SHEGLAM Cool Toned Liquid Contour Stick - Long Lasting Cream Bronzer Makeup in Warm Honey | Perfect for Contouring & Highlighting for a Natural Sun-Kissed Look

I have very fair, very cool toned skin. I struggle finding good bronzer and contour shades. Anything with even a HINT of warmth looks even warmer on me (like like those with warm undertones who use anything even slightly cool looks even cooler toned on them). I had heard really good things about the SheGlam Sun Sculpt in the shade Soft Tan for CONTOUR on fair skin, so I came to Amazon to get it and give it a try. It looked like it was a nice, cool toned shade that would actually show up cool toned on me. So I was excited to try it!I figured I’d take a look at the other shades when I was making the purchase, and that’s when I saw they had a few new shades, one being the shade Tawny Amber. It looked like the perfect rosy brown shade I search high and low for! Of course, BRONZER is meant to warm up the skin. But, with my fair skin, when I get sun, I naturally get a kind of rosy toned brown color. I don’t turn a warm bronze color. So using most bronzers looks really unnatural on me. But, I’m also very fair, so when I apply foundation, especially a full coverage one, to be left with a blank canvas, I need something to add some color and definition back into my face. I’ve tried SO MANY different bronzers. Once I realized any that are even remotely warm toned will NOT work for me, that helped a lot with me saving money since I wasn’t wasting it on ones that wouldn’t work for me. But, I didn’t have many options since there’s not a lot of rosy toned bronzers. Tawny Amber looked like a perfect mix of brown with some rosiness to it that would look really natural on me. I was hoping it wouldn’t be too warm toned, but was excited to give it a try!In person, both shades are close but not exact - but I feel like that’s more about my undertone than it is about the images. In person just looking at the product on the sponge tips, the colors look accurate to what I saw here on the product page. But, once I apply them, they do look slightly different. The Soft Tan has a little warmth to it. It isn’t quite as cool as it seemed. But again, with me being VERY cool toned, even the littlest bit of warmth in something is going to show through even more. But, once it’s blended out, it definitely looks more cool toned and works well as contour for me. The Tawny Amber also had a little more warmth to it than I was hoping. But, once blended out, it looks like a beautiful rosy brown shade that looks very natural as bronzer on me. So I was really happy with both once I applied them!The components of these are nice! They are plastic, hexagonal tubes that are a soft, cream kind of color that has a frosted gradient look to it. The top twists off to reveal a pointed sponge tip that you can easily dot onto the cheeks. When the sponge tip goes into the bottom of the tube, there’s a piece inside that I guess is kind of like a stopper to keep too much product from coming out. I was worried how that’ll work once I’ve used these a lot and they start to get low - will I still be able to get product on the sponge? Because with that stopper in there, it seems like once it gets low and the product isn’t hitting that spot, I wonder how it gets the product? But only time will tell. So far, I’ve been using both shades regularly for 5 months and neither one seems like I’m getting less product than I have been getting from the start. So I’m happy about that.You get enough product on each sponge tip where you can use the tip to dot it on your cheeks. That’s how I’ve been preferring it when I apply the Tawny Amber shade. I take the pointed tip, and do a couple tiny dots. Then I take my fave brush for any liquid/cream product (Elf Putty Brush) and dab the product out. I stamp the brush over the dots to spread the color out where I want it, and then keep lightly stamping to blend it to where I want it. Doing it this way, no makeup lifts underneath at all. It blends out easily. I prefer doing dots on one side, blending that out, then doing the dots on the other side. I have tried it where I apply the dots to both sides and blend out one side then go to the other, and I’m still able to blend the other side easily, but I can tell it has kind of started to set so it isn’t QUITE as easy, but still easy enough where I got it blended out nice and even. I also tried applying some to the back of my hand (stamping the sponge onto the back of my hand, then dabbing my brush into it to pick some product up and spreading it evenly on the brush) then going in and applying it on my cheeks. This worked well to, but I felt like I wasted a decent amount of product doing it this way. I had to keep putting more on the back of my hand to pick up more product. But this is a good way to do it if you feel like it’s too pigmented or want a slight wash of color.When applying the Soft Tan shade for contour, I can dot the applicator where I want it and then use a small brush to blend it out to keep it right where I want it. But, my preferred way is to take a small, thin but fluffy brush and dab it onto the sponge tip applicator to pick up a LITTLE bit of product, then I buff it into the area I want definition. This way, it gives me definition while still looking natural (and, I’m sure most of us know, contour can easily look really weird and unnatural! It only takes a small amount to get a little definition). Applying it this way, helps me keep it where I want it and only apply a small amount. Like I said, I can do a dot or 2 directly with the applicator, but I feel I blend out longer when doing it that way because it’s more product than I’d apply just using the small brush and dabbing it onto the applicator then my cheeks.Like I said, they don’t lift up any of my makeup underneath. They’ve worked well with all different formulas and finishes of foundation I’ve used them with. They blend easily on top of all of them without lifting any of the foundation or looking uneven or patchy. It’s a nice, smooth, even look of color. I don’t usually use powder to set my makeup because I have dry skin and feel it’s usually unnecessary. But if I apply a foundation that’s looking a little too dewy, I’ll sometimes use powder. A few times I set my face with powder but forgot to apply this first, so I applied this over the powder and it still blended easily! They dry down on their own. I don’t need to set them with powder to keep them from transferring and they last all day! But, I have dry skin, so that might be different for those with normal or oily skin.Overall, I’m really happy with these! The formulas are nice, pigmented, easy to work with, look nice and even when blended out, and have great lasting power! The Tawny Amber is PERFECT for my fair, cool toned skin to use as bronzer! I’m definitely going to be repurchasing it so I always have it on hand! I’ve used it every day since I got it 5 months ago! I also really like the contour Soft Tan. I don’t ALWAYS contour, but when I do, this has been the one I’ve reached for since I got it. It’s just so easy to work with and blend out and still look natural and not like I have a stripe of contour on my face!