Two Cream Bronzers: The Chanel Soleil Tan De Chanel & The Bourjois Paris Bronzing Primer

When I feel like my skin is looking completely pale and lifeless, I reach for a cream bronzer over a powder. I love the way they buff into the skin and how you can really build them up without looking powdery. There are two I use regularly, a budget option from Bourjois and of course, the infamous Soleil Tan De Chanel.  

The latter must be the most talked about bronzing product of all time, the internet hype about this a few years back (when it was called Bronze Universal) was crazy! The packaging is beautiful although majorly flawed in the fact that this attracts brush hairs like nothing else and theres not really a lot you can do about it. This does bother me but yet didn't put me off repurchasing after polishing my first pot off. The product inside is a warm, medium bronze shade with a creamy consistency. I like the fact you can swirl your brush in this without picking up too much product and so you can slowly build the colour up on your face. I know a lot of people used to contour with this, but personally it's too warm of a colour for me, but might work on someone with a deeper skin tone. My first pot lasted me what seemed like forever, so for such a lovely product that I get a ton of use out of I can justify the cost. 

I originally bought this Bourjois Paris Bronzing Primer as a lot of people were saying it was a great dupe for the Soleil Tan de Chanel despite being marketed as a primer. For this reason the the product is far more mousse like and thinner in texture so if using as a bronzer you really only need a tiny amount on your brush. Personally I love to use this both ways - as a primer it works beautifully to warm up the face and smooth over pores, but delivers the same magical smoothing finish when applied on top of make up. I would agree that it's very similar in tone to Chanel's offering which to me looks scarily warm in the pot but blends out beautifully to deliver natural colour. 

Have you tried either of these options or do you have a different recommendation? Let me know in the comments!