Video: First Impressions - Dior BB Creme

So, I got caught up in a hype, there's a shocker, right? 

As the title suggests, here are my first impressions on the Dior BB Creme.

What do you think?

Laura xoxo

Review: Dr Jart + BB Cream

I know I'm very late to the Dr Jart + party, but I've finally arrived, with a bottle of wine in hand, so I'm sure they'll forgive me. I've always wanted to try it, but something had always stopped me, then I 'popped' into Boots with my mom, and had about 5 mins to pick up my 'essestinals' and saw this was on offer, and picked it up without thinking twice; so to call this an impulse buy would be perfectly correct.

I decided to pick up the Water Infused one as it seems to be the one most oily skinned bloggers have gone for. I spent ages (precious Boots seconds) searching to see what colour this was as most BB creams come with a light/dark shade range, but couldn't find one so it appears it only comes in one shade, which scared me as I'm quite pale, or at least my neck is; but I still thought I'd give it a go.

Shade wise it matched my skin pretty much perfectly. It looked very orange toned on my hand, but that didn't transfer to my face. It hasn't got a full coverage, it didn't cover my breakout, but it definitely evened my skin tone, and reduced the redness of my stubborn spots that will not disappear (slightly off track.) However, it doesn't claim to do that. It is not a foundation, it is essentially a tinted moisturiser, and for a tinted moisturiser, it has done bloomin' well.

This is it with concealer and powder on top, and if I do say so myself, it looks pretty flawless.

This is it 8 hours later. The rest of my make-up has faded, and it doesn't look 'flawless' anymore, but what I love about this product is that it still gives me an even skin tone, and when I look in the mirror I'm super impressed, I love the way my skin still looks, it never does that with foundation.

For me, I see it like Orgins Vita-Zing, but better. It's great at covering redness, doesn't leaving me worrying I look like an oompa lumpa, and it's hydrating too. I also feel that it keeps my skin looking 'good' the whole time it is on.

Overall it gets a massive thumbs up from me.

Have you tried it?

Laura xoxo

BB Cream Battle

Is anyone else getting slightly tired of hearing about BB Creams? This time last year I was completely clueless. I saw an advert for the Garnier one in about August, then kind of got into them. Now I'm very, well, over it. I was planning on buying some more BB Creams for this post, but honestly I just didn't see the point. I'm just not a BB girl. I can live with that. Therefore I only have three, but been as though these three have made up my mind on BB creams I thought I'd give you my opinion of them.

Also, as I tend to not wear them often, I started this post a while ago, so in the first two pictures my skin is quite bad, but it has cleared up in the last one which was taken last week. This impressed me to be honest, yes I'm impressed easily, but it shows some part of my skin care routine at least, must be working.

No 17

I used to use this daily instead of foundation. Then I didn't like the way it sat on my skin, it didn't last and overall I got fed up. It is probably the best out of all the ones I have. The colour suits me quite well, although it has a bit of a grey tinge on my skin. It gives a fair amount of coverage, and it lasts OK on my skin with powder, but there is something about it which stopped me reaching for it. And after using it for this post, I've put it back in it's draw and not touched it again. You know what they say, actions speak louder than words.

MUA

I don't want to dislike anything from MUA. They are such a good budget brand, but I just don't like this. The coverage is very little, and the colour is ok. But I could not use this for it's intended purpose. BUT I found a way to wear it that works for me, and that is as a primer/base. If you're having a very bad skin day, or need your make-up to last longer, use this as a base, and I promise you will be amazed by the result.

Garnier

The first BB cream I picked up. I really like it at first, and part of me still does, but it makes me look like I've just escaped from the Wonka Factory (I know it doesn't in this picture, but in person, trust me!) It has a gorgeous smell to it, is very creamy and does feel nice on the skin. Maybe, but only maybe, if they bought out other shades I may consider purchasing it, but again, there is something around it, which I understand that as a review on a blog post, is not entirely helpful, but still, there is something that makes me not like it.

Garnier // 17 // MUA

So they are my final thoughts on my BB Creams! I would love to know what you think, am I just being to persnickety? Do you love them? Do you hate them?

Laura xoxo

*first picture is no make-up, second is just the BB cream!