My Thoughts: Recently BB Creams have been the talk of the beauty community. I swear everyone and their mother raves about them. I have tried both an authentic Korean BB Cream and an "Americanized" version of one. I originally heard about BB creams from YouTube videos, and they sounded like amazing and promising products. I've never heard a single bad review about one. I first tried the Smashbox BB Cream after a Sephora employee recommended it to me. I wasn't impressed by it at all. It hardly had any coverage or lasting power. Recently, I ordered the Lioele Beyond the Solution BB cream from an Ebay seller in Korea. I was so excited to finally try it after seeing reviews on it for months. I immediately started trying it out and took notes throughout the day on how it wore. I first applied it at 6:30 am, then by 11:30am my skin was more oily than it normally is by that time, but it still provided the same amount of coverage as when I first applied it, and it was still in place and not cakey. I had to touch up my skin twice with a translucent powder by noon, and although I do have oily skin, the products I had used previously kept my face matte all day and my makeup would still look 100% flawless by noon. By 12:30, after touching up my makeup twice that day, I could see the BB cream noticeably fading. It looked a bit uneven and my freckles and pimples were showing through as if I had no face makeup on at all. I also noticed that this product has a very strong pink undertone to it, at least on my skin, which is odd considering I naturally have very pinky-toned skin. Overall, I was pretty disappointed in this product. As I said before, I do have oily skin but it is easily controlled by the Revlon Colorstay Whipped foundation and the same setting powder and primer I used with the BB cream. I was honestly surprised that this product didn't live up to all the hype I had heard about it. This BB cream may work a bit better for those of you who have dry skin, but I can't really say since I don't have dry skin. I would definitely not repurchase this product or recommend it to anyone with oily skin, or even skin on the slightly-oily side. 
Pros:
Inexpensive ($11.75 where I purchased it)
Very light feeling on skin
Has medium coverage
Nice natural satin-like finish on the skin
Includes a pump (clean and easy application)
Cons:
Skin appears oily very quickly after application
Awful lasting power (even with a mattifying primer and De-slick Oil Control spray)
Fades away and loses coverage after 5-6 hours
Can become cakey and patchy/uneven looking
Consistency: This BB Cream has a relatively thick/creamy consistency to it. It blends out smoothly and flawlessly, and leaves a satin and ever so slightly dewy finish. 
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