BRTC Initial Application

In general, one of the great properties of the bb creams available is that, regardless of the shade of your fair skin, a few minutes/hours after application, it readily absorbs into your skin and hence, fuses to your own skin shade. And so that's why there's a limited choice in the shades of the creams.

BRTC comes in one shade only. The only other bb creams that I know of, that does come in 2 different shades are Skinfood and Missha.

BRTC BB CREAM:

The BRTC Perfect Recover Balm, in terms of its consistency is quite thick and creamy - think of Nivea creams, around that thickness.

Initially, after seeing the colour of the cream, I was actually quite shocked, coz it looked like a greyish ivory colour and I really was worried about whether the colour would be okay for me...

APPLICATION:

The very first time that I used the cream, I just pretty much slapped/slopped it (not literally =P) on my face and I can tell you, that is a BIG NO NO *shakes head*. My face ended up looking really really white and it looked really bad!!!

You're suppose to only squeeze a small amount of the cream, around the size of a pea and dot some on your forehead, nose, chin and on each side of your cheeks and then blend.

Visit here and here, to see how its done.

I don't think there's really a right or wrong way of applying bb cream. It really depends on your own preference, and also the fact that I can't read Korean (well, I studied Korean for one semester only so I just know the basics =) ). So I can't really tell you what's the correct way... hahah

But from what I've gathered, there are two main ways to apply it and that depends on what you want to achieve. If you're looking for:

1. Healing properties --> you should apply bb cream before you apply your sunscreen (because some bb creams don't have sunscreen, others have varying degrees of SPF+)

2. Cover imperfections --> you should apply the bb cream after sunscreen

From: Cozycosmetics Forum

I personally found that, after putting moisturiser on (because my cheeks become dry sometimes, the cream that I use is generally very moisturising), once I dot the BRTC bb cream on my face, it helps me to blend the cream easier. However, because the bb cream itself is quite thick, it still can be difficult at times, and I often feel like I'm stretching out my skin when doing so, especially around my delicate eye region. =(

As to whether, the cream sinks in and matches my skin tone after a few mins/hours... I'm really undecided... Putting the cream on alone, it makes my face a lot whiter and so, because I don't like that... I would then put on my tinted moisturiser on, to give me a bit more colour... well, I think it does... =)

Coz I don't like how it makes my skin whiter, I wouldn't ever wear it alone, unless I was gonna stay at home the whole day.

But if you don't mind it making your face a shade lighter, then its fine to wear it on its own. Otherwise, you can use it as a base to your foundation. If you feel that the coverage isn't enough, I don't see why you can't mix your liquid foundation with the bb cream. Its all up to you. =)

SO, this is what I do:

• Moisturiser
• BRTC bb cream
• Tinted Moisturiser (already has sunscreen in it, so I don't need to apply additional sunscreen)
• Blush
• Powder - must, coz my face becomes a bit shiny after all those layers >.<

*I've just realised that the writing below the pics look a bit small. The photos on the left are from my previous post. It's just me + Tinted moisturiser. The photos on the right, are pics of me with BRTC bb cream + Tinted moisturiser.*

Anyone notice a difference???

Hm.. From observing the pictures above, I don't really see much difference at all. Yah!!! I think, with BRTC + Tinted moisturiser, it does make my skin slightly lighter and I guess, it kinds of even out my skin a little bit more....?

REMOVAL:

You remove bb cream, like any other makeup product that you'd remove from your face.

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