I have brown skin (sort of a golden-medium brown, NC40) and Park Avenue Princess looks great on me, both as a bronzer and a luminizer, depending on how I apply and what type of brush I use.

no its best for fair tones. Id suggest the other one hotel heiress.

I'm brown and I use Hotel Heiress to contour, it's great!

i would think you should go with hotel heiress instead

I don't think it would do too much for a brown skin tone, but what it would do is probably give you a nice glow. you may want to try "hotel heiress" instead.

no. it is a very light color. i recommend mac matt bronzer for darker skin tones.

I would say hotel heiress is better !

I have a dark complexion and all bronzers usually are too light or too blotchy. This bronzer is so true to my skin tone and blends beautifully that I don't look like I have much make-up on. It is also oil and talc free and has anitoxidants. Can't ask for more :)

I don't think that Park Avenue Princess is a good color for brown skin. I don't think it's a good color for medium or olive skin either. Park Avenue bronzer is geared more towards lighter & fair skin. I DEFINITELY reccommend the Hotel Heiress Bronzer instead. You will not be disappointed! Give Hotel Heiress a try!

im fair and love park ave princess. i think hotel heiress would be too dark for you.

Hi,

I also have very fair skin. Mine is actually very pale. Park Ave Princess is perfect for me.

Hope this helps answer your question.

Park Ave Princess is definitely for you based on how you described your skintone.

From the way that you described your complexion, I'd say that Park Ave Princess suits you. Hotel Heiress would be way too dark for you.

I have a very fair complexion and definitely need some color, so I use this almost everyday. It comes out a little too dark on my skin, so I brush some of my Sephora powder on top, just to even it out.
It definitely adds a gorgeous glow!

Dear Tarte Product Users,

We recommend Park Avenue Princess for anyone with a fair to light complexion. If you are medium or darker in complexion, choose Hotel Heiress!

just use a large powder brush and apply all over your face lightly after foundation but before blush.

i recommend finding a good bronzer brush and that'll make all the difference. It took me years but my perfect brush is the Aveda bronzer brush. Then just lightly dust it over your normal makeup until it reaches the desired shade. Put a little blush on afterwards & voila- you're done!

I put it lightly on my hair line. In a C shape going from maybe two inches about my temples by my hair line - in the hollows of my cheeks & underneath my chin. Creates a slimming illusion !

I put it all over my face because I'm so pale and it makes me look healthy, but it depends in the colour of the bronzer too. If my bronzer is unnaturally dark, I would put it where I'd put my blush, with a light hand just for a glow.

I just use my main big brush and cover my entire face with the bronzer. It covers very evenly. Best bronzer I ever bought!

I brush it on and angle along my temples to a inch below my cheekbones....I blend it well and smooth it out to make it look more natural. I'm new to using makeup too .....so this may not be the proper way but it works for me.

BOTH! Park avenue princess has a slight shimmer and Hotel heiress is matte

I think that depends on your skin tone. I'm dark so I went with Park Avenue Princess and it looks great on me even though when I first saw it , I thought it was too light but when I put it on it worked so well with my complexion. It does have a little shimmer in it, so I avoid my eye area and just use it as an overall sealer for my foundation.

looking at your photos, i am seeing exactly what you mean about ashy and fake. it's not for you. i wrote a review on a mineral powder and i said they're not all the same. it looks like you need a little lightner under your eyes. i think it's just that you're thin skinned. you're fair complected. small things show on you that don't show on us darker complected women. i'll suggest a bronzer i found that i loved. it's not on this website. it's estee lauder nutritious. it has some sparkle. i don't think you can handle too much sparkle. you don't need it. you're pretty enough. you swirl this one like you're polishing and i was amazed at the look. it came with a brush. get one of the estee lauder ladies to put it on you and see how you look. this powder is super fine also. i dont know, but i think you would like it. i'd say return your prod that didn't work on you. businesses are out to please customers and it happens when you can't use a tester. tarte only has 2 shades and it's not "fits all". try estee and see what you think.

Hi get Park Avenue Princess. Read my review. This is the perfect product.

the Park Avenue Princess is a gorgeous honey- golden just a light wash of color kind of bronze.. but it's SHIMMERY. I loved the color, hate the shimmer.. so take your pick. If I were you go to the store and try this.. I threw away the packaging so can't return it but am giving it to my younger sis I think she can do the shimmer thing.

I would go with Park Avenue Princess. To me if you are pale, the darker one had too much of a matte finish to it, which would make you look a little brick color. Also with the ability to build upon the color should help with the worry of it being too light.

I would NOT recommend the Park Ave Princess shade as a contour shade. It's too pearly/shimmery for a contour color, and it's rather light.

If you want a contour shade go for a non-shimmery bronzer.

probably not because its very light. but its super pretty as a bronzer!

I used this for my sister to contour her face but if you have really fair skin, it may be too shimmery. You may want to try a matt one, like Too Faced Chocolate Soliel

YES! ITS PERFECT FOR FAIR MEDIUM SKIN! THAT'S THE EXACT SKIN TONE I HAVE. AND THIS BRONZER IS THE PERFECT COMPLIMENT! And its all natural so it wont break ur skin out. This bronzer looks so natural. And not orange or dirty looking.

I TOO AM VERY FAIR, AND I USE IT FOR CONTOURING, YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY WITH PRODUCT!

Hi,

Funny you should ask that question. I just wrote a review about the contouring powers of this. Here's an exerpt:

asked my husband to pick up a Tarte Mineral Powder Bronzer in Park Avenue Princess because I dropped the one I had in a sink full of water and ruined it. He obliged, and did pick up a Tarte Mineral Powder Bronzer (along with an unexpected present of a Tarte Waterproof bronzer). I immediately used the Mineral Powder Bronzer bronzer. I have very pale skin. My husband rarely makes mistakes so I didn't bother to check the label. When I applied the bronzer, I immediately realized it was darker than the Park Avenue Princess I had ruined. It seems he got distracted when he started asking the consultant about the water proof version and accidentally picked up the wrong shade.

Enough about how I came to have a shade that should be totally wrong for me, although that's how I came to discover a secondary use. Since we were in a rush with no time to make any changes, I had no choice but to leave Hotel Heiress on. We went out to dinner with friends. I got a few compliments on my appearance from very unexpected (usually critical) sources which was peculiar because admittedly, I was not looking my best. More than a few people remarked that they thought I had lost weight (not so), and it wasn't until I got home and looked in the mirror as I got ready to cleanse my face, that I realized this wrong shade was right for all the very best reasons - better than giving me color, it works to contour my face, making it look as if I had lost weight.

I've played around with products that specifically are made for contouring in the past, but they didn't work half as well as this did. I think the reason is because this looks more natural, and it's shimmery, so it looks lighter than a regular contour product. It's also not as formal looking as a product made specifically for contouring, so nobody would suspect that's what it's doing. This stuff is like artificial "weight loss in a compact" because when my husband and I went to go to bed, he asked me if I had lost any weight, so it even fooled those closest to me. I asked him how much he thought I might have lost, and he said, "Well maybe 10 pounds." Good enough for me...

Both shades apply easily and has a nice finish. Since the powder is finely milled, it looks more natural than many other products. While this might not be the best shade for me in daylight, at night it clearly has a secondary and better usage, so I'm going to keep using when we go out at night. It's a great powder but I like the accidental effects of the wrong shade best of all. Who wouldn't?

Hope this helps. I don't think the lighter shade would work for contouring, though, because it's a little too light.

If you don't want to sue this powder, look at Benefit's 10, which is really good, too.

I picked mine up in the store and it did not have a chain on it.... Dont really see the big deal in the chain anyway.... if u really want it with the chain on the compact call your nearest store and see if they have it.

Ive been buying this for years, it used to have a chain on it but no longer does.

Hi

An older one had the chain. My new one does not. I thought it was either cuts in packaging costs or defective, but eithr way, the powder if fine.

Yeah, I was curious why that happened. Oh well.

I have 2 of the sample sizes (one from the Maureen's favorites kit and one from the Natural Beauty complextion kit) and those don't have the chain on them. However, I did see some of the full sized bronzers in the Sephora store and those did have the chain on them.

Because something says natural, doesn't mean there's a possiblitly you can't still have a problem. They took out many things in there make-up that usually gives people problems and so more people can wear it. So there are other ingredients in that make-up still that you can break out from. Don't always think you'll never break-out from all-natural, there's a way bigger change you won't but some wil. A green bean is natural, yet I am alleric to that. Get my point.

i have very sensitive skin and many allergies but never had a problem with this bronzer.

I have used this bronzer for about 4 months and I have realllllllly oily skin and I have not broken out because of this. Maybe it's your brush? I always keep mine SUPER clean so you might want to check that out... :)

Hi

People get confused when they see "all natural" because all natural doesn't mean it's purity from Mother Earth. For example, this product includes, but is not limited to: All shades contain:
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Zinc Stearate, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Corn Starch, Trimethylolpropane Triisostearate, Dimethicone, Triethylhexanoin, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour, Phenoxyethanol, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopherol, Mica. (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77499, CI 77492, CI 77491), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Tin Oxide (CI 77861).

There are a lot of things in here that someone could be allergic to, just as there in most everything. Inert ingredients are often not even reported and people are often allergic to them.

Hope this helps.

no idea but it made me break out as well!! surprising for natural makeup.

I originally bought it because a friend of mine let me use it and i had applied it having put NO make up on or primer at all, no even concealer and it gave a great natural glow. I bought the hotel heiress color since i'm olive/tan and have dark brown hair and it def works. it's not too shimmery.

I keep my makeup very minimal, neutral, and this was great to give me a healthy glow with my normal routine. I highly recommend.

Yes, I have a similar make up routine as yours and I don't want anyone to be able to tell if I wear make up or not- I want it to look like I have natural and healthy skin. This bronzer is SO natural looking that you can definately wear it without looking like you're wearing make-up. It gives you a sunkissed glow, a little color, and a very light sheen that makes your skin look naturally healthy. The color is just extremely natural looking so it's fine on it's own.

Definitely perfect for people who are getting used to blending and using bronzer for the first time. It's pretty sheer, you can add more if you want more color. An over all great bronzer, and should be a part of everyone's makeup bag!

Yes, I am a redhead with fair skin and I like this look

I do! It blends well.

Yes, I use tarte "tipsy" cream blush over this bronzer and it gives me the perfect glow from within look. It's all about the way you apply the makeup. Apply your bronzer closer to the hallows of your cheeks and keep cream blush on the apples of your cheeks(smile when applying). This keeps your makeup from looking cakey.

the amazonian clay is a powder so i'm sure it blends very well; powder on powder. i think when they came out with bronzers, it was used instead of blushes. the whole idea was to give you a natural suntan no makeup look. there are no rules that says you can't use a blush on a powder. the person that did her makeover is a makeup artist and he or she used a powder. i'd say keep it very very light to keep it natural, subtle.

The combination of the Tarte bronzer and Amazonian blush is ideal since it is complementary and the texture is similar. It has the same amount of subtle sheen which looks very nice combined. You can of course use your cream blush with the bronzer, but I recommend to give the Amazonian blush a try. It stays on as well as a cream blush and the shimmer is nicer in combination with this bronzer.

Hi,

Yes you can use a cream blush over this. I apply MUFE cream blushes and tarte cheek stains with a stippling brush and it looks lovely

Park Avenue Princess for a golden tan.

I have a similar complexion than you describe and I use the Park Avenue Princess, which is the lighter color. I don't think that it would emphasize fine lines, but I just stay out of this region around my eyes and only apply it to the back of my cheekbones, so right underneath, and a little on the temples above. I am very pleased with the result, it looks very natural.

Get Park avenue princess. you don't be disappointed

I have olive skin and I use the darkest color Hotel Heiress and it works for me but I think on fair or light skin it'll be too much. It does have a slight shimmer but it's DEFINITELY not overwhelming, it's just the right amount, i used to have the same problem with another bronzer i used by Nars being too shimmery sometimes. I don't know about putting this bronzer under or around your eyes, I only use it on my cheeks, temples, forehead and chin.

Hi,

I have dark brown skin and I use hotel heiress and the product sometimes comes off as too dark. So, even if you use a self-tanner, I'd say to use park ave princess. I have both colours because I bought the tarte jewelry box and I think the park ave princess would look lovely. I don't know if you've considered this but nars laguna is also very nice.