I ordered the Skin Food Peach Green Tea BB cream in #2 (Natural beige) about 3 weeks ago from Ebay for about $7AUD and I have to say, this is officially my first ever BB cream purchase. I’ve been on a real peach rampage lately and I’ve been slowly becoming a bigger fan of the peach scent! For reference I’m about NC25 – maybe lighter in the winter but NC25 is the darkest I get during summer, I have warm undertones (so generally yellow tones in foundation/BB creams look best on me) and a normal skin type. I live in a country with temperate weather – that is; not too hot, cold, humid or dry so keep this in mind as you’re reading the review below as the BB cream will only work as well as the weather it is expected to perform in!

Read on for my full review!

Basically… It’s a BB cream that purports to be oil-controlling and have mattifying effects, with SPF20 PA+ so you get SPF protection of 20 and PA+ is the minimum protection grade for UVA rays with PA+++ being the highest grade possible (but honestly, if you’ll be indoors most of the time – at least during the day, you don’t need a greater PA+ rating). It also claims not to oxidise or smudge.

The good stuff… It smells like peaches – more artificial smelling than the Etude House peach baby choux base and it mostly fades over time but it does have a residual baby powder smell. This could be a bad thing if you’re sensitive to smells but I quite like the scent so it doesn’t bother me much.

It has a pinkish undertone which is something I really don’t like because pink undertonessuit those with cool skin undertones in BB creams tend to make me look darker but once I blended it out it really looked much better. On my face it was just a smidge too dark (but most pink based stuff makes me look darker anyway – so I was already expecting this) but other wise looked pretty decent. Over the Etude House Baby Peach Choux base it looked a little bit lighter, but still darker than my actual skin tone. Inside buildings (ie: artificial lighting) the colour difference between my face and neck were not obviousthat is until I step outside and suddenly my face doesn’t match my neck! at all.

It is a fairly creamy BB cream, that spreads with ease so you’re not dragging your fingers over your face to apply this. I didn’t need to use powder over this as it set pretty well – even with the Baby Choux Base under it (and I have issues with the Choux base being too slippery). The staying power is decent (can’t say how well it holds up to a long day as I was only using it for up to 4 hours), I was sweating a little bit in it and it didn’t melt off or anything nasty.

Packaging… It comes in a matte squeeze bottle which is great for dispensing the cream and the print over the bottle is too cute! Plus who doesn’t love pastel colours? I mean really – how could you go wrong with the print and colour combination? The twist on lid is meh – a little bit flimsy compared to the bottle but it does the job and nothing leaks so I’m happy with it.

Swatches… My hand in the picture directly below isn’t that dark/greeny – just the lighting, but the BB cream is close to it’s original colour. 2nd picture below is more reflective of my actual skin colour with the BB cream blended in.



Issues… For a fairly creamy BB cream, it has quite sheer coverage. Two layers and it just manages to cover up the lighter blemishes and the darker ones… well I still have to use my concealer. I know BB creams are supposed to look natural, but this sits over your skin and looks more like make up so don’t expect a ‘natural’ look. Even though it claims to be mattifying, there is still a tiny bit of shine to it so don’t expect it to be awesome at keeping oil at bay.

In a nutshell…

Love: Scent, packaging, BB formula doesn’t drag over my skin, sets well, stays on even when I’m sweating.

Do not love: Not quite my skin tone, pink undertones, sheer coverage

Repurchase? Probably not, I had quite high hopes for this one too! I think I should have gotten it in the first shade (light beige). If I did maybe the colour would match better? who knows, I’ll probably just use this in the summer or when I’ll be indoors or out when it’s dark or when I’m more tan.

Who should purchase it? Anyone with normal skin (if you have oil problems, give this a skip), have cool undertones and don’t mind the strong scent.

I rate it: 3.5/5

The Etude House Precious Mineral BB cream Bright Fit W13 (natural Beige) has arrived in mail! The review for it will be up soon and I might do a separate comparison post between this and that.

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