L'Oreal CC Cream Review

I impulse bought the L'Oreal CC Cream last week from Priceline without having read any reviews on it first but I thought that I'd give it a go as I wanted to get something that was really natural and not fussy to use for work and uni. I've been using it every day since and I'm pretty happy that I got it although I'm not sure that it would really work for everyone.

L'Oreal CC Cream

The CC cream is meant to be used in replacement of your foundation and it corrects redness in the face.

It's advertised as (on the L'Oreal website):

"Colour-correcting pigments work with your natural skin tone to help neutralise redness, dullness or tired looking skin. The result is a fresh revived skin tone with flawless lightweight coverage; a perfect nude complexion."

"Micro-Pigment capsules in a green emulsion transform into a foundation upon contact with skin and self-adjust to neutralise redness."

I've been having a break out on my right cheek so I decided to take photos of both my left and my right cheeks, with and without the CC cream, to show you the coverage it gives. I found that the coverage was really light and I couldn't go without my concealer.

Left: Without makeup
Right: With CC cream only

Left: Without Makeup
Right: With CC cream only

You can see that it works really well on (mostly) blemish free skin but it doesn't really cover up break outs which I didn't expect it to. One thing that I need to point out as well is that the CC cream didn't work well with my concealer. When I use the Make Up For Ever Full Cover concealer alone, it lasts all day but it only lasts about half the day when I use it on top of the CC cream. It might not be a deal breaker for some people but if I had to choose between the CC cream and my concealer, the MUFE concealer would definitely win as it's my HG concealer (although I'm considering testing different concealers with the CC cream).

Also, the CC cream lasts about half the day if you don't set it with powder. I've been using my fingers to apply it and it feels like applying primer (it has a bit of a "dry" finish).

Left: CC cream straight out of the tube
Right: CC cream spread out

Left: CC cream turning from green to brown
Right: CC cream completely spread out

The consistency is really runny and it leaks out of the tube when the lid is unscrewed. The green CC cream doesn't come in "shades" as it colour corrects and self adjusts to the colour of your skin. Unlike some BB creams, it didn't go orange which was really great.

This retails for $26.95 in Australia but I got mine for just over $18 as it was on sale. Priceline currently has this on sale for 30% off as part of their latest catalogue. If you miss out though, L'Oreal occasionally goes on sale at Target as well or you could wait for the next Priceline catalogue.

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