Bronzer tends to be a good thing. Particularly at this time of year. Midwinter it doesn’t really convince. High summer it’s more of a perfecting powder than a pigment provider, but in spring, when days are long but skin is only beginning to warm up, bronzer is a proper blessing.
However, people make the mistake of thinking that bronzer is a one-stop colour’n’contouring shop. That bronzer is all. It isn’t. Not if you want to do things properly. To look sleek. To reinforce and define the architecture of that face.
And so Bobbi Brown has been all clever. Again. Her new Face & Body Bronzing Duo, in two colourways (part of the fresh, summery Sandy Nudes collection featuring — seeing as we’re here — a knockout eyeshadow set of shimmering, sandy-coloured shades with comprehensive wearability), consists of two fat slabs of powder: one is a bronzer and the other is a blusher because — yes — you should use both together. They enable each other. It’s a partnership.
The bronzer sharpens cheekbones and jawline and adds glow to temples. But do not neglect the blusher, which lends plumptiousness to the apples of the cheeks and melds with the bronzer to create an all-over soigné palette of springy good health. The pink and brown shades are exactly the colours one finds in a natural tan. On a human being. Because we are not uniform. We are a rich tapestry.
Bobbi Brown Sandy Nudes Face & Body Bronzing Duo, £34, at selfridges.com
