Guest Post by: Bianca R.
Hi Natural Beauties! One of the hottest (and timeless) makeup looks for the summer is the bronzed face. Bronzer helps to give skin a wonderful and beautiful sun kissed glow. As a young professional, I find joy in finding beauty buys that are inexpensive yet have great quality! Below are a few of my favorite drugstore bronzers!
Milani Baked Bronzer
One of my favorite drugstore makeup brands! Milani definitely doesn’t skip on the quality of their bronzers. The baked bronzers give a luminous glow to your skin. For darker beauties, I suggest picking up the lighter bronzers as well to use to highlight the apples of your cheeks and bridge of your nose.
Cover Girl Queen Collection
If you follow the work of celebrity makeup artist and Creative Director for Fashion Fair cosmetics Sam Fine, you have seen him rave about the CG Queen Collection bronzers. The bronzers are available in 3 shades: Light Bronze, Brown Bronze, and Ebony Bronze. The bronzer does have a bit of shimmer. I’ve read that most do not like using this bronzer to contour however I have not found this to be a problem for me. The only downside that I’ve found is that this bronzer is hard to find at drugstores that have limited supply of colors for ethnic women.
Iman Sheer Finish Bronzing Powder
I LOVE this bronzer. A little pricier than the first two but amazing! Iman’s bronzing powders are available in 3 shades: Afterglow, Sand and Clay. Not only do I add my Iman bronzer to my cheeks but to my eyes as well to give them a soft and subtle color (a tip I learned from Sam Fine).
Need help on how to create the bronzed look? Watch this tutorial from one of my Youtube makeup gurus, GossMakeupArtist:
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Thanks for this information! I alway enjoy shopping for drugstore buys just as much as those in department stores. Quick question, I just purchased the Milani Bellissimo Bronze – Baked Blush. Do you know if it can be used in the same fashion as the Milani bronzer you mentioned above?
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Thanks Tania for visiting my blog I am not familiar with the shade so I hesitate to advise, you will just have to try and see. Let me know how it works for you.
I actually tried the Milani Bellissimo Bronze – Baked Blush as an overall bronzer and I like the results. It gave my skin a beautiful golden glow! I heart multifunctional product.
Thanks again for the inspiration 😉