Name: Evangelist BB Cream
Bought from: TokyoLuxey
Size: 40g
Price: JPY 3,990 (US$ 41)
My Rating: 3.5/5
Introduction
The nice people from Tokyo Luxey invited me to an introductory session last month and generously gave each of us a bag of goodies to try out. Chie-san enthusiastically raved about this BB cream from beginning to end and apparently, this product is a 2 year Winner for Best BB cream on Cosme (leading Japanese beauty and cosmetics website). OOohh~ I feel excited already *_*
Okay, on to some product stats!
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
An award winning “3D” BB Cream that combines all-in-one makeup functionality with skin-care from ingredients such as placenta and EGF.
PRODUCT FUNCTIONALITY
Use this BB cream and you will enjoy smooth, natural-looking skin, due to the cream’s splendid “concealing” ability, as well as skin-care benefits that come from its beauty ingredients, such as placenta and EGF. Although this new BB Cream will help you to create 3D make-up effects, it is so light that, soon enough, you will even forget that you are wearing it!
SALES RECORDS / ACHIEVEMENTS
•- Sold 10,000 bottles in four-and-a-half months - from May 15, 2010 until the end of September
•-Sells 2,000 to 3,000 bottles monthly through ecommerce alone
AWARDS / CREDENTIALS
•- No.1 BB Cream for 2 years running on the leading Japanese beauty and cosmetics website, @Cosme
•- No. 1 best selling product in the “Make Up” section of Japan’s leading ecommerce site, Rakuten
•- Best-selling product in two divisions of Amazon’s Health and Beauty section (moisturizer and pore concealer)
•- Featured in 30 magazines
Texture & Consistency
Relatively runny. I fumbled a bit to take a photo of the bb cream with my left hand and as you can tell, within those fumbling seconds the product have quickly slipped between my fingers.
Product is slightly fragranced. I don’t quite know how to put my fingers to it but it smells like refreshing…. laundry powder LOL. I don’t usually like fragranced products but this one was light and refreshing enough to make it bearable. The smell diffuses very fast though.
Application & Feel
Like most BB cream, I just apply with my bare fingers. Ain’t got not time for brushes man!
The BB cream tends to feel a little greasy on the skin. However, I did discover that if I skipped my sunscreen for the day and used the bbcream as my sunscreen instead, the greasiness is much reduced. But that comes with a price as without the additional grease, it can be slightly harder to blend. Of course it’s not ridiculously difficult, it just takes a little more time than when it was a little greasier. I’m guessing the grease is probably due to the moisturising and sun protecting properties (EGF, Placenta, SPF 31 and PA++) it carries.
The product feels light on the skin though slightly greasy (If I used it with a layer of sunscreen underneath).
Coverage
I didn't have much skin problem the first time I used the product (though I do have very puffy morning face =_=;;). And trust me, it takes a lot of courage to put my bare face online =_=;;
Sorry for looking so mweh but i don’t like wearing too much makeup on normal days.
After the product my skin tone is significantly evened out and my face looks so much brighter and refreshed. The small blemishes and spots looked a lot less noticeable though they have not entirely vanished. The bbcream however, was not able to cover the heavy dark eye circle and freckle on the right side of my face. But I guess this level of coverage is expected from a BB cream.
However I did breakout on my right cheek a week later (likely due to all the CNY goodies, stress, late nights and thick makeup) and I took the opportunity to test out the evangelist bb cream again. As expected, it was not able to really cover the pimples. However it did a pretty good job of colour correcting it and took a lot of the embarrassing redness away. Maybe next time I should try slapping more product onto the problem areas and see how it fares.
No concealer was used for all the shots because I wanted to see how the cream did by itself. Even though the coverage is average, I actually really liked how natural it made my skin look. It doesn’t quite cover all my flaws and pores but it brightens the overall complexion and people can barely detect that you have anything on your face.
Friends with bad skin and are conscious of it might want to give this product a miss though.
Colour
This BB cream has 3 different tones to choose from, which is quite a bit compared to many other BB creams. I was given the shade 01 and it fits my skin tone perfectly. Probably also propelled by the fact that it is quite sheer by nature, henceforth any colour difference between the face and neck are harder to detect. Still, I really liked how it almost looked like a second skin on me.
photo credit: http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/evangelist/item/20000/
Staying power
I am a rough person. And I'm especially rough on normal days where I just slap foundation onto my face. I would continue to rub my eyes, blot my face or lean my face on my palms for support (horrendously bad habit I know).
I have combination and dehydrated skin so I tend to oil quite a bit on my t-zone. However i do notice that at the end of the day, even though my face looks oily and tired , i can still see traces of the effects of the product. Am I making sense ?
Here are some “Good Skin Day” photo I took at the end of 2 different but both as long days. Some tissue blotting but no touchups. As you can tell, my face looks oily and my pores are realistically human sized (T.T ) and my eye bags really need some concealers … but I think I still look presentable. Of course I could definitely do with a dash of powder to mattify my face but after 12 hours, let's say this is not bad at all.
Price
This sells for 3900yen for 40ml. That puts it in the high-end range for me. To be honest, it might be a little too pricey for some people.
Overall conclusion
I can see why the Japanese ladies love this So much. For the very dry japan, anything that can quench or moisturise the skin is much sought after. Coupled with the Placenta and EGF benefits , it is indeed a skincare-and-makeup-in-one product for the dry skin.
The product however might not work as miraculously in humid Singapore as it can grease up easily. I wouldn't recommend this product for oily or teenage skin. But I think dry or matured skin will benefit from its moisturising and anti-aging properties. Combination and matured skin individuals can use this on the cheeks alone .
I like the light texture of the cream and how it doesn’t leave me with a greasy mess at the end of the day. Some foundations and BBcream seems to block my pore (though it could be the primer I was using) and I found myself with a lot of whiteheads at the end of the day. Thankfully Evangelist never gave me any of those problems, the product always seem to gracefully fade away LOL.
Overall I do like the product despite my 3.5/5 review. But I would reserve it for dry or good skin days. But as always, products work differently on different skin. What works for me might not work for you and vice-versa so why don't you try it for yourself?
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Gonna end this entry off with a selfie like all the other beauty bloggers do! Simply because I am an unoriginal copycat haha XD
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