Aside from Saint-Tropez, the only other item I picked up from Dior's Croisette Summer collection was the Diorskin Nude Tan Healthy Glow Enhancing Powder in Sunlight. It was just too gorgeous to resist. Dior calls this "a complexion-boosting, multi-toned bronzing face powder" that is touted to "erase signs of fatigue while imparting a healthy radiance to the complexion." It is the first make-up product by Dior that "warms the natural skintone and adjusts to ambient light for a healthy glow." As far as I know, this is limited edition with their Summer collection. Each powder comes in a silver metal compact with Dior's signature quilt pattern, along with a mini Kabuki brush. Each compact contains 10 grams of product, and retails for $56 at all Dior counters, Sephora, and online.
Sunlight consists of two base shades in a beige sand with gold shimmer and a darker warm tan with gold shimmer, and two secondary shades spelling out the word "NUDE" in a sandy peach with gold shimmer and a golden tan with gold shimmer. For its purposes, the four shades are meant to be mixed together to be used on the face. When mixed, they create a medium warm honey tan with gold shimmer. It is a silky, finely milled powder that goes on very smoothly and evenly. The powder is not so soft that it feels buttery, but it isn't dry, either. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off, but can be easily layered to build opacity and is also easily blendable. It is darker than MAC Golden Bronzing Powder, more peach than MAC Refined Golden Bronzing Powder, and lighter and less red than MAC Bronze Bronzing Powder.
At $56, this bronzing powder is definitely on the more expensive end, but the powder is truly gorgeous — it sits beautifully on the skin and looks naturally luminous. This shade, Sunlight, is perfect for fair to medium complexions to be used all over as a bronzer, but can also be layered on the cheeks as a blush. What I love about this is that it doesn't look too shimmery on the skin despite what it looks like in the pan. It has more dimension than a matte finish (it's almost more of a satin finish), and the shimmer adds an illuminating element that makes skin look smooth and perfect and naturally glowy. The packaging is also gorgeous; it comes in a hefty silver mirrored compact that looks and feels luxurious. Plus, it comes with a handy travel-size Kabuki brush — perfect to bring on those summer getaways.
SOOOOOOOOO pretty! I love satin finish bronzers - they seem so difficult for brands to come out with. It's either really flat and matte or way too shimmery. Do you have Dior Aurora? That's the one everyone loved to death and apparently these "Nude" ones are just as good or basically the same repackaged.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is seriously one of the most gorgeous bronzers I've ever seen. Screw Guerlain Terracotta!
DeleteAnd, totally agree, satin finish bronzers are the best and least common. The only time I like matte bronzer is for contouring, and even then, I feel like there are better products for contouring than bronzer. I've never understood why people like matte bronzer. I like some bronzers with subtle shimmer, but not like, disco ball or anything. :P
And I don't have Aurora! But at least I got this one, even if it is the most expensive bronzer I've ever bought...
I second that! Satin is the best type of finish where bronzers are concerned. I hate when bronzers are too flat because they look like smudged dirt on my cheeks or too shimmery because it's wayyyyy obvious.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Summerlicious is in July!! Let's all go!
LOL, matte bronzers DO like like smudged dirt!
DeleteYESSSSSS, let's plan this soon!!!
What a beautiful product!!! So luxe !!
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Haha, I know, it's definitely the most luxurious bronzer I've ever bought. :P
DeleteI've seen this range around here. They look gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteDenise, this is a bit of a silly question but how would dark people like me wear bronzers? Do you have any suggestions? I always feel I can't do justice to bronzers so the two bronzers just hide underneath my box of blushes.
Those with darker skintones can use bronzers as illuminating products to add an all-over glow, or as a product to even out skintone, or to add on the cheeks as a subtle blush, or as a contour powder (depending on how dark the bronzer is). It really depends on the texture of the bronzer you have (matte/shimmery/satin?) and the shade (does it lean orange/red/bronze/gold?), but everyone can wear bronzer. People with lighter skintones tend to use bronzer as a product to darken their skin, but in general, bronzers were made to give people healthy, glowy-looking skin in a natural way. :)
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