Garnier Skin Perfector BB Cream Oil-Free Review

First of all I will admit I'm very picky with bb creams. I have my favourites- lioele, chi chi, and skin79- and while there are some I kind of like (loreal, Maybelline,) I do tend to stick with those, because they do ever thing I want them to. I was excited to try this range specifically targeted at certain issues- oil, anti aging etc. Due to my combination skin which has been quite oily through the t zone lately I went with the combination to oily formula in light. The formula is a bit thin and I had to use more than I normally would. It took a long time to blend in - tried with fingers, a brush and sponge, and I found the colour oxidized a bit orange on my skin. The finish was nice and felt lovely but the product moved easily on my skin and didn't like my foundation over the top. The coverage was ok but I wasnt impressed with the colour. It seemed to sit on my skin for a long time and not really settle. The packaging was ok but the smell of the product was quite chemically and I could smell it on my face. It didn't have a lot of staying power in comparison to others and in general it wouldn't be one I purchased, but for a cheaper bb it would stand up ok. I am glad I got to try it, I do prefer to invest in my primer products and save money elsewhere and this product did remind me why.

I'm a huge fan of asian BB creams, so I was interested to try a european BB and see what it was like.

On initial application, the BB felt smooth and easy to apply, and it gave a good amount of coverage. The light shade perfectly matched my NW 15-20 skin and I was happy with the finish - not entirely matte as it says, i'd day its more of a demi-matte, satin finish.

As always, I set the BB with powder - I always do this with BB cream. However, after about 4 hours of wear I started looking very greasy and oily - not what I expected from a BB targeted for oily skinned peeps like me :(

I touched up with powder at lunch time, but unfortunately at about 4pm I was looking like a greaseball again.

Overall - it's a good BB cream that would suit dry/normal skin, but if you are combo/oily I would steer clear, unless you are ok with touching up. It gives nice coverage but I personally don't think it should be marketed as specifically for oily skin, because it didn't work for me.

I found this to be good coverage but didn't like the matt dried look it left on my skin. It's good if your wanting matt look for you face. Just found it to have a very drying appearance very quickly once applied

after trying it for a week I just don't think its long lasting my face was really oily after wearing it for a few hours often times the bottle was faulty making a mess when I opened it and it was so liquidy that it just poured right out if it was less oily and a little thicker it would have been a good product

I had really bad luck with this product, it was really thick and caused a bad breakout on my forehead. The bottle is 3/4 full and i'm too scared to try it again! The time i did wear it, however, it did provide a nice coverage but left me feeling shiny!

I'm a huge fan of BB Creams, i've been using the maybelline dream pure one since it came out and it's been hard to top that.

I was sent trials for both the Garnier Oil-Free and Garnier Sensitive, and I definitely prefer the Sensitive.

I thought that the oil-free would be perfect for me as i have oily blackhead-prone skin, but instead i found that this product just clogged up my pores, and made my blackheads more noticeable. Yuck. As for the tube, it's not the most user-friendly. It's got a little nozzle which doesn't really close, so even with the lid on the lid ends up filling up with product... Such a waste and such a mess to deal with.

I suppose one definite upside of this is the fact that it's light, and it definitely zaps the shine off my face. Which is perfect, but that combined with clogged pores? Not something I want all the time.

Perfect for if I intended to go out on the town, at least my face will stay shine-free, and everyone will be too drunk to notice my clogged pores.

I have oily acne-prone skin and was asked to review this product by BR and was excited to see how well it would cover my skin (I got the light shade).

Texture: really runny and felt oily to apply. As soon as I opened the tube the bb cream came running out which was a bit of a turn off. The first time I used this I applied the product straight onto my skin without a moisturizer using my fingers to apply and blend, and it went on easier using my fingers because of being so runny and seemed to blend alright. I was in a bit of a rush so didn't apply powder or anything over top and went for a run afterwards and it lasted surprisingly well. There was no wear or shine, however my skin looked blotchy and felt oily.

The other days used I applied with a foundation brush and used a oil free moisturizer underneath. It claims to give an even tone but my skin again looked blotchy, dark and just felt really oily! My skin became more oily using this bb cream than any other and I was disappointed with the coverage, I was no where near to having a good complexion and just looked and felt awful on my skin.

By comparing the two different ways I used this, there wasn't really any noticeable difference but because for me the product feeling oily, I prefer to use a really good moisturizer to soak up all that extra oil.

You can't really use this product by itself because it doesn't provide much coverage but I definitely wouldn't use this again anyway or recommend to others, I'd much rather spend my spare money on a bb cream that works for my oily skin. It would be great to say something nice about this bb cream but I just can't.

This BB has me stuck on the fence with not a lot to love about it. I've tried Garnier BB's before and found the colour is always wrong, and unfortunately I had that with this one too, after a year of not using this brand I thought they might have sorted this out. It was far too dark in colour to be a light, so will be sticking to my korean BB for now, and get this one back out in the summer once I some colour on my skin. The formula was very runny so I found that when you squeezed it out of the tube a lot came out and when that colour is wrong having too much product doesn't help. I did really like the thin tube it came in tho it was handy to store, not taking up much room. I did however like how the formula went on with my beauty blender sponge, it went on really smooth and looked really nice.

I recently bought this BB cream as everyone were talking about BB creams and this happened to be one of the cheaper options as I was on a budget.

The tall skinny bottle didn't convince me, thinking I was going to go through the whole thing in a week.

3 months on and I still have a bit left - but thats because I stopped using it.

My method was to squirt some on the back of my hand, dab a sponge pad in it and apply. At first I was just covering my face - this didn't do anything. It evened out my tone but didn't cover any problem areas. I then tried to dab it on my face and on the problem areas. I always brushed a pressed powder over top so it wasn't shiny.

I'd brush my chin with my hand accidentally and bam! That entire section was now on the back of my hand and nothing on my face. This came off so easily and my face was shiny, oil-ey and no coverage of my face by about 11am.

I would NOT recommend this product to my friends if they are using it to actually cover their face from spots etc which is generally what I use foundation for!

This didn't even work well for me as a concealer as it just wore off in the space of 3 hours.

I found this BB cream very light, lighter than other BB creams I have used. I also found that it didn't spread on to my face all that well and looked a bit orange. It has a matte finish, which I liked, but that's about all I liked.

I wouldn't recommend this BB cream. There are many others on the market that do a better job