Bronze like you mean it with Lancôme, Clinique, Annabelle and Avon!

I just can't help but be fascinated by bronzers - is that a common thing for pale people? I don't know - but I do know that I am always looking for the perfect product to make me look like I'm among the living - here's a few that I am liking lately:

Lancôme Star Bronzer Natural Matte - $46 - a sheer, silky-light powder that delivers a natural sun-kissed matte complexion in any season. With a unique blend of mineral pigments and absorbent micro spheres that ensure long-lasting smoothness and a perfect matte finish for your skin and a smooth and comfortable texture that blends effortlessly and evenly into the skin and doesn't go shiny or dull throughout the day.

Suitable for all skin types. Fragrance-free and noncomedogenic. Available at counters and online at www.lancome.ca

Clinique Superbalanced Powder Bronzer - $42 - in two shades: Bronzed 1 and Bronzed 2 offering a golden bronzed healthy glow while maintaining sin's moisture and controlling oil. Also provides a special 3D contouring system composed of layered platelets and spherical shaped particles that optically resurface the skin by reflecting light to create a more contoured and perfected glow from every angle. With a longwearing formula that is seat and humidity resistant to keep colour true all day long without smudging or streaking.

I love the shaver - it makes a loose powder a lot more portable and dispenses the perfect amount for application with each turn!

Allergy tested, fragrance and oil free and non-acnegenic. Available at counters and online at www.clinique.ca

Annabelle Perfect Bronze - $7.95 - in 2 shades: Sun Kissed - if you want to look just that or Sun Goddess for more bronzed drama. With a mineral-based formula that contains silk powder for a velvety-soft feel and enriched with moisturizing ingredients to provide long-lasting comfort.

Paraben and perfume free as well as hypoallergenic. Available at drugstores and mass merchandisers.

Avon Glow Bronzing Powder - $12 - a silky, luminous bronzer that blends easily for a streak-free radiant look in five sun-inspired shades: Sunkissed Glow, Warm Glow, Light Bronze, Light Sands and Deep Tan and for easy application there is also a  

Glow Bronzing Brush - $5.99 - with nylon bristles designed for perfect Glow bronzer application.

Avon Shake & Go Bronzer - $15 - make bronzer easy to apply with this portable bronzer built-in brush. Available in three skin-complementary shades.

Avon Glow Bronzing Pearls - $12 - multi-coloured pearls that you swirl together for an instant radiant glow in two sun-inspired shades: Bronzed and Sun-kissed.

Available from your Avon rep - 1-800-265-AVON or online at www.avon.ca

- Lisamarie -