I'm curious about how you can tell if the creams on eBay are fake or not? Also I guess I always figured if I got stuck with a fake one I could just file a PayPal claim if the seller was unwilling to resolve. So far I've had really good success with all the Asian beauty products which I've purchased on both ebay and amazon so if I have been getting fakes, they're damn good fakes lol. But if Holika Holika shipped overseas straight from Korea, I'd gladly buy from them. That's not an option for me now though I have emailed both them and Sephora asking if they'd please sell to US customers. They'd get so much biz! Anyhoo...would be cool to have an Asian beauty thread so we could talk about our fave products not sold in US stores though I'm sure there's already one on here somewhere.
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[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> While we're on the topic though here are some other creams I have used:
Swatches:
Here's how they compare to the two American creams I own:
UD and Boscia look the darkest on my hand and they also look ridiculous on my face. I save these for summer when I'm tan ish. The Holika Holika Petit Clearing BB and Baviphat magic Girl BB match my skin tone the best. My face is about one shade lighter than the back of my hand for reference. The white stuff is a clearish BB cream primer with an iridescent shine to it and works well with any BB cream brand. The Super BB in the hot pink tube is too much of a yellowish grey taupe shade for my skin. Here is a pic of the sample sizes I've received from eBay:
sorry for the terrible lighting... my bathroom is unfortunately a bad place for photos. U__U;; But I just wanted to show there are a wide variety out there so if some of the readily available brands in store don't work for your skin tone don't be afraid to try the Asian brands.
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[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> the good news is that BB creams are becoming increasingly popular in other countries besides Korea/Japan/etc. So they're starting to make more shades. I bought these a while ago so by now, Boscia (as well as Smashbox) have lighter shades available.
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