L'oreal Paris Magic Skin Beautifier BB Cream in Medium REVIEW

Hey! It's been a while, sorry about that. School's been crazy and I just had the flu:(

But I'm back!

I picked this up from K-Mart, because I had a gift card and had no idea what else I really wanted/needed. I picked it up for about $11.

I read really good reviews about this. It goes on white, and then blends in and becomes the skin tint color. Reviews say it keeps matte well and blends easily. The tube says the product primes, corrects, hydrates, and perfects. Sounds good to me!

I grabbed this in medium because I'm a medium in Maybelline's BB cream. This BB cream was maybe a bit too dark for me, it made me look orange :(

It didn't blend well for me, and so it took a bit more than usual to get my whole face. It started out watery and became sticky and thick very quickly.

There was no smell and the packaging was fine, just like any other bottle of BB cream I've tried.

The coverage was the best part for me. It stayed naturally matte and covered well so I didn't need to layer it.

All in all, I give this a 5/10. It was ok, but not worth $11 for such a small tube.

Nuance Tinted Moisturizer review

This is from Salma Hayek's line, I got it for $17.00 at CVS and seeing how it was pretty expensive for a 1 FL OZ tube, I expected great things. Maybe not Holy Grail material (I already found that in the Maybelline FIT line), but something awesome.

I got it in the light/medium 250 shade. I can never tell with these things. I've always thought I was pretty pale, so I would get the 2nd lightest shade I could find. Always too light. Apparently I'm a Medium skin tone. Hm.

This promises "oil-free, sheer coverage, delivers a health, radiant glow for all skin types." It is also "hypoallergenic, fragrance free, paraben free, and not tested on animals." Mega points right there.

Yes, sheer coverage. So sheer that I wouldn't suggest using this as a BB cream. It's not even moisturizing. My skin felt tight and dry after using it. It's pretty much just... a skin tint. It made me a bit darker.

For something that isn't moisturizing, though, it made my skin very oily, very fast. My face is not picky. But for some reason this made my skin get greasy and shiny.

It stayed put for about 2 hours, and then I was back to nothing.

So, I'd recommend using this on top of a light moisturizing primer for those days you want a bit more of a tan. I'm not sure what's going on with the oil/grease issue but using a bit of primer prevented that. Maybe some powder on top to set it would work too.

Anyway, my rating? 6/10. Not great, not bad, but not really worth the price.

What do you guys think?