BB and CC Cream Swatches on MAC NW15 skin

I like to visit Reddit a bit and browse around the Asian Beauty subreddit to see the latest and greatest that my fellow bloggers and like minded people have picked up. It's a wonderful place for information, swatches, reviews and hauls. If you've got a question please head on over and check it out! It's filled with wonderful girls and boys who just love...well, Asian Beauty! It's not just makeup, although who doesn't love a billion BB creams? No, no, it's also filled with skincare and advice on how to use the item, which step it would be in and how often you should use it. Of course, we're not doctors but just people who have experimented with a LOT of regimens. Some of us have found our holy grail items while others are still on the prowl.

Now, the number one thing I tend to notice on this subreddit is that a lot of people are asking what kind of BB creams would be great for them on pale skin. I tend to think I'm fairly pale as I always have to grab the lightest shade and hope it works out for me. Also, not all of these have worked for me but they're just the ones I've purchased and haven't given away, or ones I do truly like. Again, I'm about NW15 in MAC foundations and concealers and I have dry skin.

So!
Here are some major swatches I did last night.



























I've already partially labeled them to save myself from going crazy and trying to remember later on, but I'll include the full names and shades. Also, I've included some well known foundations, besides just BB creams, that we can get in the US so if you see one you wear and it's the same color you can look to see how it would wear. I know it's not a perfect system but it does help to see if that color would look great on you or not if you're similar coloring to me :)

SO! Without further ado here they are in order of appearance from left to right.
If there is a color or shade, I've included such :)

The Saem Gem Miracle Black Pearl O2 CC cream

TonyMoly Collagen Moisture BB Cream

TwoFaced Tinted BB

Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeup - Natural Ivory 20

Makeup Forever HD Foundation #110

Laura Mercier Cream to Powder Foundation -Porcelain

Hard Candy Just Face It One-Step Foundation  - Fair

Maybelline FIT Me - Porcelain 110

Smashbox Camera Ready BB - Light

Stila Stay All Day 10-in-1 HD Illuminating BB

Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cotton Fit

IOPE CC -01 Clear Beige

Skin79 Super BB Cream (Gold)

Skin79 Super BB Cream (Green)

Skin79 Super BB Cream (Pink)

Now here's the same thing again except I got a little bit smarter and used flash as well as blended them in. One day I'll do better swatches, I promise!

TonyMoly Cats Wink Clear Pact - 02

Skin79 Super BB Cream (Orange)

Missha M Shiny BB Cream

Missha M Perfect Cover BB Cream -21

TonyMoly Luminous Pure Aura CC Cream

TonyMoly Luninous Goddess Aura BB Cream

Holika Holika PureMellow Skin Tuning Liquid Foundation - 1

Missha M BB Boomer

Holika Holika Petit BB Cream -Watery 

Mizon Snail Repair BB Cream

I'll try and update this whenever I get more, but as of right now my New Years Resolution is to use up an entire bottle of BB or CC cream before I buy another! Let's hope I can stick to that :3

Review: Missha M Perfect Cover B.B Cream

I was SO excited to finally step into a real Missha store instead of ordering online, so when I saw the store in Dongdaemun I may or may not have freaked completely out. When I went inside I was kind of sad though. I for some reason thought their products would be a lot cheaper in Korea than from ordering online. Boo! I did end up picking up my usual BB cream and a few other goodies. It's definitely worth a look as they have some of the highest standards in testing in cosmetics, or so I read (plus they just have really pretty stuff in general!).

Review: Missha M B.B Boomer

I originally got quite a few of these as samples to try out when I bought my very first Perfect Cover BB cream and was really excited to get home asap. Oddly, I hated it the first time I wore it outside to work as I thought it faded off really fast and the smell irritated me and threw the rest of the samples away. A few weeks later I was cleaning my vanity and actually found another one I missed and figured since I'd run out of my Etude House Volumer, I'd give it another shot.
I'm SO glad I did