The Body Shop Honey Bronze Range: first impressions, swatches, Einstein quotes and bee related facts.

Amongst the many brands releasing "Summer" makeup, the range from The Body Shop is the one that has peaked my interest the most as it goes beyond your usual bronzer/blusher staples.

Get comfy because this post is looooooooong..

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The range..

From L-R:

• Honey Bronze Shimmering Dry Oil £16.00: This gives you a dry finish which is something I think is needed because you don't want to appear sweaty..or sweaty and shimmery.  It contains Community Fair Trade honey and beeswax which is what a product like this needs as it aims to make you glisten and keep your skin soft.  You need to wash your hands after using it though as it will stain!
  
• Honey Bronze Brilliance Powder £16.00: An illuminating powder that you can whack on your cheeks and your collarbone to give you a glow.  It comes with an inbuilt brush and it contains Community Fair Trade honey and beeswax.  It comes in two shades, I know that one is Bronze Shimmer but I don't know the name of the other, sorry!
• Honey Bronze Bronzing Gel for Face £11.00: This suits all skintones and gives an even and natural-looking honey-bronzed glow.  It contains Community Fair Trade honey, beeswax and organic aloe vera.  You need to wash your hands after using this for the staining issue.
  
• Honey Bronze Lip Nectar (Honey Bunch/Honeycomb) £9.50: These have the typical payoff you get from glosses and you can wear them in the same manner.  They contain Community Fair Trade Honey, beeswax and marula oil so they'll moisturise your lips right up.
  
• Honey Bronze Bronzing Powder £13.00: A matte bronzer (woo!) that contains Community Fair Trade honey, beeswax and marula oil.  It's available in four shades which is good because I've never found a one shade fits all bronzer. 

 

The Swatch Files: Little Glow Cheek

I avoid Primark's own brand makeup like the plague, especially after the lipgloss caused my lips to combust and the body brush shredded worse than a snake.

I've heard good things about this particular range which is also sold by Primark.  I think it's high end Primark makeup..if ever there was an award for oxymoron of the year, that would in the top three..

All the products from this range are puns on familiar sayings, it took my slow behind a while to figure out what Little Glow Cheek was parodying but I finally got it.  They could have gone for the jugular like Soap and Glory and just called it something in the same vein as Glowjob but nobody wants to get on the bad side of copyright law and not everyone is as filthy minded as me..

I was pleasantly surprised by how smooth and pigmented it was.  I think it's about £2 something but this was in impulse buy (near the tills) and I didn't pay full RRP for it.

The Swatch Files: The Body Shop's Baked to Last Bronzers

Here we go..

They both look pretty WOC friendly which is good, I find a lot of bronzers are hit and miss as some leave you just glittery and others are too light and leave you looking greasy.

The marbling!

The bit you've been waiting for..

They go on smooth and are very pigmented so if you're feeling brave, you could use them as an eyeshadow.  A very light hand is needed to apply them to Indian skin so if your skin is lighter, be even more cautious.

Glit-tastic but not in an obvious way.  I've been wearing Warm Glow to work and it doesn't look out of place.

The Swatch Files: L'oreal Glam Bronze Bronzer and Blusher for Brunettes

I love the fact that L'oreal have made a range of products which have shades depending on your hair colour because I think that usually ties in with the colour of your skin..

Anyway, now that it's summer time, I feel it adequate to finally post this!

It works perfectly on my skin both as a blusher on its own and swirled together.  I seldom use it as a bronzer because I'm not au fait with bronzer usage.