Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector Daily All-In-One BB Cream

Okay if there is a bandwagon I am jumping right on it, I picked this up the other day on a whim, please note the word whim, for me that means without thought, on impulse bad move.

I bought this in light, now I know that high street brands tend to view all shades of skin as falling into either light, medium or dark and I know that that translates as light peach, medium peach and dark peach. I should know by now that the light is never light enough for me. I also know that nowadays there are testers available to try, but I ignored that. There is no fool like an old fool.

Here is the obligatory blob on the hand

Of course I have enough here to do my face, my Mum's face and the lady up the road and probably her Mum as well.

As can be seen in the next picture when it is half way up my arm

This is darker than my hand and given that hands (or at least mine) tend to be darker than one's face, anyone can see where this is going.

So here is my face again sans anything other than my open pores and blackheads and thread veins.

And here is the mouthful, I mean Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector Daily All-In-One BB Cream applied.

Now here it does not look too bad at all, it covers and it evens out, but
believe me I am belisha, I glow terracotta, I would not look out of place in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film be he Johnny Depp or Gene Wilder. I think because I always take my photos in front of the window which faces NE it sort of pales out everything to the extreme, but believe me I am far darker than I would want to be.

Here is my hand next to my face to try to show the difference

My hand looks dead.

Apart from the wrong shade, this is not a bad product at all, it feels very moisturising on the skin, and it lasts all day - for yes I am glowing into the night - perfect for anyone other than those with a pale skin. I do have a bit of a gripe about the smell which is distinctive and all pervading and not to my liking.

The moral of the story - try before you buy.

Currently £9.99 from Boots 

Here are a couple of reviews from britishbeautyblogger mizzworthy and on MUA

Bobbi Brown BB Cream SPF35 PA+++

Another day, another BB cream to try. I have no idea what BB creams are - I actually thought that BB did stand for Bobbi Brown for about a nano second.
However I did read a helpful post by lipglossiping who is always a good bet for finding out what is going on.

So I decided to try this by Bobbi Brown, a BB cream by BB.

I got mine in extra light which is the lightest shade

I am not entirely convinced that this is anything other than a high SPF with a tint.

Blobbed on my hand

And sheered out

This does need a fair bit of rubbing in

I find this suprisingly difficult to blend into my face, cue my unmade up face, with open pores and blackheads and redness.

I thought I would make my nose look particularly big in this shot.

And blended in

I have a skin which is on the oilier side of normal and I find that this sets rather quickly - it does blend and does settle, but rather like a mineral powder foundation can look rather pore clogging initially and then suddenly melds into the skin.

I am really not sure about this product, the smell puts me off hugely, to me it is like very dirty socks that have been masked with deodorant, and I feel as if it does not have the coverage or the finish that I need. I am not sure how easily available this is, I bought mine on ebay