{"id":9987,"date":"2012-06-04T08:30:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T00:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=9987"},"modified":"2012-12-12T17:18:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T09:18:19","slug":"pale-princess-seeks-a-touch-of-sun-with-the-diorskin-nude-tan-aurora-powder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2012\/06\/pale-princess-seeks-a-touch-of-sun-with-the-diorskin-nude-tan-aurora-powder\/","title":{"rendered":"Pale princess seeks a touch of sun with the Diorskin Nude Tan Aurora powder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Confession time. I’m not a fan of bronzer or bronzing or looking tanned. I embrace the pale princess look which might stem from the fact that its my natural colouring and I was born with it so its the only colouring I’ve ever known \ud83d\ude42 I don’t keep a tan easily either. During school days, not being much of an athlete, for Sports Day, I was always in the march past where we’d train under the the noonday sun. Mom always made me slather on sunscreen so the smell of Coppertone always makes me think of school. (And people wonder why I dislike using Coppertone!)<\/p>\n

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At the end of Sports Day, everyone would be sunburnt. I’d be lightly toasted and within 2 weeks I’d go back to normal. I think everyone hated me for that \ud83d\ude1b Which long winded story explains why I don’t quite do bronzers as a makeup thing, and brings me to the Diorskin Nude Tan Healthy Glow Skin Enhancing powder<\/strong> aka bronzer by Dior for Summer 2012. There are 4 shades available : 001 Aurora, 002 Sunlight, 003 Zenith and 004 Sunset for most skintones. Being placed at the lighter end of the spectrum today I’ll show you 001 Aurora which is only the 2nd bronzer I’ve ever owned!<\/p>\n

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The Diorskin Nude Tan Healthy Glow Enhancing powder (which I’ll call the Diorskin Nude Tan powder for brevity comes in a pretty compact quite unlike their previous offering last year. Unlike last year, they didn’t do a special Asia release<\/a> either, so we get the same compacts as everyone else.<\/p>\n

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The compact is a heavy metal case embossed with the signature cannage design. This brings to mind the Dior Fall 2011 Blue Tie eyeshadow palette<\/a>, except this one is round. I like it that they made it round. Its a lovely departure from the rectangles in the Dior powder range and its nice to hold. Ok, that’s a lame excuse for liking it \ud83d\ude1b But it does feel nicer to hold.<\/p>\n

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See? It fits right in my palm.<\/p>\n

When you open the cover (I can’t tell front from back so it is quite an adventure in the mornings) you get a lovely round powder divided into quadrants, with 4 different shades in them.<\/p>\n

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Diorskin Nude Tan Healthy Glow Enhancing Powder – 001 Aurora<\/em><\/p>\n

001 Aurora is the lightest shade and even then, isn’t all that light. The powder is designed to work as an all over skin enhancing powder, to give a healthy tone to pale winter skin or you can also use it for contouring. You may notice that each opposing quadrant has its own function, reflected in the letters. N and E are lighter, pinker shades with orange tones and may be used as highlight and a light blush. U and D are deeper shades and may be used as a bronzer.<\/p>\n

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Diorskin Nude Tan Healthy Glow Enhancing Powder – 001 Aurora clockwise from top left quadrant swatched N-U-E-D<\/em><\/p>\n

The powder is quite sheer so these swatches took some doing. I did notice however, that when swatched with fingers vs using a brush, the colour fails to show up much. With a brush, it does show up better on skin. You can also see the pink tones alternating with the brown powders and really, Aurora isn’t a very light palette at all!<\/p>\n

I do have to mention that many reviews talk about how shimmery the powder is. There is shimmer, but it is very fine. Personally, I didn’t see any shimmer on my skin. Or even if I did, it wasn’t overwhelming. I honestly do not know how much powder others are using, but I only use a very light hand and any shimmer only serves to reflect light and doesn’t bother me at all to the extent I would not have mentioned it but for having read other peoples’ complaints.<\/p>\n

In what is quite a nice touch, Dior has included a mini kabuki brush with the powder. I think it very thoughtful because not everyone may have a bronzer brush or a dense brush with which this powder does seem to work better.<\/p>\n

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The brush is quite adorable, and the natural hair bristles aren’t overly harsh on the skin. Its quite small as you can see here, but is just nice for getting to the powders. Each item comes packaged in their own velvet sleeve, yes even the brush!<\/p>\n

The big question of course, is how to use this powder. I’m a bronzer dodo and I found that there were a few ways:-<\/p>\n