Strange Attractor Reviews Stila Face Powder (Bronzer)

Oooh, how fun when one of my pigeons writes a fantastic product review and sends it to me in the form of a letter! Then I can just ask her permission to cut and paste and share it with you!
Margot sez,

Here are the confessions of a former bronzer-phobe. I wanted to recommend a beauty product to you that totally changed the way I view bronzer for fair-skinned women: Stila Illuminating Face Powder in Rose Gold

When I tell you I am pale, I mean I am pale. Every bronzer I tried made my face look dirty instead of tan. Since I am pretty happy with being so fair, I quite trying to look tan years ago. I mean, nobody looks at Anne Hathaway and says, “if only she spent a few days in the sun”.

I ended up getting a great deal on a bronzer set from Stila and I decided to try it based on your recommendation that even fair girls need some glow. Oh, Peacebang, you were right. [Of COURSE I was, darling!! – PB] This stuff is great. I don’t look dirty-faced, or orange, or even tan when I wear this; my face is just a little bit warmed up and better defined. As it sounds, this is a pinkish golden-honey color that would work of a variety of fair skin tones. It has quite a bit of shimmer to it, which I love, but may not be everyone’s cup of tea. My skin is one of my best features so I never wear foundation, just concealer, the Stila bronzer topped with a pop of Nars Orgasm cream blush on the apples of my cheeks [Fabulous! I didn’t know that Nars Orgasm came in a cream formula! I wear the powder version.- PB] My skin just looks better rather than “made up”.

The product came with the same product in a beautiful darker color called Bronze. It is described as a “copper with golden shimmer”. It is quite pretty, but too dark for me to use for anything other than contouring, but I think it would be a great bronzer for those with medium skin and even a lovely sheer blush for women with dark skin.

Neither of these products is sold on Sephora’s website anymore (hence my great deal), but I found Rose Gold at allcosmeticswholesale.com and both of them at other places around the web.

On another note, I appreciate all that you do and you should be seeing a drop in your PayPal bucket soon. I cannot overestimate how much your Peacebang blog contributed to me finding Unitarian Universalism and a religious home. Thank you.

Fabulously yours,

Margot, Strange Attractor

Margot, you are a shimmering, glowing star in the ministerial universe!!*

* “I am a shimmering, glowing star in the cinema firmament!” – Lena Lamont, “Singin’ In the Rain”