Benefit has really been my beauty brand favourite lately, and I really felt that a review of one of my all time favourite Benefit product was in order!
So, above here are a few snaps of my Benefit Hoola Bronzer.
This bronzer is really all sunshine and rainbows - which is ironic because it really does give your skin that sun kissed glow. Personally, I think this bronzer is the best out there. I haven't yet tried the Nars Laguna bronzer, which accordingly is a very good one - so I'll have to try that out soon and see how it compares. But I would definitely 100% recommend this bronzer over the MAC Mineralize Skin Finish bronzer, which I find to be a little too orange toned and not that good at creating a shadowy effect ; subsequently meaning it isn't any good for contouring. Luckily, the Benefit bronzer is it's complete antithesis - it creates amazing dimension and shadow, and is definitely more suited for people with pale skin (which is me, very unfortunately). For a high-end brand, I'd say this bronzer was fairly priced at £18 from my local House of Fraser, but I'm sure prices may vary. The product comes with it's own appliance brush - which at first I was rather adverse to, but I've come to terms with using the brush as a guideline for the area I want to contour, and then going in to blend and bronze with the above pictured tapered blush brush from EcoTools. Although yes, I do believe this bronzer is better suited for pale skin than the MAC bronzer, I still feel that it's a little too dark for my skin without carrying out some serious blendage (not that it is even a word..) and carrying it around to bronze the whole of my face, which can be a little annoying when the make-up look I'm trying to achieve is doesn't need a tanned face. But hey - you win some you lose some, and I can't say I regret spending the money on this bronzer. I'm, positive it will last a while - especially seeing as though I purchased it in January and I haven't even hit the pan yet! On the whole, I really do love this bronzer, despite it's few drawbacks, and would certainly recommend it to anyone with a need for a bronzer re-vival.
I'd love for anyone to comment with a new bronzer that I could try out, that's perfect for pale skin! And, let me know if you love this bronzer too, and if you thought it was worth the money!
