BB Cream stands for blemish balm, blemish base, beauty balm or beblesh balm (trademark in Korea on the word "blemish"), and in western market called beauty balm. it is a cosmetic item sold mainly in East and Southeast Asia, although larger beauty brands are increasingly introducing BB Creams to Western market.
BB Cream is promoted as an all-in-one facial cosmetic product to replace serum, moisturizer, primer, foundation, and sunblock.
BB Cream was originally formulated in the 1960's in Germany by Dermatologist Dr. Christine Schrammek to protect her patients skin after surgery. Introduce to South Korea and Japan in 1985, where healthy looking, porcelain skin is heavily prized. The cream was hailed as "the secret of Korean actresses", and was heavily endorsed by Korean Celebrity.
The Benefits :
* Produces a very natural, "no makeup look"
* Provides perfect coverage like foundation would but since it's not as thick, it doesn't clog the pores
* Works pretty much like a tinted moisturizer
* Conceals all types of pigmentation, discoloration, acne and other blemishes
* Has healing properties that soften, smoothen and refine skin
* Encourages skin regeneration to create and maintain youthful skin
* Contains UV Protection for healthy skin (SPF levels different for each brand/product)
* Anti-Wrinkle and skin-lighening benefits
Famous BB Cream a few year ago in Asia
Western BB Cream
CC Cream, also know as Color Control Cream (Western) / Color Change Cream (Asia), is an improved and refined blemish balm cream or beauty balm created and developed in Korea.
CC Cream is now also widely used in Asia to provide natural-looking skin coverage. While BB Cream was manufacture primarily as a skin care product, CC Cream was developed to retain all the skin care benefits of BB Cream with added nourishing ingredient and the additional aim to provide more effective skin coverage. CC Cream is the newest miracle beauty product available and was formulated with technology originating in industry-leader Japan and further developed in Korea.
The benefit of CC Cream is said to include high SPF rating to ensure protection from damaging UVA and UVB rays. It also treats and cover uneven skin tones more effectively and blends with skin tone better than BB Creams that somtimes appear too light or certain skin tones. a Lighter texture than that of BB Cream also allows for smoother application with a less oily finish, white remaining extremely nourishing to the skin. The end effect is said to be surprisingly natural and flawlessly radiant complexion than that of BB Cream.
CC Creams
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