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"Happy RAD, beauties! In honor of our made-up holiday, I&amp;amp;#8217;ll be tackling a question from one of our regulars, &amp;amp;#8220;Clementines,&amp;amp;#8221; who wrote in with a summer emergency. She says, &amp;amp;#8220;I cannot for the life of me figure out how to put on bronzer properly so that my face doesn&amp;#x27;t just look dirty. Maybe I have the wrong shade?&amp;amp;#8221;I hear ya, Clementines&amp;amp;#8212;spotty, splotchy, too-dark bronzer is not pretty. But I have a few answers/tips/suggestions for making sure you don&amp;amp;#8217;t end up looking like Pig Pen from Peanuts. Here we go: 1) First, yes, you might have the wrong shade. I&amp;amp;#8217;m olive and find a neutral brown base works best for me (my favorite: bareMinerals Warmth). But if you&amp;amp;#8217;re cool, one that has a bit of pink in it could be a better match. And if you&amp;amp;#8217;re warm, then one with a hint of apricot might blend with your skin tone a little better. But if you&amp;amp;#8217;re super duper pale, then you might have another issue going on. If so, head down to #2. 2) I hear this a lot with very, very pale ladies&amp;amp;#8212;seems a lot of the bronzers on the market are just too dark for their light complexion. Now, some companies like Physician&amp;amp;#8217;s Formula, Maybelline and Cargo make &amp;amp;#8220;light&amp;amp;#8221; versions for this very purpose, which might solve the problem. Another way to go? Skip the bronzer altogether an instead go for a face powder a bit darker than your skintone&amp;amp;#8212;this will keep your results subtle. 3) How and where you put it on counts. You want to concentrate dusting it on the parts that get sunkissed first like across your forehead, down your nose and along your cheekbones. Now, if you&amp;amp;#8217;re using a powder, forget the applicator that comes in the package and make sure to use a big, fluffy brush, often called a &amp;amp;#8220;kabuki brush.&amp;amp;#8221; You need a wide head to dust the bronzer around lightly as opposed to in patches like smaller brushes can. Oh, and make sure to blow off the excess first&amp;amp;#8212;a simple move, but it makes a big difference. If you&amp;amp;#8217;re using a liquid bronzer, you can use a sponge or your fingers to blend it in, then go over it with a clean cottonball to lift off any excess that could make you look too dark or blotchy. 4) Make sure to hit your cheeks with blush&amp;amp;#8212;this will lighten the look of the bronzer overall and give you that &amp;amp;#8220;just came in from outside&amp;amp;#8221; look you&amp;amp;#8217;re going for. Any of you have a great tip to share? Think you might have figured it all out from my tips? Post below. And if you&amp;amp;#8217;re still confused, check out this Beauty 101: Bronzer slideshow&amp;amp;#8212;you might just find your &amp;amp;#8220;aha&amp;amp;#8221; moment in there somewhere. Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter. Friend us on Facebook. Add us to your Google homepage. Photos: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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