* photo courtesy of www.fashionmagazine.com
If you know me, you know that I am obsessed with makeup but in particular I LOVE using bronzer/highlighter to illuminate the skin. Bronzer comes in so many forms - whether cream, liquid, powder, even mousse...there is a perfect match for everyone.
Most days I layer a combination of bronzing/illuminating products to create a long-lasting glow to my skin. One of my absolute favorite products is MAC Colour Cream Base in "Bronze" . I use it as highlighter on top of my cheekbones and sometimes on my eyelids as base for my powder eye shadow. Unfortunately the color is currently discontinued at MAC so I had to go hunting for it on eBay. I also found a replacement for it in Mak Up For Ever Diamond Cream - Face & Body Irridescent Cream in "#6/Copper". Years ago I used to wear a product from Shu Uemura called Base Control in "Bronze". When using cream or liquid bronzer/highlighter I usually top it with a powder bronzer like Cargo's Powder Bronzer in "Dark" or MAC Iridescent Loose Powder in "Golden Bronze" to set the cream and to further enhance the gorgeous deep golden-bronze color.
On rich, chocolate skin like mine a warm bronze or coppery color is just lovely but most women can get away with wearing gold...just make it tone appropriate. So if you're a pale blonde or redhead you would want to wear a pale yellow gold but if you have alot more pigment in your skin you would use a warmer, richer shade of gold. Some examples of great colors to use as bronzer/highlighter are:
Most days I layer a combination of bronzing/illuminating products to create a long-lasting glow to my skin. One of my absolute favorite products is MAC Colour Cream Base in "Bronze" . I use it as highlighter on top of my cheekbones and sometimes on my eyelids as base for my powder eye shadow. Unfortunately the color is currently discontinued at MAC so I had to go hunting for it on eBay. I also found a replacement for it in Mak Up For Ever Diamond Cream - Face & Body Irridescent Cream in "#6/Copper". Years ago I used to wear a product from Shu Uemura called Base Control in "Bronze". When using cream or liquid bronzer/highlighter I usually top it with a powder bronzer like Cargo's Powder Bronzer in "Dark" or MAC Iridescent Loose Powder in "Golden Bronze" to set the cream and to further enhance the gorgeous deep golden-bronze color.
On rich, chocolate skin like mine a warm bronze or coppery color is just lovely but most women can get away with wearing gold...just make it tone appropriate. So if you're a pale blonde or redhead you would want to wear a pale yellow gold but if you have alot more pigment in your skin you would use a warmer, richer shade of gold. Some examples of great colors to use as bronzer/highlighter are:
Three Custom Color - Mood Lighting Shimmer Cremes in "Afterglow" – A pearlescent champagne with flecks of gold and violet and "On Fire"– A bronzed shimmer with a swirl of opalescence. ($20.50)
Truly fabulous in summer but beautiful all year round I'm a huge fan of bronzer. Try it for yourself and you'll see what I mean. And if you need help with figuring how to use bronzer check out my earlier blog post "Bronzer Makeup Tutorial". Enjoy!
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