Garnier Skin Perfector BB Cream Review

I don't use BB creams because the last couple I've used made my skin break out but I actually really like this one. I thought it might be a little dark when I first saw it but the medium turned out to be a perfect colour when worked into my face. It also has a surprising amount of coverage. I can see myself using this as a light coverage with powder for a casual day face. Very impressed as will definitely be buying more:)

Love love love love this! I stole my sisters i loved it so much. Gives good coverage on spots and evens out your skin tone amazingly! Covers blackheads and gives your skin a lovely glow! I found the consistency a bit thicker than bb but lighter than foundation.

I really like this BB cream! It has a great silky consistency and applies easily and smoothly. It has a really nice fragrance too, not the typical makeup smell. The coverage isn't great however, it is relatively useless at covering blemishes, but over smooth skin it leaves a really even and slightly dewy finish which i love. The medium shade I was sent was a touch too dark for my skin currently, but I think I could get away with it in the summer. The bottle is a decent size with a resealable cap, and relatively easy to use, but it can be tricky not to get too much product out. It's nice to wear on its own for those days when you cant be bothered with foundation, especially for hot summer days, but I find it doesn't quite last all day. I would reuse and recommend it to a friend, but it's not quite the miracle product it claims to be in my opinion.

This BB cream is really lovely to use, it has a lotion like texture, is easy to apply, build up and blend, and it oxidises quickly to approximate your skintone. I received the shade 'Light' which is the lightest shade available, and while it's close, it's still a shade or so darker than I need for my NC15 complexion, and it has that slight orange cast when applied that you hear about with Garnier BBs. Pairing it with powder and concealer made it more wearable, but wrongly matched BB makes me a bit self conscious. My skin felt very soft, hydrated and the BB cream gave a lovely dewy and luminous finish. If you're deeper in complexion than me, I'm sure you'll find your match and love this product, but anyone paler than NC15 may struggle to make this work. The wear time was great, with the BB cream staying in place the whole day; no sliding or oxidising further. I applied it using a damp beauty blender, but the light texture and blendability would lend itself well to being applied with your fingers on the run as well.

Nice light natural coverage, smells great and has a nice thick consistency, it is really hydrating, all in one moisturizer/light coverage, easy to apply, took me seconds to blend with my skin :-)

What a cost effective, 'does what it says' product!

I usually use another primer for under my make up but made the switch for four days to Garnier BB cream and while it didn't feel as smooth to put make up on top of, it made no difference to my usual end result and is about 1/2 the price of my usual! I will definitely be keeping it on standby.

I also used the product on the weekend as a bit if a make up alternative - it was lighter than foundation, powder and concealer on my skin, took no time at all to apply and have a nice natural look while covering imperfections and minimising my pores.

A great product - cost effective - does what it says it will!

i have combination skin and my nose tends to be slightly dry, the cream is thick and a good coverage which is easy to apply using either fingers or a make up sponge, it is a sheer enough coverage to make it look natural and the finish is a matte which helps avoid unwanted shine, coverage lasted all day without me needing to reapply. Price wise it is very reasonable and i like that i can pick it up from the local supermarket along with my groceries. packaging is good and product is easy to get out however i did find that i squeezed out to much so had left over that had to be washed down the drain other than that a great product that i will continue to purchase as this along with a little mascara is a quick and great looking beauty routine for the busy mum i am

I had previously never tried a BB cream that was actually for my skin type - I have bought 2 other BB creams, but I accidentally bought the oily skin version, so they dry my skin out like crazy and have therefore been sitting in my drawer wasting away (if anyone wants them, let me know...). My skin is usually normal, can get a bit dry around my nose and forehead and sometimes gets randomly oily on my nose :(

When I got this BB cream, I tried it out in all the ways I could possibly think of to find out how I like it best - as a base for my foundation, on it's own, on it's own with a powder, and I tried it out with different foundations and powders too. By far my favourite way to use this is with my Revlon Colourstay liquid foundation (the one for oily/combination skin again... always read the packaging, girls). Alone the BB cream is quite thick in consistency, and can look a little shiny on it's own, but combined with the matte look that my Colourstay gives, it's awesome! Super easy to apply, just put it on with my fingers (washed hands first, of course!), it has a very light amount of coverage, but because of that, I have found that I am using less foundation. That plus the hydration of the BB cream has stopped my foundation looking heavy and cakey, which is is sometimes prone to doing throughout the day. This means less touch ups for me, and my foundation seems to last a whole lot longer and looks "lit from within" instead of completely matte or dewy.

The packaging is pretty simple, not super cute like some other BB creams I've seen, but definitely not bad looking. The smell is great because it doesn't really smell like anything at all. I think that even if a product smells great, there's always going to be someone who dislikes it, so no smell is better. I think it's definitely worth the price, which is not much at all. It's just great, I love it so much, and it will definitely be my go to base from now on.

Let me start by asserting some specifics; I have dry skin, as most do in winter, blemishes and redness. Now we've got those down we can talk about how Garnier went about correcting this. I applied the BB cream after moisturising, and found application incredibly easy, smooth with no clinging to patchiness. Once applied I found that the finish was very light coverage, not quite heavy enough to cover my blemishes sadly, and very very dewy, almost oily. HOWEVER! Within about 5 minutes this dewiness had faded and the bb had settled on my skin. The coverage increased as the dewiness died down and my redness was completely covered! My acne, while still requiring some concealer was much less visible. All in all it lasted about 6 hours before I felt it needed a touch up but during that time it felt lovely on my skin, very lightweight and moisturising.

I was pretty excited to try this stuff... I've been glued to my maybelline dream fresh for a long time now and was looking forward to changing things up! The packaging is really nice, the shiny light gold tube allows easy access to the product, and ensures that you can actually get most of the product out (vs. a pump). The BB cream itself smells AMAZING - kind of fruity I'd say. So you can see how exciting this was for me... until i squeezed out the product. Looking at it in my hands I thought "have they put the medium shade in here by mistake?" This stuff is DARK. And I'm not even super pale. So I blended it out onto my face, and the colour was way too warm. It comes off really yellow in natural lighting, which looks rather horrid on my cool-toned skin. I think this product would work better on olive skin. To prove my point further, I tested this out on my Asian flatmates hand... It was her colour. Not exactly catering for the light-skinned crowd. This stuff does blend out surprisingly well, which it needs to since the colour is so dark, which I did like. It meant it could be applied really quickly with your fingers. The finish is really dewy, and super light coverage. The product claims to even the complexion and correct blemishes, but I didn't really see this. my cheeks still looked red, and my pimples looked exactly the same. The dewy finish and the SPF 15 are the only two things about this product that I like. Maybe if you have clear, warm-toned medium skin, this product will work for you. Personally, I will be sticking to the maybelline dream fresh for everyday use. Maybe I could use this as a primer for when I'm going out... But for now I am not impressed.