CC Creams: Beauty Trend to Try

Courtesy of OlayAlexandra Samuel, SELF magazine

It's not that I don't love BB cream, because I do, but there's a new must-have in my life: CC Cream, "CC" meaning Complexion Correction or Comelete Coverage, depending who you ask. (There's also CC Sabathia, the Yankees pitcher, but I digress.) Think of it as BB on steroids: major bennies, more pigment, better looking skin. Or, as a favorite ad of mine read, "AA + BB = CC." That's anti-aging plus beauty balm equals CC cream. Alphabet soup or not, we'll take it.

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My fave? Olay Total Effects CC Tone Correction UV Moisturizer, $22, which is 1. pretty and swirly in the bottle (yeah, people, packaging totally matters!); 2. has an enzyme to lighten hyper pigmentation; and 3. contains a form of vitamin B3 to help skin retain moisture better. So, that dry, cakey, blotchy thing my skin is doing lately has become a non-issue. Which is pretty good, considering I'm newly single.

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If you tend to be shiny, check out the Wet 'N Wild Cover All Cream Foundation (I promise it's a CC cream, despite the name), which costs $4 and should hit drugstore shelves this month. It's got oil-absorbing powders to ditch slicks and is available in seven shades. Now that's some seriously savvy beauty.


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