Kosas Light Baked Bronzer Review & Swatches

Christine — Wed, 20 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000

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Kosas Light Sun Show Moisturizing Baked Bronzer ($34.00 for 0.21 oz.) is a light, peachy brown with soft, warm undertones and a fine, golden pearl running through its more satin-like finish. The consistency was incredibly finely-milled, silky, and smooth to the touch without being powdery or too firmly pressed into the pan.

The bronzer applied evenly to bare skin and blended out easily along the edges. The only “downside” was that it had nearly opaque color payoff in a single layer, while it was supposed to be buildable coverage, so I’d recommend using a lighter hand (or a more feathery brush) to produce true, buildable coverage if desired. It wore well for eight and a half hours before fading noticeably.

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NABLA Cosmetics Ambra (P, $26.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Charlotte Tilbury Lightgasm Bronze (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Tom Ford Beauty Terra (P, $70.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Fenty Beauty Butta Biscuit (P, $32.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
ColourPop Opening Act (LE, $8.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Marc Jacobs Beauty Tan-tastic (Trio) (P, $49.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Moira Sunkissed (P, $12.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Makeup Geek Sunkissed (P, $22.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Hourglass Eternal Bronze Light (LE, $52.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Salt New York Light (P, $16.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).

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Ingredients

Mica, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Silica, Hectorite, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Unsaponifiable, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Extract, Oleic/Linoleic/Linolenic Polyglycerides, Soybean Glycerides, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenethyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Tristearate, Tin Oxide, Citric Acid.May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163).

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