This is the time of the year when our skin is screaming for the sun. We're so ready to pull out our "summer" foundation shades, and a little help from some UV rays right now would be more than ideal. The reality, however, is gloomy days, snow on the ground, and frigid cold temperatures. But as usual there's nothing a little beauty can't fix, and that's where bronzer comes in.
Besides the fact that it's one of the few products that requires little skill to apply, it almost immediately adds warmth to the skin without having to bake under the sun. What more could you ask for? So if you're dreaming about the beach, being laid out in the sand, sipping on a piña colada, we're sorry to announce that we can't help you. What we can do though, is provide you with 15 radiant bronzers that'll add some serious life to your skin. Hopefully this will suffice.
Wet N Wild Icon Bronzer ($4, Target)
This gel-infused, long-wearing formula leaves skin looking luminous with a sun-kissed glow. Use to highlight your most-loved features, and transform yourself into a bronzed goddess all year long. Shadow and shade the brow line with the groundbreaking formula, or use it to contour like a pro to achieve those sculpted cheeks and defined high points.
W3ll People Bronzer ($25, Target)
This ultra-smooth, baked bronzer provides natural color with soft, matte radiance. Wake up the complexion with a healthy glow. The modern, multi-dimensional finish imparts a hint of soft luminosity while balancing skin tone.
Burt's Bees Bronzer Stick ($12, Target)
Burt's Bees All Aglow Sticks instantly enhance skin's natural glow and defines your best features. Made with nourishing ingredients, the combination of moisturizing coconut oil, jojoba oil, cupuacu butter, and daikon radish extract hydrates skin for hours. 100% natural, this stick applies smoothly and blends easily without the heavy and cake-y feel.
Physician's Formula Butter Bronzer ($15, Target)
This ultra-luxurious bronzer, infused with murumuru butter, delivers a radiant Brazilian goddess glow! The moisturizing wonder features ultra-refined pearls and soft-focus pigments that smooth skin texture, brighten skin tone, and deliver a gorgeous bronze finish.
Makeup Geek Bronze Luster Compact ($22, Target)
The perfect bronzer should give your skin a soft, beach-y glow. Makeup Geek has combined silky mineral pigments with a delicate kiss of pearl powder to wrap your skin in a radiant, healthy Bronze Luster. Tawny crease is a sun-drenched embrace for medium skin tones.
E.L.F. Cosmetics Baked Highlighter & Bronzer Bronzed Glow ($4, Target)
Create a gorgeous, sculpted glow with this baked duo. The highlighter helps illuminate the skin with a sheer wash of shimmer, while the bronzer adds a natural-looking contour effect. It's enriched with jojoba, sunflower, apricot, and grape to help nourish and hydrate the skin.
Soap & Glory Wonderbronze Shimmer Brick ($13, Target)
The Soap & Glory Wonderbronze shimmer brick with instant-tan tinted luminospheres is a super natural sun-kissed shimmer that delivers instant chic for the shabby cheek.
L'Oréal Paris True Match Lumi Bronzer ($15, Ulta)
L'Oréal Paris True Match Lumi Bronze It Bronzer leaves skin with an instant sun-kissed glow. This buildable bronzing powder can be used to create an all-over bronzed complexion or contoured for a radiant, sculpted look. Shimmer bronzer, formulated in three shades, is designed to flatter light, medium, and deep skin tones.
Milani Baked Bronzer ($9, Ulta)
Crafted on Italian terra cotta tiles, Milani Baked Bronzer is all about a warm, beautiful glow with a delicate shimmer finish. Choose from soft gold to tantalizingly tan, and dust it lightly on face and body.
Maybelline City Bronzer ($10, Ulta)
Get naturally bronzed and softly contoured looks that bring on the heat with the Maybelline City Bronzer. This multitasking bronzing and contouring powder accentuates your skin's natural radiance and gently contours your features. The micro-milled powder contains whipped cocoa butter for a velvety, matte finish.
JOAH Be My Everything Bronze Palette ($14, CVS)
JOAH Glam Palette is a three-in-one highlighter, bronzer, and blush. It brightens, contours, and adds a healthy glow. Highlight cheekbones, brush blush on your cheeks, finish with bronzer, and you're radiant! You can even blend the powders for an on-trend ombre effect. Available in two shades.
L.A. Girl Velvet Bronzing Stick ($5, CVS)
Contouring is made easy with the Velvet Contour Stick Collection. This luxurious formula is paraben-free with added jojoba seed oil, shea butter, cocoa seed butter, and grape seed oil. The soft, powdery finish blends beautifully to create the perfect contoured and sculpted look!
Neutrogena Healthy Skin Blends ($7, Target)
Get that sun-kissed, radiant glow you love any time of the year with Neutrogena's Healthy Skin Blends. Enriched with vitamin C and botanical conditioners, this bronzer-blush compact is easy to apply, leaving your skin looking lustrous and feeling soft, healthy, and natural.
No. 7 Match Made Bronzer ($8, Target)
Create a natural-looking glow that lasts all day with this Match Made Bronzer from No7. This soft pressed powder builds and blends effortlessly with your natural skin tone, giving you a perfectly bronzed finish that highlights your features for a flawless glow. This lightweight bronzer will stay in place from morning to night and illuminate your skin for comfortable, confident wear all day long.
Rimmel London Radiance Brick ($7, Walmart)
This multi-colored radiance brick makes for an even and radiant glow. Dust your brush around the entirety of the brick and dust on cheeks, forehead, and neck for an effortless shimmer.
