Product Reviews: Missha BB Cream and Geo Angel Circle Lens

I wanted to share two products that I'm currently using:

1) Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream SPF 42 PA+++
2) Geo Angel Brown Circle Lens

The Missha collection is the first BB cream I've tried.  For those of you who don't know, BB cream stands for Blemish Balm cream.  It's part of a huge cosmetic trend that I think started in Korea (don't quote me on that!) and gradually became popular all throughout Asia.  It functions as both a foundation and a skincare treatment, and claims to have skin-regenerating properties.  Since I'm not a huge fan of foundation, I decided to try out these little wonders in a bottle.  The hard part was figuring out which brand to try.  I've read rave reviews about the Missha line so I purchased a bottle at Marukai.

Here's the packaging

I purchased shade No. 23 (Natural Beige).  It's a little lighter than my skin tone but there's only two shades available and this is the one that most suits me =/

What it claims:

It lightens skin tone by healing visible wrinkles and blemishes with excellent skin-cover ability, and prevents skin aging through effective whitening and anti-wrinkle properties.

Pros:

- Light coverage, similar to a tinted moisturizer
- Doesn't break me out
- Very natural looking
- Comes in a pump bottle so it's very hygienic
- Smells wonderful

Cons:

- Only 2 shades!  And they're very light shades since it's targeted towards Asian skin...but not all Asian skin is snow white!
- Oxidizes later in the day, but can be remedied by applying setting power

I haven't used this long enough to notice any significant changes in skin whitening or lightening of scars so I'll just have to wait and hope for the best.

The second item I've recently tried out are circle lenses.  What are circle lenses?  It's another HUGE phenomenon in Asia.  They're contact lenses that contain a thick black outer ring to create the illusion of having bigger, wider eyes.  So if anyone's been wondering how so many Asian women have enormous dolly eyes, their secret weapon is circle lens!  Again, I was unsure of what color/style to purchase due to the ridiculously enormous collection that's available, so I decided to play it safe and buy the Geo Angel Brown.  If you're interested in checking out the collection, you can view them here (note: I am not sponsoring of any of these products, just merely providing my honest opinion of them).

These are the different colors in the Geo Angel series

I received a free animal case with my order xD

Pros:

- Natural looking brown color
- Gives a cute, dolly look
- MUCH more affordable than my previous Freshlook colored contacts 

Cons:

- Comfortable only up to 4 hours.  It's NOT recommended to wear circle lenses any longer than that
- Takes some time to adjust to the feeling of the bigger lenses
- Dries out eyes faster

I do like the look the circle lens gives me, but honestly, to wear lenses for only 4 hours is not practical for me.  I wear lenses mainly for vision, not beauty.  If I wore these lenses any longer than 4 hours, my eyes will turn red and irritated, which is very disappointing.  So I'm only going to wear these when I want to look nice I guess (i.e., parties, hangouts, etc).  Otherwise, I'll be purchasing my expensive Freshlook contacts again *sigh*

Wearing the Missha BB cream and the Geo Angel Brown lenses

So there you have it!  Alright, time to get ready for my company Christmas dinner!  So excited~

<3,
Juju