Pure Ultra Light BB Cream

Hope you're all having a nice weekend!

Today's review is on Pure's Ultra Light BB Cream, a sample I received from a UK company called Sublyme Cosmetics.

BB Cream's are the 'must have' product at the moment but just in case you haven't come across one before I'll give you a quick run down of what it is.

BB stands for Blemish Balm and they first appeared in Korea and Japan in the 80's, so while its a brand new innovation for us, it's actually been around for a good 20 years!

Basically, the BB Cream is a multi-purpose product, it can be used on its own to cover imperfections (pesky spots and dark circles), to contour, create radiance or used in conjunction with your usual foundation.

Ultra Light is actually a brand new product and isn't available yet but should be out soon, there are currently two shades already available, Light and Medium. I haven't tried the Medium so unfortunately I can't comment on that, but I have included a swatch of the Light version in the images below.

It's important to note that I'm not a fan of foundation, I find them too heavy for my skin and I prefer to use a tinted moisturiser, unfortunately I have quite fair skin so its not easy to find a tinted moisturiser that's light enough (for some reason they seem to cater these for darker skin tones!) I currently use Benefit's You Rebel Lite and I have been doing so for a good few years now, although its good at £23.50 its not the cheapest so I'm always on the look out for an alternative.







FYI: This is the packaging for  the 'Light' version, but I thought this would be good for reference!

The product is fragrance free and contains Aloe Vera, Collagen, Light reflecting and Mmineral pigments and Vitamin E. I thought this was pretty good for a 'budget' beauty product as you normally only tend to see these types of ingredients in more expensive, 'high end' products. (I've been advised that it will also be paraben free!)

Pure Ultra Light BB Cream

As you can see, the BB Cream is a quite nice, light colour which pleasantly surprised me, normally 'light' still has an oragney tint!

Top: Pure Ultra Light BB Cream
Bottom: Benefit You Rebel Lite

I always thought Benefit's version was a good match for my skin, but alongside Pure's version I thought it looked far too yellow for my skin tone!

As promised Pure Ultra Light & Light BB Cream

Above is the swatch of the 'Light' version as promised, as you can see there is a definite difference in the colours, in fact I'd have thought the 'Light' was more of a medium shade, all though this would be far too dark for my skin normally I'd think the 'Light' version  would come in handy when I have a tan.


Ultra Light is a lovely product! It was incredibly easy to apply and blended like a dream (no tide-marks or tell tale lines) I had it on all day and it honestly felt like I wasn't wearing any make-up at all, it lasted a full day at work and didn't budge until I removed it at night (Having combination skin this is a brilliant result)

It also gives a light even coverage and suits fair skin perfectly. (FYI if you're a foundation fan its probably worth noting that it is more like a tinted moisturiser, however, I'm sure you could mix the two products together to achieve the desired result)

Pure Ultra Light BB Cream rubbed in.

The above image shows how the BB Cream looks on skin once applied, granted I didn't use a sponge or brush, but I think this shows how easily it does blend and shows off the sheer coverage perfectly.


I haven't used any other BB Creams prior to this so cannot really compare it against the others currently on the market but I do like this one! In fact, I would go as far as to say when my Benefit You Rebel Lite runs out, I will be heading out to buy this little beauty!

Pure's Light and Medium BB Cream's are currently available to purchase at Savers, Bodycare, Home Bargains and Discount UK.

It is also available through online retailers Amazing Face UK (http://www.amazingface-uk.com) they also sell through eBay!

As I said earlier on in my post, Ultra Light hasn't hit the shops yet so if you want to keep up date on its release it may be worth following Pure or Amazing Face on Twitter (@PURE_Facecare or @AmazingfaceUK)

If anyone else has used this I'd be interested to hear your thoughts!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend

Kimberley x