The Best Bronzers/Highlighters Ever
This category covers the very best bronzers and highlighters available, regardless of price. Feel free to weigh in on your favorites. This list is actually comprised of two separate lists:
1) The Beauty Insider's Picks: My own personal list of the best products in that category, in no particular order
2) The Popular Vote: The results of a poll I did of over 1000 beauty-savvy consumers, in order of popularity
The Beauty Insider's Picks
1. LORAC Oil Free Luminizer (“Gold L2”): Candlelight in a bottle. This amazing highlighter makes you look like you glow from within, without a lot of shimmer. It’s versatile, long-lasting, and fragrance-free. “Gold L2” is amazing on my medium olive skin, but “Pearl L1” would be better for paler complexions. $28
2. Prescriptives Magic Illuminating Liquid Potion: This highlighter reflects light to deflect attention away from flaws, and gives skin an amazing glow. I love mixing it with foundation for a natural daytime look. $30
3. Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick (“Bronze”): This amazing, multi-purpose product reminds me a little of Guerlain Meteorites, but bronzey instead of pearly. Five different stripes of color in one compact let you create different effects. I swish a brush across all the colors to use it as a bronzer, or use the colors individually for cheek and eye color. $35
4. NARS Bronzing Powder (“Laguna”): This bronzer manages to make you look radiant, healthy, and tanned, without ever looking orange or muddy. The color is not too opaque, so your skin shines through. “Laguna” is a gorgeous warm brown with subtle gold shimmer. $26
5. Face Stockholm Bronzer (“Marseille”): This matte bronzer gives a truly natural, tawny color to skin, without shimmer or shine. Plus, you have a choice of several, wearable shades. “Marseille” is a beautiful, versatile medium bronze. $24
5. Guerlain Terracotta Moisturizing Bronzing Powder (“No. 2”): This classic bronzer has been around forever, and it’s still unbeatable. If you can get past the dated fragrance and packaging, it won’t disappoint. The color is featherlight, moisturizing, matte, and lasts all day without streaking or turning orange. “No. 2” is one step up from the lightest shade, for a hint of color that’s never muddy or murky. $34
6. TIGI Bed Head Dominatrix Powder (“#3”): This product is so amazing, I don’t know why it isn’t more famous. Maybe that’s why it’s discontinued. It’s like a pressed powder, a bronzer, a blush, and a highlighter in one. Dust it all over the face for a bronzey sheen with an iridescent glow, or just onto cheeks as a blush. A TIGI rep said the new Glamma powder, $25, is comparable, but it’s just a good pressed powder with some light-reflective properties. N/A
7. Sue Devitt The Gold Coast Bronzing Powder: Darker skin tones will love this highly pigmented, yet still sheer and wearable, bronzer. A little goes a long way to give you healthy color with subtle gold shimmer. For fairer faces, the Sunkissed Gold Coast Bronzing Powder offers color that’s subtle and super-natural. $30
8. Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector SPF 20 (“Gold”): This golden liquid is water-based and loaded with sunscreen, making it a perfect pick for sunscreen-shy oily skin. Skin looks dewy, with a subtle iridescent shimmer. $36
9. Isadora Bronzer: This newly launched Swedish line is as easy on the budget as it is on the eyes. This massive compact is a real steal, and the sheer powder inside gives skin and décolleté a naturally tanned glow. $15 (approx.)
10. Giorgio Armani Sheer Bronzer (“#3”): This product is aptly named. It is one of the sheerest, most natural bronzers on the market, delivering subtle, buildable, elegant color with a dry finish. My pick, “# 3,” gives medium olive skintones a little lift. $35
The Popular Vote
1. Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick Compact in “Bronze”, $35
2. MAC Bronzing Powder in “Golden”, $18
3. Benefit Dandelion, $26
4. NARS Bronzing Powder in “Laguna”, $26
5. NARS Multiple Makeup Stick in “Copacabana”, $35
6. Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Soft Matte Bronzer, $28.50
7. Cargo Bronzer in “Light”, $25
8. Urban Decay Baked Bronzing Powder, $20
9. Benefit Hoola, $26
10. Lancome Star Bronzer Bronzing Powder Compact SPF 8 in “Dore”, $35
1) The Beauty Insider's Picks: My own personal list of the best products in that category, in no particular order
2) The Popular Vote: The results of a poll I did of over 1000 beauty-savvy consumers, in order of popularity
The Beauty Insider's Picks
1. LORAC Oil Free Luminizer (“Gold L2”): Candlelight in a bottle. This amazing highlighter makes you look like you glow from within, without a lot of shimmer. It’s versatile, long-lasting, and fragrance-free. “Gold L2” is amazing on my medium olive skin, but “Pearl L1” would be better for paler complexions. $28
2. Prescriptives Magic Illuminating Liquid Potion: This highlighter reflects light to deflect attention away from flaws, and gives skin an amazing glow. I love mixing it with foundation for a natural daytime look. $30
3. Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick (“Bronze”): This amazing, multi-purpose product reminds me a little of Guerlain Meteorites, but bronzey instead of pearly. Five different stripes of color in one compact let you create different effects. I swish a brush across all the colors to use it as a bronzer, or use the colors individually for cheek and eye color. $35
4. NARS Bronzing Powder (“Laguna”): This bronzer manages to make you look radiant, healthy, and tanned, without ever looking orange or muddy. The color is not too opaque, so your skin shines through. “Laguna” is a gorgeous warm brown with subtle gold shimmer. $26
5. Face Stockholm Bronzer (“Marseille”): This matte bronzer gives a truly natural, tawny color to skin, without shimmer or shine. Plus, you have a choice of several, wearable shades. “Marseille” is a beautiful, versatile medium bronze. $24
5. Guerlain Terracotta Moisturizing Bronzing Powder (“No. 2”): This classic bronzer has been around forever, and it’s still unbeatable. If you can get past the dated fragrance and packaging, it won’t disappoint. The color is featherlight, moisturizing, matte, and lasts all day without streaking or turning orange. “No. 2” is one step up from the lightest shade, for a hint of color that’s never muddy or murky. $34
6. TIGI Bed Head Dominatrix Powder (“#3”): This product is so amazing, I don’t know why it isn’t more famous. Maybe that’s why it’s discontinued. It’s like a pressed powder, a bronzer, a blush, and a highlighter in one. Dust it all over the face for a bronzey sheen with an iridescent glow, or just onto cheeks as a blush. A TIGI rep said the new Glamma powder, $25, is comparable, but it’s just a good pressed powder with some light-reflective properties. N/A
7. Sue Devitt The Gold Coast Bronzing Powder: Darker skin tones will love this highly pigmented, yet still sheer and wearable, bronzer. A little goes a long way to give you healthy color with subtle gold shimmer. For fairer faces, the Sunkissed Gold Coast Bronzing Powder offers color that’s subtle and super-natural. $30
8. Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector SPF 20 (“Gold”): This golden liquid is water-based and loaded with sunscreen, making it a perfect pick for sunscreen-shy oily skin. Skin looks dewy, with a subtle iridescent shimmer. $36
9. Isadora Bronzer: This newly launched Swedish line is as easy on the budget as it is on the eyes. This massive compact is a real steal, and the sheer powder inside gives skin and décolleté a naturally tanned glow. $15 (approx.)
10. Giorgio Armani Sheer Bronzer (“#3”): This product is aptly named. It is one of the sheerest, most natural bronzers on the market, delivering subtle, buildable, elegant color with a dry finish. My pick, “# 3,” gives medium olive skintones a little lift. $35
The Popular Vote
1. Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick Compact in “Bronze”, $35
2. MAC Bronzing Powder in “Golden”, $18
3. Benefit Dandelion, $26
4. NARS Bronzing Powder in “Laguna”, $26
5. NARS Multiple Makeup Stick in “Copacabana”, $35
6. Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Soft Matte Bronzer, $28.50
7. Cargo Bronzer in “Light”, $25
8. Urban Decay Baked Bronzing Powder, $20
9. Benefit Hoola, $26
10. Lancome Star Bronzer Bronzing Powder Compact SPF 8 in “Dore”, $35
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