmetic]
Fully water-charged Aqua Petit Jelly!

Jelly BB makes moist and bouncy jelly skin. Has jelly texture that helps spread evenly and creates fully hydrated and shiny skin. It is also perfect for covering up facial blemishes. Mint water hydrates facial skin, and marine jelly complex makes soft and bouncy skin.

[How to use] Take an appropriate amount with spatula and evenly spread onto facial skin by patting gently with its puff enclosed inside.
*Do not eat

 

Jelly consistency cream!^^

The spatula

My experience:

(I have oily skin type with sometimes dry in the nose area)

The texture of this BB is so watery. I feel like I have to pat few layers so I can I have the coverage I desire (I used to use Skin79 Hot Pink that has solid cream texture before). Still, it has lighter coverage than Hot Pink.

I like its dewy finish result, makes my face shine in good way. After using for few hours, the oil control still manage good.

Overall rating:♥♥♥♥♥ Packaging: ♥♥♥♥♥  Coverage:♥♥♥♥♡ Texture :♥♥♥♥♥ Oil Control:♥♥♥♥♥ Smell:♥♥♥♥♥

Conclusion:

I’m quite satisfied with the BB Cream. It has light coverage and texture, but works to my face. My face becomes brighter and smoother. It smells good too (:

And the other plus are: 

-I really feel like eating jelly because of the packaging and jelly consistency cream. What an experience!

-You should look on the picture below about my comparison between Aqua Petit and Hot Pink BB Cream.

Half blend

If you can see here (sorry it's gross): On the right side I used Hot Pink and on the left side I used Aqua Petit. The "Aqua Petit area" is white heads and dryness free!

My skin looks brighter, right?(:

Till next time, everybody! :D
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Skin79 Hot Pink BB Cream Repackage?

ecently I bought a Skin79 Hot Pink BB Cream online for my friends. After I received and checked the packaging, suddenly I noticed something that bothering my sight. Few months ago I also bought the Hot Pink myself, but at a different online shop.

Let's say the online shop where I bought the BB cream for myself is "ol shop 1" and the other where I bought for my friends is "ol shop 2".

Maybe you all wondering why I bought the same BB cream at different places. It was because I saw that ol shop 2 sells cheaper beauty products than ol shop 1. So why not give it a try? I also have researched ol shop 2 from google and seemed that lots of ppl who have ordered products feel satisfied.

It's not that the ol shop 1 isn't a trusted seller. Ol shop 1 has became a permanent sponsor for a famous beauty blogger in Indonesia, so I also trust them.

Now, back at the packaging. The first thing that has caught my attention was the writing. On ol shop 2 BB cream bottle was written "wrinkle improvement", the box also was written "wrinkle improvement" while on ol shop 1 bottle was written "wrinkle free" but the box was written "wrinkle improvement".

The bottle and box supposed to have the same writing, right?

The box from ol shop 1 is a bit dented because of water spill

Look, here is the skin79 Hot Pink BB Cream 2010 new package I found on Eki Blog.

Skin79 Hot Pink BB Cream official ad

As I found the difference, I checked on the other packaging side of the both BB Creams. There are not so much differences actually.

The expiration date is not that distant

I asked an explanation from both of the ol shops, but only ol shop 2 who answered. The owner said that probably due to the fake bb creams out there, Skin79 constantly repackage its packaging. 

Beside of the packaging, my BB Cream works very well, there's nothing wrong for my skin. 

So, what do you guys think about this? Do you have the similar matter like this? Let's share! (:

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Etude House Nymph Aura Volumer #1

ave you guys ever tried highlighter or illuminator before? I'm curious of those products because I want my face looks dewy glow, so I bought this volumer by Etude House. I've been quite curious with this Nymph Aura because it was promoted by Sandara Park and her skin looked so damn gorgeous! O yeah, the commercial was a success once again.

beautiful packaging and lovely colours

♥ Etude House Nymph Aura Volumer : Makeup Multi-Cream maximizing the radiance and dewy glow on skin, completing flawless skin with plumped up moisture.

♥ #1 Pure: Diamond Radiance, Excellent adhesion, moisturizing effect and nutrition supply

Directions: 

Apply evently on skin with 1:3 mix of BB cream or foundation. Use foundation brush or BB brush to get perfect blending. When used for highlighting, apply on the nose, forehead and cheekbones with the volumer alone.

So, I combined my Skin79 BB Cream with the Nymph Aura.

The ratio between the two is 1:3

Blend them together

Apply to your face

With natural light, outdoor

With flash, indoor

Overall rating: ★★☆☆☆

Texture: ★★★★☆

Fragance: ★★★☆☆

Oil control: ★☆☆☆☆

Price: ★☆☆☆☆

Actually I can't really see the difference between before and after. And I have to say that I don't satisfied with the result, with its super priiiceeeyy cost. 

I was hoping that my skin will look like korean superstars or something. It was far from my imagination TT^TT

I think this product doesn't suitable for people who live in tropical country, have so many outdoor activities and have oily skin.

What do you guys think about this product? For everyone who ever tried, did you satisfied with the result?

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SKIN79 THE ORIENTAL Gold Plus & Hot Pink BB cream

h, oh! Joan is back!! I’ve been terribly busy these days and damn internet connection (as always).

I had been searching for BB cream in the past few weeks. I read so many reviews from makeup gurus to bloggers. This is my first BB cream ever, I just don’t want to get disappointed after buy the wrong or standard BB cream. My nominees were from Etude House, Missha (Perfect Cover), Skin79 (Hot Pink-I didn’t know before, thanks Jen from frmheadtotoe! I was really moved by her recommendation) and The Face Shop (Power Perfection).

At first, because I thought there weren’t any Skin79 counter here (apparently I was so wrong xp), so I had to eliminated it and shortly, Missha Perfect Cover BB cream become my strong nominee. It’s like everybody and every beauty blogger recommend this BB cream. I was going to order it at online shop when I ended up finding Skin79 counter and I got the tester. I tried the Hot Pink one. I was so impressed, except the smell because it’s lot like sunblock. But it’s still fine. Suddenly I forgot about Missha, but in the end I went to Missha counter and tested the #23 (#21 is for fair skin tone).

First, my skin felt wet feeling (I don’t know the term, maybe dewy finish?). I didn’t like it, but after few minutes the feeling slowly disappeared. I think the result was almost the same with the Skin79 Hot Pink, but I had already falling in love with Skin79. Hoho..

So, as soon as I got home, I ordered the Skin79. But instead of bought the Hot Pink one, I chose the Oriental Gold Plus, because this BB cream has new formula. Well, I hope it worth to try I think..

I'll review the Hot Pink first, a tester to be exact.

Notice: I have oily skin type.

SKIN79 Hot Pink Super BB Cream (Tester)

What they say in the tester packaging:

SUPER PLUS Beblesh Balm TRIPLE FUNCTIONS

Whitening/ wrinkles improvement Ultraviolet rays interception SPF25 PA++

KFDA 3 functions certification

the triple function beblesh balm protects sun from harmful environment with the extracts of Sun flower and Ivy also makes pure and healthy skin.
First applied, as always, BB cream will look so white in our skin, but then it blended so well. No wet or greasy feeling, and the smell wasn't that bad actually. I think I used the cream pretty thick because my dad immediately noticed that I used a cream! or maybe because of the powder? didn't know..-,-
I have oily skin type, but this can control the oil in my face for few hours. My face looks really smooth after used it, redness all gone..dark circle under my eyes also reduced.

Left: no BB, right: use BB and with powder

ZOOM in to my face used Hot Pink

Overall rating:♥♥♥♥♡ The coverage :♥♥♥♥♥ Texture :♥♥♥♥♥ Oil Control:♥♥♥♥♡ Smell:♥♥♥♥♡

Conclusion: love the tester! it really smoothen my face, reducing redness, dark area and dark circle plus give dewy finish. It feels light in my face.

The different between Hot Pink and Oriental Gold Plus:

Hot Pink color is more greyish and more transparent when blended to skin.

Can you tell the difference? I can't!

I used the BB cream on the left hand

Now, my purchase is..

SKIN79 THE ORIENTAL Gold Plus BB Cream SPF30 PA++
40 g

Okay, this is what they say in the packaging.
front :
Highly functional ingredients of Oriental Blending and Gold offer vitality and energy to dry and exhausted skin.
UV INTERCEPTION SPF30 PA++
WRINKLE IMPROVEMENT-WHITENING

Back:
KFDA 3 Functions Certification:
Whitening/ Wrinkle Improvement/ UV Interception SPF30 PA++

The triple functional BB cream keeps skin shining and lifting through whitening and wrinkle care effect, making uneven skin tone and skin texture clean with rich feel of hydration softly cohering to skin and protecting skin from UV rays.

Patent ingredients of Oriental Tea Newplex and Peptatox Complex care skin to be sleek and firming by activating the original function of skin with Gold and Caviar Extract and Oriental Sue Formula maintaining ideal condition of skin by keeping optimal skin balance and comfortably soothing skin internally and externally damaged.

DIRECTIONS: Use it proper quantity on the area of your face like patting at the last step of skin care.

Oriental Gold Plus BB cream comes in two types, tube and fluid. The difference between the two is just the packaging. Mine is tube type, well, I chose this because it's cheaper. hoho..

Sealed tube

Left: no BB, right: use BB and without powder

Overall rating:♥♥♥♥♡ The coverage :♥♥♥♥♥ Texture :♥♥♥♥ ♡ Oil Control:♥♥♥♥♡ Smell:♥♥♥♡♡

Conclusion: Oriental Gold Plus has more liquid than the Hot Pink one, which I don't like because I have to slowly squeeze the tube or it will come out too much. The other thing is I don't really like the smell. I prefer the sunblock smell in Hot Pink..

but overall my conclusion is pretty much the same with the Hot Pink. Reduce redness, dark circle and smoothen my face.

Final conclusion on these two: Next time, I will purchase the Hot Pink BB cream because it's cheaper and already has a nice coverage to my face. In rupiahs, the cost of Hot Pink in online shop is Rp. 169.000,- (probably about $19.5) while in the mall counter is Rp. 348.000,- ($40.2), Oriental Gold Plus -tube in online shop Rp. 199.000,-($22.9); in mall counter Rp. 364.000,- ($41.9). Oriental Gold Plus - liquid in online shop Rp. 230.000,-($26.5); in mall counter Rp. 550.000,-($63.4).

So, the price of Hot Pink and Oriental Gold Plus are not much different, right?

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