By BR Amelia
When you're fair skinned - and I mean verging on translucent - the thought of applying bronzer can be nothing short of terrifying. In your heart you may hope you'll look like a supermodel from the 80s, all sun-kissed and glowy, but in your head you know there's every chance that after applying bronzer you're going to end up rocking around looking like you should be creating confectionaries for a child-hating man who doesn't pay you a cent. So what's a fair-skinned lass to do when she wants to look like she's seen a spot of sun? Read on...
First things first... choose the correct bronzer colour. Don't go too dark - go for something a shade or two darker than your natural skin tone, that way you won't look like you've gone commando and whacked some mud on your face. Benefit have recently released Hoola Lite, which is ideal for fair-skinned folk. Another hack I've seen people do is to use a matte taupe eyeshadow as their bronzer. Speaking of matte - a matte bronzer is an easy way to warm up the skin, but if you're wanting to get your glow on then a shimmer bronzer is your friend - BUT, don't use a shimmer bronzer in place of a contour bronzer. Contouring is creating shadows and I've yet to see a sparkly shadow.
So, you've got your bronzer, now where to bronze? Think about the number 3. You want to take your brush, lightly dip it in the matte bronzer, then take it from about the middle of your forehead (up by your hairline, not actually in the middle of the forehead... because that would look strange), down through the temple, to just under the cheek, and then over your jawline and blend down. Speaking of blending - blend, blend, blend! You want to look naturally sunkissed. Then you can take your shimmer bronzer, if you're wanting to go the extra mile, and apply it to the areas of your face where the sun naturally hits, so again the top of your forehead, a little on the bridge of your nose, and even the tip of your chin - but not all over your face - because that's a one-way ticket to glittering Oompa Loompa-ville.
Then once you've got the first sweep down, you can check yourself out and build up the colour wherever you feel it's necessary, add blush, and you're ready to head out into the great wide world looking like you've spent a week on a tropical island...
There you have it! Bronzing for fair skin.... not so nail-bitingly scary after all!
Yeah i think i would still some how muck this up....