Beauty Balm Instant Solutions® BB Cream SPF 35

I was skeptical of this wonder cream. I was walking around Nordstrom looking for a new foundation. I'm generally illiterate when it comes to makeup. I have been wearing a mineral powder, but wanted a more dewy look and the mineral power was too matte/drying. I stumbled across the Trish McEvoy counter. She removed what was on my face and put on the BB cream. It's not too heavy and goes on very nice. She used a brush. I do not use a brush! It always leaves streaks and I prefer to use my fingers. I loved it, but not the price. Given it is more than a foundation and buying foundation and moisturizer separately would rival the price, I bought it. I also bought it because it's from a dermatologist. For winter, I found it needs some extra oomph. My skin was still feeling dry. I ended up buying the Trish moisturizer a few months later. I'll try it alone again in the summer. In addition to really liking it. It lasts a long time. I've had the same tube for about 5 months. I use one pump a day and it's plenty for me. I have a big face. Finally, today, I couldn't get anymore out by using the pump. Naturally, I cut the tube open and voila! There is more than enough down around where the pump is to use for at least another 5 - 7 days if not more. I put the cut tube in a baggy so it doesn't dry out the BB cream. I think it's worth the money.

After reading reviews and being a Trish fan I was excited to try this. I was expecting it to hydrate and brighten my skin as it states it will. I tried smoothing it on with my fingers, using a duo-fiber brush and a dampened Beauty Blender. Nothing worked. It was so bad I had to wash it off every time. I do have dry skin but with my skin care my skin looks soft and velvety. This accentuated fine lines, pores and flakey bits. Maybe it would work for oilier and/or younger skin but not for my skin. I am older but most people think I look like I'm in my thirties or early forties. Oh and the price is definitely overly inflated for what the product delivers. Don't waste your time or money on this stuff. Sorry Trish but this is a major fail.

I was hesitant on buying BB cream due to a mild acne prone skin. But when I used this product, it had great coverage and did not cause any acne breakouts. It corrected the dark spots from my acne. It's consistency is light and feels like you're not wearing any at all. I will repurchase in the future.

Like other users I was a little hesitant to purchase this because of the price. It's worth every penny! My sister told me yesterday she wanted my skin...it looked so smooth. I've used primers that include spf and they usually smell like sunscreen and leave your skin filmy. This does not do that, it smooths your skin out and doesn't stink! The price is high but will last quite awhile. I use less than a dime size for my entire face. My skin tone is olive and I tan quite easily in the summer. I purchased the 1 color and it's perfect. I think 2 would be too dark. I have terrible allergies especially in my eyes and I haven't had any trouble using this product.

I am very fair, (embrace the pasty skin lol), and the shade one is at best for medium skin tones. It is at least 3 shades too dark for my fair English skin. The coverage is wonderful and the feel is beyond lovely. But with it being so dark, I can’t use it.

I'm probably the first not to like this product. I bought this after reading so many great reviews and thought it would work for me. I have combination skin so I thought it would be perfect but when I put it on the coverage was very spotty and when I tried building it up I touched my face and the product would come off like eraser shavings. I tried again and again hoping for it to work but it was not the right product for me.

I have tried other BB creams and have loved them. So I was excited to try the Trish McEvoy Beauty Balm. Unfortunately it is not like any other BB cream. It goes on like a sticky foundation and it is really difficult to even out, if at all, and feels heavy on your face. I would suggest, for best results (personally), to use a brush rather than a sponge or your hand to apply it. But honestly if you haven't already bought this product DON'T. The $8 L'Oreal is a much better BB cream. Personally I am going to continue to still with all the amazing Lancome products.

Sorry, Trish, I sent this one back. It did not look any better than Sunday Riley's Effortless primer. Yes, Trish McEvoy's version is suppose to hydrate and it does have an SPF 35 where Sunday Riley's Effortless does not. However, for the price tag of $85, this should have performed better than any other beauty balm, CC, or primer I have tried. This BB laid in my pores and highlighted all of them. Laura Mercier has a wonderful primer (w/ SPF) that out-performed this BB and it's more affordable. Laura's primer comes in oil free or fully loaded.

I love everything about this besides the color! I have shade 1 and it's unfortunately too dark for my fair skin. I wish there was a lighter shade because I love that it primes, moisterizes, evens skin tone and provides SPF coverage in one product.

This all-star, multitasking BB cream saves time and costs of using several extra products in the morning and looks natural on my skin all day. I’m fair and Shade 1 worked on me. The best way to apply this is to stipple and swirl with a flat top duofiber brush for an airbrushed look. It's unscented, easy to travel with the tube. Wears well in high and low temperatures year round, just enough moisture, long lasting all day, you don’t need to use much. I use over TM serum and Beauty Booster for best results.

I absolutely love this product. Have been looking for a way to simplify my makeup routine. This combines SPF, concealer and primer all in one. Coverage is smooth and long-lasting. I use a Shiseido perfect foundation brush to apply it. My only complaint is that I wish Trish would make this product in more shades. Shade 1 is a good match for my skin tone in spring and summer months, but in winter, it's a touch too dark. If anyone from Trish is listening. please create some additional shades of this terrific product.

First of all, let me tell you when I first purchased this I didn't like it because I am darker (MAC NC40/42 as reference# and when I tried it on #number 2# it looked to light. Now I have a collection of bb creams #Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese, Loreal, garnier, maybelline, cover girl, hydroxitone, pur, too faced, dior, chanel, amore pacific, you name it) and the texture and finish of this and only this one resembles the Asian ones. BB creams now have gone the way of tinted moisturizers, so I think if I wanted a tinted moisturizer, then I am going to buy a tinted moisturizer, but if I want a bb cream I am looking for the Asian quality the only problem is they are too light for me. Anyways when I got this I didn't like it, but what I do is I use my Laura mercier mineral powder foundation in bronze to set it with, and voila! flawless complexion. I can even put the bb cream in my eye area and it doesn't settle into my fine lines and lightens my eyelid, this is the first one that I've been able to do this with. I am so pleased with this product, I just wish it wasn't as pricey.