Garnier Skin Perfector BB Cream Review

I hate to have to make a negative review but I think it's important to be honest. I have tried using this in every way possible. Hands, beauty blender, stippling brush, foundation brush but NOTHING works for me. I've tried using primer before hand, or just moisturizer or nothing but it still doesn't help. The fragrance is sickening, it's very strong and I'm not particularly fond of foundations that have scent. The formula is nice and creamy and it applies well but on me it's very oily and looks 'wet'. The lasting time is average, it wears off very quickly but lasts a little longer with powder on top. I can't use blush or contour when I wear this because it slips off and starts caking up and flakes off. My skin is normal/combination and I have never had a problem like this with other BB creams or foundations. It looks very dirty on me, it seems to build up and flake very easily. I really did try to make this product work however I couldn't. One positive thing I could say is that the coverage is very impressive (medium). But that's it. Big thumbs down from me!

To start off with, this bb cream doesn't really have any scent to it that i notice. The consistency is so much thicker than any foundation i use. I used different methods of applying this bb cream.

Flat top kabuki brush - This method made the bb cream go on a bit splotchy as its quite thick. It gave quite a medium coverage. It was not lightweight and it did feel like i have product on my skin.

Damp Beauty Blender - This sheered out the bb cream and gave a light to medium coverage and a dewy finish. The application went on a little better but still gave that heavy feeling of having a product on my face.

The product itself isn't impressive, within two hours of wear, my imperfections had peeped through the bb cream. My skin looked so cakey and textured than it actually is. I use essano moisturiser underneath and with or without primer, the results were not as good. It did not smooth my skin and brought out more texture than my skin actually has. It's very thick, and even though i use a little bit, it did not apply flawlessly. Unfortunately, my skin also reacted with this and had I had broken out of small comedones on my forehead. And this was the only product i added on my routine. Sorry Garnier, I probably won't repurchase.

Straight off the bat, this is too dark for me, I'm about an NC15 in mac so really light, I received the light colour. The formula is really nice and thick and feels pleasant. Once applied it reminds me of how sunblock makes your skin look, really dewy but in an obvious "I have a crap load of stuff on my face" kind of way. Maybe dewy is the wrong word. I powdered it and it looked more wearable. Over the day it didn't wear very well, faded off and went patchy and I was very oily in my T zone. I wouldn't purchase this product again and I wouldn't be quick to recommend it to a friend. I don't have a lot to say about it, it was too dark, too "wet" and it didn't wear well.

So, the BB cream was never going to be a winner with me because my skin tends to be quite red, therefore, I use a foundation that has quite full coverage. However, I really wanted to give this a try because I love the idea of wearing less make up. I made myself wear the BB cream for a whole day without anything else, but it just wasn't enough and I did not feel beautiful wearing it. This was disappointing as BB creams (according to my friends) are the next best thing to sliced bread. I decided to give it a go wearing it as my base and then putting powder over the top, this was definitely better and for the first half of the day felt very fresh - but alas, it didn't last. So, the plus's: Really nice smell, light wearing, great for going on holiday. Minus's: if you are used to full coverage, not going to tick that box, if you have oily skin, its just going to make that worse (in my opinion).

REALLY didnt like this BB cream. It was greasy, left my skin feeling tacky, was difficult to apply and didn't leave a very nice coverage. Very underwhelmed and would not recommend!

I wanted to try this product as id never tried a BB cream before and id seen adverts on TV. Also it was on special at the supermarket, so easy for me to sneak in the trolley while my partner wasnt looking hehe

Firstly its a rather thick consistency. I didnt really like the smell. I found it too strong for my liking. It didnt blend as well as i thought it would. Its the same texture as my moisturizer so thought it would blend out the same. But it was pretty difficult in my opinion.

It didnt stick to my dry patches which was good. But that didnt make up for the rest of it unfortunately. I tried it by itself, with powder and primer and also as a base for my foundation. Every way i tried just did not work!

It went very oily and made my foundation slip all over the place. Even after setting it it made my makeup wear off much quicker than normal.

The color was also very off to me. I felt like an oompa loompa!! It was so orange and oxidized very quickly. I ended up looking terrible. I was actually embarrassed to be in public with an oxidized/orange face :(

i will not be using this product ever again. I may gift it to someone who self tans lol.

I love BB creams and when I saw this one on special at the supermarket I had to try it. I don't know why but I had extremely high expectations and I was very let down. I have combination/normal skin and sometimes I'm oily and sometimes I'm dry it just depends.

When I first applied this I was blown away, it gave my skin such a dewy look, my skin looked perfect! However after a couple of hours my skin soon turned into a oil slick!!!!!!!! (despite the fact i set it with a powder) my skin looked greasy and disgusting. I continued using it for awhile in the hope it wouldn't happen again and every time I got the same result :(