Friday 2 April 2021

Flashback Beauty Friday 18: Lancôme Bamboo Star Bronzer

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limited edition bronzing compact open with bamboo themed powder
A beautiful limited edition product for you this week, but first, if you missed the slightly different post from usual last week, then you can find the Urban Decay lipstick evolution here. Flashback Beauty Friday is a little reminisce each week of older, discontinued or limited edition beauty items.  This week, I have the rather long titled Lancôme Star Bronzer, Limited Edition Bamboo Powder, Compact Bronzing Powder & Blush, Body and Face. Phew! It's also known as the Tropiques Mineral Bamboo Bronzer, Temptingly Bronze, but there's no mention of this on my compact (I don't have the box any longer). This launched for their Bronze Riviera (Summer 2010) collection, a time when Lancôme tended to release a new limited edition bronzing compact each year.
gold metallic label on base of bronzing compact with Lancôme branding and product name and size
The size of this thing is what first strikes you, it's comparable to a CD and contains a massive 40g of product. Most bronzers tend to be 8-10g, I have a few "big" bronzing compacts which are 20g. I've compared it here to an 8g MAC powder.
size comparison of limited edition Lancome bronzing compact 40g with MAC highlighter compact 8g
The outer compact is a smooth bronze with a slightly domed lid and a large mirror inside.
closed bronze metallic bronzing powder compact on gold glitter background
open compact of bronzing powder from 2010 with bamboo image on surface
The bronzer itself is intended for the face and body, hence the size, but I'd like statistics on the number of people who have managed to swatch or use this. Props to you if you have, I couldn't, it's absolutely stunning!
limited edition bronzer compact open with linen like surface of powder
Obviously given it's name, it has this bamboo image, but the actual surface of the powder has a linen like texture which is super unique. There's a pink sun setting with the bamboo silhouetted and it just has this really chilled back, holiday vibe to it.  I can practically hear the waves gently crashing against the shore!  
open bronzer with linen like metallic surface and silhouette of bamboo
As far as I know the metallic finish is largely an overspray. The bronzer itself does have a slight sheen to it, but much more subtle than the surface and the pink sun will disappear after it's swatched a few times.
close up of beautiful bamboo themed bronzing powder
This is one of these products I could just happily stare at forever without ever feeling the need to use it. It's just so lovely. Do you remember this one?

2 comments :

  1. That looks really nice. I like it :-D

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    1. I love the textured finish too, it's really unique.

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