High Street Foundation Series #1 - Garnier Oil Free BB Cream Review

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I've had a love/hate relationship with this for a long while now.  I absolutely loved it when I first bought it, the coverage was great but the colour was slightly off for me. 
It only comes in two shades - light and medium, I use the light but during the winter months this is too dark for me. It isn't too bad at the moment as I have a bit of colour to my neck and chest area so it blends in quite well but in a month or so I won't be able to wear it again.

I find this BB cream easy to apply with either a brush or my fingers (I used the Real Techniques Buffing Brush today). 

It has a very thin and watery consistency, I did think that the coverage wouldn't have been that great because of this but it really isn't too bad, leaning on towards medium coverage I would say.

It doesn't dry too quickly which means you don't have to work too fast to get it blended in which I like.

Apart from the colour one of the only other issues I have with this is the smell, you can really smell the alcohol in it when your applying to your face, although this does disappear quite quickly but initially it does stink. 

Here we have my bare face, as you can see we have quite a few areas that need covering. Mainly on my nose, chin and a little area on my cheek.

Full face of make up. Base is Garnier Miracle Skin Cream with the Ganier Oil Free BB Cream on top. I did not use any concealer on any blemishes only under my eyes.

The first picture is my bare face, next is just the Garnier Miracle Skin Cream and then finally full with the BB Cream.

The BB cream retails for £9.99 but more often than not you can find this on offer, I got it when it was 1/3 off so around £6.60 but I would be happy to pay full price for it.

Here is a quick rundown of the product. 

Pros

• Decent coverage
• Low price
• Easy to blend
• Good for oily skin
• Lasts all day

Cons

• Strong initial smell of alcohol
• Lightest shade is quite dark, not suitable for those with very pale skin
• Only available in light and medium so not suitable for those with darker skin