BB cream is essentially a beauty industry marketing terms. Depending on who you ask, it has a few meanings.
- Blemish Balm
- Beauty Balm
- Blemish Base
- Bag Balm
Products marketed as BB creams are typically designed to serve as a foundation, moisturizer, and sunscreen all at once. The cream is promoted as a multi-tasker and all-in-one treatment. Sounds similar to CC Cream.
This type of beauty product does not replace moisturizer or foundation.
- We have heard that BB cream does not replace moisturizer. Think of BB cream as an additional layer but you may still need to boost your hydration with moisturizer as well.
- BB creams provide a light, luminous tint to skin, giving it an even glow and reducing redness, but won't cover blemishes or discoloration like a foundation would.
BB creams come in a variety of different formulations. The coverage is often mineral-based, and is intended to both cover and treat blemishes such as acne, sun spots, and age spots. Some brands claim anti-wrinkle, anti-inflammatory, and soothing effects for their products.
BB Cream does not clog pores as long as you choose one that says it's non-comedogenic.
The marketing term "CC cream" was invented later and sometimes stands for Color Correction cream. Products marketed as CC creams claim to serve the same function as BB creams, with greater emphasis on homogenizing skin color. The actual differences between BB creams and CC creams vary from brand to brand.
Maybelline sells a BB Cream and here is how they describe it as of 2022.
- The BB in BB Cream stands for Beautifying Balm. Some other terms used are blemish balm or bag balm. It's fitting that such a multi-purpose product has more than one meaning to its name. Because that's what it does! At its heart, BB cream is a face makeup product that is a hybrid of skincare and makeup.
- Instead of having to use a separate moisturizer, sunscreen, and foundation, you can get all of those benefits—coverage, hydration and SPF—with one BB cream. Our Dream Fresh BB Cream has a whopping 8 benefits in one tube: Hydrates. Protects with SPF 30. Brightens. Blurs imperfections. Smoothes. Enhances. Oil-free and without any heavy ingredients. And if you're concerned about shine and breakouts our Dream Pure BB Cream has a bonus ingredient of Salicylic Acid for clear skin.
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