Stay All Day HD Beauty Balm

I love stilas bb cream it feels amazing on my skin and I love how its supposed to moisturize my skin and its like sunscreen and it really does protect the skin! All in all, I love this bb cream c:

I have fair skin with a light tan. I recently went to Ulta wanting to give myself a mini makeover because I was really bored lol. Well anyways, I have always wanted to try a BB Cream so this was the first thing I grabbed. I put it on and continued looking at makeup when I caught a glance of myself in the mirror. As I saw my face I was shocked to see that my skin had turned an obscene orange color. the feel of my skin was also very uncomfortable, Felt like I had applied a waterproof serum to my face. I wouldn't recommend this BB Cream for my skin color and texture.

Stila was one the first US companies to release their own version of a beauty balm. The Stila Stay All Day HD Beauty Balm is seeing a limited release through Ulta and their website but in the coming months that should change. It will be widely available by the summer. The packaging lists 10 Benefits. I have to say my skin has gotten even better with daily use. i have decent skin already so I might not be the targeted audience for this product. My fine lines and wrinkles are not super deep yet. I tend to furrow my brow a lot and have a naturally mean look about me. I can't help it. I really am a nice woman honest! I do have large pores though. But enough about me back to the product... I've been using Stila's Stay All Day HD Beauty Balm for close two months now and I really love it. At first glance the color of it can be scary but it blends beautifully into your skin giving light coverage on its own. It has a pleasant scent that does not linger and it feels really nice on my skin. I am not a dermatologist so I cannot attest to some of the claim's the packaging makes but it is long lasting on me and provides awesome oil control. I can go almost 8 hours with little to no shine and for me that is great. It does have that HD blurring effect which means it photographs fabulously and it conceals pores and minor imperfections well. It's versatile for me. It looks nice on its own for that added extra ooomph to my running around the house face. Powders layer well on top of it as do concealers to give a little more oomph to my natural beauty. It also layers well over foundation primer for insane staying power and oil control. AND it's an awesome pre-foundation primer. This plus my HG Chanel foundation has me glowing and oil free all day. I do have some dislikes though. What don't I like about it? The price! For what it is and how much you get I feel like it's about $10-$15 too expensive. The lack of shade selection is a bummer too. On its own this product will only work for those who have fair to medium skin tones. Stila's Stay All Day HD Beauty Balm also provides only light coverage. Those who have problem skin will have to layer a concealer and powder on top of this just to achieve a medium coverage at best. My final gripe is that this product is not hands friendly. The warmth of your hands will immediately cause the product to break down. As such it makes it difficult to achieve any form of even coverage when using your hands. I recommend a foundation brush or flat top powder brush for application. I'm on the fence about Stila's Stay All Day HD Beauty Balm as whole (meaning I am thinking about about consumers and not just myself). For those with darker skin tones this won't work at all. If you have problematic skin OR like something with more than light coverage then this is not the product for you either unless you use it as a primer. For me it works beautifully as a great multitasker and I love it. My suggestion is if you have decent skin in the fair to medium tone range AND you're curious about beauty balms/bb creams pick up Stila's Stay All Day HD Beauty Balm and try it out. If you don't like it you can always return it as Ulta has a decent return/exchange policy