*Update: Ettusais BB Mineral Cream is my new HG!

Even though I just recently bought a Skin Food BB cream, I decided to buy the Etude House Precious Mineral Bright Fit BB cream after reading some reviews about it. What initally drew me to the product is that they have four different shades ranging from pale to dark which is really amazing because most BB creams only cater to fairer skin tones. It’s a 60ml bottle that I bought it on Ebay for $13AUD.

I’ll say this now – this is officially my favourite BB cream. Even though I haven’t tried a whole range of BB creams and though I know I will purchase different BB creams in the future, this will be my go-to whenever things get rough on the “looking decent” front.

For reference, I’m about NC25, warm/yellow undertones and normal skin type. I live in a country with a temperate environment (ie: usually not too hot/humid/dry/cold) so keep this in mind when I carry on about how great this thing is! The BB cream is really only as good as the weather you expect it to perform in.

Read on for my full review!

Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream Bright Fit W13

Basically… It’s a BB cream that claims to be whitening, anti-wrinkling and anti-darkening (which basically means whitening?). It has SPF 30 and PA++ which, protects against UVA (PA) and UVB (SPF).

The Good stuff… It matches my skin tone so well! There is a light baby powder scent but nothing as strong as the Skin Food BB cream or the Etude House Peach Baby choux. It still might not be great if you’re sensitive to scents but if you just don’t like scented products this might be ok as the scent dissipates after application and does not linger.

It has a warm undertone to it which is super win because it’s doesn’t wash me out (grey undertones!) or make me look darker (pinkish undertones!).

The formulation is pretty smooth and is less creamy/thick than the Skin Food Good Afternoon BB cream. Even though it’s less creamy it definitely has better coverage – I don’t need to use my concealer at all and for dark stubborn spots I just dab an extra layer over it and it’s gone. I say it has medium to high coverage.

Staying power is good – it sets well with no powder but any vigorous nose blowing will wipe off the BB cream (I’ve been getting the sniffles lately). If you just randomly touch/scratchwithin reason of course, if you’re scraping your face off, the BB cream will obviously come off. Gentle scratching/touching will not budge the BB cream though your face the BB cream will stay on! Which is another win for me because I’m so friggin prone to doing things like that.

It has a healthy glowy look that does not make me oily (to a point) and it just stays at that same glowiness (maybe it’s the pearl extracts in it?) through out the whole day. Thanks to this glowiness it also looks amazingly natural – looks like my skin, only perfect. By the 12th hour of wearing this I’ve had to blot my face twice but really, 12 hour wear is nothing to scoff at – and yes, it was still on my face. If you usually wear your BB creams for that long I’d say you’d have to blot or powder your face once or twice throughout the day anyway. Word of warning, to those with problems with oil – I say steer clear of this, it’s not an oil controlling BB cream and is quite moisturising.

Packaging… It comes in a handy pump dispenser bottle which stores top down so when you’re really scraping at the bottom of the barrel you’re sure to get it all. The pump and actual bottle are very sturdy and does not feel cheaply made at all. It dispenses an appropriate amount of BB cream per-pump and it’s very easy to control the flow. I’m not too keen on the pink shimmer and purple colour combination but what the hell, this is my HG until such time I find an even better BB cream BB cream now so I don’t really care that the packaging is coloured in a colour combination I’m not too fond of.

Swatches… I’ve swatched it next to the Skin Food Good Afternoon Peach Green Tea BB Cream just so you can see the difference in undertones. You can see that the Skin Food BB is much darker than the Etude House one on my skin owing to the fact that it has a pinkish undertone while the Etude House one has a yellowish/warmer undertone. I blended them out towards my knuckles too so I hope you can see the difference there! I’ve linked the swatch to the original so click on it to see a close up!

I auto-balanced this image below just so you can see the difference between the two better



Issues… The only issue I have with this (sadly) is that it’s a little lighter than my neck and by lighter I mean not as yellow as my neck. I think that’s just because I’m not getting enough sun on my neck so I become a pasty yellow Asian *sigh*. My face matches to this BB cream just not my neck. It seems the only thing I’ve tried so far that matched my neck and face perfectly is the Bobbi Brown tinted moisturiser and foundation (but then again I went to the counter to get matched and the lady there was so thorough as to match the foundation up to my neck as well) and we all know how yellow the moisturiser and foundation looks!

I did not take this photo but it’s a really great image that shows you the differences between the four different shades you can get in this line. Original from etudehousethailandblog.com click the image to see a larger version of it!



In a nutshell…

Love: It matches my face, medium to high coverage, natural look, warm undertone, smooth formulation, glowy appearance through out the day, lasts a long time, it’s in a 60ml pump bottle and for $13 it’s a really good deal!

Do not love: Doesn’t match my neck perfectly – but that’s probably because I don’t get enough sun on my neck.

Repurchase? Yes! This will be my HG until I find a BB cream that will match my face and neck!

Who should buy it? Anyone with normal or dry skin type and I’m sure even if you’re not the same skin tone as me you’ll be able to find a colour in this range that suits you. Anyone with oily skin/trying to find something to combat oil should stay clear of this unless you’re willing to powder frequently throughout the day as this is not an oil controlling BB cream.

Rated: 4.5/5

If anyone is interested in a direct comparison post with this BB cream and the Skin Food one I had up a week ago or so just let me know and I’ll see what I can do! Have a great one you guys!

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