gold standard: bronzing powders

The heat is on lovelies, so to keep you safe from melanoma and/or looking like a walking carrot, get your bronze on the no-bake way with my round-up of fave brush-on bronzers.
First up: the mulitple shade bronzing powders. I love these, because you can swipe the colors all over your skin or just on your cheekbones to highlight, or even use them as eyeshadow. I'm loving Too Faced Caribbean in a Compact Bronzing Powder, Snow Bunny, which has colors ranging from creamy white to bronze to light pink, to give a really subtle, shimmery glow. It'll give you that fresh-from-the-slopes in St. Moritz radiance.

A couple of other great finds are Clinique Shimmering Tones Powder, a kaleidoscope of shimmery bronzes that help give that incandescent glow, and Smashbox Fusion Soft Lights, which gives a natural-looking, soft bronzed look without a lot of shimmer. Swipe it across the apples of your cheeks, temples and across your nose for a sun-kissed look.
If it's a more uniform glow you're after, then the one-tone bronzers are for you. tarte mineral powder Bronzer, Park Ave Princess is a great one for that summering-at-the-Hamptons sun-burnished look. I'm lovin the golden, handbag-inspired leather compact case with jewelry-like chain - so cute!

Need a body glow? Try the mother of all bronzers, Hard Candy's SoCal Glow. It comes in an extra-large size compact decorated with a map of Southern California in case you decide to road-trip-it down the Cali coast. You can use this stuff on your legs, shoulders, face or anywhere you need a kick of caramelly color. It also smells like yummy cocoa butter and also moisturizes with vitamin E and aloe.