PUR Cosmetics Bronze Your Selfie Review + Swatch!

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I love how much you can do with this one liquid bronzer!

This is the time of year when my still pale winter coloring could use a boost.  Therefore, I was glad to find PUR Cosmetics limited edition Bronze Your Selfie show up in a box that PR sent along because it seemed just what I needed to transition into summer.

This is a liquid form of bronzer with gold radiance through its sunny tan color.  It has a shimmer to it, but it’s more subtle and a natural looking sun-kissed hue than an exaggerated, sparkly one.  I also thought it was buildable and easy to blend.

Here I swatched the Bronze Your Selfie with the unblended on the left and blending it on the right.

I especially liked how many different ways that you could use this product to get yourself glowing.  I loved mixing a little of it with foundation for warming my complexion, but also found it just as wonderful when I tested it with my moisturizer.  I also added  some to my body lotion and it rescued my pale legs and arms.

I say if you want an effortless glow whether for the face or body, then PUR’s Bronze Your Selfie Skin-Perfecting Face and Body Liquid Bronzer ($26) is the way to go.  Check it out at the company’s website or Kohl’s while it’s available because it really is one that you’ll love!

For a Mistake Proof Sun-Kissed Glow--PUR Marble Powder Bronze Review!

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If you've been making mistakes buying bronzers, PUR's Marble Powder Bronze is worth looking into.

Bronzers can be just as difficult as foundation for finding your ideal match.  Some shades may look suitable in the compact, but once you start applying they can fool you by being overly heavy on the orange, muddy looking or far too shimmery.  With the new one from PUR Minerals that I sampled lately, you can adjust the depth and color of bronze that you want with their Marble Powder Bronze for a mistake proof bronze look.

The interesting thing about PUR’s Mineral Powders is that each multidimensional compact can be slightly different as far as tone and color, which give you all that more control of  shade and the extent of the glow that you’re seeking.  Instead of one flat color, you can use this one compact to contour and brighten.

The Marble Powder Bronze I received was randomly speckled with browns and pink-beige pigments that once swirled really had a lovely effect.  I pulled out my PUR Blurring Powder Brush for this because it made it easier to target sections of that compact where I needed without overloading the brush for application.

I loved customizing the amount of sun-kissed radiance from this paraben and Bisphenol A (BPA) free bronzing powder.  To me, it saves you making a bad color choice because this one has various shades.  You just need to find the right spots for your perfect glow with a subtle gleam.

Anyone that keeps regretting buying one wrong bronzer after the next should try PUR’s Marble Powder Bronze ($23.50)  because it does make bronzing foolproof!  Check it out.

Laura Geller Beach Matte Baked Hydrating Bronzer (Sunrise Fair) and Baked Body Frosting (Tahitian Glow) Bronzer Review + Swatches!

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Sunrise Fair is ideal for fair to light skin.

Let’s face it, but this is the time of year when our complexions look the palest after being cooped indoors during winter.  A simple way to warm up your complexion and get that sun-kissed kind of glow is through the help of bronzers.  Laura Geller PR sent me two different varieties with their Beach Matte and Baked Body Frosting for me to test.             

The Beach Matte Baked Hydrating Bronzer ($33) I sampled was their lightest shade in Sunrise Fair.  This was subtle, neutral cool beige-brown that has hydrating extracts and antioxidants. The result is a very smooth textured powder that clings wonderfully to the skin to deliver a great natural glow. What else I liked was that I could use this product to contour my face also.  

How to Get More Winter Beauty Advantages From Your Bronzer Without Overdoing It!

You won't have to run out and buy a new bronzer just tweaking your application makes a difference.

The winter season has most of us spending a majority of time indoors.  As a result, our complexions become paler and more washed out.  Your first thought may be to pile on the bronzer.  However, you suddenly notice what worked so well only a few  months ago looks overly done from all that color.  Yet, you don’t need to run out and necessarily buy a new bronzer.  Instead, you just may want to think about getting a new brush!

If you’re noticing that the brush that you were using is depositing too much color, then you want to switch to a brush that has fewer hairs.  A less dense brush like a fan-shaped brush has a limited number of strategically positioned hairs that are spread out so the likelihood of picking up too much powder is eliminated.

You might also want to try double-dipping using your powder brush first in your loose transparent face powder before swiping it over your bronzer.  Afterwards, blend, blend, blend until you get the color dispersed properly and the amount you need.

One last thing that you can try to tone down the harsher summer color of that bronzer is by scraping a bit of the bronzing powder off from your compact and mixing with a little of a moisturizer in the palm of your hand. This trick sheers down the color enough to keep it natural looking and more appropriate for your winter face.

Some Bronzing Tricks to Give Aging Beauty an Extra Edge!

Get glowing with bronzer to look your best at any age.

Whether you use bronzer just to warm up your complexion when paler faced than you like or wear it year round, there is a lot to love for what this one product can do for your beauty.  It can make a face look healthy, even out a tan, help reduce redness as well as enhancing our features.  

In order to get the most out of bronzer for an aging face, there are some tricks you may want to try to stay on top of your beauty.  Invest in a golden apricot shade of cream highlighter for your cheekbones before applying your bronzer.  This highlighter is what you need to subtly melt the bronze into your skin so it’s natural and seamless.

Try to stick with a bronzing powder that isn’t overly dark from your own skin tone.  Look at your body because you need the parts of your face and neck to match. Otherwise, you can look freaky like Frankenstein with how those parts appear oddly pieced together.

Before you pick up that brush, make sure that your foundation, primer, and moisturizer are thoroughly dry. Practically dry can still cause you to streak and accumulate in spots, only to accent flaws and wrinkles.

Consider using the thickest, full brush such as a powder brush for dusting that bronzer on.  The more hair bristle count, the better the brush will sheer out the color for the most natural and even look.

Look at yourself in the mirror and dust some bronzing powder on your cheekbones and up to your forehead in a C-shape.  This placement will give you the most realistic glow since it is usually where the sun hits against your bone structure.

Don’t forget about evening out the rest of your complexion and neck with the bronzer to balance the look out.

Finish off with that bronzer application by applying a light pink shade of a cream blush high on the cheekbone.  This will give you the softest, most authentic youthful glow yet!

For more tips on bronzing, please read my earlier post.

Review: IT Cosmetics NEW Limited Edition CC+ Bronzer SPF 50+

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IT Cosmetics Limited Edition CC+ Bronzer SPF 50+

The transition from Winter to Spring left most of us with paler complexions.  To solve that problem especially with my light coloring, I turn to bronzers for gradually warming up my complexion.  When I heard those beauty innovators at IT Cosmetics developed another anti-aging bronzer with their new Limited Edition CC+ Bronzer SPF 50+, I knew this IT girl had to try it.

This is a color correcting bronzer full coverage cream that is also loaded with serious skin care ingredients such as hydrolyzed collagen, peptides, vitamins, hyaluronic acid, niacin, algae, and nourishing oils to help anti-aging as well as serving as a physical sunscreen with titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. 

This is  what the IT Cosmetics CC+ Bronzer looks like before blending.

Here I applied enough IT Cosmetics CC+ Bronzer so you can better see the degree of richness after layering.

Their Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream is a top favorite of mine with its great texture and beautiful full coverage.  This product has the same wonderful consistency, only this one is a bit sheerer with more of a dewy finish in how it covers, which I really liked with how fair I am to keep that healthy glow more natural. 

The universal shade of Bronze Glow that it comes in captures radiance from the sun quite well with the balance of brown to orange.  However, if you want a darker sort of tan or to keep up as your complexion gains more color, then it is easily arranged by pumping out more of this bronzer and building it up.

Though you can use your fingers to apply, I prefer using a makeup brush for blending and insuring even distribution.  This method always seems to give me a better finish.

I liked this product because bronzers can be tricky to wear for those of us more on the fair side, but the depth of color can be adapted to suit practically all skin tones.  Therefore, I say try IT Cosmetics Limited Edition CC+ Bronzer SPF 50+ ($35) because you nothing to lose but that winter paleness!  You can find at IT Cosmetics, Ulta, and QVC.com.

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NYC New York Color’s City Samba Collection Review + SWATCHES!

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On the left is 002 Coral Samba with 001 Rosa Rio on the right.

Make this season continue to work for you with some bright, festive colors from NYC New York Color’s City Samba Collection.  I got sent some of those hot shades that you’ll want to check out while they are still available.

My recommendation is starting with their very reasonably priced Sun ‘n’ Bronze bronzing powders, which I happen to love for what authentic radiance it brings to your face.  With this collection, NYC added two new shades with 001 Rosa Rio (lighter and best for fair skins with a paler pink-peach glow) and 002 Coral Samba (darker and a great choice for medium to darker complexions with a deeper ripe peach glow). Read my original review to understand why I am so taken with what these can do.  

On the left is 002 Coral Samba with 001 Rosa Rio going toward my wrist.

Balancing cheeks calls for two of the new Liquid Lip Shines shades with 002 Passion Fruit (the barest hint of melon) and Papaia 001 (slightly darker orange).  These will provide high shines with just enough fresh color to define your lips in a soft way.

On the left is 002 Passion Fruit with 001 Papaia on the right.

You’ll find your perfect nail match with their NYC In a New York Color Minute Quick Dry Polish.  Here are just two from that line that can update your summer nail beauty with 004 Carnival Red (a notice-me red) and 002 Sweet Melon (a pale apricot).  

This is 002 Sweet Melon.

Here I have 004 Carnival Red.

What I really like about NYC New York Color is that you get a wonderful beauty bargain with nice performing products--only without overpaying!  

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How to Avoid Mistakes When Shopping for Bronzers!

Regardless of the season, I always wear a bronzer.  As summer fades, I use it to keep my summer glow.  In the colder months, I think it is a life savior for adding a bit more warmth to my pale face in addition to blush.  However, I have not always made the best color choices with my light coloring when it came to buying bronzers until I learned this helpful trick.

Look at the line of bronzers that you are interested in carefully.  I found it best to avoid coppery shades because they have the most orange color.  Instead, look at the choices and pick out the ones with more brown color to them.  You want to find either some pink to that brown or peach in the bronzer to be the safest bet.  Something else to consider is your own coloring and how dark those shades that you're comparing should be. 

On the other hand, bronzers that have a combination of gold, pink, and bronze are surefire bets to help you appear like you've been in the sun.

If you follow this simple advice, you can't go wrong in your purchase.

Mally Beauty Believable Bronzer Compact With Brushes Review for An Enviable Glow + ($39.95) Giveaway--Ends June 27, 2013

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Mally Beauty Believable Bronzer Compact With Brushes

Regardless of the season, I think a natural-looking glow never goes out of style.  In fact, I consider a great bronzer a makeup essential for how well it can perk up and warm skin color.  A fabulous one happens to be Mally Beauty's Believable Bronzer Compact that I was sent for this review and giveaway for the exquisite bit of magic it did for my face.  

Besides, three pans of a glorious tanning shade for allover color, a shimmer color to highlight, and a sun shade to finish cheeks like they naturally baked in the sun, I also got two wonderful brushes packaged inside.  One brush was fluffy and plush while being thicker for the tanning color.  The other brush had dual heads for the other two pans of color. 

This bronzer is available in two choices of Sexy Golden Tan (Lighter) and the Glowing Golden Tan (Darker).  The one I got happened to the second, the Darker, which I am mesmerized at how well it worked with my coloring.  To be truthful, I worried that this shade might have been too harsh with my light (not fair) skin until I tried some on. 

To my surprise, the matte tanning shade was not too dark at all.   Using that fat luxurious brush, I dusted some on where sunlight naturally hits in the center of my forehead, cheekbones, and chin.  When I checked the mirror,  I wasn't too brown or orange instead my face revealed a beautiful sun-kissed look of real time spent outdoors.

The sizes of the brush heads in the doubled-ended brush were excellent for applying the shimmer highlight and the matte pink sun shade.  Since you must be careful of not getting any of the gleaming apricot-beige highlight from sneaking into laugh lines, nose, or close to the eyes to call attention to facial flaws, the smaller thickness of the brush heads in the double-ended brush was ideal for dealing with that type of problem.

The compact itself is metal with a mirror and locks securely, which is another plus when compared to fragile plastic.  You don't have to be fearful of that case cracking or popping open in your makeup bag!

This is another new beauty find for me.  Choosing a bronzer can be a tricky thing.  However, I honestly think Mally was right on target with her Believable Bronzer because you can't miss with this compact.  I highly recommend trying this.  Find online at Mally Beauty or QVC.

Thanks to Mally Beauty, one lucky reader in the United States wins a Mally Beauty Believable Bronzer Compact With Brushes in Glowing Golden Tan (Darker), a $39.95 value!

Mally Beauty Believable Bronzer Compact with Brushes

  
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Review: NYC New York Color Cosmetics--Some Must Haves!

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NYC New York Color Cosmetics Smooth Skin Liquid Makeup, City Duel 2-in-1 Lipsticks and Smooch Proof 16 Hour Lip Stains

Do you want to look great without breaking the bank? You may think only premier lines with their fancy packaging can make this happen. However, you may be surprised at the excellent cosmetics that you can find for hardly a fraction of those high end brands at your drug store like NYC New York Color.  

Yesterday, I shared my feelings regarding some of their new NYC New York Color eye products.  Today, I wanted to give you my take on the other products I was sent to work with for this review.

The NYC New York Color Smooth Skin Liquid Makeup in Barely Beige exceeded my wildest expectations for a foundation with its beautiful medium coverage and natural satiny finish.   Choosing a shade can be difficult whether online or in the stores with their lighting, but this shade was just right for my light skin with yellow undertones as well.   Furthermore, I was impressed at how nicely it held up throughout a hot summer day without melting or settling into lines.  It was hard to believe this can be had for $2.99.

On the other hand, this foundation is rather thick for a liquid, almost nearing a cream in consistency.  A tube container or a pump for the bottle would have made it easier to get it out of the bottle.  Despite that slight fault, I still love this product for the luminous look it gives.

I experimented with the NYC New York Color Cheek Glow Blush  in West Side Wine as well.  This is a  smooth powder blush with a matte finish.   The color is a natural medium dusky rose with a bit of plum that was gorgeous, especially with my light warm complexion.  In fact, this shade looks darker in the container than once you sweep it on your cheeks, but you can build on this nicely for the intensity you want.  Like most blushes that still come with a brush, I suggest using your own separately purchased brush.

The Sun 'n' Bronze Bronzing Powder in Hamptons Radiance was what I tested next.  This has strips of shimmering pink-peach-beige-brown and soft beiges in one compact.  When you swirl these colors together, you can get a striking combination of gleaming color best for shining some pearly soft pink-peach light to highlight cheekbones or for wearing at night.   

The Color Wheel Mosaic Face Powder All Over Bronze Glow was a matte palette of varying browns, beiges,  and sort of a brick color.  This is more of a bronzing powder than a face powder that has a fine texture to it that with a few simple sweeps of your brush can give a  healthy sun-kissed glow without a shimmer.  I really liked this product except this particular color choice was slightly dark for my light skin.  Nonetheless, I could still wear this more for contouring only I needed to use a light hand because this is quite pigmented.

Something fun was NYC New York Colors new City Duel 2-in-1 Lip Color, a creamy lipstick split in half with two different shades!  The Rock A Fellas is a lively coral paired up with almost a ripe strawberry shade that can dress your mouth with delicious color.  The other one I received was The Cherry Blossoms, a pearly rose opposite a deeper rose laced with magenta.  How you wear these is up to you from applying one side at a time to do your entire mouth or mixing upper lip with one side and the lower lip with the other.  Whatever route you take, the effects are dazzling because you can get very creative to custom design your lips. 

Another new lip product that you should consider is their Smooch Proof 16 Hour LipStain, which is fabulous for its lasting powder and precision applicator with its fine point, almost like a felt tip marker. Persistent Pink  is a pretty medium pink.  Coral Reef is an awesome juicy shade of pink-peach  that reminds me of a rip tropical fruit.  Use it to deliver a sheer color or give it another coat and it will be a deeper shade that has amazing durability for a good part of the day.  

Unlike some other brands that I have used, the Smooch Proof 16 Hour LipStain isn't as drying either.  Add some lip balm or clear gloss over it to crank up the shine.   Reapply the gloss after eating and this will keep your stained lips beautiful and conditioned even longer.

If you overlooked NYC New York Colors in the past, then it's a shame.  These products that I have been testing are truly beauty finds and great values.  I do hope you pick some up because you won't be disappointed once you do!

Here are the eight NYC New York Color Cosmetics.