My Peach Baby Choux base finally arrived in the mail a few weeks ago and I’ve been using this on a fairly regular basis. I was so excited when it arrived that my day became instantly better! I’ve been looking for a base for a while now and even though I have a primer (the TonyMoly egg pore primer) I was looking for something for my whole face. The TonyMoly primer that I use is only for particularly rough spots or in places where my pores are large. I bought it on Ebay for about AUD$14.

Read on for my Peach Baby Choux review

Basically… it’s a foundation/BB cream base and primer all in one which promises to brighten dull skin and smooth out skin tone and texture.

The good stuff… It has the most delicious smell ever – sometimes I find myself wanting to eat my face haha. It really does smell like peaches and the scent isn’t overwhelming, plus it dissipates after a while so you can’t really smell it once you put it on. Texture wise, it is very soft and fluffy but once you apply it on it settles into a very powdery/matte feel. It does a good job of lightening your face before you put your BB cream/foundation over it and it does give you that flawless 'Idol look' which has issues of it’s own that I’ve covered in the third section below. It stays on for most of the day, unless you’re like me and prone to random face touching/rubbing. It also has good oil control – my face never looks shiny at the end the day (about 8 hours). Also, very little goes a very long way, it is difficult to evenly apply if you just smear a blob of it in one spot – best to dab it all around your face then blend.

Packaging… The whole package is intensely cute and the jar it comes in is very sturdy, although it is quite heavy so it makes it not so great for travel (I’ve already potted some of the choux base into a smaller container for travelling so I don’t find this a huge issue), the lid is well made and is not flimsy at all. I received a spatula with my baby choux but some bloggers have mentioned that theirs did not come with one. It looks like quite a large jar online but it is actually quite small. I managed to fit it into the palm of my hand so don’t expect it to be large at all!

Swatches… if you click on the image to the left you can get a larger image of the swatch. Hopefully you can see the difference.

Issues with this base… It settles into creases of any kind (as you can probably tell in the swatch) – eyelid creases and wrinkles are particularly bad places where this will settle. I’ve found that it’s best to apply very little over the lids and use a really good primer (I use the TonyMoly Silky smooth balm) over wrinkles and the eyelid crease to prevent this settling. The perfect idol look only lasts as long as you can prevent yourself from touching your face (accidental or other wise) as the base is quite slippery and will come off if rubbed. So in that sense, it ever really ‘sets’. In an effort to ‘set’ this, I’ve had to use translucent powder over the top of my BB cream and the baby choux base. It helps to set it but it is still slippery beneath the layer of powder.

In a nutshell…

Love: scent, texture, packaging, oil control, matte finish, brightens skin tone, little product gives you a lot of result, and has staying power (if you don’t touch it).

Do not love: Doesn’t really ‘set’, settles into creases like crazy.

Repurchase? Only if I don’t find a different primer and base that I like more.

Rated: 4/5

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