This week I am so happy to introduce a guest blogger, our own Creative Brand Designer (and trend spotter extraordinaire) Courtney Maum. Here is her wonderful and timely advice about how to avoid bronzer baddies and look like a golden goddess all summer (and all year) long.
Bronzer Blunders: 4 tips to get your glow on (correctly) this summer
If ever there was a dividing line between girls-in-the-know and girls-in-the-no-no, it would be drawn with bronzer. When it’s used correctly, bronzer gives us ladies an immediate allure of sun-kissed sensuality. When it’s used incorrectly, well…the word
oompa-loompa comes to mind.
Here’s how to turn bronzer blunders into bronzer wonders in no time flat.
Follow the sun:Make sure to apply sun-kissed color where the sun would kiss you. Stick to the cheeks and the bridge of the nose, and avoid the jawline. Better still, follow the sun outside and bring a mirror with you. If you look “dirty” or “orange”, go back inside and tone things down.
Remember you have a neck:And you have a nice one! Your face should never be a different color than the rest of you. Don’t trust a compact mirror to tell you whether or not you’re ready to step out into the wide, wide world. Trust a full size mirror, or an honest friend.
Know when to shine:I love me some shimmer. Who doesn’t? But I recently saw a picture of myself rocking a golden goddess look during the
après-midi, and you know what? Instead of shimmer, I saw shine. So unless you’re so fabulous you spend your days flitting from one red carpet to the next, stick to a matte look for the daytime, and shimmer for playtime.
Hot tips:
- Pressed powders are ideal for a matte, daytime-appropriate look. (Try So-Bronze1for classic terra-cotta color with gold mica flecks so teeny tiny, they add glow, rather than sparkle).
- When the magic hour hits, reach for 24-Karat Gold Dustto give a delicately gilded look to cheeks, eyes and lips. But don't stop there – mix it with a moisturizer for the décolleté or into styling product for your hair!
Do the Duo: A bronzer and blush combo is the easiest way to get a natural looking flush with just the right amount of shimmer. A large brush, like the
Kabuki, will pick up the perfect dose of color to give your face a warm, multidimensional look.
Hot tips:
- So-Bronze 1 and So-Bronze 2 offer a blush and a bronzer in one pretty package, while Moonglow and SunbeamQuad Bronzerfeature four different shades so you can blend your way to beautiful.
Glow on, girls!
