the Hannah Hardy

I didn’t choose the pale life. The pale life chose me. Finding a shade match for my pale skin has been an issue my ENTIRE life. There are so many products that I can’t try out or use because the lightest shade is about 2 shades too dark for me.

Y’all know I’m avid YouTube watcher and I spend a lot of time in Ulta and looking up makeup online so I’ve found some products that work well for me.

I didn’t start wearing bronzer till about 3 or 4 years ago. I could never find one that worked for me. It was either too orange, too red, or just too dark. I didn’t know what I was missing out on. Bronzer adds some warmth and definition to the face.

Colour Pop
–$8 for compact, $7 for pan only
—www.colourpop.com
–6 shades
–Recommended shade: Private Party
–Use a light hand with Private Party because it’s very pigmented and can get muddy if you use too much and don’t blend

Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer
–$14.99
—Target, Ulta, Walgreens
–4 shades
–Recommended shade: Light Bronzer
–This smells amazing and is the bronzer that got me wearing bronzer. PF nailed the shade. I’m on my second one.

No7 Match Made Bronzer
–$12.99
—Target, Ulta, Walgreens
–3 shades
–Recommended shade: Golden Sand
–I haven’t tried any No7 products, but this bronzer looks like a great shade for us lighter skinned gals.

Benefit Hoola Lite
–$29
—Ulta, Sephora, Nordstrom
–2 shades (Hoola & Hoola Lite)
–Recommended shade: Hoola Lite
–This my favorite matte bronzer and again, is an answered prayer #dramaticbuttrue

Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer
–$30
—Ulta, Sephora, toofaced.com
–3 shades
–Recommended shade: Milk Chocoloate
–I had a sample of this before and I really liked it. I will probably purchase when I run out of my Hoola Lite.

theBalm Take Home the Bronze
–$17.50
—thebalm.com
–3 shades
–Recommended shade: Oliver
–Shout out to theBalm for making an anti-orange bronzer.

Lorac TANtalizer Baked Bronzer
–$33 (ON SALE for $9.97!)
—loraccosmetics.com
–2 shades
–Recommended shade: Matte Tan
–I bought the mini at Ulta was really pleased with the tones and how well this applied.

Makeup Geek Bronze Luster
–$22
—makeupgeek.com, Target, target.com
–3 shades
–Recommended shade: Sun-Kissed
–I love everything Makeup Geek (minus their lippies) and Marlena, the CEO. She works really hard to make shades for all skin tones and I appreciate that