MISSHA's signature real complete bb cream review

Back in the beginning of March, I received an email saying was one of the 100 people that won MISSHA's bb cream giveaway! I was super excited and visited their site right away to place my order. But the shade of the BB cream I was eligible for was out of stock. I waited a few days to see if they would re-stock and nope, it was still OOS. I contacted customer service to see if they had plans to restock their inventory and they said they didn't know. Not wanting to lose the chance to redeem my prize, they changed the shade of BB cream I was eligible for to NO. 21 (light pink beige). I then ordered right away. LOL. I also ordered a little something extra because I wanted to take advantage of the free shipping opportunity. I show you those items later. First is the BB cream review.

I've tried liquid, powder and even cream foundation. Of these, my favorite was powder (Bare Minerals). I liked how the powder feels light on my skin and my face is able to breathe. When I used to use liquid (Revlon's foundation, I forgot the name) and cream foundation (Clinque's city base compact foundation), I felt like the foundation was seeping into my pores. My face felt so heavy and while it provided great coverage, I hated it. My skin felt so trapped and dirty. Thus, I switched to powder and I love how my skin feels so free. BUT, there's one downside to powder foundations. It does not provide enough coverage. I still see a little redness around my nose and chin area when I am finished with my makeup. I was first iffy on trying BB cream despite all the rave reviews. I hate liquid based foundations because they feel so heavy on my face and BB cream IS a liquid based foundation. I'm glad I was chosen for this giveaway because I don't think I would have ever strayed away from my powder foundation. And it forever changed my thinking of, anything liquid=pore clogging and heavy.

After toning and moisturizing my face. I took out my handy ECOtool's foundation brush to apply the BB cream. I applied the cream evenly on my forehead and cheeks and concentrated areas where there was redness like my nose and chin area. Note that I did not use concealer.

My skin looks pretty clear if I say so myself. :))))

I am amazed with the coverage. I cannot stop looking at myself in the mirror! LOL. However, the little bumps on my skin are still visible. But that's more because of my skin's texture than anything else. But I will try the BB cream over foundation primer another time to see how it turns out. Another thing I am surprised about is the sheer lightness of the BB cream. I feels like I just have moisturizer on my face. I thought it would feel thick and heavy but that is not the case. Even as I was applying the cream on, the consistency is very very light. It's not creamy at all. It's even lighter than my bare mineral's moisturizer. Also, I don't know if people care about this but there is no scent at all. I don't like products with strong perfume smells especially if it's going on my face. So it's a thumbs up for scent.

Coverage: 9/10 - Great coverage for redness but I still see the little bumps I have on my cheeks
Scent: 10/10 - No smell.
Protection: 9/10 - SPF 25 and PA++ (Could be a little higher but I am not really concerned with SPF protection)
Price: 7/10 - Pretty pricey (for a poor college student) but a good deal nonetheless. Same range as department store brand foundations. It's 45.99 USD.
Design: 10/10 - The bottle is so pretty! And it has a pump to for easy applications as well.

Overall: 9

MISSHA's signature real complete bb cream is a great product and I find it missing from my room sometimes because my mother took it to use it on her own face. -__-; Haha.