BRONZING 101: HOW TO APPLY BRONZER

Bronzing can be intimidating, can't it? We walk a fine line of getting that perfect sunkissed glow and getting a little carried away and entering into oompa loompa land. Bronzer is a great makeup regimen staple since we want to do our best to protect our faces from the sun at all times. We'd rather use bronzer to get that natural glow vs. exposing ourselves to too many harmful UV rays. Bring on the SPF!

Here are 5 tips to apply bronzer:

1. Choose a bronzer that isn't just 1 color. That's why we L-O-V-E our Mosaic Bronzing Powder because it contains 5 hues in one compact to get a more natural, subtle bronze. Because it has several shades, it mixes together to create the perfect combination for your skin tone. A single color bronzer can leave you looking a little too orange and give you a flatter all over color.
2. Apply bronzer with a large all-over face brush. We recommend the Chisel Dome Powder Brush. Its bristles are both long and dense enough to get that even all-over coverage, which is key to bronzing.
3. For the actual application, we recommend dipping the brush back and forth several times on the powder to pick up each color. Then, flick any excess powder off. 
4. Most importantly, we apply in small circular motions starting at the forehead and moving counter clockwise around the perimeter of the face {forehead to temple to cheek to chin to cheek to temple to forehead} until you end up in the same place you started. Go back for a bit more powder + flick action, and using the same small circular motions do an inner circle starting between your eyebrows, inner cheek, upper lip and nose.
5. Finally, use your puff to blend!

Sometimes we do it twice depending how much coverage we got the first time around and how much powder is on our brush, but not more than that.

Happy bronzing and happy July!