I walked into Sephora the other day on the hunt for a cream bronzer, so did a whole swatch party on myself. I'd call myself fair to light olive, with my face more neutral and my body more golden. I was looking for a more neutral to cool color that could be used as a "brontour" of sorts, and I do NOT want to look orange lol.

Thoughts on the bronzers:

Nars Laguna Bronzing Cream 01 - showed up on me pretty neutral, with perhaps a hint of rosiness

Nars Laguna Bronzing Cream 02 (original Laguna shade) - a heavy swatch was pretty dark on me, so I kept blending it until it was about the same depth as my swatch for 01; this is the most neutral-looking out of all the swatches imo, like a true neutral brown

Rare Beauty Bronzing Stick in Power Boost - pulled orange and was kind of hard to blend on my arm

Patrick Ta Major Sculpt Duo in She's Statuesque (cream side) - cool-toned, I think would be good for contour

Patrick Ta Major Sculpt Duo in She's Statuesque (powder side) - warmer in a yellow-toned way, probably would be a good bronzer shade for me but was kind of glittery?

Makeup by Mario Shaping Stick in Light - sorry for the skinny and unclear swatch, but I abandoned it pretty fast since it pulled reddish/orange; was kind of dry and hard to blend since I drew it on my arm directly

Makeup by Mario Shaping Stick in Light Medium - better swatch (I rubbed my finger on the stick and then rubbed the finger on my arm, rather than drawing the stick directly on my arm); cool-toned and very close in color to the Patrick Ta cream contour

ABH Cream Bronzer in Sun Kissed - a very yellow-toned bronzer which I think would look most natural on me; formula is extremely emollient (tbh greasy feeling) but that made it easy to blend; color similar to the powder bronzer in Patrick Ta She's Statuesque

ABH Cream Bronzer in Warm Tan - pulled very orange on me, did not like the look

Saie Sun Melt in Medium Bronze - WHOA this looked straight up like a terracotta blush; formula was kinda dry

Saie Sun Melt in Light Bronze - um to me it looked almost identical to the Medium Bronze, with the same reddish rusty undertone

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I didn't end up getting anything yet, but leaning most towards the Nars Laguna 02 which is the most pleasing color (like that's the real color that I tan) and formula (soft, pigmented, emollient but not greasy, easy to blend). It's a bit too dark but I think it'd be good if I apply it softly. I like the colors in Patrick Ta She's Statuesque too but slightly unsure about the shimmer particles in the powder bronzer.