Avon Ideal Flawless BB Cream Review

When it comes to Summer time, It's time push all of your medium-high coverage foundations out of the way and break out the sheer coverage stuff. BB creams are the way to go if you want this, because they are light on the skin which means they are great for Summer.

The BB cream I've been using for a while now is the Avon Ideal Flawless BB Cream. It claims to do 10 in 1: Minimise redness, moisturise, blur imperfection etc. 

The packaging is plain black and quite simple looking. The product comes in a squeezy tube, which allows you to control exactly how much product you want and It's really simple and not too messy.

I have very fair skin, so I opted for the lightest shade 'Ivory'. This shade is great for me and it doesn't look orange or somewhat too dark. 

This contains SPF 15, which is great but seeing as temperatures often exceed that in the Summer, sun cream would be a safe option to go along with this! 

The product itself is what I'd consider a 'normal' consistency, which makes it easy to apply. There are obviously different ways it can be applied. Personally, I've tried with a brush and my fingers and I think I prefer the brush, especially in the Summer. Using your fingers gives a fuller coverage and a bit more colour to the face, whereas a brush gives a much lighter coverage, but still covers up imperfections.

Speaking of coverage, for a BB cream the coverage is amazing! Most BB creams are pretty much invisible on the skin, but this manages to give a medium coverage whilst still feeling lightweight on the skin.

My skin is very dry and on my extra dry patches this doesn't fare too well. It tends to settle in to them which is quite annoying, but I'm still on the hunt for an amazing moisturiser that can help this! However, it is also quite a glowy BB cream, so if you have oily skin either use a primer/powder or give this product a miss. My final negative is that this has tiny specks of glitter. Yep, glitter. This is not noticeable in normal light nor from a reasonable distance away, but if you look closely or if you are in bright sunlight, it is visible. 

Overall, this is a great makeup product and I would recommend it if you bear in mind all of the above.

Question of the blog: What BB creams do you love/hate?

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