REVIEW - Dr Jart+ Regenerating Beauty Balm

Strictly speaking, this is not a foundation but I'm including it anyway because BB creams are the absolute worst for pale shades. This is literally the only one I have found that isn't some strange orange colour.  I bought this a while ago after reading some good things about this BB cream. There are 3 others in the range: waterfuse, premium beauty and platinum beauty. Each one only comes in one shade. I went for the regenerating version because it supposedly reduces redness and I have the most ridiculous red cheeks. A little on the expensive side but with such good reviews I decided to give it a go, especially as most of the negative comments seemed to be that the colour was very very pale. 

Well there were no samples to try in the shop so I took a gamble and bought it. When I opened it back at home I noticed just how dark it is! I put it on the same way I would put on foundation and it looked really dark on my skin. I was so dissapointed because I thought I'd bought another product I would not actually be able to wear. So after a couple more attempts I left it at the bottom of my makeup drawer. 

However, a few weeks ago I was clearing out my products and I thought I'd give it another go. This time I really rubbed it, much more like you would with a moisturiser rather than with a foundation. Again it still looked pretty dark on my skin. Not orange or yellow, just darker than my natural shade. But, after about 15 minutes or so, I looked back in the mirror and it seemed to have blended out much more evenly with my skin tone, if that makes sense. I decided to keep it on and kept glancing in my mirror throughout the day and it continued to look great. So if you do try it and it looks kind of dark on you, just wait a while and it might even out a bit!

So a little more information. It has a very very dewy finish which does settle down after a while but stays pretty dewy throughout the day so some people may want to powder over the top. Personally I have very dry skin so this kept my face very moisturised and didn't show any of my dry patches which I was really happy about. And yes, I do think it reduced my red cheeks a little. The coverage is light to medium, so it is never going to hide my red cheeks completely, but I do think it sort of balances them out a lot more than most light/medium coverage foundations do. I still moisturise before using this product but I don't apply any primer or concealer. I also love that it has spf30 so it is great for summer time as my usual moisturiser only has spf15.

Personally, I think the product is a bit pricey, but they are half price at the moment in the shops, so if you were thinking of trying out a BB cream that does actually work, and comes in a reasonable pale shade to boot, I'd definitely give this one a go.