Make-Up Must-Haves To Extend Your Summer Glow
Make-Up Must-Haves To Extend Your Summer Glow
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Make-Up Must-Haves To Extend Your Summer Glow

If you’re keen to prolong your summer glow, then slotting a cream or liquid bronzer into your make-up routine is the easiest way to do exactly that. To that end, here are the products we rate.
By Orin Carlin /
Image: @MakeupByMario

All products on this page have been selected by our editorial team, however we may make commission on some products.

Multi-Use Glow Stick

£38 | CHANEL

The brand’s Les Beiges Bronzing Cream gets the bigger fanfare, but Chanel’s Baume Essentiel is a hero in its own right. The multi-use illuminating balm gives the skin a youthful glimmer. Housed in compact, sleek packaging, it’s great for on-the-go, instant radiance. Swipe the shade ‘Solar Glow’, a pretty, majestic copper, onto the high points of the face and blend it in with your fingers. 

Available at CHANEL.COM


Softsculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer®

£32 | Makeup By Mario

Unsurprisingly, this is one of Makeup By Mario’s bestsellers. It is exceptional – it won’t add much coverage but it will create a dipped-in-candlelight glow to your skin. If your complexion is naturally sallow, this silky balm will cast a sheer veil over imperfections to make you look healthier and skin more even. 

Available at MAKEUPBYMARIO.COM

Gorgeous™ Cream Bronzer

£38 | Trish Mcevoy

This elegant bronzer compact is perfect if you like subtle, healthy warmth. It contains no tell-tale shimmer, so the finish is subtle and natural-looking. Thanks to its soft, velvety formula, it blends easily with a densely-packed brush and feels virtually weightless on the skin – ideal for oily types wanting to limit shine. Plus, it works well as a no-frills eyeshadow base if you’re in a pinch.

Available at HARVEYNICHOLS.COM


Dew Bronze Soft-Focus Effortless Liquid Bronzer

£20 | Saie

Cool-girl label Saie is a master at nailing that lit-from-within glow. The gel-liquid texture of this bronzer feels dewy and lightweight on the skin – great if you prefer a barely-there feel. The colours are well-chosen, but the payoff is very forgiving, so don’t sweat it if you’re torn between shades. Use the chunky doe-foot applicator to dot the product along the forehead and cheekbones for precisely-placed warmth.

Available at CULTBEAUTY.CO.UK


Sun Shift Cream Bronzer

£41 | Ilia Beauty

ILIA’s clever cream-to-powder bronzer is one of our current make-up favourites for a reason. Glowy, rather than glittery, it creates a diffused, golden-hour effect on the skin. The squalane-rich formula goes on like a cream but dries down quickly into a powder texture that stays put all day. Apply it to the tops of the cheekbones and up towards the temples for a hazy, soft-focus shimmer. 

Available at SPACENK.COM

Brightening CC Serum

£62 | By Terry

The ‘Sunny Flash’ shade of By Terry’s Brightening CC Cream blended with your everyday foundation makes for a seriously flattering, bronzy base. If you like all-over warmth, make this your new go-to. Powered by rose stem cells, it delivers lasting hydration and uses clever ‘optical glow’ technology to blur imperfections and create the illusion of a more even complexion. 

Available at BYTERRY.COM


Cream Contour Stick

£28 | 19/99

Devoid of shimmer, this cream by 19/99 adds soft, understated warmth. Despite being marketed as a contour product, ‘Tea’ is a wearable warm-toned medium brown which works comfortably as a bronzer. The stick format is user-friendly, blending easily for precise application. Simply draw it onto the areas of the face where the sun would naturally hit and blend it out with your fingertips.

Available at SPACENK.COM

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