TARTE BB Tinted Treatment 12-Hour Primer with Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Sunscreen

This is a long OVERDUE review, especially since this product has been in the market for some time now. This is the second time I have purchased Tarte's BB Tinted Treatment Primer. The first time I purchased it I was getting into 'cleaner' products. I still am trying to find products with seemingly better preservatives and ingredients overall. The main components I look for when I check the ingredients are: What preservatives are used, if any; Are there any types of glycols--ie: propylene glycol; If there is sunscreen, is it chemical or physical? These are the main things I search for. I do look at all the ingredients in order to assess whether or not I will purchase the item, but the three aforementioned categories are deal breakers. Anyways, I am sure you all don't care much about that let's get on to the product!

Ingredients: Cyclopentasiloxane, Isododecane, Polysilicone-11, Mica, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Hexyl Laurate, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Stearic Acid, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Alumina, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline, Diamond Powder, Iron Oxides.H696 

The color I purchased is Fair. It's offered in 4 different shades: Fair; Light; Medium; and Tan. Fair looks really light again my darker hands, but Fair isn't too much light than my face. It also helps that this product is pretty sheer. The consistency is mouse-like and feels light on the skin. I have drier skin and do moisturize before applying any make up onto my skin. I have found that this product emphasizes my dry patches. Does anyone else have that problem with this product? I have tried exfoliating before hand and that doesn't seem to help much either. I am enjoying it enough to put up with it, at least until I find something better. 

WARNING mini rant ahead...

I know this product has 'BB' in its name, but let me tell you it is so far from what would be deemed a true BB cream. A real BB cream would be somewhere in between a foundation and tinted moisturizer in terms of coverage. Additionally, it has ingredients to benefit the skin. It's purpose is also to hide of blemishes, moles and freckles included. Many tinted moisturizers have been re-branded as 'BB' creams or 'CC' creams and it's incredibly irritating because the BB creams in the states are not the same as the BB creams in Asia. Yet, they're being marketed as the same, which is misleading to consumers. The only two brands that I have found sold in places such as Sephora that produce BB creams that come close to a close to what BB creams are supposed to be are Dr.Jart and Boscia. 

*Item was purchased by me*