The BEST LUXURY BRONZERS (NO more ORANGE!)
YSL Beauty$65.00All Hours Hyper Bronzeshade · 01 Light Sepia- “This is the best luxury bronzer for oily skin”
- “This is going to be the driest formula out of all of the matte bronzers”▶ 1:48
- “I actually really like this bronzer, especially in the summertime, when I want a more mattified style of look”▶ 2:00
- “This actually kind of reminds me a little bit of like a setting powder”▶ 2:07
- “I feel like it does a really great job of setting my makeup without being too heavy”▶ 2:12
- “If you want more of that very perfected, blurred, mattified style of look, I really think you're going to enjoy this formula”▶ 2:18
- “I really like this for fair skin, because it is just the lightest golden tone that you can get”▶ 2:00
- “I don't feel like it's too orange”
- “It's like a very pale beige”▶ 2:45
- “It looks very subtle on my fair skin, while still adding a little bit of warmth”▶ 2:49
Victoria Beckham Beauty$73.00Matte Bronzing Brickshade · 01- “This is the best bronzer for a customizable shade, and also for sculpting the face”▶ 3:47
- “As you can see here, this is a two-in-one”
- “You can use the lighter shade on the tops of your face to add a little bit of color”▶ 4:00
- “The formula of this is also pretty similar to the YSL. It is very blurring. It's very mattifying”▶ 4:55
- “You don't really get any shimmer or glow from this formula, but it is extremely silky and very, very blendable”▶ 5:01
- “Not to mention, once again, the packaging is very luxurious, very weighty. It's also refillable”▶ 5:06
Gucci$65- “This is the best bronzer for fair skin”▶ 5:17
- “The Gucci bronzer in the lightest shade is really a unique color that you should take a look at because it is brown, like a bronzer, like it's going to add some color to the face, but it has a pinkier undertone”
- “This is such a flattering color if you're going for something that's a little bit more neutral, a little cooler and more pinkier without being a full-on cool-toned contour shade”
- “The formula of the Gucci bronzer is so beautiful and slightly buttery”▶ 6:40
Face&Eyes Match Lasting Bronzer & Eyeshadow Powdershade · 01 Light- “This is the best bronzer for dry skin because this is the butteriest cream bronzer that I have in my collection”▶ 8:42
- “The Dolce&Gabbana just has this rich yet silky and blendable texture that is just so flattering if you have a drier skin type like myself”
- “I feel like this is a very underrated bronzer”
- “It's just so beautiful”
- “This shade is going to be very similar to the Victoria Beckham Beauty and the YSL that I showed you earlier. It is a very, very pale beige that adds a hint of, you know, warmth to my face”
- “This packaging is super luxe. I really love the packaging. I'm actually very impressed and they are refillable”▶ 9:46
Plein Air H Trio Healthy Glow Mineral Powdershade · Tottori- “This is the best overpriced bronzer”
- “I like this bronzer. I think it's nice”
- “It's not a bad bronzer. I just think it's pretty expensive for what it is”▶ 10:37
- “It is a mineral formula. It is a little bit glowier and slightly more blurring than the YSL”▶ 10:55
- “I would say this is probably the driest formula out of all the bronzers that I have here today”▶ 11:01
- “I do prefer the YSL one over this”▶ 11:10
- “This shade, Tottori, it does have a little bit of like a peachy undertone and I could definitely see this pulling a bit warm on paler skin tones”▶ 11:18
- “The second shade Atlas is full-on Oompa Loompa on me. I had to declutter that baby cuz it was just too much”▶ 11:29
- “I don't really think this bronzer is anything to write home about”▶ 11:43
Dior$64.00Forever Nude Bronze Powder Bronzershade · 02 Light- “These are the best bronzers for a subtle application”
- “What I've noticed about these is that they aren't the most pigmented, the most buildable”▶ 11:58
- “I think these are good for people who really enjoy subtle makeup”▶ 12:03
- “The formula does tend to be a little bit more on the dry and mattifying side”▶ 12:23
- “It's more of a demi-matte. So it does some nice blurring to the face, but I can't say that this is the most radiant bronzer that I own”▶ 12:44
- “I love the scent of these. They're very heavily scented”▶ 12:56
- “Dior bronzers in general are famously, like they run quite warm”▶ 13:10
- “I actually like the lightest shade, it's called 02 light, that you see me using here. But it is a little bit warmer than some of the other very pale subtle bronzers that I've showed you in the past”▶ 13:21
- “I feel like for me this is something that I use more so in the winter just because it is so subtle”▶ 13:31
Fara Homidi$78.00Essential Bronzer Refillable Compactshade · Bois- “This is the best blonzer bronzer”
- “I do like that this bronzer has a little bit of a creamier texture”▶ 13:57
- “I also find that this one in particular is more radiant than the other ones that are in this demi-matte category”▶ 14:01
- “I don't even know if I would really really call it a bronzer. It's more of a blonzer. I mostly use this as a blush”▶ 14:33
- “If you have a fair skin tone and a cooler undertone, you might be looking for something like this that isn't really a bronzer”▶ 14:40
- “I do hear a lot of criticism of this formula. A lot of people say that it's patchy, they get a lot of hard pan from this. I definitely do get hard pan from this”
- “I don't think that it's like the best formula out of all the bronzers that are here, and it's very, very expensive”
- “I think that you buy this specifically for that lightest shade, if that is something that you are really, really seeking, because it's kind of hard to come by in this luxury bronzer market”▶ 14:17
Westman Atelier$75.00Beauty Butter Powder Bronzershade · Coup De Soleil- “This is the best bronzer for a not too warm bronze”
- “This is so silky, little bit creamy. It very much reminds me of the Gucci bronzer”▶ 16:26
- “Extremely silky, but it does have a little bit more glow to it, which is why it's in this demi-matte category”
- “If you've seen the Gucci bronzer, but you want a little bit more glow, this would be a great formula”▶ 16:27
- “The lightest shade, Cuivre Soleil. It's kind of like this perfect shade where it does add toastiness to my skin, but it's not too warm”▶ 16:32
- “They did a really good job, I think, of adding color to the skin without making it too, too warm”▶ 16:47
- “This shade is going to be darker than, like, the YSL one I showed you, the Victoria Beckham Beauty, the Dolce & Gabbana”
- “If I want to actually look more tan, or perhaps I am a little bit tanner than I am right now, this is the type of shade that I would reach for”▶ 17:08
Surratt Beauty$58.95Artistique Bronzershade · Soleil Doux- “This is the best neutral bronzer”
- “This formula gives that beautiful like slight demi-matte radiance as the Fenty Beauty bronzer, but without a lot of the, I don't know, hard pan, like the patchiness that people complain about”
- “I never get that from this bronzer”
- “This is more of like a Japanese formula. It's super silky, little bit creamy, not as buttery as like the Gucci and the Dolce & Gabbana”
- “So blendable, looks extremely natural on the skin”▶ 18:04
- “This shade, which is called Soleil du, this is definitely the most neutral bronzer that I have in my collection”
- “I feel like a lot of people are upset because Tom Ford got rid of the Terra bronzer. This is what I would recommend picking up instead”▶ 18:16
- “If you are afraid of your bronzers looking too orange on you, and you maybe don't want some of the pinkier tone ones, like the Gucci bronzer, this is a great one to check out”▶ 18:30
- “It's not so neutral that it looks like a contour, right? This is definitely a bronzer, but it is the least warm bronzer that I have in my collection”
Soleil Matte Bronzing Powdershade · Corisca- “This is the best buildable bronzer”
- “The bronzer where you can really build up the color or sheer it out if that's something that you need to kind of customize throughout the year depending on your complexion, if you get tan”
- “This formula is very, very luxurious feeling in my opinion. It is incredibly silky. It is the most buttery out of all the ones that we're talking about in this section”▶ 20:05
- “Really great if you have a drier skin type. It just like it feels so rich and like amazingly silky to the touch”▶ 20:18
- “They also upgraded the packaging, which I think is very luxe, very beautiful”▶ 20:29
- “The biggest criticism of this bronzer is the shade range. This range does lean quite warm”
- “This lightest shade, which is called Corsica, this works for me especially because I can sheer this out, but it does have a very like warmer, peachier undertone”▶ 20:50
- “This lightest shade, it looks so dark compared to the lightest shade of some of the other ones that I'm mentioning in this video”
- “If you are very fair, you're going to really overdo it with this. I don't think this is going to be the best bronzer for you”▶ 21:15
- “I think that this range is probably better if you're more like light to medium to deep”▶ 21:19
Sisley$108.50- “This is the best overpriced glowy bronzer because it is very expensive”▶ 22:21
- “I can't say that the bronzer is necessarily worth the very high price tag because you're going to see some others in this bucket that are just as good”▶ 22:33
- “This is a glowy baked gelée formula. So, it's going to give a very airbrushed look on the skin. You're going to get that healthy glow”▶ 22:47
- “None of these bronzers are glittery. Like there's no chunky visible flex of glitter”▶ 23:00
- “There's only one shade, which really upsets me, and that one shade does run quite warm”▶ 23:20
- “It suits me and my, you know, neutral to warm complexion, but I think there's a lot of people out there, especially if you are more fair, who just find that this looks very very orange on you”▶ 23:28
Sweed Beauty$45.00The Bronzing Powdershade · Golden Medium- “This bronzer is the best affordable bronzer for a soft focus glow”▶ 24:09
- “I was curious to see if their bronzer was any good. And then, as I was using it, I was like, 'What does this remind me of?' It looks really similar to the Sisley bronzer in finish, in formula, even in the color”▶ 24:27
- “This formula is so gorgeous”
- “It's not drying. It's like that baked gelée formula. I think it is chef's kiss”▶ 25:05
- “I've been using it non-stop for like the past 2 months or so since I bought it”▶ 25:09
- “I just wish it came in more shades cuz while I like this shade, I do think it's going to be a little bit warm for some of you out there who are very fair in complexion”▶ 25:14
Chantecaille$84.00Real Bronzeshade · Sirena- “This is the best glowy neutral bronzer”
- “This is a staple in my luxury collection”▶ 25:43
- “The shade that I'm using here is called Sirena and this one is while I won't say that it's like as neutral as the Surratt bronzer, it is more neutral than the Suqqu and the Sisley bronzer”
- “If you're looking for something that is a bit more toned down and not quite as warm, I think that this shade is beautiful”▶ 26:09
- “Once again, it's a baked gelée formula. It looks just like the other two when I apply it to my skin. You got that glow. You have that radiance. You got that healthy toastiness to the skin without any glitter specs”▶ 26:13
- “It's a beautiful bronzer. I just wish that they had once again a full shade range”▶ 26:28
RMS Beauty$36.00ReDimension Hydra Bronzershade · Beachwalk Betty- “This is the best glowy bronzer for fair skin”▶ 27:43
- “This formula is going to be the glowiest as well out of all of the bronzers in this video”
- “There is something about the powder products from RMS Beauty where like they are really glowy, but they're just so flattering on the skin”
- “Even though this bronzer and the powder products are quite radiant, I don't find that they like highlight texture or look unnatural even on a more mature skin type”
- “They add so much glowiness to the complexion in the most gorgeous radiant way”
- “I find the formula and the finish to be very special and not drying as well, which is really good”
- “The fairest shade in this line, which is called Beachwalk Betty, it does have a rather pinky undertone, very similar to the Gucci bronzer”▶ 27:48
- “If you want that glowy finish, but something that's really going to suit that fair skin tone, bit of a cooler undertone, this is going to be a good choice for you”▶ 28:04
- “This is one of my most worn favorite bronzers ever. It is it just looks so gorgeous and natural on the skin”▶ 28:14
- “It is one of the best-selling products on my channel. Not because it's a good bronzer, but also because that shade is so unique and I feel like it solves a big problem for many of you out there”▶ 28:33
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