L'Oréal Paris Magic CC Cream with SPF 11, Anti-Redness and Colour Correcting, With Vitamins B5 and E, Lightweight Hydrating Formula Adapts to Skin Tone for a Natural Glowy Finish, 30 ml

This stuff is amazing like liquid gold if you have a red complexion like I do. I’m of an age now where my skin is aging and I just couldn’t find the right foundation. I only wear foundation to cover my redness. Oh my god! You only need a small amount it’s so silky smooth covers all my redness with one thin layer and makes my face look so fresh and not claggy like it did with foundation. I 100% recommend the CC cream to anyone! It really does work.

There are quite a few reviews about this CC cream. I thought I must apply my own. So I am used to using Clinicare Dermo Corrective Cream in medium which is very expensive and to be honest I ran out and didn’t want to spend the money just for 30ml. Anyway I came across this CC cream. I am a great lover of L’Oréal and use a lot of their branded hair care, cosmetics etc and wanted to try. I am, I would say fair to light skin tone. I am also freckled on the face. My skin can be dry on my nose and sometimes my chin area. I read a lot of reviews that this CC cream can appear orange on some people or develop an orange tinge later on in the day. I have to say in my own experience this is not the case. It’s a buildable cream that you must blend in. Now I use several skin care products prior to putting this CC cream on re wash face, serum and moisturiser. I also use a light weight primer. I then use my hands to blend in the CC cream which initially comes out fairly darker but it adapts to skin and you will see this over the time in which you are putting other make up on. I have to say I have found this a winner and more importantly I have noticed no breakouts on my chin area which for me has been a problem for a while. I use this combined with Maybelline’s pink corrective concealer and light colour concealer under the eyes and I then contour. I also use Elf blush stick for my cheeks and finish with the usual mascara and a setting spray. I have never been a lover of foundation. It feels heavy and covers up my face too much that I lose that natural complexion and that’s not what I want to achieve. I want to look natural and not cakey and this CC cream achieves that added with the face it covers up redness really good for mild adult acne sufferers like myself. This is certainly worth the money and I definitely would recommend.

This is a review for the CC Cream with SPF 11, Anti-Redness and Colour Correcting cream. I emphasise the type of product I'm reviewing, as I read so many conflicting reviews which lead me to believe that sometimes the reviewers are not quite clear on the function of the product they're reviewing. Not all CC creams are created the same. They may come in different colours and hues to address different skin concerns. Anti-redness CC creams often appear green because they are specifically formulated to neutralise skin redness. This is based on colour theory, where green and red sit directly opposite each other on the colour wheel, meaning they cancel each other out when layered. The green pigment targets concerns like rosacea, acne-induced redness, broken capillaries, or general skin irritation. By cancelling out red tones, the cream creates a more neutral, even-toned base before applying other makeup. Some, like L'Oreal, also employ skin-adapting technology, which means they use encapsulated pigments. These tiny capsules break upon application, causing the green cream to transform into a beige or skin-toned shade that blends with your natural complexion. I really like this CC cream. It fulfills it primary function beautifully. It corrects my facial redness and reduces the visibility of my broken capillaries whilst it smooth and evens my skin complexion at the same time. It is green and very light in consistency. The green adapts to the natural skin tone nicely. Easily applied, the cream absorbs quickly, provides very good coverage and leaves the skin feeling well hydrated for hours. One thing important to me is that it does not contain any drying alcohols and the formula is designed to provide up to 24 hours of hydration using glycerin and fig extracts. I do not detect any specific smell but the formulation does contain perfumes and fragrance ingredients, which could be problematic for sensitive skin,which is something to be aware of. I have not experienced any irritation or adverse reactions at all. To cover half a face, one needs about a small pea sized amount of the product, so the 30ml size will last for quite a while, which makes this cream a very good value for money. One slight criticism I have is the SPF 11; in my opinion this is just a marketing gimmick. SPF 11 is such a low SPF, that, if one is serious about the skin protection, is not even worth considering. Also the product description on Amazon is not good, it mixes the CC and BB creams and provides conflicting or insufficient info. CC anti-redness creams are supposed to be applied to the affected area only, i.e. your cheeks, so for the rest of your face you will still have to use another product. For these 2 reasons I am deducting a star, otherwise I fully recommend this cream. In summary, I consider this to be a very good quality cream at a bargain price, and I will purchase it again.

This is a review for both the BB and CC under this listing as I've bought both and using both. I originally got the CC version as I'm very pale and red, acne prone. The CC cream is excellent at covering redness, I just wore it instead of foundation and weirdly people commented there was something different about me and I looked well? 🤣 Anyway, although it covered the redness I personally thought it came up a little too orange around the jawline but as it's the best CC cream I've come across I didn't want to stop using it altogether. This is when I decided to get the light 02 BB cream shade. I was skeptical about the shade as I have literally tried every BB cream out there in my quest to stop wearing heavy foundation (I have to wear some form of tinted cream because my face is , as mentioned above, acne prone and red and blotchy, otherwise I'd love to wear nothing). Every one I've tried made me look like an oompa loompa. This is the first one that doesn't! It comes out white and then warms. I use a different blend sponge with both the CC cream and BB cream and now what I do, after my serum and suncream, is add the CC cream first on the red areas like my cheeks, around my nose, and any spots on my chin. Then I add a small splodge of the BB cream on my forehead , cheeks and jaw, middle of nose and chin. Then I blend it all in and the combination of them both looks amazing and now I don't have the orangy look around the jawline as I just use the BB cream on the jawline. The combination is honestly the best thing I've come across and I haven't picked up my foundation in like a month now. I will continue to use the BB cream and CC cream together. I appreciate some say it's not light, don't let that put you off though. I'm very pale, I've always chosen like Ivory in most foundation shades if that helps, then maybe the next one up during summer months. It's a case of just trying it with BB creams. One day you'll find the right one!

I have sensitive skin (along with occasional eczema dry patches) with an oily T-zone and larger pores on my cheeks along with some redness on my cheeks- I’ve really got it all going for me 😂 So this product has it’s work cut out!! Firstly, I was a little surprised with how small the tube is, 30ml (I mean it’s written on the description but for some reason it didn’t sink in), the product I had been using prior to this purchase requires less cream per use and is 50ml in size whilst it’s considered a slightly more premium brand and is more expensive to buy, it actually works out better value for money than this product. The green cream is strange, but turns skin toned quickly and is a nice smooth texture, the coverage is good, it isn’t full cover but definitely takes some of the redness away. It seems to work with my other daily products to keep oiliness away for the whole day. The colour is too warm for my cooler skin tone, other reviews have recommended mixing with a cooler shade to work with my skin, which I would totally do if I was sticking with the product. The other issue is with my ‘challenging’ skin is that it’s not very forgiving. With and without a primer it seems to sit in pores and give me a lively polkadot effect, even in pores I’ve never noticed before. It even highlights dry patches, with a nice snake skin effect which my other product doesn’t do. It has a small nozzle head which means you can easily control how much product you get out and is easy to apply. The bottle is quite sleek and easy to throw into a small bath bag when travelling.

I buy this cream second time , you skin looks natural, easy to use, just shame all this color transfer on to cloth and hard to wash off. Need to be carefully what you wear.

Excellent for daily use, it doesn't feel sticky and evens out skin tone, eliminating the need for foundation.

Does colour change but it's fairly orange tones as as I have fair skin, doesn't work for me