I’m sure you’ve seen these cute little domes popping up around the blogosphere, and I was lucky enough to try them, too! Just in time for Summer, The Body Shop released new Honey Bronze Highlighting Domes as part of the updated Honey Bronze collection.
Highlight cheeks with a natural looking flush of warm shimmer with Honey Bronze Highlighting Dome, whatever your skin tone. The creamy, lightweight texture glides onto skin for a soft finish with a delicious honey fragrance.
There are currently three shades available: Shade 01 [peachy champagne shimmer], Shade 02 [melon coral with gold shimmer], Shade 03 [shimmering bronze], and I received two of them to try.
Ingredients: Silica (Absorbent), Octyldodecanol (Emollient), Triethylhexanoin (Fragrance Ingredient), Mica (Opacifying Agent), Isononyl Isononanoate (Emollient), Synthetic Fluorphlogopite (Viscosity Increasing Agent), Candelilla Cera/Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax/Cire de candelilla (Stabiliser), Cera Microcristallina/Microcrystalline Wax/Cire microcristalline (Viscosity Increasing Agent), Cera Alba/Beeswax/Cire d’abeille (Viscosity Controlling Agent), Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2 (Emollient), Polyethylene (Binder/Stabiliser), Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil (Skin Conditioning Agent – Emollient), Parfum/Fragrance (Fragrance Ingredient), Synthetic Wax (Binder/Emollient), Ricinus Communis Seed Oil/Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil (Emollient), Tocopherol (Antioxidant), Tin Oxide (Opacifying Agent), Hexyl Cinnamal (Fragrance Ingredient), Benzyl Salicylate (Fragrance Ingredient), Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate (Emollient), Geraniol (Fragrance Ingredient), Linalool (Fragrance Ingredient), Limonene (Fragrance Ingredient), Tocopheryl Acetate (Antioxidant), Mel/Honey/Miel (Humectant). [+/- CI 77891/Titanium Dioxide (Colorant), CI 77491/Iron Oxides (Colorant), CI 19140/Yellow 5 Lake (Colorant), CI 15850/Red 7 Lake (Colorant), CI 77499/Iron Oxides (Colour)].
The first one, Shade 02, is a gorgeous warm coral meets melon color, loaded with fine peachy and golden shimmer [think NARS Orgasm]. On my NC15 skin this highlighter looks best when used as a blush, and the formula couldn’t be more perfect: it offers buildable pigmentation, glides on like butter, and blends like a dream!
I love a good bronzer, but all of mine are either loose powder or powder compacts, so Shade 03 ended up being that missing link in my stash. This warm bronzey color contains loads of gold and iridescent shimmers that do a wonderful job at warming up any complexion. I know my ghostly skin needs some definition, and a couple swipes of this bronzer totally made it look like contouring [which by the way I am very bad at].
I also attempted to be creative and used Shade 03 on my lips, but unfortunately it emphasized every little existing and non-existent crack and dry patch. I still kept it on for the pictures just so you could see how it worked out, but it’s not something I’ll repeat again, that’s for sure. However, if you’re good about exfoliating and moisturizing your lips – give it a go! After all, going matchy-matchy with cheeks and lips is kind of fun, and will save you lots of space in the cosmetic bag.
Both of these Honey Bronze Highlighting Domes feel a little wet at first, but it doesn’t last long, as the oils and butters will eventually get absorbed by the skin, leaving it dewy and naturally flushed. Since neither of them are intensely pigmented, I’d say they’re probably better suited for people with fair and light complexions, but if you like a bolder look, the opacity can be built up with several strokes, although I’m not a fan of heavy layering in the Summer, because that kind of defeats the purpose of these sheer natural-looking pretties. Like most sheer cream blushes, both of these lasted about 4 hours on my skin before they started fading a little; and I think I could have squeezed in another hour or two before the touchup. Next day I tried applying them over primer and dusted a little bit of setting powder on top – this trick helped increase the wear time by another 3 hours. By the way, they also smell like a honey cake – yum! 🙂
Swatch reference: My skin tone is between MAC NC15 and NW15 with yellowish hue and neutral undertones. Sometimes I can wear NW20 in the Summer. I thought this would be useful to know, since all screens show colors differently, and I also don’t have a studio setup with consistent lighting. Hope that helps!
Do you need this? Yes and no. Overall, I enjoyed the compact size of these domes, and the lightweight feel on my skin. I personally like that they’re sheer because I have fair complexion, and very often super-pigmented products can easily make me look like a clown, but for someone who prefers intense colors, this might be a negative trait. I also loved the fragrance – everything honey-scented is a winner in my book 🙂 There isn’t much product in each dome – since they don’t twist up, what you see is what you get, so keep that in mind, in case that’s a deal-breaker.
WHERE TO BUY: $16 USD for 0.22 oz. Available at The Body Shop.
Have you tried any products from Honey Bronze line – new or old? What do you think about The Body Shop makeup? Let me know in the comments below!
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These are so beautiful! I love the way they’re packaged!
Right? That dome shape is so cute! I wish there was more product inside, but honestly, it’ll be a while before I use them up.
Those are adorable! Great stuff coming out of TBS these days!
Agreed! TBS is my go-to brand for body butters and fancy body washes, but this is the first time I’m trying their makeup. So far I like it!
These are too cute and remind me of the Ciate blushes that I bought. You have great skin, my pores just eat product up hehe
Yep, they totally look like Ciate blushes! A lot of companies are coming out with a similar concept lately 🙂
The packaging is very interesting, and the colors are really pretty. I wonder why they don’t give you more product or have it twist up.
Not sure why, maybe because they use natural oils in the formula, and it’ll go bad before anyone can realistically use them up? I wish there was more product, too, but I probably won’t even hit pan on these, since they’re so pigmented.
I want to pick up shade 2
I want both of these, but especially that peachy shade!
The peachy blush will look amazing on you Chelsea!
I would use the heck out of shade 2.
Haha, yep, me, too! I’m wearing it today, actually 😉
OoOh I would get so much use out of Shade 03 for adding glow around the face!
It’s a lovely bronzer stick! I like that it’s warm, but not orangey, and looks perfectly natural on the skin.
The blush shade looks perfect!
Right? I am in love with it, too, and even wearing it again today 🙂 I left it sitting by the mirror in my living room so I can touch up when I pass by.
gorgeous! i am all about cream cheek colors and products, i feel they blend right in
Thank you! I just love cream formulas for Summer, they melt right into my skin 🙂
Cream blush is my thing and the packaging on these is just too cute.
Right? Those little domes are simply adorable.
The peach one is so pretty, and is the perfect color for you. I’m glad you mentioned that the product doesn’t twist up – not sure if that’s a problem or not, as there seems to be plenty of product, but it was unexpected.
Thank you Nidia! It really looks like a dupe for NARS, which is considered by many to be a one-blush-fits-all shade. I personally don’t feel that the non-twist up thing is an issue, I think that’s just how they were designed. After all, nobody ever uses up those cream blushes and bronzers before they go bad.
Shade 2 is fabulous!!
It’s very pretty, indeed. I think it can fit a wide range of complexions and undertones.
They are really cute but I’m passing, just because I like powder formula more.
I normally like powder formula, too, but I often reach for cream shadows and blushes during Summer months.
That peachy shade looks lovely!
It’s beautiful!
02 is my kinda shade! These are cute!
Haha, yep, I bet it would look lovely on you, Lisa! 🙂
Wowzers… I NEED THESE… I love a great cream and love TBS
Then you should definitely check them out, Honey! I think both the bronzer and the blush would look stunning with your complexion.
These look gorgeous. I neeeeed the bronze one
It’s nice, isn’t it? I love it when bronzers don’t look orange on my skin, and this one passed the test 🙂