Sun-Kissed is a medium warm peachy-brown in a soft matte finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more peach than Urban Decay Bronzed, lighter and warmer than MAC Matte Bronze, lighter and more brown than MAC Give Me Sun!, warmer and more matte than Hourglass Surreal Bronze Light, and darker and warmer than Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil.
Bronzed is a medium-dark warm golden brown in a soft matte finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, silky, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more golden than Urban Decay Sun-Kissed, darker and warmer than MAC Matte Bronze, cooler and more brown than MAC Give Me Sun!, warmer than Benefit Hoola, and warmer than Too Faced Chocolate Soleil.
Okay, so I realize this post is really overdue because I bought these in March when they initially launched, but I hadn't really used these until last month, which is kind of what prompted me to review these now. Plus, I find myself using bronzer more in the fall and winter to add warm and dimension to the skin than I do in the summer, when my skin already looks warm and healthy. The first thing I noticed about the Beached Bronzer formula (aside from the cute tropical packaging) is that it has one of the softest, most finely-milled textures I have ever come across in a bronzing powder, especially one that has a matte finish. It goes on incredibly smooth and evenly, even on skin that isn't powdered, which is quite a feat, since a lot of matte bronzers can apply patchy (especially on bare skin). They have semi-sheer buildable colour pay-off and amazing blendability, so they never looks heavy, cakey, powdery, or chalky.
The lighter shade, Sun-Kissed, veers more on the peachy side, but it never looks orange on the skin, so there's no fear of looking like an Oompa Loompa. I've been loving this one on the cheeks and more in the centre of the face to add a lovely, natural warmth, but in general, it's ideal for light to medium skintones looking to add more colour to their face. The darker shade, Bronzed, veers more into the cooler, more golden side, so it can be used for contouring for light to medium-dark skintones, as well as adding a natural warmth to medium to dark skintones. This formula never looks or feels dry on the skin, and I actually find that it makes the skin look smoother (there's no claim behind this, just an observation). I've never gotten so many compliments on how healthy my skin looked than when I wear these bronzers. My only qualm about the Beached Bronzers is that there aren't enough shades. I mean, both shades are flattering on a multitude of skintones, but I wouldn't say they're necessarily universal. I just hope that UD comes out with more shades for next summer because this formula is honestly one of the best matte bronzer formulas I've come across. And, hey, the price is right, too.
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