Best Bronzer for Olive Skin
If you have medium to tan skin tone, lucky you! You have one of the most beautiful skin colors that are the envy of every pale skinned woman. The tough part would be in selecting the right makeup products to work on that great tan.
There are a few things you have to remember when you choose a bronzer to match that great tan such as:
Best color to use:
Brownish-pink, soft copper, bronze, and sheer amber are the gorgeous colors that will work great against an olive skin tone. If your skin happens to have a yellow undertone, go for gold shades, tan, shimmery peach or soft coral. Rose toned or peachy bronzers will be the shades to choose when it’s a brightening or glowing look that you are after. Bronzers can also be custom blended by going for a bronzer duo. Subtle golden flecks mixed with warm pinks would be perfect and flattering as well.
Less is More
In everything, it’s always best to downplay. This is also true in makeup. Using too much bronzer will give you an unnatural look that will make you look older. Use sparingly and blend well and all will be well.
Avoid
Steer clear of too soft peaches and light pinks. While they flatter pale skin no end, they give a washed-out effect to the olive skin.
To shimmer or not to shimmer
Shimmer would be great only if you have no wrinkles, blemishes or fine lines. Shimmer highlights all these imperfections as well as making a flawless skin look fantastic.
Best bronzer colors:
Colorbar-Just Earth Bronzer
The color is a deep and earthy peach shade. The warm peach shade gives a very flattering look to an olive skin which is also highly pigmented. Staying power though is not so great that needs reapplication after a few hours.
Lakme Face Sheer Blush-Sun Kissed Shade
This is a fantastic bronzer that has great color and texture. A natural pinkish glow is given to the skin with its fine shimmer.
The Body Shop Honey Bronze Shimmering Dry OilThe Body Shop Honey Bronze Shimmering Dry Oil
This is a lovely idea from The Body Shop that created a bronzer that is oil based mixed with shimmer. The oil is light and not sticky and blends marvelously well with the skin. This is a great product to use especially during winter when it gives a natural glow to the skin.
Clinique Superbalanced Powder Bronzer
This oil-free bronzer powder is long-wearing, yet lightweight on the skin. It also comes with benefits such as maintaining the balance of the skin, giving it a natural radiance, and helps absorb extra oil. A turn of the dial will magically transform the pressed to loose powder.
Christian Dior DIOR Diorskin Nude Tan Healthy Glow Enhancing Powder
The bronzer is multi-toned and packaged beautifully in a round silver colored compact that comes with a small kabuki brush to give a radiance and lovely veil of color to the face. The formula is transparent to make the skin look glowing and energized.
Skin tone that lies between dark and light may need extra care in choosing makeup shades and products. The key to getting a fantastic look is to opt out for one or two shades darker than your own natural skin color.