London Fashion Week Paris Fashion Week Milan Fashion Week New York Fashion Week News Fashion Wedding Ideas Beauty Hair Trends Life + culture Holiday Inspiration All videos Elle fashion cupboard If you, like us, are edging towards a more low-maintenance beauty look, it's time to return to BB cream. But what is a BB cream, exactly? It might masquerade as something buzzier and more exciting, but it’s essentially tinted moisturiser, souped up with good-for-skin bonuses like pollution-shielding extracts, moisture-grabbing humectants and that all-important SPF. The best ones out there will unify your skin tone and keep you hydrated, meaning you can streamline your routine while still looking put-together and pleasingly glowy. Yes, that Trinny is now a certified make-up queen, thanks to her incredibly successful eponymous beauty brand. The star of the show – so much so, it continually sells out – is the BFF Cream, which is one of the lightest, glossiest beauty balms we’ve come across. Like many beauty game-changers, BB cream was born in South Korea. The letters were originally an abbreviation for ‘blemish balm’, but are now widely recognised as standing for ‘beauty balm’.

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We know, we know...It’s technically a CC cream. But let’s be honest, there's no real difference (aside from marketing jargon) and this one absolutely deserves a mention here.This cult formula boasts proper SPF 50, enough coverage to tempt even the most foundation-fixated, and the kind of creamy consistency that melts into skin beautifully.

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Winter is usually the time we hail the return of full-coverage foundation, but things feel different this year. All that time we spent getting to know our bare faces has made us more inclined to embrace a lighter, more breathable base: the kind that illuminates and unifies without feeling like a mask.