Sunday, April 27, 2008
Life
It’s all about hue
Get a healthy, golden glow with a touch of bronzer
Courtesy of Entebello
Find the bronzers you need to freshen up your skin at Entebello’s beauty emporium.
By Tamara Crockett
With the arrival of spring, soon the cold weather and April showers will be left behind and a steady supply of sunshiny days will emerge. What better time to liven up your skin than now. Need a little help getting that “natural” glow? Just add a little bronzer to your mix.
“Anyone can use bronzer—from the palest of white to the bluest of black. It’s just all about shade,” explains Jason Cecil, makeup artist and retail director of Atlanta’s Entebello Modern Apothecary & Spa.
For those fair ladies, Cecil suggests a bronzer in cooler shades of bronze or silver shimmer, and deep copper finishes for darker hues. Bronzers come in the form of powders, creams, liquids and even oil. Powder bronzers are ideal for those with oily skin.
Bronzers can be used for the face and body, and should be applied wherever the sun naturally hits your body. These hot spots include the chin, cheeks, and shoulders, in the middle of the forehead, on the tops of thighs and in the middle of calves.
Available in a range of prices and in locations from your neighborhood drugstore to high-end skincare boutiques, enhance your tone with a little shine this season.
CECIL’S TIPS
- - Bronzer can be applied with a blush brush (face), body brush, kabuki brush, as well as with your fingers and hands for cream and oil products.
- - The more skin you have exposed equates to the more places bronzer should be applied. You don’t want a golden, bronzed face and pale shoulders.
- - It can be used year round, but looks better when you already have sun. It just gives that extra pop, shimmer and warmth to skin.
- - If you’re a very fair person without much sun, you should go really easy on the bronzer.
PRODUCTS TO TRY
Giorgio Armani Bronze Mania Gel, $80, is a gel-based bronzer that can be applied all over the body providing a deep, shimmering bronze hue.
www.giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com
Iman Sheer Bronzing Powder Afterglow, $13.99, combines rose, copper and gold shades that can be used separately or in unison on the eyes, cheeks or all over on all skin tones to enhance your skin’s radiance. www.imancosmetics.com
T. Le Clerc Terre d’Ete Bronzer, $65, a duo of a light and dark powder that bestows a minimal, iridescent golden glow. Tip: The lighter shade should applied all over the face, with the darker shade in the hot spots. Available at Entebello, www.entebello.com.
Napoleon Perdis Foundation Stick Bronze Luminizer, $39, is a matte cream formula made with aloe vera, vitamins A and E and SPF 8 that illuminates and highlights the face and body. Tip: This product is best applied with the fingers. Available at Entebello, www.entebello.com.
Nuxe Multi-Usage Dry Oil Golden Shimmer, $39, is non-oily, contains multiple plant oils, including sweet almond and camellia oils, as well as vitamin E, and can be used on the face, body and in the hair. Available at Entebello, www.entebello.com.
Julie Hewett Ora Bronzer, $30, is a sheer powder that creates a soft finish that will warm up your look. Available in Bronze and Sun shades. www.juliehewett.net.
MUD (Make-up Designory) Bronzer, $22, the matte and shimmer shades are both that will brighten and add warmth to all skin tones. Available in Endless Summer (matte) and Sunshine (shimmer) shades. www.mudshop.com.
Tricia Sawyer Alive Cream Enhanced Moisturizer, $36, a hydrating moisturizer infused with a dash of natural color, botanicals and oils that can be applied to the face and body for a healthy boost to the skin. www.qvc.com. SP