lovely foundation for poeple that just require minimum coverage. blends in perfectly with my skin tone and what I love the most about is that it does not make my eyes water. However you do need to touch up during the day. overall a good product for people with good, uncomplicated sk
finally i picked up my parcel from the post office, I was a bit skeptical especially about the colour but the minute i had it on my skin it looked great, like the chocolate just dissapeared. i usually have a shiny but dry feeling but with the BB Cream my skin feels great. it's for keeps *wink*
This BB cream has an extreme amount of durability. It sticks to the skin so beautifully without making your skin feel like its wrapped in cling wrap, it lasts the whole day without sweating off or going cakey and it provides endless moisture! Definitely a change from other BB reams I have tried.
There is a reasonable SPF of 30 in each tube which will protect you from harmful UV rays. However, this does not give you permission to doll yourself up and attend a pool party where you lie in the sun all day. You still need to be sun-smart!
The PONDS BB cream retails for about 80 something rand for a 25ml tube. I thought this was quite affordable seeing at most other BB creams on the shelves retail for about the same price. I dug a bit further and saw that the other BB brands have 50ml tubes meaning PONDS charges the same price but gives you 50% less. Very sneaky.
Due to the higher quality, you apply a lot less product for the same effect so this price per ml thing is just being really picky but definitely something to consider when browsing for your BB cream.
This BB cream worked way better with my skin than others I have tried (namely Garnier's BB cream) and I would love to repurchase it in the future
The Pond's BB cream comes in 2 shades - Chocolate and Beige. The Chocolate shade is specially formulated in Durban for the South African market to suit true African skin tones - something South Africa should be very proud of.
The Beige shade is the one I will discuss as it is what I use for my skin. It is a little too dark for my skin, but when applied using a foundation brush I am able to blend it in nicely with my skin tone. The BB cream is silicon based which means that it makes your skin feel incredibly smooth and acts as the perfect primer for your makeup. During the day the silcon evapourates leaving behind the optics in the BB cream and this creates a light wearing, beautiful product. I have been using this for just over a week now and have started to notice certain inconsistencies in my face appear to be less noticeable and am definitely thrilled about that.
A lot of people have complained about the R89 pricetag for only 25ml, but few seem to realise that this BB Cream has an SPF of 30. In my experience, as soon as a product has a decent SPF in it the price goes up. Most skin care products have an SPF of only 15 so this BB cream is absolutely perfect for our climate and is a must - even in winter. Many people don't bother to apply sunscreen when we always should.
Overall I am incredibly impressed with this product, I haven't gone into all of the scientific explanations because I have tried to keep this review short and to the point.
Just a note: BB cream is not meant to be a replacement for your foundation or moisturiser - it is meant to compliment your current routine. It should be applied after you moisurise.
So today I finally tried the BB cream. this is my first time using a BB cream, I'm so used to putting foundation on. I tried it this morning after my routine and I love the smell(was hoping it would even smell chocolaty lol).
It just absorbed so nicely on my skin and guess what? My hands weren't even dirty. I was hoping it would be a little thicker but ey, it matched my complection. The product was nicely moisturised. So far I like the product.
And here's the BB wave coming, come on ladies catch the wave because our well known Ponds cream which has been keeping women beautiful for over 150 years has created the most revolutionary BB Cream which will sweep ladies off their feet.
This amazing BB Cream has something which no other BB Cream on the market has, this amazing BB Cream contains GenActiv Cover, which is an active formula, which evens skin tone and reduces dark marks from within.
Ponds BB Cream Benefits: • Instant natural coverage • Non-pore clogging • Light, non-oily texture •Instant skin hydration improvement for a moisturised look • Reduces dark marks • Evens skin tone • Protects from UVA and UVB rays (SPF30++)
So far I've been using the product for almost a week now and yes this BB Cream is amazing. The BB Cream gives me a natural yet flawless look with an amazing dewy but fresh look. The BB Cream has a light texture which is soft and absolutely fluffy. The BB Cream goes onto skin effortlessly and blends in to skin with a smooth and matte finish. The BB cream gives skin a beautiful medium coverage. This amazing BB Cream is especially for African skin, however I wouldn't really say that because it works on most skin types and works especially well on oily skin because it doesn't make you shine at all.
The BB Cream comes in a shiny packaging, with a shiny silver tube and a large twist lid in shimmering silver. The tube has a large bright pink section which has information about the product. The thing I really love about the BB Cream is the nozzle, it's really small so it allows the perfect amount of BB Cream that you actually want. The smell of the BB Cream is the usual dreamy but fresh smell of Ponds cream which makes skin burst with fresh scent.
The product comes in the following colours: Beige Chocolate
It's sad that there are only two shades of the BB cream, hopefully there will be more shades soon. This amazing BB Cream has some really amazing long term benefits for a healthier and stronger skin. These benefits are: •Skin tone evening efficacies •Long term skin evening benefit that works at the epidermal level of the skin through continuous usage. •Dark mark efficacies •Significant dark mark reduction results on the surface of the skin. •Long term dark mark reduction benefits that work at the epidermal level of the skin through continuous usage. •Significant and superior sun protection. •Increase in skin hydration levels •Long term improvement in skin hydration for healthy •Long term skin improvements in multi-targeted areas.
PRO's and CON's of Ponds BB Cream
PRO's •Light texture with a non oily formula •Sets to a matte finish •Doesn't need to be dusted with translucent powder •Fresh Ponds scent •Evens skin tone after frequent use •SPF 30 •Blends into a natural flawless finish Gives skin a lovely dewy look Very attractive packaging
CON's •There isn't much of the BB Cream in the tube- only 25ml •Only available in two shades
So this BB Cream turns out a little pricey because R89 for only 25ml of BB Cream which means digging deeper in your pockets. However this BB Cream is unique and works from the inside to solve uneven skin tone and imperfections. Overall I would recommend you give this product a try because the product blends in flawlessly and looks simply amazing.
I’ve never really been too keen on BB Creams. In fact, I am terribly fussy about any product I use on my face. But, after trying out the new POND'S Flawless Radiance BB Cream in Chocolate, I understand the hype about BB Creams.
What I really loved about this product was the fact that it was so light and blended into my skin perfectly. It made my skin look fresh and luminous, and it didn’t leave any residue or leave my skin feeling oily. Also, it has the most amazing, invigorating smell!
I did, however, find that it didn’t give me that instant colour coverage that I really wanted. So, I wouldn’t exactly agree that this BB Cream was expertly designed for African skin. The BB Cream was dark and chocolatey out of the tube, as expected, but very transparent once it was smoothed into my skin. This isn’t a bad quality though. It just means that this BB Cream will suit just about every skin tone. What could be better than that?
With regards to evening my skin tone and reducing dark marks, I have yet to find out. Other than that, I am very satisfied with this BB Cream, and would recommend this all-in-one GenActiv™ COVER formula and SPF 30 advanced sunscreen protection skin care solution to all BB Cream addicts.
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