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Are bronzers a must-have in your makeup kit?
You've seen makeup artists apply bronzer on full-face makeup. This brown makeup product closely resembles contour makeup, which is also used to naturally create dimension. This begs the question: do you really need both?
It's incredibly confusing for beginners, and frankly, even those who have been using makeup for years.
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To finally straighten things out, we ask makeup artists what they think about this makeup product. Leading makeup artists in the Philippines explain what exactly a bronzer is.
See their answers below:
Justin Louise Soriano
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Justin Louise Soriano is a celebrity makeup artist of six years. He has played a role in his muse Heart Evangelista's many iconic fashion moments.
Gives you colour and warmth. But please apply the right amount and choose the right warmth. You want to look like you went to Greece, not inside the oven toaster.
Johnson Estrella
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With seven years spent doing makeup for models, brides, and celebrities, Johnson Estrella knows how to bring out anyone's natural glow.
Bronzer for me, if applied correctly and properly with consideration to the skin tone, is magic.
If a client has a naturally tanned skin look already or just recently achieved a perfect tan from a beach holiday, and the event to consider is a wedding or catwalk/runway show (even magazine pictorials), with careful thought for photography and room lighting, a simple touch of a bronzer in specific areas to make the client look sun-kissed [is enough] just to enhance the skin, resulting to a perfect glow effect. As if the sun reflects on the skin at every angle—ready for a photo shoot. That is what a bronzer does—creating a hint of shimmer.
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For the fair-skinned, my technique is blending shades with the client’s preference and my suggestion. The result is a perfect tan and a glowing look, even without the aid of photography lighting!
Mikka Marcaida
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For nine years, Mikka Marcaida has created faultless looks that make muses—including Anne Curtis and Kylie Verzosa—glow naturally.
The main purpose of the bronzer is to give warmth and colour back to your face where the sun naturally hits.
Juan Sarte
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Juan Sarte has been the go-to makeup artist of many esteemed personalities and celebrities, including Alice Eduardo, Vicki Belo, Hidilyn Diaz, and Lea Salonga, for 28 years.
Bronzer gives colour and warmth to the face. If you have pale skin and you want to fake sun-kissed skin, a bronzer might be what you need. If you have darker skin, a bronzer will lessen your grey tone. Bronzer is also a more neutral blush to put on men.
Justine Navato
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Justine Navato, a makeup artist of eight years who has constantly worked with Pia Wurtzbach, truly knows how to highlight one's best features.
It warms up the complexion and gives a healthier-looking glow.
Christine Andas is a features writer and the style lead of Tatler Philippines. She mostly covers style-related content but enjoys writing about space, sneakers, and her favourite stars. She acquired a master's degree in Creative Writing at the University of Santo Tomas and has written young adult short stories which can be read online.
