Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream Hydrating Colour Corrector Broad Spectrum SPF 30
After being exposed to the whole BB Cream world came CC Cream in which, it took me quite a while to be willing to try it especially since it was sorta marketed as a Color Correcting Cream and I needed to rid acne / blemishes more than color correcting my skin tone.
I came across this CC Cream through a blogsale and thought, let's give this a shot as I have had good experiences with Clinique base products and I have recently stumbled upon the Dramatically Different Gel which I kinda like too!
Moisture Surge CC Cream Hydrating Colour Corrector Broad Spectrum SPF 30
There are 9 shades being formulated with 3 that is formulated specially for Asian Skins.
Reading its description, it pretty much seems like a tinted version of 1 of their best sellers, Moisture Surge which is meant for dehydrated skin. Oh yes, not forgetting an SPF of 30 to help fight those harmful UVA and UVB rays.
The shade I have is Natural Fair which is lightest shade among the Asian favourites' shades.
It is of a creamy gel-like texture that is pretty easy to blend.
Looks like a full coverage in this swatch but it is not.
Pretty good match for my skin as it has blended into my skin towards the top of the swatch.
I have worn it for less than a week to decide that this CC Cream is not for me. The picture on the left was taken half an hour after I have worn it (still looking very fresh) and the picture on the right was taken slightly after 6 hours of wear in an air-conditioned office (pardon the weird expression. I was totally exhausted by 3am but still wanted to take a picture for comparison). Not sure if you can notice but the product has worn off my face. I did not touch up but did blot with a piece of facial tissue as my face was slightly shiny.
*I was on a graveyard shift 2 weeks ago and was in the office from 8pm to 3am so there was no direct sunlight, no outdoor humidity.
Coverage is light to medium that covers slight discoloration and evens out your skin tone but you'll need to help boost the oil control if you have oily skin like mine. A mattifying face powder to set it and a makeup setting spray to avoid the product from sliding off your face.
If you have dry / normal / combination skin, you will probably enjoy this product but for those with oilier skins, you have to work a little harder in controlling the oil. And if you need coverage, this is probably not something you want to try either.
I will probably pack this with me to the United States when I next visit my sister as I do like the hydrating factor (not in humid Singapore though) but in Singapore, I can only wear this if I need some coverage with SPF for a couple of hours.