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claudine Avatar

big big bronzer fan here
i use macs bronzing powder in golden everyday otherwise i look like a ghost

and i love the sally hansen airbrush leg spray in summer and macs skinsheen i use that on the arms with the great brush they sold with the collection (everything over a self tanner…i dont uv tan)

Molly Avatar

I never really have been, and when they have put it on me . . eh . . I think I like blush more even though I really don’t use that either to tell you the truth.

Jelissa Avatar

I live in Europe , where winters are cold and summers hot so I think it would be rather stupid to walk around with a fake tan during winter. I try to make the most out of what mother nature gives me , so I embrace each season … with a crapload of make-up , but hey ^^ That’s merely the advantage of being a girl.

So … (lots of) bronzer as soon as the sun comes peeking through the clouds , a nice faux-porcelain skin in winter – yey for a nice stash of foundations.

Zainy Avatar

Hey Cristine,

Im not a very big fan of Bronzers like girls here ASU MIGHT ALSO KNOW,sometimes its ok…MMM,BUT…Frankly speaking its makes me DULL and it seems that my personality is kinda BORE. ๐Ÿ™

Zzainy..

Julie Avatar

Lovelove bronzers! I’m using Tarte Park Avenue Princess which is the perfect bronzer for me! It’s got some finely milled shimmer but imparts the perfect glow. LOVE ๐Ÿ™‚ !

Jenny Avatar

Hmm.. I have MAC’s bronzer, but mind you, I have had it for a few years now and didn’t hit the pan! I don’t have a particular reason for not liking it.. I guess I just prefer blush and MSF over it anyday!!

Kristen Elisabeth Avatar

I personally love bronzers. I use MAC’s golden bronzing powder almost everyday. Sometimes I just use concealer under my eyes and bronzer as my foundation/powder. I use it to contour, I use it to make me look darker… love it.

Shayla Avatar

I love the shimmery look of bronzer (which is appealing to me more and more since I’m now a little tanned), but I a) don’t know how to use it, and b) don’t know what a good brand is to use!

claudia m. Avatar

I’m already a medium/olive/tan skin tone, so I don’t wear bronzers, only blush. I feel like I look like I’ve got eyeshadow over my whole face (too shimmery for my taste), plus I have super sensitive skin anyway =(

trojanchick99 Avatar

I’m an NC 35/40 and love bronzer. I like to wear it as a blush with a bit of blush over the top. Right now, I’m rocking Refined Golden and it’s beautiful.

viv Avatar

Mainly under cheek bones and jaw lines for contouring… if i have time/can be bothered then sometimes the nose too (side of nose area – not sure what to call it! :P) and during the summer I sometimes dust some lightly over some parts of the body that are paler to hide the difference. I’m not a huge fan of fake tans.. I like the real deal and I normally get them during the summer! ๐Ÿ˜€

grace Avatar

bronzer is an everday product for me! i loveee it. my rimmel natural bronzer is the first product i have ever hit pan on. From MAC I love Warmed MSF over my bronzer to add shimmer!

Nadia Avatar

Hi Christine.
I’ve been a fan of your website for awhile. Love bronzer and blush. Absolutely love Sunny Disposition by Origins paired with a sweep of Torrid by Nars.

kimberly Avatar

i wear bronzer almost everyday. i have tried sooo many and i finally found that perfect one for me a couple of years ago. it is Laura Geller Bronze-n-Brighten. it appeals to all skin tones. i 3> it.

Lydia Avatar

Hi Christine,
I’m a big fan! I usually use it instead of blush. I like the one from Bare Minerals. When I use blush too though I look like a clown because I’m so pale.

Trisha Avatar

I was actually thinking of buying some last night when I was out at the store. I’ve never used it and don’t really know how.

Someday, I’ll figure it out.

MEG Avatar

I was taught by my local MA : D
she taught me the “make a 3 method”
I just started a thread in the forums about
other methods that people use.

Carrie Avatar

I wear bronzer almost every day. Yeah, the “3” method! I know this sounds dumb, but I’m proud of myself for “discovering” this on my own. I have kind of a flat, round face, and I noticed a while ago that dusting a light bronzer around the edges of my face (but under my cheekbones, not on top) and under my chin gave my face more dimension. It just looks better, without looking at all “bronzed” (I’m really pale).

Shefali Avatar

I don’t get the point of bronzer so I never use it. Maybe someone can explain it to me. What I don’t get is why you would make your face one color while the rest of your body is another. Or does everyone match the bronzer to the tan they’ve got on their skin?…don’t get it. Plus every single color I’ve ever tried looks orange on me. If anyone can expand on this, I would be really happy ๐Ÿ™‚

Glosslizard Avatar

Hi Shefali!

I think the main point of bronzers is not to make your face all one color, but to highlight the contours where the sun would naturally hit.

I had the same problem with orange bronzers (see my post below) until I started using a bronzer with some pink tones. I *highly* recommend the Guerlain pearly bronzer in Orient Sun, but it’s pretty pricey. A couple of others that I’ve had good luck with are Too Faced Snow Bunny bronzer and BeneFit “10” (swirl the bronzer together with the pearly pink highlight shade to tone down the bronzing effect).

Hope that helps! ๐Ÿ™‚

Glosslizard Avatar

I never used to use bronzer (pale skin + cool tone = bronzers look faaaaake!) until I recently tried and bought Guerlain’s LE Terracotta pearly bronzer in Orient Sun (light bronze with a rosy undertone)! Now I use it pretty much every day! A little sweep along the outer contours of my face (yeah, that 3 again!) gives a pretty glow and slight sheen to my skin! It makes any look that I do with warm tones (golds, corals, etc.) look much more together, and I feel a little less gothic! Not that I don’t have my goth days too…. ๐Ÿ™‚

Jennifer Avatar

I’m on the paler side of NC15, with dark hair, and I have yet to find a bronzer that doesn’t make me look orange or just dirty, but it’s not really one of my top priorities in life (or even in makeup). I’ve learned to embrace the whiteness and the “English rose” look :-p

AmyLou Avatar

If I’m short on time or want a more natural face, I always go to bronzer before blush. I tend to have pinky cheeks anyway, so with lightweight foundation, I don’t even really need blush all the time.

I never used it until a Mary Kay MUA used it on me before my wedding. Then, she showed all the bridesmaids how to use it–OMG, we alllll looked about 200x better!! It was amazing to see the difference.

I found my HG bronzer/blush combo–NARS Orgasm blush with Laguna bronzer–it’s a duo palette. Expensive, but seriously, I don’t need anything else!

I hit my nose, under my cheekbones, and a light dust of the forehead. . . then blend, blend, blend!!

I wear it all year round. HUGE FAN!

Jennifer Avatar

I usually use blush but only do bronzer sometimes… I’m pretty light-skinned, so when I do my face with bronzer, the rest of me looks white and all of me looks silly ๐Ÿ™‚ Although, in the summer, I use it for special occasions with a body bronzer too.

Arika BH Avatar

im addicted to bronzer. i prefer it to blush. if you apply it right it makes your face look thinner, and healthy! blush just makes my face look wider. a little brozer on the temples and cheek hollows looks fabulous on any skin color!

Skyler Avatar

Nope. I’ve never even worn one, nor do I want/need to. I’m NC15 (or lighter) so it’s kind of impossible for someone as pale as me. I suppose I could use one if it was light enough but honestly, anything brown-toned or even slightly dark looks fake on my skin and stands out too much even if applied lightly. I have the same problem with blush. I literally just tap my blush with my brush once or twice and that’s all I need before it looks overdone. Oy. So yeah, bronzers definitely aren’t for me. :\

toni Avatar

stupid questipn…but do mopst people use either on or the other. i always use a pink blush just on the apples and then bronze my “sun spots”

jesstooimpress Avatar

I where bronzer everyday sadly I have a tanning addiction and I fearrrrrrr being pale ! But I use it all over, I also am in love with eversun beauty powder.. Alot of the mac bronzers I have.. Have glitter in them.. I need to find a matte one. I hit the darker one from sci fi & it wasn’t as shimmery

Michelle Avatar

I was shown by an MA last week how to use it, but I looked like such a different person afterward it was kinda silly. I did like it a little bit, it was like I had been in the sun and didn’t even burn first. ๐Ÿ˜€ I was considering purchasing a bronzer. The big compact by smashbox caught my eye, but I am still thinking. It’s so big, and expensive, I think it ‘s for all over your body. Anybody know what I am talking about? It’s at Sephora, I think it’s part of their new summer collection.It’s 55 dollars. Yikes.

Sash Avatar

I don’t use them that much. I have a natural tan.
BUT, that’s not important. What’s important is that…TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

YAY ME!
LOL

Sash Avatar

LOL.
Thanks
I’ve been fishing for everyone to say it.
LOL.
My silly mommy forgot. haha I had to remind her.
I’m like, “mommy are u forgetting something?”
LOL

Nell Avatar

Iยดve yet to find a bronzer that doesnยดt make me look like a pumpkin or a grilled chicken ๐Ÿ˜‰
Iยดm too fair (NC15), so Iยดll have to embrace that and stick with blush.

Sanayhs Avatar

I sometimes use a touch of bronzer so I don’t look like a corpse. I love my blush, too, but I like to use the bronzer to give a hint of colour to my forehead, nose and chin. I don’t want to look like a porcelain doll!

Kella Avatar

I use bronzer every day. Because my skin is so so so light, and I like solid coverage with foundation….. my skin looks super flat after I put my sff&em on.. so then I use bronzer to give my face depth. Then I put a nice bit of colour using blush right on the apples of my cheeks. Makeup does not look the same without blush. I’m naturally extremely rosey, but since I use full-coverage, you can’t tell. So it looks like “me” when I use blush. I’m not a fan of blush first then bronzer; it changes the colour of the blush too much.

Candace117 Avatar

I use Soleil Tan de Chanel bronzer when I’m not as tan, in a peachy shade with a touch of shimmer…and MAC when i’m a little more brown. I got the Neo Sci Fi Refined Golden (wanted an orange compact, haha) and it’s perfect. Then again I am a California girl born and bred, so I love a golden skin look while I enhance my highlights. I touch some pink blush on the cheeks, I find that using bronzer enhances the type of eye looks I enjoy most to be shown best next to a tan.

jesstooimpress Avatar

chris do you no know any good mac blushs for tanned skin, seeing I’ve been going tanning.. I need to get Into blushs I have margin, eversun, hipness which I’ve never used.. And some fafi and heatherette beauty powders

Nell Avatar

This post instilled a newfound passion for bronzer in me. I have been experimenting with Eversun Beauty Powder Blush, Smooth Harmony Beauty Powder and Refined Golden Bronzing Powder and Iยดm getting better. Doing the California Surfer Girl look now, hehe!

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