IOPE Complete Care CC Cream

Happy Monday everybardy! Today marks day 1 of a 3-day work week in Singapore, cos we’ve got Hari Raya on Thursday (Selamat Hari Raya in advance!) and our National Day on Friday (Majulah Singapuraaaaa!). And for once, it’s one of the rare occassions that I don’t have to work on a public holiday. It’s time to celebrate and get some much-needed rest.

Even though it’s not much a Blue Monday, I’ve decided to review a blue product today. Ok that’s totally irrelevant, I know. I just wanted to review this cos it’s (yet another) CC cream. -throws confetti in air-

Loving the glossy packaging in real life, but hating it during photography cos it reflects every damn shimmer of light.

This is how it looks with professional photography heh.

In shade 01 Clear Beige
Looking vaguely yellow at first but blending in very nicely to give a pretty natural finish with slight glow
Can you see the slight trail/scars along my jawline? Those are the remnant pimples from my Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum testing period. sigh.  waiting for them to subside before I try it again. Anyhoos, the IOPE CC cream gives a nice glow and some radiance, but not much coverage.
Radiant – yes. But there isn’t very strong coverage – check out the dark eye circles gah.
Taken from the IOPE website - recommendations of what to use the IOPE CC cream with.
Watermarking this picture cos I translated it (loosely)

I say…

• First of all, I must say that the texture is impressively smooth and creamy – spreading out nicely and with a great amount of moisture (not watery though).
• It smells vunderful and makes me want to continue applying – which will be the case anyway since it doesn’t have strong coverage.
• Now I am pretty surprised at the coverage level though – when I was in store (at Aritaum), I tested 3 new CC creams from IOPE, Laneige and Mamonde.
• I suppose it had something to do with the dim lighting, cos at that moment, I thought the IOPE one had really good coverage. I’m not saying it has zero coverage though – it’s just that I expected a 8/10 for its coverage and now it’s just 6.5/10, something more suitable for a base or primer instead.
• And yes, my suspicions are confirmed when I check out the website and see that IOPE has paired up the CC cream with several other products – yup, this CC cream is better for a base instead.
• On the flipside, it does brighten my skin tone. It does even it out. And it even manages to cover some of my blemishes. Unfortunately, the true mark of a product with good coverage is its ability to cover up my dark eye circles. In the photos above I already had 4-5 layers applied under my eyes… but sadly, to no avail.
• It doesn’t last that long either – 4 hours and it was more or less gone. I should try their recommendations and try to pair it with the IOPE XP Cushion soon.
• However, as a base itself, it’s a really good product. It has a nice dewy glow to it – not overwhelmingly , but a nice subtle glow.
• It doesn’t feel heavy or thick either – in fact, it felt quite luxurious.. perhaps it’s because of the amount of skincare products in it.

Overall, a decent product as a base or primer, but if you’re looking for a CC cream that’ll cover your blemishes and use as a BB or foundation, this won’t be for you.