- I'm a bronzer queen right now.
Hello, hello. My name is Alicia.
Welcome back to the Adore Beauty YouTube channel.
You might recognise me from such videos
as my Dyson video or my body care video,
or you might not recognise me at all.
And that's okay because we're gonna change that.
Today we're gonna talk about all things bronzers,
and I love bronzer.
As we all know, there are two types of bronzers out there,
there's cream bronzer and the powder bronzer.
And I feel like there's been a bit of a debate
around which one you should go for,
so we're going to give them all a go.
We're gonna settle it,
and we're gonna talk about what are the pros and cons
around each different category.
So generally when it comes to makeup,
you've got cream makeup and powder make up.
Typically, if you have an oily skin type,
you might find yourself resonating more
with powder-based products,
because it's gonna kind of help take away
some of that shine.
And if you have a dry skin type,
then creams are gonna be your best friend,
because they're not gonna accentuate
any kind of those dry cracks that you might be having.
I know personally for me,
I fluctuate between powder and cream,
just depending on my mood, where my skin's at.
But let's go through some of Adore Beauty's best-selling
cream and powder-based bronzers.
Look how much I've got (chuckles).
First off, I've got the Anastasia Beverly Hills
Cream Bronzer.
This is a new launch that came out this year,
it comes with seven different shades
and it's a really, really cool texture.
This is what it looks like.
So I kinda fluctuate between amber and golden tan.
So as you can see, it's got some warm undertones.
It also blends out really, really, really beautifully
and goes into a powder-like finish,
so you don't really need to set this one.
Let's put it to the test and you can tell me what you think.
I'm just gonna dip this in,
and then I like to tap some of the excess
on the back of my hand.
Slowly start to centre at where my cheekbones are,
blend upwards, because if you blend down,
it's gonna drag the cheekbone down,
but you definitely wanna blend up.
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This one's really nice.
Just creates like a really kinda subtle sun-kiss shatter.
It has no shimmer in it. It's completely matte.
And honestly it just feels divine on the skin.
It feels like a second skin.
It is definitely one of my go-to bronzers.
Now we're gonna move on
to the Napoleon Perdis Cheek Cream Switch Bronzer.
As you can see, it's a lot darker
than Anastasia Beverly Hills.
Before I pop it on my face,
I'm gonna do a little bit of a swatch
and talk you guys through what it feels like.
So it's a bit darker, as you can see.
It is blending out a well,
but I would say not as easily
as the Anastasia Beverly Hills.
The one thing that I do like, is that as it's blending out,
it is getting lighter and it is quite sheer,
so I would say this one is buildable coverage,
not to be deterred by the darkness of the shade.
But let's give this a go and we'll see what it looks like.
The one more thing I will say, this is very matting
(indistinct) into the Anastasia Beverly Hills,
which is a more natural finish.
I mean, I still like it,
I would just wear it for a different occasion,
probably more like a day to night.
Now we have the iconic Hoola Bronzer.
I feel like everyone knows about this,
it's like one of the OG bronzers.
I clearly clear remember
like walking into a department store
and there was only one shade,
now I believe they have three shades,
they got the caramel
and then they've got a darker version as well.
You open it up, it comes with a brush,
so you typically swirl it around
then you tap off the excess.
And this is what it's like on my skin.
Can you see that?
You can definitely build it up.
I will say though, there is a fair bit of fallout.
Also, I wouldn't typically use this brush,
I would use (chuckles) my powder contour brush.
Basically the same thing as my cream powder brush,
but one is really dense to pick up the cream products,
and one is, you know, fluffy
to pick up the powder products.
(gentle music)
Think I blended it out.
I did go in with a larger kinda taping brush
just to really make sure I didn't have any harsh lines.
I already, I'm gonna tell you right now,
I much prefer the cream side.
I just feel like it's kinda diffused into my skin
versus the kind of powder side
where I can feel it catching onto some dry bits.
I think it really depends on what your skin type is
and where it's at.
Whilst cream is beautiful
and melts and diffuses into the skin,
it's not gonna be as long lasting as a powder product.
And the final bronzing brand that we have
is from Bobbi Brown.
So this is a highlighting palette but in the bronzing shade.
As you can see, I haven't even swatched it,
so this is gonna be a true first impressions.
Bobby Brown, wow! That is very, very different.
If you want to just wear no makeup,
a touch of like shimmer
and just be this like a guey amazing summer, like goddess,
oh God, like this is,
this is it.
I can tell you right now, this is it.
I'm gonna go in with this brush
and just swirl around,
(brush tapping)
tap off the excess.
Oh,
oh.
Did you see that?
That glow?
I just wanted you to know
this is adding absolutely no definition to your face,
you're just getting shimmer,
but again, not mad about it.
Like, definitely something that I would wear at the beach.
Gorgeous, soft diffused glow,
it's like, I don't even need a highlight.
If you wanted like, just glowing flush cheeks,
while you didn't wanna put a highlight,
didn't wanna put blush,
like you didn't want any of that,
you just wanted some warmth
and you had, you know, like a baby cream on,
like, this is what you would put on.
I'm really feeling myself with this powder.
And in fact,
I actually think this could layer,
as you can see, it's what I'm doing,
really well with like a cream bronzing product.
Like it's so nice.
Like I definitely don't need a highlighter with this.
I probably don't even need blush.
Also, this would be so perfect on the eyes.
Okay. Now that I'm bronzed up
and I've gone through all of these bronzers,
I cannot believe all these bronzers
are on my face right now,
but I am definitely loving it.
Like I'm loving life right now.
I want to talk quickly
about how you can choose the right bronzer shade for you.
So typically, you'd want a bronzer
that is one to two shades darker
than your natural skin tone.
And it's also really helpful
to know what your underlying kind of skin tone is,
so whether you're neutral, you're warm, you're cool based,
it's really important to know that.
I'm more kind of warm to neutral base,
so I tend to go for bronzers
that are kind of more warm to neutral,
because I feel like it brings out my natural skin tone
and just adds a really nice layer of definition and depth,
leaving me sun-kissed without making me too ashy
or you know, a little bit too hollow,
which is not really what I want.
I would love to know how you guys apply bronzer.
Are you team fingers?
Are you team brush?
Team sponge?
Also, what are your favourite bronzers?
What do you look for? What do you like?
Leave a comment down below
and hopefully, I'll catch you in the next video.
Bye.