Makeup by Mario Medium Dark Soft Sculpt BronzerMakeup by Mario Medium Dark Soft Sculpt Bronzer ($ 28.00 for 0.42 oz.) Is a medium brown with muted, warm, slightly red undertones and a mostly matte finish. It had a very faint golden microbead all over it, but it didn’t translate onto my skin. The texture felt soft and finely ground, although it was moderately powdery and thinner overall.
Fortunately, the thinness did not cause application or texture problems; I have experienced both in the past with similarly structured bronzes, where they emphasize my skin structure and can look dry / dried out on my skin. The bronzer had a medium buildable pigmentation that lasted for a good eight hours.
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Formula overview
$ 28.00 / 0.42 oz. – $ 66.67 per ounce
The formula is said to have a “soft, smooth” consistency that provides “buildable” coverage. It has a very smooth, finely ground feel with light powder in the pan, but it wasn’t enough to be messy or difficult to pick up evenly. The finish was very matte to the point where it lay a little flat against the skin and tended to absorb any glow from bare skin or base products.
This type of texture hasn’t worked well for me in the past, but luckily I haven’t had any issues with this one! The powder was applied evenly to bare skin, blended well, and didn’t accentuate the natural texture of my skin. They had a medium to semi-opaque buildable color release that lasted for about eight to nine hours on me before it visibly faded.
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ingredients
Mica, silicon dioxide, dimethicone, boron nitride, vinyldimethicone / methicone silsesquioxane cross polymer, nylon-12, triethoxycaprylylsilane, dimethicone / vinyl dimethicone cross polymer, phenyltrimethicone, caprylyl glycol, 1,2-hexanediol, ethylhexylglycerin, butylocopheric glycol acetate, allantoin, water , Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius (Thistle) Flower Extract, Chrysanthellum Indicum Extract, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Phenoxyethanolate (+/-): Titanium Dioxide, CI 77491, CI 77491.
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