I know that a lot of my friends love the Ponds All in One BB+ Cream, and with good reason. The product is excellent for daily use and provides hydration, sun protection, as well as a light coverage. However, every time I look at the packaging of the product, I cringe a little. In this day and age when people all around the globe are fighting for the eradication of stereotypes associated with skin color, Ponds continues to market its BB cream as a fairness cream. When a popular brand like Ponds still feels that a product that is otherwise excellent in terms of performance will probably not sell as much if it is not advertised as a fairness cream, it saddens me a little. In fact, it saddens me a lot. I do not claim to be an activist, nor am I perfect; I am guilty of purchasing products that claim to provide fairness but I never purchase them because of the claim but because they perform well in other departments, and this cream is one such example.
Another thing that annoys me about this product is the fact that it comes in only one shade, which definitely will not suit all skin tones. I feel that the shade will work well only for light to medium skin tones, which is a shame because the formula is actually pretty good. Moving on from my rant and focussing on my job, which is to review this product for you, this BB cream claims to moisturize and provide a natural coverage to the skin and also contains SPF 30. This makes it perfect for the Monsoon months if you do not have any stubborn blemishes that you want to cover.
The product comes in a sleek tube with a pump that dispenses the perfect amount of product for covering the face. The formula has a mild, fresh fragrance that helps me feel more awake in the morning. The texture of the BB cream is slightly thick, but it blends beautifully on the skin. It has a yellowish/peachy undertone that helps to brighten up the face. However, perhaps due to the presence of SPF, it does leave a slight white cast on the skin which may not be noticeable in real life but tends to show up in photos.
If you enjoy affordable tinted moisturizers and BB creams and the shade of this product suits you, then the Ponds All in One BB+ Cream might become your new favorite. I wish, however, that the brand brings out more shades and drops the words “fairness cream” from the packaging of the product. This blog is just a baby and I am by no means a famous beauty influencer, but if any beauty brands out there stumble upon this blog post, I would urge them to stop selling products as fairness creams and instead focus on creating something that celebrates the natural skin tone and beauty of a woman.
I hope that my lovely readers will understand the conflicted emotions of this post that are due to an excellent product being marketed incorrectly. Let us make the comments section a place for a healthy discussion!
XoXo,
Mrinalini
Agree with you Mrinalini. Every skin color is a beautiful creation of God. I don’t at all like the products which have fairness related campaigns. 🙂
We are on the same boat 🙂
It really does suck when there’s an amazing product, but you can’t use it because the makers feel that your skin tone is not important/inferior. This should’ve been a major rant, in fact I posted a similar rant on my YouTube channel recently. Great post, though!
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Sadly, this didn’t work out for me at all. I had directly bought the full sized tube and regretted my purchase! :/ Glad, that this worked for you.
-Bhumika http://makeupandsmiles.com
I guess it works on a very specific skin type and complexion. They need to bring out more shades too. 🙁
Agree with you. I don’t understand why some of these beauty brands are so obsessed with fairness..And due this obsession, they come up with limited shade options for dusky beauties. As for the BB cream, I love it as it provides better coverage than Maybelline BB cream and provides a nice natural finish.
Yes, I do not understand why they need to sell a BB cream as a fairness product 🙁
Its so true, agreed with you. I didnt use it still, will try for sure. But brands should remove this fairness tag now. The original beauty is to keep the original skintone and make it highlighted and flawless with makeup and beauty products.
Very true!