Western BB Creams: Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector BB Cream

Another Western Brand has jumped on the BB Cream wagon. Garnier has come up with their Miracle Skin Perfector Daily All-In-One BB Cream. For an intro into the Western perspective of BB Creams, this Daily Mail Article makes quite a good read.

List of ingredients:

This is priced at £9.99 for a 50ml Tube.

Product Claims:

-24h hydration

-UV protection

-primer and skin perfecter

-blurs redness, sunspots

-smooths fine lines

-illuminates and brightens

and a quote from Garnier website: Go B.B! In just one step, even, cover, hydrate, illuminate and help protect your skin.

The product comes in a fairly small tube beige coloured shiny tube. The tube has a flip top cap for the product to be squeezed out.

The BB cream comes in 2 shades; light and medium. I bought 'Light'.

Light is pale to medium beige shade. My my skin it comes out a shade darker (and more bronze) than my natural skin colour. It would be perfect for those wanting a Summer glow. But for those who desire pale, porcelain skin, I think you will find this shade a little too dark.

Once blended it gives the skin a gorgeous glow.

The BB cream on my skin:

My Thoughts:

Texture and Scent

The BB cream is has the texture of a really thick tinted moisturiser. However, it is light enough to spread easily onto the skin. The cream feels quite nice of dry to normal skin, but I worry that it might be too greasy for those with combination-oily skin. It has a pleasant, fresh, floral scent.

Colour and Coverage

As I mentioned earlier, 'Light' is a little to dark for my MAC NC15-20 skin. Coverage is medium to sheer, similar to tinted moisturiser if applied sparingly. Does not conceal spots or sun-spots. Coverage is build-able. The best thing bout this cream is that it gives the skin an amazing healthy, natural looking glow. This BB cream is pretty long-wearing. It's also fairly hydrating, though I wouldn't use this instead of my normal moisturiser.

Differences to Asian BB Creams:

-no ashy grey undertone

-sheerer coverage (would not function as a foundation)

-shades are darker than that of Asian BB creams

-does not contain whitening benefits

Pros:

-contains mineral pigments to even out skintone

-provides gorgeous natural looking glow

-contains SPF

-sheer build-able coverage

- covers minor imperfections

Cons:

-limited shade range, light was too dark for me

- some might find SPF15 too low

-may be too greasy for combination-oily skins

-some may find coverage too sheer