A Q&A in Grazia from November 2018 about Chanel’s CC Cream and the Australian ingredient at its heart. Melanie Grant answers questions on what the product does, where it fits in a routine and how to apply it.
Grant describes the cream as a hybrid of skincare and make-up that gives soft-focus coverage while it plumps and protects. It is built around five benefits: unifying, moisturising, correcting, protecting and boosting radiance. It contains vitamin C, hyaluronic acid and UV filters, and she applies it as the last step of the morning, over serums. Her method is to warm a pea-sized amount between the fingertips and press it in from the centre of the face outwards. For normal, dehydrated or tired skin she says it can be used on its own as a moisturiser, with hydration lasting 12 hours.
On sun protection she is careful. The cream offers broad-spectrum SPF 30, but she advises layering sun care rather than relying on one product, because daily incidental exposure does the most damage over time. She likes that it does several jobs at once, saying “it’s never been about having a lot of products” for her. The hero ingredient is Murunga Plum extract from Australia, which she says has the richest vitamin C content in the world. Vitamin C, she explains, matters for collagen and skin immunity, and helps brighten and protect the skin.
