I had quite high hopes for the The Body Shop Instaglow CC Cream – they look a bit ‘strobey’ but with the exception of Peachy Glow, these did not work for me at all.
Warm Glow is indicated for dark skin tones, so my test of that isn’t terribly helpful because I don’t have the right tone to blend into. The Peachy Glow did better in that it felt a more natural fit tonally, while the lightest tone again, was totally wrong for my face.
Across the board (I’m wearing all three right now and praying the postman doesn’t come to the door) I find this CC texture too dry, and there’s no real glow that I can see – to the point that I’ve re-tested on my arm just in case the light was wrong or I’d made some error. I haven’t and I don’t think it gives any discernable glow at all. What they do do, however, is some minor evening out of skin tone and if that’s all you need, and if your skin is on the oily side, then The Body Shop Instaglow CC Cream offers SPF20. It’s described as a ‘healthy glow reviver’, but on me, I looked anything but revived!
They’re £14 HERE.
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Oh no, that’s a shame! They look great in the tubes, but no so great as the swatches! I bought the MUA cream highlighter in Oyster at the weekend and that gives of a instant strobe effect! xo
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I would really like to see a picture of you wearing all 3 Jane. Maybe you could use them for contouring?
All these glow products scare me a bit, like they might make you light up in the dark. I know they’re appealing to the Instagram generation but that’s not everybody. So the fact that there’s not much glow with this makes me more interested in it than I might otherwise have been.
Etude House CC Cream in Glow is I think the kind of thing they were going for – but the Etude House version has SPF 30 and really does give an impressive glow! There is also a Silky version which mattifies and illuminates.
Oh dear, these shades are off! I ordered a wrong shade of concealer once and it was way too dark for me but works great for contouring. You should try it! 🙂
Yiota
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I tried these on the bank of my hand in store and was disappointed, not very glowy and quite drying. Strong smell of spf too.
Do you think these could be used to mix in with a regular foundation? Use Bright glow to lighten the color, Warm glow to darken and maybe use Peach glow to change tone or brighten? I think they look interesting in that aspect 🙂
Definitely they could x
Thank you so much for always giving an honest review. I want to try a cc cream but so far I haven’t been impressed by any!!
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Amaaaaazing!!! Sooooo glowy!