Review: Garnier BB Cream

There seems to be a bit of a buzz around BB creams at the moment. They’re a pretty recent phenomenon in the UK, but have been around in Asia and the US for a little while. The term ‘BB’ stands for ‘Beauty Balm’, and they claim to be an all-in-one cream, acting as a moisturiser, make up and sun protector all in one bottle. Sounds good to me.

I didn’t want to spend a fortune, so I opted for Garnier’s BB Cream for normal skin. As with most of these creams, you can choose from 2 shades (varies dependent on product), this one being light.

Apparently, you don’t have to apply moisturiser, or prepare your skin in any way to use this product, so I just applied it after washing my face, using my fingers. The texture was really nice, not dissimilar to a moisturising cream, and felt very light and fresh. However, because of that, I didn’t really find that it covered as well as I wanted it to. To me, it was kind of like applying moisturiser with a bit of make up added to it. On the pack, it does tell me ‘To increase coverage, just add another layer’. All well and good, but for me, the coverage just wasn’t quite good enough, and I still wanted to add a layer of powder to finish off.

That said, I have used it more than once. I think it’s good if you don’t want to look ‘made up’, and don’t have any real blemishes to cover up. I like the feel of it, and the illuminating quality is quite nice. But will it replace my moisturiser/foundation/powder routine? No, I’m afraid not.

Garnier BB Cream is currently on offer at £6.66 in Superdrug.

Review: V05 Smoothly Does It Heat Protect Serum

I am kicking off this blog with a review for V05 Smoothly Does It Heat Protect Serum, because it’s a product that I’ve heard lots of good things about and I’ve been meaning to try it out for quite some time.

This serum can be used on wet or dry hair, one of the reasons why I chose it, because my hair is quite thick and so I prefer to apply it when my hair is wet. On first using the product, I found it to be quite light in texture, with a very pleasant scent. I had to use 2 or 3 pumps for my hair, but once I’d dried it, I was pleased at the difference it made. It didn’t eliminate the frizz completely, but it helped a lot, and once I’d used hair straighteners on it, I found that I had less fly-aways, and my hair was much shinier. I have also tried using it on dry hair, and was equally as pleased with the overall result.

V05 Smoothly Does It Heat Protect Serum can be bought from Boots and costs £4.19