BB Creams - Do they work?

So, when I read about the Garnier BB cream I thought OH MY GOSH. This has to be the ultimate product, right? Blurs imperfections and makes skin look natural and flawless??? I thought I had just died and gone to skin perfection heaven. Anyway, as I was on a make up buying ban, I couldn't buy it :( then one day, in a moment of total weakness, I bought the 17 Blemish Balm in light. I figured as it was on offer, and was cheaper than the Garnier cream I would give it a go. Then I got home and started looking at BB cream on ebay and also bought BOB BB cream from Hong Kong. (£2.50 with postage, hardly even counts as spending!!) So here are my honest thoughts!

BOB BB Cream shade 3 - 17 BB cream light

What it looks like

Blended out a little

Cost - BOB cream was only £2.50 including postage which I bought here. The 17 BB cream was on offer for £5.99 when I bought it but is usually £6.99 and is available at most Boots stores. 

Colour - the BOB cream is white which was a bit of a shock to me. I chose shade 3 because I thought it would be suitable for my skin tone. I will say that when it is blended out properly it makes your skin look lighter but not white! The 17 cream is the perfect colour for my skin as I am quite fair. If you are dark skinned I am not sure what BB creams are available as most seem to suit light to medium skin tones.

Product quality - BOB cream is a very thick cream but blends out well. I did find that it sat in my pores though. The 17 cream is between foundation and tinted moisturiser in thickness. I had to use a lot more of this than I would use with a foundation with little difference in effects.

Other comments - I would say the BOB cream is more a skin treat to be worn under your usual foundation as a base. The 17 cream can be worn alone to provide medium coverage. It did cause me to break out really badly when I forgot to remove it at night :(

Scores - BOB 5/10  17 7/10

Would I repurchase these products? NO. Both products were really nice but they were not what I was expecting from a BB cream and the 17 cream is a little pricey. Garnier is still on my Christmas list :) the reviews on that are a lot better, so we will have to wait and see if the results are too!