The Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB is available in 2 shades: #1 Aqua Beige and #2 Aqua Neutral. I purchased this bb cream in #2 Aqua Neutral.
The ingredients list and a "do not eat" warning. Note that this bb cream contains Titanium Dioxide which means it will have flashbacks in photos if you use flash. With SPF 20 PA++, this bb cream will be a good one for daytime use.
This bb cream comes with a sponge. Although I prefer to apply this bb cream using my fingers, the sponge is still a nice thing to have since the quality is actually quite good (dense and squishy).
The bb cream is housed in a matte glass bottle that is shaped like a jelly. It's esthetically pleasing but at the mean time, it's not very travel friendly.
A plastic spatula is attached to the lid.
The texture of this bb cream is really unique. It has a jelly-like, wet consistency that wiggles/bounces when you shake it.
Let's look at the coverage of the product.
Bare skin.
After applying one layer of the bb cream. The scar peeked through slightly but the two little red spots were covered well.
I wanted to see if it will cover more prominent redness/ spots so I decided to try using it on my birthmark.
After one layer of the bb cream, my birthmark was still relatively visible but it was noticeably fainter.
CONCLUSION
I had high hopes for this bb cream and it did not disappoint. First of all, I adore the texture of this bb cream. This bb cream is very light and it feels like nothing on the skin. This is my current go-to base makeup because it is so comfortable to wear for hot weather (I live in Malaysia and it's super hot weather all year long, unless there's a thunderstorm).
The jelly-like texture becomes more liquidy as you blend it into the skin. I do find that you need to work this bb cream into the skin a bit more because the texture is not as creamy as a conventional bb cream. One great thing about the Aqua Petit Jelly BB is that it does not have a grey/ashy cast. In terms of coverage, this bb cream has light coverage that can be built up slightly, perhaps up to medium coverage but I noticed that it can look slightly cakey if you build it up too much. This bb cream can cover faint spots or minor imperfections and even out skintone but it won't completely cover dark circles or prominent spots/marks. I do wish that this bb cream has better pore coverage because in terms of pore coverage, I think that this bb cream is mediocre.
The finish of this bb cream is demi-matte, almost velvet like. The finish looks natural and skin-like as it is not too luminous or not too matte. This bb cream can enhance the look of dry patches so people with very dry skin might need to exfoliate and ensure that your skin is well moisturised prior to using this. I have oily skin and I find that this bb cream is average in terms of oil control as my skin started to look shiny after 2 hours of application (it does remain at an acceptable level for 5-6 hours). I do advice blotting every 2 hours or so because the combination of sweat and oil can melt the bb cream and cause it to look patchy.
*update* Tulip Love from Field Of Tulips (her blog link) told me that on her dry skin, this bb cream looked powdery on her cheeks/nose and under her eyes. So people with dry skin might want to give this bb cream a skip.
*update* Tulip Love from Field Of Tulips (her blog link) told me that on her dry skin, this bb cream looked powdery on her cheeks/nose and under her eyes. So people with dry skin might want to give this bb cream a skip.
For those of you who are sensitive to fragrance, note that this bb cream has quite a noticeable sweet floral scent that is detectable upon application.
I was wearing the Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB in #2 Aqua Neutral in both of these photos. I used Bobbi Brown's Corrector in Light Peach and Estee Lauder's Disappear Line Smoothing Concealer in #2 for my under eyes. I also powdered my skin for better pore coverage with a translucent loose setting powder (by Lancome if I remember correctly).
P/s I got the colour name wrong previously. It's #2 Aqua Neutral not #2 Aqua Natural. My apologies if I confused anyone.
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