What is a CC Cream?
Friday, January 4, 2013 at 8:14AM Remember when BB creams were obscure? When you had to wait four weeks for pre-ordered batch to arrive here? Those were savage days in beauty history. Lol. Now BB creams are everywhere, and so cheap you can get one for like P169 in a local drugstore. Most women have probably tried these multi-taskers - for who doesn't want the promise of sun protection, anti-aging, anti-blemish, whitening, and coverage in one nifty bottle?
But BB creams are old news. The next generation of complexion enhancers are here, and they are called CC Creams or Color Correction/ control creams. CC creams are supposed to primarily brighten skin and have more concentrated skincare benefits. They are to be more lightweight and oil-free, with heavier coverage than the average BB cream. The sun protection, anti-aging, and whitening features are still there, but expect lots of new fancy ingredients in the formula.
But wait a minute...BB creams are already doing exactly what CC creams promise to do! There are so many different formulas available in the BB cream world, each catering to different skin issues and requirements.
That's not to say they're no good, of course. Perhaps a better way to put is that CC creams represent a skincare-tinted moisturizer hybrid with a way lighter texture than your average BB cream. I suppose there's always room for a product like that! Labels are useful if we must go into the specifics of things.
I have tried a CC cream, as it happens. Juice Beauty's Stem Cellular Repair CC Cream just arrived on our shores and I was lucky enough to get a sample. :D This is very lightly tinted - it barely has any coverage. It feels like nothing at all on skin due to the lightweight texture. I feel that it's closer to a moisturizer than anything! It has a sharp smell, quite floral and not at all unpleasant.
It's uncannily similar to the Jane Iredale Dream Tint Moisture Tint. They're both mineral-based and made from safe, natural ingredients. Texture is also almost identical to each other.
Swatch of Warm Glow, one of two shades. It's for medium to dark skin.
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I haven't tested the CC cream long enough to see any benefits (it promises 12, mainly perfect skin and the repair of DNA damage whatever that means), but so far I haven't gotten any pimples so that's a good start. You can check the Juice Beauty CC cream at Beauty Bar if you're intrigued.
What do you think of CC creams? Hot or empty hype?
More resources for your researching pleasure:
CC cream - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CC Creams: The Next Generation BB Cream
CC Creams vs. BB Creams - Allure
THE NEXT BIG SKIN CARE TREND: CC CREAMS
COLOR CONTROL CREAM: WHAT’S A CC CREAM? THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE BB CREAM
Reader Comments (53)
Haven't tried CC creams pa, but I'm planning to get Snoe's. :) Snoe have a Purple CC cream, its for sallow skin daw. Whats a sallow skin ba?
@Lian I have the Snoe CC cream in Wheat! Yellowish. Haven't tried. I should. :P Anyway sallow skin is basically dull, grayish skin. We usually get that when we're mega-stressed, or due to lack of sleep or sickness.
I am a fan of BB cream and true enough, BB creams used to be difficult to find but now, it's anywhere in the market. What I don't like with BB cream is the limited availability of shades plus most do not have the color correcting properties. Maybe the CC cream is the solution.
hi mis liz good morning. im so happy d holidays are over kasi namimiss ko mga posts mo talaga. hahah. anyway kala ko nga snoe ang irereview mo. i first heard of cc cream from snoe. i hope someone does a review on it. contented n kc ako s bb cream nila kaya lang kung mas maganda coverage ng cc cream, why not try diba? im trying to correct redness s face ko at sabi sa colorwheel green daw dapat saken. mmmm makapag tester nga mamaya.
anyway have a great day ahead
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@liz Oh, ok. So the purple tone is not on my list na. Haha :)) thanks!
@lian pls tell me how ur cc cream works for u. ive read may ingredients siya na medyo fancy escargot, acai berry broccoli (could u tell im a fan) is it really much better than their bb cream?
from the reviews i have read i think cc creams and bb creams are just the same. skin care infused tinted moisturizer. im a fan of bb creams and im currently using the one from colour collections. i hope you can update this post about the stem cell repair claim of this cc cream. more power miss liz and happy new year :)
I've always had reservations about the BB cream before so I tried to use it from 2 brands, it absolutely does nothing for me but give me break outs. So, I've stayed away from BB Creams since then. As for CC Creams I read about it somewhere last year. Since it's a multipurpose 12 in 1 cream, I assume that it contains a lot of ingredients that might not be suited for sensitive skin. So, I'm staying away from CC Creams as well.
BTW, most BB creams that really worked well for my friends were Korean Made, are CC Creams Korean made as well? just curious. ^_^
Wow, it says $39 on the website! Around 1600 or more pa when converted to pesos... not sure if I'd be willing to pay that much. On a side note, the Chanel CC cream is supposedly going to sell for a whopping 90 US DOLLARS. I died. haha! On another side note, I was also surprised that the Smashbox BB cream sells for 1,800php. Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer sells at the same price and it's a more high end brand pa (in my mind, at least).
I'm not sure I buy into the idea that you should be paying more because there's already skincare in the product... no harm in trying though, especially if you've a free sample anyway! Hope to hear more from you about these types of products. :)
I don't see CC cream as a hot hype yet. Hope to read more reviews about it. Anyway thanks for this info at least I won't be ignorant when I hear about CC creams the next time.
I've never head of CC creams! HAHA Wow, BB creams, CC creams, what's next DD, EE? (wow they're like brasizes hahahaha jokee) They seem the same, except for the texture, if you're looking for the specifics. :D
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I haven't had much success with BB creams. Mostly because I've tried only the Maybelline kind which broke me out! Any suggestions for a good BB cream for oily, sensitive skin? I like the idea of an all-in-one product.
THSI IS HOT!!! :D perfect for an everyday look :) Thanks Liz!
Wow! Talk about innovating! These people just keep coming up with more and more stuff in our quest for that perfect skin! I hope they deliver and live up to the hype -- they definitely pitched in big words there - "perfect skin and the repair of DNA damage" - all that with just a topical cream! Haven't jumped on the BB cream bandwagon yet (I'm old school like that... hehe) and now this! I'm not shutting my doors but I think I'll hold my horses for now... More research needed.:-)
@ Lian - I have really dull skin, and I was looking to purchase sana purple correctors/primers. Would you say that Snoe's CC purple cream has decent coverage? Haven't been without foundation for a while and I don't want to feel all bare with this. Comments please. Thank you!:-)
I've tried BB cream before the one from Korea cause some of my friends here at work they are always fun travelling in Korea that's why I ask them to buy me one because I've been curious when I saw them using it, what I've loved in BB cream is, it makes your skin tone glow and hide or helps your blemishes lighten.. Also you can use it under make up. Never tried CC cream now but I think BB and CC cream has the same effect they just differ from content of moisturizer and SPF.
Nice info Liz keep it up! ^_^
I'd rather wait muna for other CC creams to be reviewed para makapag-decide ako if hot or empty hype. I actually like the texture of BB creams(quite watery but has medium coverage). I like it better than foundations because foundations are less forgiving when unevenly spread. BB creams are so easy to blend and it's fool proof! hehe Will wait for more reviews from you are about CC creams. :)
I've never tried CC cream, but this is making me curious. Na-sort of turn off lang ako sa "heavier coverage" since there was a time a BB cream went cakey on me (so paano pa yung CC cream?). How heavy is heavy here kaya?
I am intrigued by Juice Beauty! Beauty Bar carries some nice brands and I love that they have Fairydrops (want their mascaras and bb cream) and K-Palette!
I have samples of CC creams from Snoe (Grass, the one for cancelling out redness, and Honey, to cover bluish undereye circles) and I think they do well in color correcting, but I have to use them longer to see the skin care benefits. I do love their WasaB BB cream.
I was shocked by the expensive CC creams from Western brands that I was afraid to try them. I hope I could try this one from Juice Beauty soon. It's being lightweight makes it very appealing to me. Perfect for days when I want my skin to breathe a little. :)
Something new to try! I'm in love with bb creams because I'm scared of using foundation. Scared it'll clog my pores! I've tried maybelline bb cream, which broke me out. Etude house shini star bb cream was too cakey for my taste. I'm currently loving vmv's skintangible now! Thanks to you rave! Although I'm still looking for something that's also good for my skin but with heavier coverage. Suggestions, anyone? :)
I don't like it when companies claim a product can do absurd things such as repair of DNA damage. I don't want to go all technical but how can a cream do that really? Still, I'm intrigued. I just hope companies/advertisers stop doing this.
@Nin how did the wasaB BB cream go? I'm actually torn between the CC cream and the wasaB :)
@miz eloise no I haven't tried it yet, i'm waiting for a good review about it pa :)
I think products like that just have a lot of claims for what they are. But I don't really think CC creams would be the next hype just because people already had enough of BB creams. lol
based on some of I read CC and BB creams are same lang,pricey but why not?diba? if it could help your skin naman.:)
I've heard of this from the gossmakeupartist on Youtube. The people commenting were like: what's next? DD creams, EE creams?
I must say, I found CC creams quite ridiculous as well. But I haven't tried it so... I don't really know.
For now, I think the good ol' foundations and concealers are okay.