Garnier Skin Perfector BB Cream Oil-Free Review

This product does what is says it does - It reduces imperfections, moisturises, gives skin a healthy glow and delivers a beautiful matte finish to skin. My skin stayed matte all day and I didn't have to touch up with powder at all.

I really enjoy using this product as a daily touch up before heading out of the front door. It certainly delivers on it's promise of a matte finish that smoothes away imperfections. It did however take me a few attempts to perfectly balance the amount of product and blending required in order to achieve the matte finish I wanted without too much of a "make-up" look. Now I use it on a daily basis to hide those little imperfections, keep my t-zone shine under control and for a little extra sun protection. I really love this product and a little can go a long way, especially when using underneath foundation or powder.

Having very light skin, I was a bit apprehensive about how this product would look on my complexion. Previously I have a had some meh results with BB creams and tend to just stick with my normal sheer foundation and powder. There are quite a few claims on this cream, and pleasantly this product's claims actually are true. The cream was a light, very smooth cream that went on very smoothly and gave a very good coverage. On my skin it gave a coverage I would expect from an upmarket foundation. The cream gave a nice velvety smooth matt finish. It hide a multitude of skin imperfections. I have a few age spots, and it covered these completely along with improving the appearance of the wrinkles (I am 50!)- it really is a "miracle skin perfecter" I really liked the feel of the BB cream finish, it made the skin velvet smooth, but a dry smooth. The typical oil zone, the nose and chin for me, remained shinefree for over 12 hours with full skin coverage. I really like this product and will continue to use as a foundation rather than a BB cream as on my very fair skin it really gives full coverage and that's not what I like for everyday use. I couldn't comment on the pore reducing claim as this is not one of my skin's particular problems. The price is awesome for the quality of this product.

I normally have combination skin with some problem areas and find it hard to get foundation to sit right on my skin, I liked the Garnier BB Cream as it was a light formula that is moisturizing for the skin. It is quite a light coverage, but if you are wanting to build on it I reapplied a few times. I found that the shade is what let me down with this product, it was a bit too dark/orange for my skin tone and I think they would benefit from having a few more shades to choose from. The packaging is standard, nothing too flash but pleasing enough, it is easy to control how much comes out at one time which was a bonus! I found that this product helped clear some problem areas on my skin as I wasn't having to use that much, and it's not a thick consistency. I found it was a dewy texture on my skin but that works for me as I have dry areas. Overall I would reccommend this product as it is a light, affordable options for people who don't like or need to wear a heavy coverage foundation.

It's more liquid than cream so I was surprised after using the garnier sensitive bb cream- this is completely different. The packaging was effective but I can see that it can be hard to control the liquid coming out. The coverage was very good and it didn't have the typical moisturising cream feel of bb creams but I'm happy with how well it does evening out my complexion. I got it in 'Medium' which I think suits my complexion perfectly. As it's winter, my skin is not really that oily so the bb cream lasted all day and I haven't really tested the mattifying properties of this bb cream (will have to wait until summer). But otherwise it meets the claims on the packaging, would love it more if the SPF was higher and if it didn't contain denatured alcohol.

I really enjoyed using this product and would recommend to others. It went on well and I found it to be sufficient moisturising. It gave good coverage and left my skin dewy but after a few hours looked a bit oily. The consistency was great, not to thick and not to runny, basically a good tinted moisturiser with a better coverage.

This was my first BB cream and I'm relatively impressed by the results. I've found it to be very easy to apply (I myself used my fingers like I do with liquid foundations), has good coverage, and is light so I didn't have the caked on feel like some foundations. I liked that I could use it for every day coverage, and that it's a bit more 'make-upy' than just tinted moisturiser. Due to my type of job, I don't like to have full make up on, but some coverage so I feel presentable which I could with this cream.

Sometimes the Medium shade seemed a bit dark compared to my morning Winter skin, but I can imagine it will go well with my skin in the Summer (If I have any left!). I wasn't fond of the fact that the liquid seemed to run out of the tube when opened and made me feel a bit messy.

As this is my first BB cream, I can't say how it compares to other brands. I would consider purchasing this again, but I will still shop around to see if there are other BB creams that may suit me better.

I was so excited to receive this in the mail to try out! Having used a couple of other branded BB creams, this was definitely my favourite. The colour (medium) blended perfectly into my skin, the consistency is of a good quality liquid foundation. It is very easy to apply ( I just used my finger as im usually a powder girl). It was a sheer coverage something good for "no makeup" days. although I had a shine after a couple of hours, I do however have a super oily T-zone. The packaging is very appealing to the eye. It claims to reduce pores, I found this wasnt true, my pores are enlarged and didnt look at all reduced. But overall, I was impressed and would purchase this for my days where I just need a little something :-)

This BB cream was pretty good. I had tried the original BB cream Garnier released years ago and absolutely hated it as it was greasy, had little to no coverage, and it slipped around my face whenever I wore it. This was quite a thin, runny consistency unlike many other BB creams I've tried. I used the Real Techniques expert face brush to apply this BB cream each time. It covered some redness but none of my darkness under my eyes, so I used some concealer under the eyes. I noticed after having let it sit on my face for ten minutes that the finish wasn't matte at all.. it was more of a satin finish (on my skin at least). So I set the BB cream with Rimmel stay matte powder. Despite setting it, it only lasted a few hours on my skin. It doesn't give great coverage and it doesn't last very long on my combo/oily skin. However, it does not claim to do either of these on the bottle. This BB cream was moisturising, it made my skin feel less oily, however it did not reduce my pore size at all. I dislike how this BB cream only comes in 2 shades, as it doesn't cater for darker skin tones. But overall.. PROS: Pretty good coverage of redness, the finish, it was moisturizing, it reduced oiliness CONS: very light coverage of darkness, shade selection, longevity, it didn't reduce pore size. I think this BB cream is best used if set with a setting spray (which I tried and it lasted much longer) or used for short period of time.. not to be worn for a full day (Not on oily/combo skin at least).

Well not being a big makeup fan or wearer I can't really compare this to anything, but what I will say is I didn't feel claustrophobic when wearing it, I firstly tried it on the back of my hand and I must say I was astounded on how much younger my skin looked. I have worn it on my face every day since, and it felt good. I cant rate the SPF being the middle of winter, but will more than happily try wearing it over summer if im going to be out because I find a lot of sun screens feel horrible on my face and often choose to go without instead!