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Get Your Glow On

Beauty | 6 comments

With BECCA Pressed Shimmer Powder

 

 

We all want that perfect glow.   You know the one – not too shimmery, not glossy looking, but just that right amount of  healthy skin perfection.

Summertime means my skin is oily so I tend to use mattifying products only to have them leave my skin looking dull and well, matte (at least for a time).   That’s not a good look either.   So those of us who tend to do what I do at times with over-mattifying or if you have dry skin, you need to add the glow.  But, I don’t want to look obvious about my glow – I want it subtle.  I don’t want people thinking “oh, she added a lot of shimmer to her face to get the glow” or that I’m looking rather Tin Man-like.   Nope, I want people to assume I have that glow naturally.

That’s what BECCA Pressed Shimmer Powder does for me.   I get that luminous glow from it – but very soft and subtly.   The shade shown above that I picked up recently is Nefertiti – a soft golden pink.   It comes in a nice variety of shades, depending on your skin tone.  I felt this one warmed up my pale skin without being obvious.  It comes in some shades that are silver based, some pink based, some golden based.  No Tin Man here.

6 Comments

  1. Mamavalveeta03 on August 10, 2011 at 11:42 am

    Love love love Becca!!! Is this similar to Bobbi Brown’s Shimmerbrick idea? It looks slightly less shimmery, which would be great for my unlined, but still 50+ skin.

  2. Kari on August 10, 2011 at 11:48 am

    I love this better than BB Shimmerbrick. I can never seem to pick the colors up correctly with those and I think I am the only one in the world with the problem! They just don’t work on me! Anyway – I love this – it’s just the right amount of glow – super light and silky and just one color in the compact, unlike BB Shimmerbrick which has several shades in one compact.

  3. Fountain of Youth on August 14, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    When a local beauty supply store had the Becca cosmetics on sale a couple of months ago, I stocked up on 4 colors – Angel, Princess, Odette, and Lambada (bronzer). I love them all!

  4. patti on August 15, 2011 at 9:42 am

    Do you use this like a powder, or a blush/highlighter? I love the color.

  5. Kari on August 15, 2011 at 9:49 am

    I use it as a blush/highlighter, but this particular shade is so light it could be used like a powder.

  6. patti on August 15, 2011 at 9:50 am

    Thank you!