Whether in hot summer or in a dead winter, or any time when we want a healthy glow on our cheeks, bronzers are perfect to the use. But the impact of bronzer being good or not on you depends upon choosing the right bronzer according to particular skin tone and also on application of the bronzer.

choosing Bronzer:

While choosing a bronzer, it’s important to get color right so you get a natural glow. Choose a shade darker than your skin tone but never use a shade that’s more than two shades deeper than skin tone or it will look artificial.

Powders are the easiest to apply and provide the most natural finish. Shimmer bronzers promise to give you glowing skin, but too much sparkle can make your complexion look greasy.

A little bit of shimmer can add a healthy glow and highlight your facial structure, but too much can emphasize uneven skin texture. To avoid this, choose a product with fine shimmer particles and apply sparingly.

A shimmer bronzer is a great choice for illuminating the skin and giving a sun-kissed glow, but not ideal for contour and shadow.

Not always a bronzer:

 fair skin tones:  Swap your bronzer for a warm nude blush—something with a hint of peach or rose works best. Those warmer undertones give the skin a gorgeous kissed-by-the-sun flush that never looks muddy or artificial.

medium and dark tones:  A brick-toned blush over the T-zone and cheekbones. The red undertone of the blush gives the natural look that appears just after nice beach day.

And remember, less is more; too much blush can make you look sunburned. Use a large powder brush or fan brush to apply the perfect amount of product.

Use of right brush:

Use the largest, softest brush you have. Avoid a brush that is too dense, dense brush would make color come out stronger, that can look dirty instead of just bronzed look.

For perfect look:

Every person’s face shape is unique and bronzer should be used to shadow in any area that we would like to minimize, while warming up the skin at the same time to match the chest.

use bronzer on neck and under the chin. This gives the appearance as you had a neck lift! It also matches all the color from cheek, neck, and face so don’t get white face photos.

It can also be used on the chin, or along the hairline around the forehead through temples to minimize. Women with smaller foreheads should not use bronzer in that area.

Application:

Apply bronzer in a “3” shape.

Sweep across the forehead, around to the cheekbone and then down the jaw. Don’t forget the nose and ears!

Also, if neck is exposed, be sure to apply bronzer there as well for a natural all over glow

lightly dust bronzer where the sun would hit your skin, Instead of caking on the color. Apply on all these areas carefully: the bridge of your nose, across your hairline and the apples of your cheeks.

Apply a highlighter across your cheekbones and your brow bone that would help avoid muddy skin tone, and also will give face more dimension.