| Review | Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer


Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

| Review | Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer

The Queen of Glow, Charlotte Tilbury, has finally gifted us with a bronzer release! About time, right? You'd think you couldn't get her iconic glow without a little bronze and now, it's a reality! Inspired by her famous Airbrush Powder formula, this bronzer has the same iconic formula and fan's of the powder will jump for joy! As for myself, I'm just a fan of bronzer and I'm always looking for a new one to add to my collection.

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

The Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer retails for $55.00 and is available at Charlotte Tilbury, Sephora and other retailers. This bronzer is housed in the most glamorous reflective rose gold compact, very typical of Charlotte Tilbury. The compact is large at least two times larger than her typical compacts and it is entirely made of reflective rose gold heavy plastic. It feels very luxurious and it has a sunburst logo design embossed on the top and a magnetic closure. 


Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

SHADES 

This bronzer comes in 4 different shades (Fair, Medium, Tan, and Deep) to span a range of skin tones. While this is a decent shade range, will it cover everyone? Probably not, but it's pretty good considering many brands don't have nearly as big of a shade range for their bronzers. I was torn on choosing a shade for my medium skin tone because it seems these days, many brands are making their bronzers more pigmented and deeper. However, I'm happy to say the choice was a good one that suits my medium-tan skin tone very well! For reference, I am approximately a MAC NC30-35 skin tone. 
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

Tan - I chose the shade tan, which is a warm matte tan shade with being overwhelmingly warm or orange in tone. The color is well-crafted for a medium to tan skin tone. 


Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches
Swatched heavily and blended

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches
It took several layers to get the heavy swatch as opaque and even. You can see when the bronzer is blended it looks patchy and picks up on the tiniest bit of texture. 

FORMULA

While I don't own the Airbrush Flawless Powder, I have received a miniature sample before and the texture is a beautifully refined powder. It has a very soft, smooth, and silky texture. It also goes on the skin nearly invisible. Like the original powder, this bronzer has a soft, smooth, and silky texture but this buttery texture doesn't translate on the skin. I have trialed this bronzer many times with a variety of super-soft brushes and brush styles but the result is always fairly patchy. Now, I don't know if it just the particular shade I own but this bronzer is not as airbrushed as it claims to be.

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

It is also supposed to have the same blurring and texture diffusing properties, making the skin look perfectly smooth and flawless; however, I don't get that effect at all. Unlike the powder, these bronzers have a little more pigment to them. I would consider them a medium buildable bronzing powder, which is something I prefer because it can be difficult to apply and blend an extremely pigmented bronzer. This buildable formula lets you customize your bronzed look and allows each shade to expand a wider range of skin tones.

The bronzer feels very light on the skin but despite my greatest efforts, it doesn't apply evenly on the skin and seems to create a streaky effect on my skin. I have very minimal texture on my skin so, I don't imagine this is my skin. I have also used other powder bronzers that don't give me this problem. This bronzer is also quite difficult to blend out and leaves my skin with a streaky and patchy finish that isn't obvious but you can tell there's something slightly off about my skin.

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

This is because the powder is very refined but not so soft that the brush picks up too much product. You can really control the amount of product your brush is picking up. This bronzer was released with a retractable synthetic kabuki brush, which looks lovely but it isn't vital to the application of this bronzer. I personally prefer a brush with a bit more precision so, I can sculpt my face.

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

The matte finish looks very natural and doesn't look dry or powder on the skin. The powder formula seems to fuse with the skin and doesn't sit on top of the skin, adding an obvious layer of product on the skin. This finish and formula are very universal and should work for all skin tones and types. This bronzer lasts very well on the skin, approximately 8 hours and beyond.

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

THE LOOK

For this look, I applied the bronzer in the crease of my eyes, on my temples, in the hollows of my cheeks, and on the sides of my nose. I used powder underneath but it still took a considerable amount of blending to make it look even.

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Bronzer Review and Swatches

FINAL THOUGHTS

I had high hopes for this bronzer and I felt like I really gave it a good try but the result was never to my liking. The bronzer just makes me look like I have some kind of texture on my skin when I don't because of it's uneven and streaky application. This fine powder texture sounds wonderful but during the application, it doesn't blend out well at all on the skin. I am pretty disappointed with this formula considering it was designed by Charlotte Tilbury and that it is supposed to have her Airbrush Flawless formula. Charlotte is usually amazing at creating complexion products and her Airbrush Flawless Powder is legendary in the beauty community but this bronzer has been a real flop for me. I really wanted to love this bronzer but after testing it for some time and having no luck with the results, I can't recommend this bronzer.

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