Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream in Very Light | A Brutal Yet Honest Review

Clinique  Moisture Surge CC Cream, £28 link

When I'm looking for a new foundation, for some reason I always find myself at the Clinique counter. The claims of the products being allergy tested, fragrance free and having a range for just about any skin type always draws me in, even if there is nothing new to be seen. 



I'm not entirely sure why the brand keeps drawing my in, because from what I have tried I've only really fallen in love with two things. I adore the Moisture Surge and Moisture Surge Intense gel-creams they offer. They are amazing for my dry skin, oil free so that little patchy of oily skin on my nose doesn't freak out and they really are fragrance free. 

The other products I've tried have left me want more. The dramatically different lotion broke me out like nothing has ever done before. The Even Better Makeup left my skin a greasy mess and left me powdering my skin every hour. The Super Balanced foundation sat in my pores and lasted all of 3 hours on my skin. Overall, I haven't been that impressed, but I still keep going back and I have no idea why. 

When I was browsing the counter last time, the CC Cream trend had just hit and Clinique had launched their Moisture Surge CC Cream. The lady sold it to me incredibly well, and when I tested it the colour and texture seemed brilliant. I snapped it up right away thinking that even if I didn't wear this alone it would suffice under powder for a coverage boost or it would work like my Maybelline BB Cream and be a great primer. 

Sadly, it's none of those things. This product was just £28 of disappointment. Unless you are in indoor lighting or brilliant sunshine the colour, at least on me, has a strong ashy tone to it. The product doesn't blend into the skin, but rather sits on top making you look, quite frankly, scary. It sinks into pores, giving the skin a noticeably uneven finish and it stays tacky. 



I've tried this in just about any way I can imagine and it just doesn't work for me. If I set it with powder, somehow to stickiness still managed to break through the powder leaving my face feel disgusting. 

I tried putting it on with just about every brush, sponge and applicator possible, and it still didn't sink into the skin, give any hydration or blend evenly. The best I ever got out of this was when using my fingers,  but even then I hated how it felt on my skin. 

I couldn't use this as a "tinted" primer because of the way it sits on my skin. If I put anything else on top of this, it just looks like a cakey mess. It doesn't give the makeup a smooth base to sit on, nor does it hold the makeup in place. 

It did offer some coverage, if you can handle the feel and look of the product. It does 'colour correct', well as much as I can tell. I don't have dark circles (thank god!) and I don't really have anything else other than redness to correct on my face.  It does cover the redness, but most things do because it just takes a light layer of something to even out my skin. 


I always try and find at least one good things about a product, to justify the money spent just a teeny-tiny bit. With this CC cream, it does offer you sun protection. The SPF30 helps shield the skin from the sun, and according to Boots its a broad spectrum sun protection, meaning in protects from both UVA and UVB rays, rather than just the UVB rays. 

So, overall I wouldn't recommend the Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream, as you can probably imagine. I have dry skin with the only real trouble coming from redness of the skin. This sounded perfect for me, but it just didn't work.
 

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*this post was way more rant-y than normal. Remember, this is just my opinion and how this worked for me. Things work different for everyone, so it might work for you.*  

July Favourites: HD Brows, Blood Brothers and Shane Dawson

So, it's August! How the hell did that happen? I swear it seems like it was New Years like 3 hours ago. I can't be dealing with time moving this fast! Anyway, now I've done the obligatory intro that everyone does, I'm going to get on with my July favourites. 

Makeup and Hair

HD Brows Blusher (2) and Bronzer (2) 

I've recently reviewed these, and since posting the reviews it's brought them to my attention again. I've been loving the blusher for adding a healthy and glowy flush to the skin, and the bronzer is great for contouring the face lightly and adding warmth to the skin tone. They both work for my pale skin, which is great and they last all day on my skin. 

blusher review here 
bronzer review here

Le Kair Natural Carrot Oil Cholesterol Creme

 I featured this in a haul post quite some time a go and also have a review up which you can read here. I brought this from a site that focused on Afro-Caribbean hair products, and fell in love. I've recently rediscovered this after trying out some other conditioners and realized how much I love it. I've used this as a hair mask and a leave in conditioner and it works well as both. It helps tame frizz, nourish hair and it doesn't smell awful either. It's also ridiculously cheap. 

haul here
review here

Maybelline BB Cream in Light 

I think it's law that in summer, you must ditch foundation and head to the BB cream (or even CC creams now). Following the crowd, as I normally do, I ditched my believed Estee Lauder foundation that I normally wear every day and tried getting used to a bb cream. I've been loving this because the finish is great for my dry skin, and I've been using this when I'm not at work. I can't quite leave my Double Wear behind for work because I need to something to cover and last.

B. Eyeshadow Palette in Glisten 

I've been loving subtle neutral eyes recently. I used to love super dark and intense eyes but for the summer I've been trying to ditch the black (it's really hard) and go with nice summery colours. These shadows are great for creating a nice eyeshadow look that you can see on the eyes but it's as harsh as some of my winter looks can be. The rusty brown colour is my favourite, but all of them together create a great look. 

 Youtube

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I've recently got right back into watching YouTube videos. I have gotten a better internet connection at home, and without uni I have spare time (too much!). I've been subscribed to Shane Dawson for ages, but I've never watched one of his videos.  I've started watching them, as despite the slightly offensive humour I find him hilarious. I prefer his vlog videos but he's a funny duck in just about all of them, vlog or main.

Music

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I've recently discovered TwentyForSeven on YouTube. I don't know how I haven't been subscribed to them for ages but I'm not officially addicted to their music.  I found them after watching their very popular cover of Bruno Mars' When I Was Your Man but my all time favourite from them has to be the cover of Bad by The Cab or the 2012 Mash Up Song. 

I've always rediscovered my absolute love for the Foo Fighters. Wasting Light has got to be one of my favourite albums EVER. 

Books

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This month I've read (or at least started reading) two books! One I read in about 2 days at the end of the month. Blood Brothers is a very popular musical (I'm planning on writing up a post for my very new Book Blog) and was written by Willy Russell. I finally got a hold of a copy of this in book form and read it in two days. It's just as amazing in book form as it is on stage, and I highly suggest going to see it or reading it. 

I've also been loving the latest addition to the Bloodlines series, which is a spin off of the Vampire Academy series. The Bloodlines series focuses more on Alchemists than vampires, but it just as great as the original series. I'm on the third book and am loving it. It might be worth checking out if you like YA reads.  

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*this post contains mention of PR samples

Friday Favourite: Maybelline BB Cream in Medium

I wanted to start a new feature on my blog every Friday, and it's going to be a short 1 paragraph post that features my favourite product of the week. This week I've chosen the Maybelline BB Cream in Medium. 

With summer just around the corner, I'm trying to put away my full coverage foundation and trying to get used to seeing my skin with a lighter coverage product on it. This BB cream is brilliant, and my favourite of all the ones I've tried. It's lightweight, light coverage and comes in a nice range of colours. I've used both the light and medium and they both work great for me. It's also a great tinted primer under other foundations. 

You can pick up the Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream here for just £7.99.

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