Saturday, August 17, 2013

Go for Bronze

So I'm guessing most have heard of the cult cream bronzer by Chanel called Soleil Tan de Chanel. Well Bourjois (who also owns Chanel), released their own version of a cream bronzer, calling it Bronzing Primer, in a similar single universal shade and apparently, this sits as quite the dupe. 




You can either use this product as a bronzing primer (as obviously suggested in the name), for a nice all overglow underneath your makeup, or on top of your foundation for a more "bronzier" look. Personally, I can't see how it stacks up against the Chanel one because I don't own it, but from what I've heard, it's quite a thick cream and ridiculously pigmented, but just luxurious. Bourjois, being quite the price drop, it's not as pigmented as I was hoping, but the texture is very desirable as an almost mousse-like consistency. The downside of that, however, is that when I apply it over my foundation in the contour area, it almost blends right away to nothing. 

left to right, without flash: heavy swatch, blended swatch

With Flash
This little product can perk up your face a bit and give it a healthy glow, but nothing quite like what an actual bronzer would give you. It's a very natural pigmentation without being muddy or too orange and easy-to-use, but perhaps might work better on lighter skin-tones, lighter than my NC25-30 face. But if you're on the lookout for a quick-and-easy cream bronzer to give your face a very natural glow (emphasis on very), then this might work out for you to add a slight definition. You really can't go overboard when using this.

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