These CC Creams will help even out skin and create a light base
It’s official, we love CC Creams – and it’s easy to see why, they’re the clever hybrid skin care/cosmetics products to recreate this season’s big beauty trend for naturally flawless, young-looking skin that needs only the lightest touch of make-up to look utterly fabulous.
This new genre of hyper-real “Insta-glam” beauty was seen everywhere on the SS14 catwalks and it’s also being exploded across social media, with the importance of being photo-ready at any and every moment, the rise and rise of make-up free “selfies” and #nofilter images just about everywhere.
Florrie White, celebrity make-up artist and Olay Ambassador talks us through the trend: “For me, the #nofilter trend perfectly sums up this Summer’s minimal, ‘come as you are’ informality, it’s about being the best possible version of yourself but without looking like you’ve tried. That said, it takes time to achieve this illusion of effortless beauty and the all-important starting point is in prepping your skin.”
We love CC Creams for this effect, they’re help blur imperfections and cover redness whilst letting your skin shine through. We’ve picked three of our best products that have recently been released.
First up the Olay Total Effects CC Cream (available from Boots, Superdrug and larger supermarkets nationwide), which helps to provide all of your skincare needs in one fuss-free pump. This is perfect for those who want to tackle the signs of ageing with their CC Cream too, and of course creates a flawless finish. Not only will you see your complexion change after one use, but continued use will work against those pesky signs of ageing too.
The Arbonne Intelligence CC Cream (available from arbonneinternational.co.uk £30) is another product you definitely want to try. Having been quite sceptical about CC Creams previously this product changed my mind. The lightweight coverage is definitely buildable without having a cakey effect on the skin, and the finish is fresh and flawless. The 10-in-1 product helps to prime, protect, hydrate, conceal, brighten, mattify and more.
Finally the FaceD’s 3-LURONICS CC Cream is our final pick of the bunch (available exclusively from LloydsPharmacy £19.99). Like the Olay offering you not only see an instant change to your complexion but continued use will provide plenty of other benefits too. The cream is light and free from mineral oils, parabens and allergens making it suitable for all skin types and the unique formula means that on initial application the skin is instantly moisturised, protected with SPF20 and skin tone is evened out. At the same time, molecules penetrate the skin for a longer-term effect, stimulating collagen and elastin production from within, resulting in noticeably reduced wrinkles.
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