The Benefits of Multi-Functional Skincare Products with La Fervance
Multi-functional and versatile skincare products are increasingly gaining popularity, and for good reasons.
Vanessa Noy
June 7, 2024
Clean Beauty Guide
The difference between BB cream CC Cream
Great multi-taskers, BB v's CC which one is right for you? We help you decide.
Long warm summer days see us enjoying the outdoors in lightweight cool clothing and calls for makeup that has a naturally fresh look and feel. Switching your foundation to a BB or CC cream in summer provides vital hydration and protection along with the skin enhancing benefits of a sheer foundation. These multitaskers are just as perfect for the holidays as they are for busy days in the office. They are one-part makeup and one-part moisturiser. They also make a great option poolside, layered over your face zinc as a second line of sun protection. The best part, BB and CC creams offer a sheer, almost untraceable finish that enhances your glow without looking “made up”, perfect from beach to bar.
What is BB Cream?
So firstly we should ask, what is BB cream and what does BB cream stand for? BB is “blemish balm” or “beauty balm” and is a face cream that works to protect, moisturise and blur blemishes and imperfections. An all-natural BB cream can be both tinted or sheer with the added benefit of a SPF.
The benefits of BB Cream
An all-natural BB cream is loaded with skin loving botanicals that work to boost hydration and plump the skin. They help to refresh the skin, smooth, blur pores and create a flawless base for the day ahead. There are two types of BB creams; one that is colourless offering the added protection of a SPF in a moisturising base that goes on over your treatment serum and under your mineral powder if you wish. The other being a foundation alternative that is a sheer tint in a hydrating base that offers a little enhancing while plumping the skin.
We recommend choosing a BB cream that has the built-in protection of a natural SPF. Australia makes the BEST SPF in the world and WOTNOT Naturals is an Aussie owned and produced Indie brand that leads the market in natural SPF BB Creams. The WOTNOT Prime & Protect BB Cream offers a SPF 30 natural face sunscreen in a base of organic Jojoba oil and Aloe Vera. With the addition of silica, green tea extract and vitamin E it works to hydrate and protect your complexion from harmful UV rays. The natural mineral sunscreen (non-nano Zinc Oxide) forms a physical barrier and is safe for the us and our oceans. Perfect on its own or under makeup.
What is CC Cream?
The CC in CC cream is short for “colour corrector”. Offering a light to medium coverage, correcting the complexion while offering anti-ageing skincare benefits. CC cream has an appearance similar to a sheer foundation, while delivering anti-ageing benefits and/ or the added benefit of a SPF all in one amazing product.
The benefits of CC Cream
Both BB and CC creams offer similar skin loving benefits. The difference being a CC cream will help to correct and neutralise redness, blur and help conceal dark spots and even the skin tone. They layer well under foundations or mineral powders as well as they double up as a primer. We have been replacing traditional primers with CC cream for many years and they are our go to for creating a flawless weekend no makeup look.
Select a CC cream that has a SPF, we love the Madara CC City Anti-Pollution CC Cream SPF15. It’s perfect for daily use, even on long days in the office. This CC cream offers a light layer of SPF defence in a tinted base of natural botanicals. Sea Buckthorn and St. John’s Wort extracts are both brimming with anti-ageing cell regenerative properties, while Hyaluronic Acid boosts hydration in the skin. The mineral iron oxides offer colour that correct and conceal imperfections with the added benefits of calming inflammation and redness. We love this formula so much! It is dermatologically approved, gluten and cruelty free.
How and When to Apply a BB or CC Cream
You can use a BB or CC cream daily and they are especially useful for traveling or in your handbag, perfect to freshen up when you don’t want to carry separate moisturiser, SPF, primer and foundation.
After cleansing apply your treatment serum and eye cream. Apply your BB or CC cream over these treatment products. Allow your BB or CC cream to “set” for two minutes. You can add a little cream blush or a light dusting of mineral powder to keep shine at bay. The SAINT Hydrating Wet/Dry Powder works really well here and creates an airbrushed veil without looking cakey.
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SAINT Hydrating Wet/Dry Powder Foundation
Velvet Finish Pressed Powder Compact.
Formulated with a sophisticated blend of ingredient this plant-based powder foundation gradually improves the skin’s appearance by restoring the look of vibrancy and luminosity. Skin looks flawless and hydrated with a weightless feel.
Best For: all skin types, in particular sensitive and reactive skin types and those looking for easy on the go application.
Volume: 12 grams
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We are always looking for products that reduce our endless consumption while still delivering all the skin benefits we expect from other high performance beauty products. Multi-tasking products are emerging through the Indie beauty world without us having to make a single compromise! All-natural BB and CC creams are a great example of such products. They offer the great skincare benefits of natural moisturisers while enhancing glow and protecting your complexion from UV and pollution. We couldn’t think of a better product suited to the Aussie way of life.
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