Best Shimmery Bronzers 2018 | Top 10 + Share Your Favorites

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Today, I’m asking for your Best Shimmery Bronzers (specific shades, please!).  The 10 most recommended Shimmery Bronzers are listed below, and the list will automatically update as more recommendations are made!

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10 Best Shimmery Bronzers

Physicians Formula Bronze Butter Bronzer
Bronze
Physicians Formula
PPermanent. $14.99/0.38 oz.
+25 Recommendations
Hourglass Luminous Bronze Light Ambient Lighting Bronzer
Luminous Bronze Light
Hourglass
PPermanent. $52.00/0.39 oz.
+16 Recommendations
Physicians Formula Light Bronze Butter Bronzer
Light Bronze
Physicians Formula
PPermanent. $14.99/0.38 oz.
+9 Recommendations
theBalm Balm Desert Bronzer/Blush
Balm Desert
theBalm
PPermanent. $21.00/0.23 oz.
+8 Recommendations
Wet 'n' Wild Reserve Your Cabana Color Icon Bronzer
Reserve Your Cabana
Wet 'n' Wild
PPermanent. $4.99/0.38 oz.
+7 Recommendations
theBalm Betty-Lou Manizer Bronzer/Shadow
Betty-Lou Manizer
theBalm
PPermanent. $24.00/0.3 oz.
+6 Recommendations
Sweet Tea
Too Faced
PPermanent. $30.00/0.19 oz.
+6 Recommendations
MAC Trace Gold
Trace Gold
MAC
PPermanent. $24.00/0.21 oz.
+5 Recommendations
Tarte Park Ave. Princess
Park Ave Princess
Tarte
PiPPermanent in Palette.
+5 Recommendations
ColourPop Poolside Super Shock Cheek Bronzer
Poolside
ColourPop
PPermanent. $8.00/0.18 oz.
+5 Recommendations
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Queenie Avatar
Queenie

I usually don’t go for shimmery bronzers but I really love Too Faced’s Pink Leopard, although I use it more of a highlighting blush/bronzer in one. I know they’ve reformulated it and It’s not as good as the original but it still gives me a really nice glow.

On a side note, can anyone recommend a good cooler-to-neutral-toned bronzer? I have a lot of pink in my skin that I try to (at least partially) cancel out with yellow or neutral-toned foundation but the warmer bronzers still appear to yellow or orange on me. I’m currently using Chocolate Soleil and I like it but will be hitting the pan soon and wondering if I should I should repurchase or if I have other options!

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Mariella
Very Light, Pink undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Mariella Full Profile

The only shimmery bronzers I have (except for Too Faced Snow Bunny) are Ray and Beachy from the Estee Edit Gritty+Glow palette and they’re labelled “highlighters”, though I can’t see many people using them as highlighters – they are quite “bronze” and so much darker/deeper than ‘Reserve Your Cabana’, which I use as a highlighter or finishing powder!

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Silvia

I love Milani’s bronzers. Is sort of tricky as in the pan they show some gold flecks but somehow magically none appear when applying on face. I wouldn’t want glitter all over so it was an extra pleasant surprise. They are very soft and nice I got all three Glow 04, Soleil (the darkest one) and Dolce 09. Btw,
Milani’s website is 30% off for Memorial Day. Just received my email notification. I’d like to get Sunset Strobelight highliter they are good and looks beautiful!

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