The one beauty product all midlifers need

telegraph.co.uk:

glow-inducing cream bronzer, which make-up artists are hailing a must-have for midlife skin. A cream bronzer is very different to its traditional powder bronzer counterpart.

Rather than giving the skin a slightly mattifying effect, cream formulas tend to be excellent for drier complexions, imparting a finish that melts into the skin and imitates the sun-kissed skin effect of being on a lovely holiday. “As well as giving a natural skin-like finish, cream formulas are so much easier to shove on and have more control with over a powder,” explains the leading make-up artist Kay Montano, whose clients include Nicole Kidman and Thandie Newton.Her favourite is Chanel’s Les Beiges Bronzing Cream, which is a best-seller in the UK.

Not only does it come in a pleasingly jumbo pan with a large, chic ‘CC’ emblazoned on the front (and quite frankly who wouldn’t want that?) it gives the most natural-looking finish on the skin.

So popular is the product that in the past two years the brand has launched the cream bronzer in two deeper shades: a medium to suit olive complexions and a deeper bronze shade to suit deeper skin tones.