Dior Nude Tan Healthy Glow Enhancing Powder: 004 Sunset

Dior’s Nude Tan Healthy Glow Enhancing Powder is one of the make up goodies I received in my stocking last Christmas. It’s a product I saw reviewed and swatched a lot last year, and something I was very tempted to buy on quite a few occasions. For some reason, I never did get round to buying one, so I was over the moon when I found Father Christmas had left one in my stocking Christmas morning. In fact, there was a “oh wow, that’s pretty” moment, followed by an “aww shit, that’s incredibly dark” moment when I opened up the beautiful quilted compact and noticed that the shade was 004 (the darkest out of the four colours offered). Despite the colour being far too dark for my NC15/20ish skin tone, I decided to give it a go anyway, and was actually pleasantly surprised with the results.

Dior Nude Tan Healthy Glow Enhancing Powder: 004 Sunset

The powder comes packaged in a beautiful quilted, heavy silver compact, and included in the box is a mini kabuki stamped with the initials CD. I’m always pretty unimpressed with the applicators and brushes which are included with products, but I have to say, the kabuki is very nice. It’s soft, buffs product into skin nicely, and actually washes quite well too. I still prefer to apply with a bigger face or bronzer brush, but the mini Dior brush works perfectly well. 

The Dior Mini Kabuki

The powder itself is described as ‘A complexion-boosting, multi-toned bronzing face powder’, and is available in 4 colour harmonies: 2 pink harmonies to add a touch of freshness and a highlighting effect, and 2 apricot harmonies for a vibrantly sensual glow. Sunset is one of the apricot harmonies, and contains four different shades, which are supposed to be swirled/blended together to create a healthy glow. 

Dior Nude Tan Enhancing Powder: 004 Sunset

Dior Nude Tan Enhancing Powder: 004 Sunset

The two background shades are complimentary, slightly shimmery bronze hues, the D and U letters are shimmerier bronze-y colours, and the embossed N and E are an a apricot/peachy shade. Blended together, the colours create a pretty bronzer, which does a fantastic job at brightening and adding warmth to skin. 

All shades blended together and swatched fairly heavily on the left, and blended out on the right.

Even though Sunset is aimed at darker skin tones than my own, when used with a very light hand, I can just about get the shade to work for me. The apricot and bronze tones warm up skin nicely without looking orangey and the delicate shimmer adds a pretty glow. I’ve added a photo to show what it looks like applied. The fact that I can just about pull off the shade, despite it being too dark for me gives credit to just how subtle and natural looking Dior’s Healthy Glow powders are! 

Dior Sunset Applied with Chanel's Orchid Rose JC Blush

While I can just about pull off the shade, I think Sunset is something that will probably be stashed away for now and pulled out again when the weather warms up and my skin’s a tiny a bit darker. In the meantime, I think I may actually purchase one of the lighter colours on offer as I really am impressed with the subtle effect Dior’s Healthy Glow Enhancing Powder creates. The apricot tones, delicate glow, and the soft blendable powder are lovely! 

All of the four colour options are available from escentual (£31.45).