Clarins Addition Concentré Eclat Tan Drops
I generally never use fake tans apart from these tan drops from Clarins. The reason why is because with normal tan I fear that it gets patchy or too dark, but these tan drops are really easy to use as you mix it into your night cream or body lotion and so you can decide by how many drops you mix in, how dark you want to go. Normally I use 2-3 drops and a bit more moisturizer so it´s enough to also work it into my neck. The next morning you get a really natural slightly taned finish. It wears easily off by using a toner, so no need to scrub it harshly off.
IT Cosmetics CC Cream in Medium
I think I´ve mentioned my love for this foundation more than enough by now haha, so I´ll go straight to the shade I´ve picked it in. To be fair I´m really pale and often get foundations in the lightest or second lightest shade availabe, so I was a bit worried at first to go with the shade Medium, but it´s such a natural slightly browner shade without any undertones (not orange in the slightest) that I can easily work it in without getting that weird colour difference between my face and neck. I do like to use my The Body Shop Honey Bronzer to set it and then also on my neck but generally it´s not necessary to put a light bronzer on. When I´ve used the Clarins Tan Drops the night before it looks even better, just like I´ve just come back from a vacation, haha.
Maybelline City Bronzer
If there´s one thing I´m just not good at, at all it´s getting a sharp contour. So instead of keep trying I love to use a nice warm bronzer to get a bit of shape and warmth on my face. I´m not the biggest fan of drugstore bronzers as they tend to be too orange but the Maybelline City Bronzer is something else. It´s a warm brown shade, perfect amount of pigmentation to build it up. I like to use a brush like this from Look Fantastic as it´s the perfect size to put some powder under and over your cheekbone to get a more natural look. This bronzer also has a tiny bit glitter in it, which I love as it´s doesn´t look too heavy and muddy when wearing it.
Nars Laguna Bronzer
If you are one of the few people who doesn´t own or tried the Nars Laguna Bronzer it´s definitely time to do so! It´s definitely a lot more pigmented than the Maybelline Bronzer and is also more glittery but I have to say it´s just the most amazing eyeshadow - yes eyeshadow, haha. As a bronzer it was a bit too much for me, but as a eyeshadow it´s just perfect. You don´t need a lot powder to get that natural brown smokey eye look for everyday and the best thing is that you could actually wear it without a primer underneath - and that´s coming from someone with oily eyelids. I don´t know why but it doesn´t budge at all the whole day.
Sleek Highlighter Dome
Now that I´m all fresh and bronze-y I like to add a nice decent glow. When I´m not getting ready for a night out, where I definitely prefer a strong glow, I like to use a more natural champagne-y cream highlighter like the Sleek Highlighter Dome. It´s just sooo pretty, it doesn´t have glitter particles in it so you get a decent shine by lightly tapping and blending it onto your cheekbones with a beauty blender. You could also just draw a line with it on your cheeks but I find it then harder to blend. It stays on really well and doesn´t look cakey on top of foundation.
How do you get that Bronzed Look on during the Winter?
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Summer is generally a time, where I´m most likely to wear barely any makeup. One look though, would always make me to put on the extra effort to look presentabel, the bronzy glowy look. I absolutely love this look. You look like you´ve just come back from a tropical holiday, completely relaxed, perfectly tanned and a natural glow to top it off.
I couldn´t imagine a better look for the summer time, honestly.
I´ve searched together the products that help me to achieve exactly that look without a lot of time effort...Summer is generally a time, where I´m most likely to wear barely any makeup. One look though, would always make me to put on the extra effort to look presentabel, the bronzy glowy look. I absolutely love this look. You look like you´ve just come back from a tropical holiday, completely relaxed, perfectly tanned and a natural glow to top it off.
I couldn´t imagine a better look for the summer time, honestly.
I´ve searched together the products that help me to achieve exactly that look without a lot of time effort...
So to start, I want a primer that already gives me a healthy glow and also hydrates my skin so it doesn´t dry out under the makeup, I put on afterwards, the MonuSkin Illumination Primer gives me exactly what I aim for. It´s quite thick, almost like a proper moisturizer, but sinks in fairly fast and leaves a slight stickiness on my face, which is perfect to keep the foundation in place.
Speaking of foundation, I have two that are full on glow.
The first one is the The Body Shop All In One BB Cream, it´s a very watery white liquid that transforms into it´s actually colour once you´ve blended it in. It gives a really strong healthy glow because of it´s watery texture, but still gives you that coverage that you might need. The next foundation is the L´Oreal Nude Magique Cushion Foundation, I can´t even describe how much I love this foundation. It is really light and feels feather light on the skin. Once you´ve blended it in with a makeup sponge, you´ll notice that
you´re skin already looks a lot more even, without looking like you´ve actually put makeup on. I also love this foundation, because even at the end of the day, your skin doesn´t look oily, but still really naturally glowy. Once you tried this foundation, I guarantee you, you don´t want to use anything else ever again!
Now that we´ve got the glowy base done, we can continue onto the bronzy part.
My absolute favourite bronzer at the moment, which I use literally every single day since getting it, is the NARS Laguna Bronzer. It is pure perfection.
The shade of it, is kinda warmed toned, I would even say a slight caramel shade with tiny glitter particles in it, which aren´t visible once you apply it, though. I apply this bronzer to my cheekbones, temples and forehead and my head already looks more in shape and my skin more alive, haha.
You can never ever have too much glow, so to make it even stronger, we will add some more highlighter!
If you´re more a fan of liquid highlighters, than the Benefit Sun Beam is just perfect for you during the summer! It´s a golden, bronzey, highly pigmented liquid that contains a few golden glitter particels and once you have blended it in, preferably with a sponge, it leaves the most natural sun-tanned glow on your skin! It even looks gorgeous when you´re pale, so don´t let that hold you back from purchasing it!
If you prefer creams and powder highlighter, you should rather go for the Sleek Precious Metals Highlighter Palette. This palette contains four stunning highlighters, starting from a really vibrant white one and going to a really brown one. You could even use this palette on your eyes to add even more glow to your look.
How do you achieve the bronzy glowy summer look?
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Blushers can be the one addition to your daily makeup look that really makes a change. No matter what colour you choose, pink/coral/peach/..., it always adds a nice hint of colour that will definitely make your skin less tired and you, in general, just healthier and bette looking. In the last few months I´ve been getting a bit more into blush, so I thought I would do the Blush Tag, to simply give you all a round up of my favourite ones. As you can see above, I really don´t have that many blushers yet, so I thought it might be a good idea to also list products in the answers that I want to try or heard that they were really good products. I took all questions from the Makeup Sessions blog, as she had some quite good ones that I would love to answer too :)
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