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Ally S · Kate Spade

Benefit's Dallas

Collette · Chanel

Ally S wrote:

Anyone try this yet? I am looking at Sephora again and think this looks good. I was wondering what the color is like on. I don't have a Sephora store nearby so I might go to the mall on Saturday but was wondering if anyone has it and can post a review.

I don't have it ut I did try it at the Sephora store and it's a really nice bronzer IMO. If I had not already just bought one from NARS I would have gotten this one. That said I ahve dark hair and Medium skin tone if you were fair skinned it may be too dark.

Ally S · Kate Spade

Thanks, I'm going to look in my local Macy's this weekend. I have dark brown hair also and olive skin, so it might just work out for me.

Thanks Collette.

Lilykind · Hermes

I'll second the rec...I tried it out at Sephora and really liked it. I already have a bronzer (BE's 'warmth') that I need to finish but this one is pretty nice too.

I'm medium skinned with golden undertones and it actually showed up without looking dirty.

halleybird · Hermes

oooh, now I want it! I can't usually wear bronzer or strong warm tones on my face, because I am pretty yellow-toned already. Lilykind/Colette - would you say it's pretty warm toned or more neutral?

fairywings · Dooney & Bourke

Yes, I have this and I like it. It's a really nice bronzer...the color is nice and brown, not orangey or pinkish. I like mine and use it all the time because the little brush dispenses just enough to make it look natural.

dot · Marc Jacobs

i am going to be the weirdo and say that i didn't like this. i was excited when i saw it and went to try it out at sephora. it has lots of pink/mauve in it and on my skin (i have yellow undertones and am light/med skin-tone). i think it would look nice as a blush, but i thought it was too pink for all over the face. sorry maybe it's just me.. i guess i have alot of pink/sensitivity around my nose/cheeks area and am conscious of that.

FashionFreak · Kenneth Cole

I have pretty light skin with a lot of pink in it, so it wouldn't work as a bronzer and it's a little too dark to be a blush for me. If you have the tone of skin for this than it's a great find. I love my Dandelion blush, but Dallas just doesn't work for me.

Metric · Gucci

I tried it today and I really liked it. It was a bit dark for me (I am very fair) but I think it would work better for summer when I get a little darker. Its the perfect combo of blush and bronzer. My mom said I looked "like I'd spent the day skiing" when I tried it on.

laken1 · Hermes

I hate to be the out of touch girl, but I haven't used bronzer because I guess I don't get it. Is it instead of loose powder? Do you use it to "finish off" your makeup? I have olive skin but yellow undertones & the one time I tried this I felt like I was putting on dark powder. Help the slow girl out please.......

Lilykind · Hermes

laken1 wrote:

I have olive skin but yellow undertones & the one time I tried this I felt like I was putting on dark powder. Help the slow girl out please.......

I use it alongside blush, although many people use it instead of. I use bronzer as a highlighting tool. The idea is to recreate the tan that you get in the sun sans the skin cancer risk. It can also be used to shape and countou the face...it can even hide a minor double chin when you brush it there because it creates a shadow that's otherwise not there.

For girls who feel like they have a lot of red, the bronzer cuts the redness and tones it down in addition to adding some sun-kissed color.