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Best Inexpensive Liquid & Cream Bronzer For Fair Skin

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I've tested wayyyy too many bronzers over the past decade. This list of liquids and creams are not only fair skin friendly, but, they last all day. You will find everything super easy to blend, build, and control for your desired look. Also, if you w...
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Cream

These cream bronzers will never look orange or muddy. They blend so well with your favorite brush and even your fingers. Depending on the shade that you select, it can also be used for contour or a brontour situation.

 
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Stick with the lighter shades. But, they offer great options for contour too! This is a putty cream to powder formula and it's a go-to for me. I apply them with a brush dipped directly in the pot.
Putty Bronzer - Cream to Powder Formula ...
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This is the same cream to powder formula but with a soft glow. Again, stick with the lighter shade. I like them with a brush.
Luminous Putty Bronzer
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These cream bronzers are so good! I wear both shades. Also, the pan size is generous. I apply them with a brush.
Mineral Wear® Diamond Bronzer | Bronze Gem
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Their shade range isn't very contour friendly. They are too warm but can be worn for bronzer. This formula is so creamy and blendable I swipe it directly onto the face and blend it with either a brush or a sponge.
MegaGlo Vitamin E Makeup Stick – Contour
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This bronzer has a lightweight, airy, mousse-like texture. You can push it around in the pot like a cream, but it turns into a powder on application. It blends out like a dream for a soft matte finish that is blurring. The pigment is buildable. You c...
Wet n Wild Mother Fluffer Pudding Bronzer, Cocoa Crush, 0.16 OZ
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Liquid

I love to apply these liquids right to the skin, but many can be used as mix-ins for your favorite serum, foundation, or moisturizer. They also look great on the body to acceuntate your collarbones and shoulders.

 
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The bargain basement of bronzer drops and they are SO good! They are actual drops too. Apply them right to your face as bronzer, mix them into your favorite product, the possibilities are endless. I even like a little body bronzer situation on the co...
DROP OF sunshine BRONZING DROPS
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Don't let the name fool you. These are liquid bronzers. They are my go-to for special occasion makeup. The color, glow, blendability, it's all perfect. They never leak or get yucky.
Butter Glow Contour Wand
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You will never run out of this product! You can use them however you want, even as a bronzer drop. I tend to apply this directly to my face as bronzer, but they can be a mix in too. Very versatile.
Butter Glow Liquid Bronzer
 
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This is PF's bronzer drops and they are just as good as the others on the market. The glass bottle is a total luxe moment. You can use them as mix ins, bronzer, all over the face. whatever.
Butter Glow Bronzing Serum – Sunkissed Glow
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I have both the rose gold and pure gold drops. This formula is more of a cream than actual drops but it's still so blendable. I tend to reach for this formula to make the collarbones and shoulders look extra yummy.
Bronzing Drops Tinted Serum | e.l.f. Cosmetics
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These shades double as blush and bronzer. Go for the one that actually says bronzer in the name. They blend good with brushes and sponges.
Sunkisser Multi-use Liquid Blush and Bronzer, Face Makeup
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I'm fairly certain these are the same as Physicians Formula bronzing drops but at a fraction of the price! You will never run out.
Wet N Wild SpongeBob Always Sunny in Bikini Bottom Bronzing Drops
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You can get away with some of the shades as bronzer, but they are contours. The applicator doesn't annoy me at all. I've never had one leak.
Halo Glow Contour Beauty Wand
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You can buy a deeper shade and use it as a glowy bronzer! I wear the light shade as a liquid highlighter. Also works well as a mix in.
Halo Glow Liquid Filter Complexion Booster
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These double as bronzer and contour with a small, easy to control wand. It's one of those no-fuss no-nonsene formulas to be appreciated.
CUT AND CONTOUR LIQUID BRONZER - Pretty Smart Cosmetics
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