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Thank you Amabie for a chance to review #shiseido Senka Mineral Water Face UV BB Cream SPF41. I have a high hope for this BB cream, especially when it is from #shiseido. However, this cream does not work well on my dry. First, the cream gives out the matter look and brighten my skin a little bit. I am actually a fan of natural and/or glowy look, but I am still fine with its matter look. The cream is easy to blend. Its scent is quite strong for me and I do not like it, because I have a hard time to avoid its chemical scent. Moreover, it dries out my skin, especially on the acne and dry patches which look so obvious after 2 hours of wearing. The first time I used it is during a windy and cold day. It did not work out so I try second time on the sunny day. It still does not work out well for me, the dry patches are still obvious for people to see, my skin feels dry even I try to double the moisturizer in the skincare steps. I do not know if this cream will work well for oily skin or not, but it is definitely not for dry skin in my opinion.

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The first things I noticed about this product is that it has light - moderate coverage. I know to some people that’s a deal breaker, but to me it’s great. It feels so light on the skin that it doesn't feel like I’m even wearing anything at all. It’s great because I’m able to layer on other makeup products without feeling so cakey. This product has a matte finish. I usually go for a dewy look just because I have super dry skin, but this product is different. It feels so moisturizing to the skin and it gives me a fresh look. I always get the comment you look well rested. I’m always answering by, “The power of makeup.” We all know that under this BB cream is bags like my eyes are going on a long vacation. It also has a very high SPF protection of 41. It would be great during the summer season

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Amabie sent the Senka BB cream to me in exchange for an honest review.  Having very dry and sensitive skin I'm not a huge fan of foundations, BB or CC creams. I've yet to find one that actually works well with my skin. I had high hopes for this BB cream but sadly my skin did not like it. First off, the smell is awful. It's a really unpleasant strong chemical sort of smell. Kind of reminded me of tar. I do have a very sensitive sense of smell but I just didn't like it one bit. The consistency of the BB cream is quite liquid and creamy.  It is very unforgiving to dry skin and larger pores. It emphasises both. It is easy to blend in but it virtually disappears and just seems to cling to any dry areas, pores, fine lines and wrinkles.  After application my skin started to itch immediately. I really wanted to scratch my face off. There was no burning or pain, it just itched. I resisted the urge to wash it straight off as I wanted to give it a fair chance, and after about 30 minutes the itching subsided. My skin looked ok from a distance but on closer inspection it didn't look very good at all. I prepped my skin thoroughly before application and made sure to moisturise really well. As I mentioned though, you could see all the dry areas and large pores that it had sunk into or clung to. Not a good look. I wore this BB cream for a little over 6hrs, indoors with no strenuous activity or anything. I was just sitting at my laptop. You can see from the pictures I have attached, that after that time my skin was very shiny. That was hard to fathom given my skin is incredibly dry usually. It had also exaggerated fine lines, pores and wrinkles even more than when I first applied it. It had also become quite patchy.  Another thing I noticed was it transferred easily. Only the lightest touch and it removed the BB cream.  In my opinion you'd need to have pretty flawless skin to use this and not have any issues. I definitely would not recommend this to anyone with dry and/or sensitive skin either. It did keep my skin hydrated and wasn't drying, nor did it feel heavy on the skin; sadly they were the only good things for me.  I would like to thank Amabie for giving me the chance to try this Senka BB Cream though. 

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I was given this Senka Mineral Face UV Cream from Amabie for free last month, and after testing this out for some time, I'm here to give my honest opinion! I received the shade "bright", or "light beige". The shade suited me better when I first received this product, as I still had a bit of a summer tan. Unfortunately, as my tan as faded, this product has become a touch dark on me. As this is similar to a tinted moisturizer, I could get away with wearing one layer of this.  This UV cream is a very unique product. It is a tinted sunscreen (SPF41 / PA++) that acts like a bb cream. It contains hyaluronic acid, so it helps keep the face moisturized and dewy looking. Now, this also contains a smoothing powder, so it kind of counteracts the dewy effect? The finish would be satin matte, which is something I prefer. A setting powder isn't needed, unless you have very oily skin. I have combination oily skin, and while this settled on the outer edges of my face, this never completely settled on my slightly oily t-zone. The finish wasn't too sticky, but wasn't as smooth and powder-y as my chin and forehead. I liked to test this while I would be very active (cleaning, working, etc), and this does last quite some time. My nose pores did start to show after a while, and I've got some problematic larger pores that came through, but otherwise, the rest of my face looked very smooth and clear.  This is a water-based foundation, and I made sure to use a water-based primer underneath this. There is no mineral oil and no fragarance in this. This is also dermatologist tested, and is hypoallergenic. This is a great product for this with sensitive skin! The only fragrance that emits from this is from the sunscreen. It does have a sunscreen-like smell to it, but does fade away.  I do quite like this cream a lot. I would save this for the summer months, or times when I would be outside for a long period of time. I do like that it contains both hyaluronic acid and a smoothing powder, for a more natural look. Thank you again for this, Amabie! 

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Hey guys it's me again, back with another review✨✨ today's review is on the Shiseido Senka Mineral Water Face UV BB Cream SPF41 (courtesy of @amabiebeauty). I have been using this BB cream for about some time, and today I will be sharing with you guys my thoughts about this product. First thing first is the formula of this product. It's got a very creamy and light formula which is what I really love about this product, however the color wasn't the right color, It was kinda light for my skin but I managed to find a way to fix it. When I applied the BB cream on to my face I realized that it goes matte (which is perfect for my preference of foundation💕) which means you don't gotta set it with powder. I am really loving the fact that this foundation has got a high SPF of 41 (com on ain't that great ✨). The coverage was great for this BB cream and it didn't feel really heavy on the face. At the end of my day the foundation stuck on really well to the face, but it was kinda a struggle to get it off. Overall I rate this BB cream an 8/10. Thank you super much @amabiebeauty for sending me this product to review 😘💕✨ don't forget to check out their website. Also full review of this product will be coming soon. 

Hey guys it's me again, back with another review✨✨ today's review is on the Shiseido Senka Mineral W...

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*I received this product as part of the Amabie Sweethearts program - all opinion below are my own* The Senka Mineral Water BB Cream is made by Shiseido, and the shade I received was "Bright" (Akarui in Japanese) - so it makes your skin "bright" - a whitening effect.  At first, when I applied it on the back of my hand, I thought "Oh no, this is way to light and doesn't match my skin tone - at all." When I applied it with a sponge, it surprisingly blended in very well. It has great coverage, and was able to hide under eye circles and some sun spots that I have on my face pretty well.  The one thing I really like about this product is that it's not oily - at all. For those with dry skin, you might need something that's a little more moisturizing - but for normal/combination/oily skin this could be a great product. Also, I wouldn't recommend this product for those with larger pores or acne scars - I feel like the finish of this product lends itself to accentuating those imperfections, rather than covering them. For those who like a brighter finish (vs. a more natural finish) this is a great product.  I've been looking for a good BB Cream for quite some time now, having given up and just resorting to foundation most of the time, but find myself reaching for this BB Cream more often than foundation recently. Thanks Amabie for the sample! 

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This is the Shiseido Senka Mineral Water Face UV BB Cream. It is SPF 41, which is awesome because that is just one less step that I have to do in my routine. The packaging is pretty basic, nothing fancy. You get 45 grams of product, and there appear to be only two shades: "bright" and "healthy." Online, I found it retail for as low as $17.99. So in my mind, that's not a super affordable product, but it's not bad either. The product is meant to blend in with most skin tones, and is supposed to give you "sheer, light and natural coverage that brightens and corrects your skin tone..." It contains hyaluronic acid, which helps your skin retain moisture, and leaves your skin looking dewy. When I put it on the back of my hand, it did not look like it matched my skin tone at all. After blending it in, it looked way too cool-toned for my skin. It also appeared a bit shiny, like how a regular sunscreen look on your skin. I wasn't too thrilled at this point, but hoped for the best. I applied the BB cream by dotting it on my face and blending it in with a Beauty Blender and set it with a translucent powder. I could see that it did lighten and brighten my face a bit more, and doesn't look as mismatched on my face as it did on my hand. I think I do look dewy, which is nice because whenever I use something "dewy" it makes me look "oily." The coverage is light; it doesn't cover up my hyperpigmentation, which is a bummer. But it does cover up my pores nicely, and doesn't feel cakey or sticky.    As for longevity, it wears alright for the rest of the day, but depending on your skin type, you might want to use some blotting papers throughout. I exercised in this BB cream too, and afterwards, I did look shiny (pictured above). But of course, that's going to happen. I feel like if you sweat a lot normally, the product is just going to disappear. I could see my pores and discoloration just as much I could in my before picture.    I don't see myself using this product again as I don't feel that it matches my skin tone. If you don't have many skin problems you may like this product a lot, but if you have many things you want to cover up on your face, this is probably not the product for you.

This is the Shiseido Senka Mineral Water Face UV BB Cream. It is SPF 41, which is awesome becau...

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