REVIEW - Accessorize 'Bermuda' Baked Bronzer

Posted by : Febi Dian

Thursday, December 9, 2010

I'll admit, when I first saw the range of Accessorize bronzers I was a bit disappointed. There are a total of four, three of which swatched so pale they qualified more as highlighters! I decided to pick up the darkest, 'Bermuda', because I've been on a bronzer kick lately and I was a wee bit curious.

[[ Accessorize 'Bermuda' bronzer ]]

[[ Pretty butterflies! ]]

The sturdy, plastic packaging holds a whopping 12.5 grams of product - so if even if you're a bronzer addict you wont run short quickly! I like that there is a 'window' so that you can see the colour easily if you're rummaging through your makeup drawer. The butterflies are cute and somehow manage not to look entirely naff - maybe they're saved by the frosted grey-gold border?

[[ Look at the veining! ]]

[[ Bronzey brown ]]

As you can see, in the pan 'Bermuda' is a gorgeous, rich bronze-brown with salmon pink veining. It swatches as a medium, warm brown with pink undertones and a faint, fine coppery shimmer. Very pigmented, buildable and easy to blend; the shimmer buffs away leaving a faint gleam which creates a highlight effect if you bring it up VERY lightly to the cheekbone. I think this colour would be ideal for anyone in the medium/ warm skintone range - dark at a push.

[[ All the shimmer is down to a Sleek 'Glo' palette ]]

As you can see, it creates a nice contoured effect...unfortunately flash killed it a bit (hence my white face and tan body - thank Revlon Photoready!) so it doesn't look quite as intense as it really is.

At £7 for 12.5g of product from Superdrug - 'Bermuda' is definitely being filed under my 'Bargain' tag!