Hello People of the World,
I have a new favourite song. No.
Wait. Let me rephrase that. I have a new song to add to my long list of
favourite songs.
Tennis Court, by Lorde.
Have any of you heard it? If you haven’t, you should definitely get on
that. The line, ‘it’s a new art form
showing people how little we care’ is what hooked me. It is a beautiful song.
Anyway – I’m off track. Back to what this post is about – Nude by
Nature’s 5-in-1 Miracle Cream.
The description I found for it on the Nude
by Nature Website says:
“BB Cream is where make up and skincare collide! Our BB 5-in-1 Miracle
Cream takes the best skin care benefits mixed with the best mineral make-up
benefits to give your skin the nourishing softness you dream of, with the
flawless finish you love. BB Miracle cream instantly hydrates, corrects,
perfects, protects and gives your skin natural radiance in one light-weight
application. BB Miracle cream your best, beautiful self with this natural
wonder!”
Sounds
pretty promising, yeah?
I bought
this product in the shade light a few weeks ago alongside the Natio BB Cream,
as I was unable to decide between the two. I love the idea of BB creams - god for your skin whilst giving light coverage, because, being a typical 17 year old girl, I don't have perfect skin. However, though the tester hadn’t seemed so bad at the chemist, I had a
multitude of problems with the tube I’d brought home.
After
washing, pimple-creaming and moisturising as per usual, I tried to apply the
cream. It came out of the tube thick. It smelt nice – like herbs as opposed to
chemicals and was the right colour, very pale like my skin.
I had
read about it being hard to blend, however, it wasn’t hard to apply the product
– it was bloody impossible. No matter how careful I was with applying little
bits at a time, the cream started balling up on my skin, blobs and streaks of
tan decorating my face. Attractive. Not.
I had to
scrub the entire mess off and go barefaced that day. Strike 1 for Nude by Nature and their
‘miracle’ BB Cream.
After
reflecting on the morning’s disaster, I came to the conclusion that perhaps I
hadn’t let the moisturiser or pimple cream sink into my face enough – I’d maybe
been too hurried in my application of the BB cream. So the next day I tried again, leaving a lot
longer between the application of moisturiser and the attempted application of
the BB cream.
However,
the result was identical to the day previous efforts.
Strike
2.
There
really wasn’t much left to try, asides from applying to freshly washed
skin. So that became my new plan.
On day
three I washed my face and patted it dry without adding any other
products. Then I brought out the
cream. Initial results were promising –
the cream blended acceptably onto my forehead and cheeks – the coverage was
light, not enough to hide all blemishes, but it matched my skin tone and evened
it out. Whilst it did better than the
day before, I still had trouble applying it to my chin – I got there eventually
but it still didn’t look as good as the rest of my face.
Once
applied, the cream felt heavy and sticky – nothing like the ‘light-weight
application’ promised. This feeling did
fade in time, but whether that was because it sunk into my skin or because I
grew used to it, I have no idea.
Taking everything
into consideration, this is not a product I would recommend, unless you already
have close to perfect skin and aren’t looking to use a moisturiser and/or
pimple cream as well.
On that
note, I’m going to say goodbye, though I’ll leave you with some final
questions.
What
were your experiences like? Have any of
you tried out this product? Have you
listened to Tennis Court by Lorde? Do
any of you feel inclined to leaving me a comment?
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