Review: Garnier Skin Renew Miracle Skin Perfector B.B. Cream SPF 15

Hello again! It seems that before anyone makes purchases nowadays, they will do their fair share of going online and searching for other people's reviews before deciding whether to spend their money to make sure they won't just buy it and then have buyer's remorse because it doesn't do what it should. Therefore, I am here to lend a hand and shall begin with today's review, something I've had in my personal collection for a while, the Garnier Skin Renew Miracle Skin Perfector B.B. Cream!

 

This moisturizer has SPF 15 and I have it in the light/medium shade. Each tube is 2.5 oz or 75 ml, and that's a pretty big amount compared to other moisturizers, which are usually only 1 oz. I have used a fair amount of this tube already, but I have to say that it is not recommended for the summertime if you have oily skin. When it's humid, it makes it feel like you have an extra layer of skin on, and that's not a good feeling. I've read since that there is a version for oily skin so you may want to look into that if this doesn't sound good to you. It is kinda strange but only around my nose area, it doesn't blend well into my skin as with the rest of my face and you can clearly tell I have something on because it looks cakey. I have to mix it with another moisturizer for it to look more natural.

There is a light coverage, which I wish could be more heavier because I usually don't want to do a whole face routine in the morning, I just want to do moisturizer and go. Therefore, the light coverage does not cover my dark circles when I wish it would. There is a pleasant scent to the product which I can't really describe, but I like it, not overwhelming or having a sunscreen smell. Overall, I would only use it sparingly in the cold winter months, and would not purchase this in the future because I don't like the heavy face feeling. I might try the one for non-oily skin if I see it for a good price.

Pros: Lots of product per tube, the scent, the SPF
Cons: The light coverage, the oily face feeling, cakey in some areas

Swatches: Maybelline Colorsensational Lipsticks

So many people have reviewed these and loved them so I decided since I had some coupons and it is BOGO at Rite Aid this week, I would go get some in addition to the two I got for free during Fashion Week. It came out to $2 each, such a great deal since it was retail for $7.19 each! Sorry for the swatches if you think they are bad, I haven't learned how to do them as great as other girls do. Enjoy!



Left to right: Pink Sand, Born With It, Pink Me Up, Pinkalicious, Let Me Pink, Pink Petal, Pink Plaza



Left to right: Nearly There, Totally Toffee, Warm Me Up, Blushing Brunette, My Mahogany, Mauve Me, Red Revival

Review: e.l.f. Studio Eye Primer & Liner Sealer

This is a review for the e.l.f. Studio Eye Primer & Liner Sealer, not to be confused with their mineral eyeshadow primer, that I reviewed before here. This retails for $3 for .09 oz primer and .14 oz sealer. The sealer side is suppose to help turn your eyeshadow into liquid eyeliner. As I don't usually use that because I'm scared to poke myself in the eye, I decided to try it out. It just felt like a cold brush, but some color from my e/s did show up so I guess it does work, if I lined a few more times the color will build up.

As for the primer side, I tried this as an experiment with NYX eyeshadow. On one side of my eye, I used no primer at all and on the other, I used this product. You can easily tell that the side with the primer made the e/s more vibrant and not dull like the other eye. After several hours, the eye with primer lasted without creasing, which makes this product effective! I wouldn't recommend these with cream eyeshadows because it creased for me.

Compared with the mineral eyeshadow primer, I would say it is equally effective, but the mineral one comes with more product (.15 oz vs .09). I guess it would depend on which applying method you like better and if you have use for the sealer end. I have read that this studio primer reminds people of a concealer stick which makes me wonder if regular concealer sticks can do the same job. I guess that will be another experiment for next time!

Some e.l.f. studio swatches

Here are some swatches of some e.l.f. studio line products.

The first picture contains the colors of the Eye Transformer palette. It is suppose to transform the color of your original eyeshadow into something different depending on the color that you choose to put on top of it. The shades are green, coral, pink, and blue.


This next one is from the Shimmer Palette. It seems to be in the form of a cream consistency and it is very shimmery/metallic-like on the skin when you put it on. The shades are white, light pink, coral, and a slightly darker pink.


This last one is the new eyeshadow singles. The colors are Charcoal, Coffee Bean, Pebble, Raspberry Truffle, Saddle, and Sand Dollar.


This is the Golden Bronzer and Warm Bronzer. The swatches are the colors in clockwise order. The fifth color is all the previous blended together. I think these would make great e/s colors!




These are the new blushes. The colors are Merry Berry, Blushing Rose, Mellow Mauve, and Tickled Pink. The colors are definitely not as shimmery as I thought from the pictures from their website.

Review: e.l.f. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer

This is a review for the e.l.f. mineral eyeshadow primer, not to be confused with their studio line's eye primer and sealer. So far I have tried this three times on different hot summer days. This retails for $3 for .15 fl oz but if you have been taking advantage of their 75% off the mineral line coupon I mentioned in my last post (WWYB75M), they would only be $0.75 each!

Day 1: I used the primer with Sugar e/s, which is a regular powder type. My first impression of the primer was that it was more watery than other ones I have tried. The lasting power was pretty good and the e/s did stand out, but it could've just been that the e/s is shimmery itself haha.

Day 2: I used the primer with Revlon's Illuminance Cream Shadow. It did not work for this type of e/s. It creased like crazy!! I had to wipe it off because it looked so unflattering.

Day 3: I was home today and decided to test it out again. On my left eye, I used Sally Hansen's Line Soothing Mineral Powder (which I think is supposed to be a blush but the pinks are so shimmery I wanted to try it as an e/s). So far so good, the color is vibrant and no signs of creasing. On my right eye, I used the Revlon Cream shadow again, to see if last time was just a fluke. Boy was I wrong, within 15 minutes (no joke!!), it was like crease city. It was so horrible, I'm glad I was home when I did this.

All in all, I think it's best to not use this primer with cream shadows, perhaps because my skin is oily, but with regular e/s it is working pretty well. $3 and well worth it, time to stock up!!