I bought this product about a year ago because of the positive reviews and I love Song Hye Kyo's CF for this. Laneige advertises this as a "new-concept cushion BB for Whitening + Sunscreen + Sweat-proof + Soothing + Makeup Effects". Sounds good, right? So, does it live up to its claims? For me, NO!
(Source: laneige.co.kr)
Price: 930,000 VND (about US$42) for 1 pact and 1 refill, so it's not really that expensive.
Shades: This comes in 4 shades: #13 True Beige - a beige color with pink tone, #21 Natural Beige - a natural beige (this is their best seller), #23 Sand Beige - a sand beige for tanned skin, and #31 Brown Beige - a brown beige for darker skin tone. As I have fair skin with yellow undertone, I get this in #21 Natural Beige and it's way too dark for me! I've used Laneige Skin Veil Oil-free Foundation before in shade #21 Natural Beige and it was too light for me, so it's weird that this BB cream looks darker than my real skin tone!
Packaging: This BB cream comes in a case that resembles a compact powder, but instead of powder, it has a cushion with BB cream underneath. There are many tiny holes on the cushion, so when you press it with the puff, the product will come out. The packaging is quite innovative and easy to carry around. You can even bring it onto the plane! A small downside is that it's quite hard to remove the stains from the puff. I have to use olive oil to clean it.
Coverage: This has zero coverage! It can't conceal my dark circles, spots and discoloration. It just makes my skin look dewy, which is a property that I don't need since have an oily T-zone.
Oil-control property: This has zero oil-control property! I first used this in the winter, and my face oiled up after 1.5 hours! Then I used this in spring, and it slid right off my face within 1 hour! And I'd used a mattifying moisturizer underneath and applied powder on top! I was horrified when I looked into the mirror and realized that my face looked as if I didn't apply makeup base (but not in a good way, mind you). It makes me look greasy, dull and oily every time I use it T-T
Moisturizing property: It feels quite moisturizing on my face, so I guess those with dry skin may like this one.
Cooling effect: It leaves a cooling effect on my face, but the feeling goes away in about 30 minutes.
Whitening effect: None. It has no effect on my acne scars or discoloration.
Sun-protection: This has SPF50+ PA+++ which is quite good as it can protect your skin against both UVA and UVB. I can't attest to its sun-protection property though since I don't use it in summer.
Skin-irritation: Apart from making my skin super-oily, it doesn't have any negative impacts on my skin. It neither clogs my pores nor breaks me out.
Skin-irritation: Apart from making my skin super-oily, it doesn't have any negative impacts on my skin. It neither clogs my pores nor breaks me out.
Repurchase?: No. It seems that my skin just doesn't like Laneige products in general because I've tried quite a few and never found anything I like from them T-T
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