Product review: sugarbomb!

I love trying new things and reading product reviews, so when I get something I kinda dig, I feel the need to take 2 minutes of your life you'll never get back and tell you about it... haha... :) Awhile ago, I ran out of bronzer. *gasp* Yeah, yeah first world problems. Anyway, even when I slather on smelly self tanner attempting to keep a glow, it just doesn't do much for my face. Enter my love of bronzers. 

I've always been a fan of Nars Laguna and Too Faced Sun Bunny, so that's what I went to Ulta intending to purchase. I asked the sales person if they had any more Sun Bunny since the shelf was out of stock. She said she'd check, but urged me to try Benefit's new Sugarbomb. I looked at it and politely agreed, but thought "No way in hell. There's orange in there!" And then the weirdest thing happened: I liked it.  

She said it works best on fairer-skinned people hoping to get a glow without looking streaked, stained or too shimmery. Since I don't have a darker complexion, I have no idea if she was right or wrong about it being better on fair-skinned folks, but it works for this freckled, blue-eyed blonde quite well! :) It's really a blush, but it definitely gives a natural bronze glow with just enough shimmer in my opinion. I've been brushing it on all over my face in a light layer-with more emphasis on my cheek bones-and I just love it!

If you're wanting to look TAN from a bronzer, this isn't your thing. It does add color, but you really have to build it to get a deeper bronze going. And even then, it would proably look more pinkish bronze than tan.
I was wearing it last weekend (below post) in the birthday night photos. I don't know if that really helps you or not, but you can see how I have a little bit of a pinkish/bronze glow on my cheeks in that photo of me making fun of the tiny drink.. haha.. :) That's how it looks on my skin over a powder foundation.

Oh and no, I was not compensated to write this. I wrote this random rant all for free. ;)