The Battle of the Water-based B.B creams!!

Hmm.. Water-based b.b creams.. They have been around for some time (somewhere last year) already but I only managed to get my hands on some of them recently. That was when I was looking for a lighter make-up look, more natural and easy to apply product. Thus, I wanted to try water-based ones. The more famous ones on the market now are seemingly Maybelline, Silky girl and Garnier. These are all heavily advertised by our local bloggers like Xia Xue, Qiu Qiu etc. :D
So.. What exactly are these water-based B.B? What make them so different from the normal B.B creams from Korea? I personally own quite a number of B.B creams from Etude House, Elisha Coy and Tony Moly. :) I love the Elisha Coy and Tony Moly one (I'm not a big fan of Etude House..) but these can tend to be more "heavy". I needed something that is easy to apply for that natural look yet not looking all sallowly at the same time.

So.. Water-based B.B creams basically contains higher water content than your average B.B cream. Due to this simple fact, they prove to hydrate your skin. But I beg to differ actually. Most B.B creams have other moisturising ingredients in them such as _________________. Take example when our lips are dry, we will probably use water to wet our lips (at least I do) but this "moisturising effect" will just dry off in no time. Right? So I guess you can't really look for moisturising effects in water-based b.b creams but what it can deliver is a light-weight, hassle free make-up product ;)
So.. Let's dive in into the 3 products I have..

I have been alternating between this 3 products for the past month, and I must say I like the maybelline one best. It gave the most coverage out of the lot. I dare say it gave similar effects to my foundation + loose powder look :D

The Silky girl and Garnier were some what similar but maybe because the Garnier one only comes in one shade while I chose the darker shade for the Silkygirl one, the Garnier one looked a tad too fair on my skin but it soon blend into my skin tone after a while, so it looks exactly the same as the Silky girl shade. (I knew this cos I tested one each on both halves of my face :P)

I also felt that in terms of oil-control, which is something really important in Singapore, Silky girl fared the worst. After a whole long day at the office (and it's air-conditioned) my face becomes an oily mess. Then 2nd which didn't quite hold the matt look despite brushing powder all over my face is the Garnier one. and surprisingly, the Maybelline one performed the best again! I'm just writing my honest opinion and I'm not a Maybelline fan either. I don't really like their mascaras and all, they just don't work on it like on most people. BUT I'm loving this!

So.. I declare the Maybelline Pure BB Mineral BB water gel the champion of the water-based b.b creams!! :)))

Sorry for such a short review, hope my post helped in some way or another :)