Natasha Denona Mini Bronze & Glow Review & Swatches
Medium-Nude/Neutral Beige (Right)
Natasha Denona Medium-Nude/Neutral Beige (Right) Mini Bronze & Glow ($19.00 for 0.141 oz.) contains a metallic, bronzy gold and a matte, mid-tone, reddish-brown. While the product is called “Bronze & Glow,” the matte brown is actually a blush (from one of the brand’s permanent blush duos). The highlighting shade is from the larger Citrus palette. Both shades performed well, were pigmented and easy to work with, and lasted eight and a half hours on me.
Whenever brands release products like this, I wonder why they don’t consider releasing two or three variations as it’s marketed as a highlighting and bronzing duo and yet is very limited in what skin tones it’ll achieve those things on.
Ingredients
Look Using this Product
Medium-Nude/Neutral Beige (Right)
PPermanent. $19.00.
Medium-Nude
Medium-Nude is a richer, medium gold with warm undertones and a sparkling, metallic finish. The texture was denser, lightly creamy, and had some slip to it–more like a cream-powder hybrid in that sense–that yielded opaque color coverage in a single layer. I’d recommend using a denser, more rounded brush to ensure even pick up of product, though. The powder applied evenly to my cheek bones, blended out easily, and didn’t emphasize my skin’s natural texture. It stayed on nicely for eight and a half hours on me before fading a bit. (It was consistent in color with the original debut of the shade in the Citrus palette but actually was smoother, creamier, and performed a bit better as the original was a little drier.)
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Starflower (LE, $12.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Anastasia Bubbly (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Estee Lauder Solar Crush (LE, $47.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Looxi Beauty Centerfold (P, $7.50) is lighter (95% similar).
- Laura Geller Gilded Honey (P, $26.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever #02 (P, $39.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Anastasia So Hollywood (DC, $28.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- NARS Ibiza (P, $38.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Give Me Glow Glitzen (P, $17.25) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Dose of Colors Gold is the New Black (P, $28.00) is darker (95% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Mica, Diisostearyl Malate, Dimethicone, Zinc Stearate, Isostearyl Neopentanoate, Polybutene, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Isopropyl Isostearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Tin Oxide, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Hexylene Glycol, Tocopherol, Lecithin, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Oleate, Citric Acid. May Contain (+/-): Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492, Ci 77491, Ci 77499).
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Looks Using this Product
Medium-Nude
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Neutral Beige (Right)
Neutral Beige (Right) is a medium brown with warm, reddish undertones and a matte finish. It had nearly opaque pigmentation that was easy to apply with a lighter hand for sheerer, more buildable coverage as the texture was soft, silky, and blendable without being powdery. It wore well for eight and a half hours on me before fading slightly.
Top Dupes
- Mented Cosmetics Yacht Life (P, $22.00) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Phytosurgence Rosy Heatwave (8) (P, $25.50) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Jawbone (LE, $26.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty The Afternooner (Bronzer) (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- NARS Seaside (LE, $40.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Tarte Sweet Tea (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Soleil Afterglow (Bronzer) (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Nooner (Bronzer) (PiP, ) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- NARS Falaises (LE, $40.00) is darker (90% similar).
- NARS Quirimba (P, $38.00) is darker (90% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Lauroyl Lysine, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Mica,Dimethiconol Stearate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Magnesium Myristate, Hexyleneglycol, Dimethicone Crosspolymer. May Contain (+/-): Iron Oxides (Ci 77492, Ci 77491, Ci 77499), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850).
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
This looks great on you! Another item in my Sephora basket, lol.
I really like the choice of finishes in the duo and that the shades are complementary. Very pretty.
I wish this one came in lighter and deeper intensities.
Neutral Beige looks like the perfect bronzer shade for me. The highlighter shade may be too dark, though. Will check them out amd not discouraged at all if I just buy the blush duo in the regular line.