Coffret D’Or’s BB cream is called Fast Beauty Foundation UV BB SPF33 PA++, 2625JPY or USD34, and I had been eyeing this since Miso Jenny had a rave review on this way back last year on one of her videos. I can’t find the video and spotted that she included this item on her blog sale not too long ago. Oh dear, that doesn’t bode well for this product, does it?

When I first started using this product, I loved the dewy effect it gave my skin. I used this a lot in autumn when the air was still fairly humid and it kept my skin in check in terms of oil control. The colour match is a dead ringer for my skin tone — I use 03 and I’m an NC25.

Be warned it’s not incredibly long lasting as my face did look a little patchy after a 12 hour day but I think that’s normal with other base makeup, considering my skin is quite oily by the end of the day, even after blotting once or twice.

I brought this to Singapore at the end of December as it was one of my favourite BB creams but it really did not hold up in the extreme heat and humidity. I felt like it was slipping off my face with just a few hour’s of wear which surprised me because alcohol is the fifth ingredient in this product.

Some people might be put off by the visible shimmer when you squeeze some product out but it doesn’t appear as specks of glitter on the skin and in fact departs a fresh dewy glow.

For the price, I don’t think it’s that great because I think Missha BB creams have a similar price point but they perform much better in terms of dewiness and longevity. I think this is an overall good BB cream and I would continue using it, but I would not re-purchase this. If you are a crazy BB cream collector, you might want to try this, but if you are conscious about how much you spend on base makeup, you might want to give this a pass as there are cheaper and better Japanese BB creams out there.

I know you BB cream lovers like to read reviews so here is a flashback of the BB cream reviews I have done:

Missha Signature Real Complete BB Cream SPF25PA++
Ettusias Mineral BB Cream
Evangelist BB Cream
Nanoce BB Whitening Essence
Nanoce BB Sorbet
Hada Labo BB Emulsion & Cream
Atomy BB Cream
Nanoce BB Cream

Would you like to see more BB cream reviews? I have a few more I’ve been testing out recently…

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Life in Tokyo is definitely pretty much back on track though there are rolling blackouts outside central Tokyo due to fewer working energy plants on Honshu.

Food and water supplies are much easier to get now and my local supermarket looks almost 100% though the yogurt section still looks dismal and bottled water is still being limited to one or two per customer. Apparently the fermentation process is interrupted by the blackouts so yogurt manufacturers are struggling to meet demand.

And natto (fermented soy beans), Japan’s infamous cheap health and beauty food, is also in short supply. So it seems there is a sudden boom in making DIY yogurt and natto…

My mood has picked up considerably too with the start of real spring — warm temperatures, sunny cloudless days and blooming sakuras.

This spring for me is all about coral shades which is quite “revolutionary” for this die-hard pink lover. I had this weird psychological block that orange shades made me look more yellow or sickly. But it took a tiny incident to change my mind: it was the reluctant purchase of Marjolica Marjoca’s Puff De Cheeks Apricot Macaron blush.

There was a lot of buzz about MM’s Puff De Cheeks collection and I wanted the Strawberry Macaron because it’s a lovely pink shade but I have not been able to buy it at all. My local Tomods only had Apricot and Vanilla so I ended up getting Apricot since Vanilla was more like a highlighting colour. You know what? It looks so flattering on my skin tone (NC25-30)…

I don’t actually use the puff provided and prefer my Shu Uemura blush brush. It is so orange to me but it makes me look healthy…My pink blushes have been neglected in the meantime.

Since I got braver about coral, I bit the bullet when I was at Kansai International Airport and nabbed this Jill Stuart beauty, the Mixed Blush Compact in 09 Little Bouquet. This is so pigmented that I have to be cautious of not swiping it too harshly with the brush. Again, it gives me a healthy glow. Then there was no stopping this new coral convert…

I spotted this Coffret D’Or Essence Stay Rouge in OR 106. This is more pigmented than a lip stain but is still lighter than a lipstick so I tend to use this more like a lip gloss and put it over a coral or nude shade of lip stick.

I heard rave reviews about the staying power of this Maquillage Rouge Enamel Glamor lip gloss so I got one in OR 212. Although it’s called a lip gloss, this fully works as a lipstick cum lip gloss for me. The right side of the tube contains the pigmented lip gloss and the left side is almost like a lip glass tinted with coral and sparkles. You have to wait a little bit for the lip gloss layer to dry and then apply the lip glass. Eating and drinking would take away most of it but the gloss is so pigmented that my lips still retain a bit of the coral shade so my lips don’t look completely pale and naked after a meal.

Swatches: Maquillage on the left and Coffret D’Or on the right.

I still like pink shades but am moving towards more milk tea or latte shades these days.

What colour is making waves in your makeup collection this spring?

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