Bronzing Up The Crease...

I love a good bit of bronzer. Applied rather liberally onto the cheeks, temples and bridge of the nose it gives a gorgeous natural sunkissed look to the complexion and if you pick up a matte formula in a slightly cooler tone you can even try it out for contouring the face too. And you know what? I also really rather like using bronzer on the eyes aswell. If you've been round these parts for some time now, you may remember this post where I told of how I loved (and still do love now) using a touch of bronzer all-over the eyes as an easy, natural-ish looking pop of colour on the lids but today I thought I'd document another way I've been using it recently around the ol' peepers - as a crease colour...

I remember one of the Pixiwoo sisters mentioning in one of their videos years back that a good tip for eyeshadow is to run a little bit of your bronzer through your crease as a finishing touch to complete the look and tie everything together and ever since, it's been a well-valued piece of advice that's really stuck with me. No matter what else may be going on in your eyeshadow look, overlaying a smidgen of your bronzer over the top, or simply at the very outer edges to buff things out makes the world of difference. For a warm-toned look, it completes everything nicely, but with shadows with a more cooler vibe, it really helps to diffuse those grey tones that can have the tendency to look a little unflattering and generally add some more 'life' to the situation.

Personally, right now bronzer-wise I've been loving the MUA Bronzed Perfection Matte Bronzer - it's matte (as the name suggests), warm but still with a  nice cooler undertone to it and it's nice and pigmented too. Simply take a touch of it on my Real Techniques Multitask Eye Brush (what has become my new favourite for creasework ever since I bought it a couple of months back - love, love, LOVE) and use circular motions to buff it either directly into the crease as a standalone shadow or on the very outermost area to soften and warm things up. Done.