Compact bronzer or cream bronzer, shimmery or matte, natural or intense... Choose from our favourite bronzers, and check out our tips for making the most of them!
Why using a bronzing powder?
Bronzing powder adds a touch of warmth to your skin and brightens your complexion. It’s also perfect for giving your features some definition and extending your summer tan throughout the year.
What’s the best bronzing powder for your face?
With all the types of bronzing powder available, it can be tricky to find the right one for you. Here are two questions to guide your choice.
What shade works best with your complexion?
It’s generally best to choose a shade one or two tones darker than your natural complexion.
- Rosy beiges, golds, and sand or honey tones are well suited for fair skin.
- Shades of brown, chocolate, and chestnut, as well as intense copper hues, are perfect for darker skin.
Do you prefer a matte or shimmery look?
The answer depends on the look you’re going for and your skin type.
- Matte powder has a natural effect that enhances your tan without creating any lines. It’s a good choice for fair skin and for everyday makeup. It also helps to reduce the oily effect of sebum or sweat.
Shimmering powder has a silky texture, perfect for adding radiance to an existing tan or for enhancing your glow during a special event. Be careful, though: this texture can make oily skin appear even shinier and accentuate wrinkles.
10 bronzing powders suggestions
Annabelle's Biggy Bronzer Radiant Bronzing Powder
Free of talc, parabens and fragrances, this vegan, cruelty-free, hypo-allergenic powder acts as a 3-in-1 bronzer, blush and illuminator for radiant beauty and a beautiful sun-kissed glow!
Annabelle
Biggy Bronzer Talc-Free Radiant Bronzing Powder, 17.8 g
Want it all? We've got you covered! Our Biggy Bronzer trio offers a bronzer, blush and highlighter all in one. Be ready to have the best-looking sun-kissed glow ever! Suits all skin types and tones.
Lise Watier's Natural Powder
Get amazingly natural-looking skin with the non-drying formula of Watier's Havana Bronzing Powder. Enjoy its ultra-soft finish and bronzed hue without exposing yourself to the sun.
Nuda Canada's Extra-Hold Mattifying Powder
Made in Canada with jojoba, papaya and mango extracts, this Mattifying Bronzing Powder offers an instant, long-lasting, natural-looking tan. 100% vegan and animal cruelty-free, this powder is also free of gluten, parabens, sulfates and mineral oil.
Nuda Sunless
Matifying Bronzing Powder, 9 ml
A long-wear matte bronzer that instantly gives the skin the look of a natural tan. Enriched with jojoba, mango and papaya extract to provide a healthy glow.
NYX Professional Makeup's Buttermelt Bronzer
Infused with mango, shea and almond butters, this Buttermelt Bronzer melts beautifully onto your skin for up to 12 hours of hold! Available in 8 sultry shades. Which one will you choose first?
NYX Professional Makeup
Buttermelt Bronzer, 5 g
Butta bronze, butta blend, butta boom! Get this sun-soaked bronzed look and stay buttered up all day long with this Buttermelt Bronzer that blends like powder & glides like butta! Its formula melts into skin delivering a butta'd up bronzed finish & silky-smooth skin. For a sun-soaked bronze all year round, and all day long. This bronzer provides up to 12 hours of wear and is offered in eight buttalicious soft glow shades infused with mango butter, shea butter, and almond butter.
Miss Looky's Radiant, Sun-Kissed Powder
Whether you want a subtle glow or a more intense tan, this Here Comes the Sun Bronzing Powder will give you that fresh-tanned complexion all year round, without any sunburn! It’s also a great way to sculpt and define the contours of your face.
Miss Looky
Here Comes The Sun Bronzing Powder, 8 g
Get a dose of radiance without the sunburn!
Pupa Milano's Ultra-Fine, Smoothing Powder
Created to suit any skin type, this Wonder Me Bronzer is sweat- and humidity-resistant to provide a natural, instant tan that’s both matte and satiny, without ever leaving a trace. What's more, its detoxifying action blurs pores and imperfections with ease!
Rimmel London's Natural Water Repellent Powder
The perfect tan is yours with this bronzer and its silky-soft, sun-kissed natural finish! It’s waterproof, blends easily and is super easy to apply.
Rimmel London
Natural Bronzer Waterproof Bronzing Powder, 14 g
That perfect sun-kissed tan is yours any time of the year with Rimmel Natural Bronzer Bronzing Powder. Give yourself a radiant new glow or perk up an existing tan. The powder is soft, silky and easy to apply. The look is luminous and natural.
Marcelle's Talc-Free, Ultra-Light Powder
This I-Bronze Bronzing Powder offers it all: a silky texture, a long-lasting healthy-glow, a natural finish, and an antioxidant formula featuring hyaluronic acid and vitamin E.
Marcelle
I-Bronze Bronzing Powder, 8 g
These Talc-Free bronzing powders enhance your skin's natural glow and give the appearance of a golden tan.
Personnelle Cosmetics' Mattifying Pressed Powder
This Personnelle Cosmetics Pressed Powder offers an even, matte finish, and it can also correct your make-up in the wink of an eye. It comes with a mirror and a puff so you can apply it easily, anywhere, anytime. Just pick a shade and enjoy!
Personnelle Cosmetics
Pressed Powder, 8 g
With its mattifying effects, the Personnelle Cosmetics Pressed Powder will even out your skin and set your makeup.
L'Oréal Paris' Infallible, Waterproof Powder
This Infallible 24H Fresh Wear Powder is ideal for achieving a soft, matte tan or contour that resists water, heat, perspiration and humidity for up to 24 hours!
L'Oréal Paris
Infallible Up to 24H Fresh Wear Soft Matte Longwear Powder Waterproof, 9 g
Demand more from long wear with The TikTok Viral Longwear powder, now in a Bronzer. Instant bronzed, sun kissed dimension - whether you want to contour or simply add healthy-looking warmth. Gives buildable coverage with a soft, matte finish that feels breathable and weightless for up to 24hrs. Transfer proof, waterproof, heatproof, humidity proof and sweatproof. Available in 8 Soft Matte shades to match a variety of different skin tones. It is non-comedogenic with no oily feel and has been tested under dermatological control
How to apply bronzing powder?
First, remember these three golden rules:
- Apply your bronzing powder at the end of your makeup routine, after foundation and concealer.
- Always tap your brush on the back of your hand to remove excess powder before you apply it.
- Make sure the brush lightly grazes your skin: you don’t want to be too heavy-handed.
Where to apply bronzing powder?
Focus on the prominent areas of your face that naturally catch the sun: the tops of your cheekbones, forehead, chin, and bridge of your nose.
There are two main ways to apply bronzing powder:
- Draw a number 3 with your brush on the sides of your face: go from the outer forehead to the temple, highlight the cheekbones, then go back to sweep along the jawline.
- Draw a half-moon from the cheekbone to the temple and upper forehead using light back-and-forth movements.
You can also add a touch of powder to your neck and décolleté to reduce the contrast with your face.
What brush should you use for bronzing powder?
Choose a dense, round brush to achieve an even effect that lightly covers targeted areas.
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