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Buildable Bronzers

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Achieve a customizable sun-kissed glow with Buildable Bronzers, designed to help you create your perfect level of warmth and radiance. Whether you prefer a subtle touch of color or a more defined, sculpted look, these bronzers offer versatility for every skin tone and makeup style. Explore a variety of finishes and textures to effortlessly enhance your complexion and bring out your natural luminosity. Discover the ideal Buildable Bronzers to elevate your beauty routine and glow with confidence all year round.

HourglassAmbient® Lighting Bronzer

Size: 0.39 oz/ 11 g·ITEM: 1688860

Color: Luminous Bronze Light - a medium bronze shade fused with Luminous Light for a softer, candlelit warmth. (Ideal for light/medium complexions)

1K Reviews

$80.00

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I love how forgiving this bronzer is - it's buildable and easily blendable, and it gives your skin such a nice sheen. ...Love these bronzers, they give a soft natural glow....Excellent bronzer!

What it is:
An illuminating bronzer with Photoluminescent Technology, featuring bronze pigments that deliver a natural-looking, sunkissed glow while flaunting depth and dimension.

What it does:
Ambient LIghting Bronzer’s sheer, airy formula sweeps softly onto skin for a healthy-looking, radiant finish. It’s formulated with Photoluminescent Technology, featuring optically transparent particles that transform the look of skin by manipulating and refracting light to emphasize your best features. The optically transparent particles allow for seamless blending and color transitions.

What else you need to know:
Hourglass products are 100 percent cruelty-free.

BASMAThe Soft Matte Talc-Free Blurring Powder Bronzer

Size: 0.15 oz/4.2 ml·ITEM: 2897742

Color: Deep - A cool-toned deep bronze

103 Reviews

$44.00

One of the prettiest bronzers I’ve used...Hands down one of the best bronzers I’ve ever used—highly recommend!

What it is: A velvety soft, talc-free blurring powder bronzer that's long-wearing with buildable warmth and a satin-matte finish.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Sustainable Rice Powder: Oil-absorbing, pore-blurring, and lightweight on the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This bronzer is lightweight, silky, and feels like second skin. Made with 87 percent naturally derived ingredients, it delivers great color payoff with medium buildable coverage and can be used as an all-over bronzer or a sculpting tool. Thanks to its naturally blurring ingredients, this formula won't cling to dry patches or emphasize texture.

MAKE UP FOR EVERArtist Longwear Skin-fusing Matte Powder Bronzer

Size: 0.35 oz·ITEM: 2738284

Color: 20 Fiercy Amber - medium bronze with warm undertone

147 Reviews

$50.00

Really loving the artist longwear skin fusing matte powder bronzer. I have noticed that it does last longer than my other bronzers. ...I am a lover of cream bronzers and this makeup forever bronzer has converted me to powder bronzers.

What it is: An effortlessly blendable and buildable matte bronzer with a silky-smooth formula to achieve a natural, sunkissed finish.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Matte

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

What Else You Need to Know: This easy-to-use bronzer features a skin-fusing texture that applies seamlessly wherever you're looking to enhance your complexion. It provides long-lasting warmth and definition.

NATASHA DENONAHY-SCULPT Liquid Bronzer

Size: 0.47 oz/14 g·ITEM: 2961167

Color: Drenched - Medium-Neutral

273 Reviews

$54.00

What it is: A serum-infused liquid bronzer that gives skin an ultra-blurred, natural-matte finish and water-resistant, all-day wear.

Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Sodium Hyaluronate: Supports both short- and long-term hydration.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and mineral oil. It is also cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: Natasha’s HY-SCULPT LIQUID BRONZER has a self-setting, highly pigmented, mistake-proof formula that blends effortlessly over a fresh face, powder, liquid, and cream products. 

$88.00

I went with the darkest shade by accident but thankfully this bronzer is sheer but very buildable and blendable! ...Solid highly pigmented matte bronzer...However, felt it wasn’t as blendable as some other bronzers I’ve tried. Additionally, it is very matte- great if that’s what you’re going for, but something to keep in mind if you prefer a bit of luster.

What it is: A silky-soft bronzer with subtle shimmer—in an exclusive couture clutch—that leaves your skin with a natural, healthy-looking, sunkissed glow for up to 24 hours.


Formulation: Pressed Powder


Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Keeps skin feeling comfortable and smooth.

- Niacinamide: Visibly enhances skin.

- Limetta: Has non-drying properties.

$95.00

Excellent Bronzer...Tom Ford’s Soleil Bronzer melts on to your skin and gives a flawless and natural finish. ...The formula is pigmented in a sweet spot where you can get buildable coverage. Buildable is important for a bronzer so I’m loving it so far.

What it is: A silky, comfortable, buildable bronzer featuring a mix of plant-derived butters to nourish and soften skin, giving a luminous lit-from-within glow.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban.

What Else You Need to Know: With specialized pigments, this luxe formula adheres with second-skin-like radiance. Cocoa seed butter softens and comforts, mango seed butter moisturizes with anti-aging properties, and cupuaçu butter from the Amazon is a nourishing emollient that provides skin with a protective, hydrating layer.

HUNG VANNGO BEAUTYSoft Focus Blurring Matte Powder Bronzer

Size: 0.55oz/15.5g·ITEM: 2903276

Color: Discipline - Dark

43 Reviews

$56.00

AMAZING BRONZER!...The formula of this bronzer is so creamy and long wearing, it blends beautifully on the skin in a way that many bronzers do not. ...MVP of bronzers...This is the most pore blurring bronzer I’ve ever used and I’ve used every high-end bronzer Sephora has.

What it is: A lightweight blurring powder bronzer that naturally warms and enhances skin.


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Microspheres: Blur the look of imperfections with a soft-focus effect.

- Natural Powder Polymer: Improves blendability and wear while leaving a soft, matte finish.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

Too FacedSun Bunny Luminous Blushing Bronzer

Size: 0.28 oz/8 g·ITEM: 2967842

Color: Sunset Bunny - luminous coral

149 Reviews

$46.00

What it is: A glowing dual-shaded blushing bronzer that delivers bronzer, blush, and highlighter all in one compact.

Ingredient Callouts: It is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This glowing dual-shaded blushing bronzer delivers bronzer, blush, and highlighter all in one compact.

Laura MercierTinted Moisturizer Sheer Cream Bronzer

Size: 0.5 oz / 15 mL·ITEM: 2643047

Color: Sundrop - light bronze

534 Reviews

$45.00

The most natural bronzer...It’s so blend able and looks absolutely natural on the skin. It’s buildable and gives a slight dewy look. You just need 2 dots for each cheek and blend it with your fingers or use a brush...This is my first time using a product like this and u love it. This bronzer is very sheer which is good for buildable coverage but it did take a bit to get to the level I wanted.

What it is: An effortless cream bronzer with all the benefits of the beloved Tinted Moisturizer that gives skin the perfect, natural, sunkissed glow and 12 hours of hydration.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Prickly Pear: Hydrates the skin.
- Fruit Seed Complex: Repairs and conditions dry skin.
- Uniquely Tailored Bronze Pearl Blends: Bring the ideal level of warmth to every skin tone.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

What Else You Need to Know: This weightless, buildable cream bronzer is ne

Too FacedChocolate Soleil Matte Blurring Bronzer

Size: 0.28 oz/8 g·ITEM: 2966158

Color: Chocolate Ganache - rich

419 Reviews

$52.00

What it is: A long-wearing, cocoa-infused bronzer for natural-looking sunkissed effects and a blurred bronze finish that doesn’t settle.


Formulation: 
Pressed Powder


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: Infused with real cocoa powder, this buildable, blendable, velvety bronzer effortlessly mimics the look of natural skin for a blurred sunkissed effect and a rich bronze that smells as good as it looks. Indulge in all-over warmth and dimension with this silky-matte finish. It also smells like chocolate.

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