How I get my glow

The June 2009 Elle is a body issue, which means lots of articles about healthy workouts, detoxing, emotional health and one woman's journey to find her "glow." While Maggie Bullock may be a decade or so older than me and have different needs, every woman has a right to her own glow. That is to say we all deserve a healthy, radiant and acne/wrinkle/spot-free complexion. Throughout the article there are sidebars full of product possibilities to achieving one's "glow." And on top of that Elle put up a vlog entry today in which one of their staffers interviewed passers-by on the streets of NYC by having them answer this question: blush or bronzer?

My answer, for the summer at least, would have to be both. I achieve my "glow" by using a cream blush underneath a soft powder bronzer. Cream blushes like ones from Clinique, Maybelline and Stila are my favs. I usually choose peachy colors, because on me and paired with bronzer they work best, but each brand has its own color pallettes and application types. Clinique is a cream stick that you just dab on and rub around, Maybelline is a cream mousse that you simply blend into your skin and the Stila I think works best if you use a foam foundation wedge.

Clinique ($18.50)
Maybelline (about $8)
Stila ($25)