Garnier BB Cream is a Flop

It hasn't been quite a week since I purchased the Garnier Skin Renew Miracle Skin Perfecter BB cream, but I can already tell you that I absolutely do not like it at all. I really wanted to, because it would be a much more wallet friendly product that my Skin79 Supper BB Cream, but it did just did not live up to a higher end BB cream. It also didn't even live up to the declarations on the box!

The box says that it "instantly":
Renews- This is not true. When I think of a product "renewing" I think of a product that makes my skin appear younger than it is. This product does NOT do that, if anything it made me look older, and made my under eye wrinkles really stand out.

Brightens- Not true. It didn't make my skin any brighter. It especially didn't brighten up my under eye circles which are pretty bad, because I don't get as much sleep as I should.

Evens- Not true. The formula is very sheer. I could not get it to even out my skin tone as well as I wanted even after applying 5 layers. Yes, I said it. 5 LAYERS!! It did not cover under eye circles (you would still need a concealer) and it did not cover my acne.

Hydrates- This is only true if "hydrates" means makes you look like you are sweating immensely from every pore on your face. I have super dry skin, it made me look SUPER OILY. I have never ever had that happen with a product. I even mix actual oils in with my foundation, and it still doesn't make me look oily. This is the worst part about the product. I had to apply a lot of finishing powder to tone down the oil.

This is my face before applying anything on it. BEWARE it is quite scary. I wasn't kidding about my under eye circles BTW. ;)

Here is a photo of me after I applied the BB cream.

As you can see...not much of an improvement as far as coverage goes. You can still pretty much see my under eye circles very clearly, and my red spot is still shining through. I'm also greasy as hell.

Now for a close up of part of my face so you can see the true extent of the grease ball effect.

Absolutely HORRID. 

What else can I say about this? The lasting power was not good. It lasted about 2 hours. Its not even comparable to other BB creams at all. I would compare it closer to a very low end tinted moisturizer. If I compare it to a tinted moisturizer, it is still one of the worst products I have ever purchased. 

If you have oily skin definitely run in the other direction when you see this product. If i have dry skin, and it made me this oily, I can't even imagine what it would do to people with oily or combination skin. 

Also the picture on the package is the most misleading picture of all time. It is sooo laughable!

My before and after is a much better representation! 

I rate this product 1 out of 5 stars. It gets one star because of the relatively low price. I would not recommend this to anyone, and I would certainly not repurchase!

Until Next Time....