Be Beautiful? Maybe not... (Nivea Visage Young Be Beautiful Tinted Moisturiser)

Member Name: pink_glitter

Product:	Nivea Visage Young Be Beautiful Tinted Moisturiser
Date:	26/07/08 (168 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Doesnt look caked on

Disadvantages: Made my skin tight and itchy

Tinted Moisturiser is something I have always wanted to like, but never really got on with. I don't really like wearing heavy foundations as I always feel a bit like I've been painted, however I have yet to find a tinted moisturiser that I like.

I am trying to de-clutter my flat (although it's going quite slowly, and I keep filling it with more beauty products) and I came across a big bag of samples that I had forgotten about. Amongst them were a few Nivea Visage Young samples, including the 'be beautiful!' tinted moisturiser.

Now I don't know much about the Nivea Visage Young range - obviously it is aimed for younger skin, but I'm not sure if it's aimed at teenagers, or women in their twenties, so I don't know what they deem to be young. For the record, I'm 23 (nearly 24 - it's so depressing) so I'm not sure if this is aimed at women of my age or not.

I'm told that the product is suitable for normal or combination skin. It has an oil-free formula which does not clog pores and also a UVA/UVB filter system to protect from the sun. As far as I can see this only comes in one shade - I have checked the Nivea website and can't see different shades listed there which is a bit strange. It does say however, that the 'skin refining tinted pigments' will adapt to your natural skin colour. Even so, being very pale this worried me.

Now normally this would come in a tube although I have sachets as it was a sample. The tube is pale blue with a flip top lid and has a fairly nice floral design along one side.

So, squeezing the moisturiser out, I did think it looked a bit too dark for my skin. Nevertheless, I carried on, and smoothed it over my skin. It has a nice consistency - not too thick or too runny, and I found that it blended easily and only a small amount was needed to cover my entire face.

The colour once blended did tone down a bit, but as I said, I am very pale, so I did think it looked a tiny bit too dark for my skin tone. My skin did look a bit more awake though and seemed to look glowing. I think, had the colour been a bit paler, it wouldn't have looked like I was wearing make-up as it didn't look caked on at all.

The problem for me came about 10 minutes after I had applied it. The skin on my face began to feel tight and itchy, and I became really worried I was going to have some horrendous reaction to it. I decided to be brave and left about another 10 minutes to see if it would go away, but it didn't, so eventually I ran to the bathroom and washed it off. Even after I had washed it off, my skin stayed feeling itchy for around half an hour, although luckily it didn't look any different.

I believe I have seen this product in Boots, although I am unable to confirm how much it costs from there. The only place I can find it online is www.paydenspharmacy.co.uk where it costs £5.02.

So, obviously because I seemed to have a reaction to this, and also because the colour was too dark for my milk bottle white skin, I will not be buying this product. If you have mid-tone skin which is not sensitive, you may find this to be OK, but it's definitely not for me.

Summary: Tinted Moisturiser