Blush is a subject dear to my heart but bronzer is like whoosh! Flies over my head. So when reader Effa emailed me a question a while ago about the difference between blush and bronzer, I was a little stumped.
Hey Paris!
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I tried to search any review on “bronzer” in your blog but I didn’t find any. (if there’s any maybe you can provide me the link?) Whats the different between a bronzer and a blusher? I mean, of course a bronzer would not come with pink colour (or do they?) , but what exactly a bronzer can do for us? What is the difference between a blusher (e.g brown color blusher) and a bronzer?… I don’t know but i think it is something worth to try on, but not sure if I’d look okay or not. I’ve never tried any sample or even dare to ask about it at any beauty counters, ‘fret buying a bronzer might be a big mistake. Have you ever tried wearing a bronzer?
Have a nice day!
-Effa-
My answer to Effa then was essentially that I haven’t really reviewed any bronzers because I don’t own any. The only bronzer I own is probably the Dior Bronze Harmony Rose Brazilia which I mostly use as a blush as it works for me that way.
A difference between bronzer and blush visually is that Bronzer is usually browner (sometimes with hints of pink or golden tones or orange tones) and Blush tends to be pink, peach or orange. They can sometimes be used interchangably dependingon your skintone. A person with darker skin might be able to pull off a bronzer as a blush while a person with lighter skintone might have to use a darker blush as bronzer may be too dark.
Bronzer is also usually used for contouring and for faking a bit of a tan to look healthy while Blush adds colour to the cheeks for a rosy/pink cheeked look.
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