Hey lovelies,
Who’s up for more swatches of new, but limited edition, things from the drugstore?
I have seen pictures floating around instagram of the new Dolci collection by Milani in drugstores, and while I was making a run to CVS I saw the display in my store. On the display there was an eyeshadow, lipstick, lip gloss, nail polish, and this big ole bronzer duo. They’re all named Dolci. I only picked up the bronzing duo though, because I actually don’t own many bronzers.
They scare me. I’m so afraid of looking like an orange or that it will look good in my mirror and like shit in natural light that I honestly just don’t use bronzers often. With Summer approaching though, I do want to give them a try again and see if I can find one that warms up my face more than my Body Shop Honey Bronzer without making me look like an orange covered in dorito crumbs.
This bronzer and highlight duo claims to be for all skin types. That’s a pretty big claim. I picked this up for $10, which is expensive in terms of drugstore products, but there is 12 grams of product in this baby and the “shelf life” of it (if you go by that kind of thing) is 36 months. So, I do believe for the amount of product there is and given you can use this for 3+ years…$10 is a pretty decent price.
Personally, I love the packaging of this duo. It’s so Summery. The little imprinting seems to not go all the way through the product, but pretty far into it. To give an idea of the size, it fits perfectly into the palm of my hand. It’s a pretty decent size.
On the left is the bronzer and the right is the highlight shade
These swatched very nicely. They didn’t feel powdery or apply unevenly. Both sides were very soft to the touch.
Bronzer: When you look in the pan you can see shimmery flecks in the bronzer, but it doesn’t translate onto the skin very much. This shade is pretty warm, but I have tried it once and it looked great on my skin when I used a very very light hand with it. It’s warm, but it’s not overly warm bordering on orange, if that makes sense. It does look and apply very nicely to the skin.
Highlighter: I’m trying to figure out what I can use this shade for. It’s gorgeous, don’t get me wrong, but it’s too dark for me to really use on my face as a highlight or to set anything. I may try it as an eyeshadow. I’m definetely a bit perplexed by it, but I will eventually find a use for it.
Overall thoughts: I’m happy with the bronzing side. It’s still a bit intimidating right now to me to apply, but I feel that as Summer draws nearer and my skin deepens up 1-2 more shades that it will look way better on me and not intimidate me as much. However, I feel that if you’re darker than me you should totally consider this duo! I think the overall quality and price is amazing if you’re looking to add something pretty to your collection.
Have you picked this up at your local drugstore? What are your thoughts on it? If you haven’t gotten it, will you be snagging one? Comment down below!
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The bronzer doesn’t look too bad but I totally agree about the highlight, it’s way to yellow. I’m not going to be any help coming up with an alternative way to use it either cause I can’t think of any, lol.
The bronzer looks really nice but I was thinking the highlight looks off to me. I probably won’t pick this up because I have enough bronzers as it is but the bronzing side on this is nice. 🙂 xo
It is! I actually mixed the bronzer and highlight together with my brush today and it gave a nice bronze glow to my skin and kinda took the bronze down a few notches haha
Lol! I find that a lot of contour duos (like the wet n wild one) have a yellow type highlight, which is odd to me. I did mix a bit of the highlighter with the bronzer with my brush and that actually toned the bronzer down without looking too glittery.
That’s a good idea!! I bet that looks really nice! 🙂