Garnier Skin Renew BB Cream for Oily Skin

A few weeks ago I was invited to join a BzzCampaign for Garnier's BB Cream that's geared for us oily-skinned folk. I was stoked because it's about that time of year where I want to switch my heavier coverage foundation for a BB Cream or tinted moisturizer. I've noticed that most of the BB Creams I have tried make me very oily within a very small amount of time. Even those creams that say they are oil free & help mattify the skin make me an oil slick. The lighter the coverage, the more oil control & vice versa is how it usually is with products. My skin has been acting a little funky lately so right now I'm needing more medium/full coverage & I know that BB creams don't really provide much more than light/medium.
The first day I tried this without a primer & my fingers. I was pleasantly surprised that it had a decent amount of coverage that hid most of my redness. I stayed oil free for about 3 hours (not bad!) The next time I tried it with my oil free primer & a dampened BeautyBlender, coverage was pretty nice. I decided not to top it with any powder & within 2-3 hours I was pretty oily. Third day I used my oil-free primer & my ELF Powder Brush which is my favorite way to apply this & I topped it with my MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural. I get about 4-5 hours tops before the sides of my nose start to really grease up. This isn't very easy to touch up because it does separate on your skin after blotting. After about 5 hours it just starts to look very messy & splotchy.

Here's a picture of my skin before (EEEEEK!!!!)

Here's my skin with just the BB Cream on, applied with my ELF Powder brush

& here's the finished product with the Garnier BB Cream topped with MAC Mineralize Skin Finish.

This covers fairly well, as you can see in the first picture I have a bit of discoloration on my cheeks & dark circles under my eyes. This doesn't completely diminish the dark circles but a concealer will fix that. All in all I really enjoy this product. I feel that it will be perfect on days when I'm just running some errands or going to the pool (yes, I wear some sort of coverage on my face when I go swimming, don't judge). This won't be my pick if I'm going to be at work all day long since the longevity isn't that great. The price point is awesome for the amount of product you get, $12 for 2 ounces!

Have you tried any BB Creams lately?

Until next time,