Just when I was FINALLY starting to wrap my head around the much buzzed-about BB cream (a high-octane tinted moisturizer that treats various skin-care concerns like wrinkles, acne, and blemishes), a whole new multi-tasking skincare formula known as CC cream (a.k.a color or complexion correction cream) has suddenly hit the beauty market. CC creams are pretty much BB creams on steroids! Like the BB cream, it was popularized in Asia, and is an all-in-one tinted formula, packed with antioxidants, SPF, moisturizer, and other anti-aging ingredients to offer even more coverage than its predecessor, while evening and brightening the color of your complexion. Sounds good to me!
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Being a Latina with a naturally tan complexion, I do occasionally struggle with dark spots and pigment issues (especially after the summer time), so I'm interested in seeing if this so called "spot reducing" and brightening formula will really help fade away my blemishes and even out my skin tone. I'm also hoping that the new CC creams come in a wider range of shades. With the exception of the Bobbi Brown BB Cream SPF 35 (read our review here!), I have yet to find a BB cream that works with my brown skin, while offering the amount of coverage I'm looking for. So if I'm lucky I'll find some of these features in one of these new savy CC creams. After all shouldn't they work for every skin tone?
At the moment, there are about 10 CC creams out, with only Olay Total Effects CC Tone Correcting UV Moisturizer ($22) and Wei East Wei To Go Beauty Ideal Skin ($30) readily available in the U.S. Juicy Beauty has a formula called Juice Beauty Cellular Repair CC Cream ($39) that contains vitamin C to help fade dark spots and resveratrol made to repair damaged cells, that is set to come out in January, along with a few other brands that have already released CC creams in Asia, like Chanel and Rachel K.
Now that I've got the deets on CC creams, I can't wait to start testing some out. Tune in soon to find out which CC cream wins me over!
Images via Olay, Wei East
