Best Bronzers 2025 For A Natural-looking Glow
Is there anything better than a sun-kissed glow? Well, with the best bronzers of 2025 delivering flawless post-holiday radiance minus the sun damage - that would be a yes. Dishing out warm complexions in just a few swipes, these powders are more than a summer essential, they’re your year round ticket for a healthy glow-up.
How we choose the best bronzers
Rounding up the top bronzers for a warm, healthy glow, we looked for long-lasting, easy-to-use formulas with a shade range for every skin tone - the price tags were taken into account, too, so pay day or not, you’re covered.
Our beauty experts then picked out the top mattes, shimmers and natural-looking finishes so there’s a bronzer for every whim. Whether you’re enhancing your olive tone, adding a natural-looking beach flush to fair skin, or layering up to define and contour your high points, rest assured these will deliver the goods. The final line-up of best bronzers were selected for their rave reviews.
By Sephora UK Makeup Editorial Team
Writers and experts
Updated: 20 June 2025
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HOURGLASS
Ambient Lighting Bronzer
Best for a healthy dose of colour
Pairing light diffusing, photoluminescent technology and marbled bronze hues, this formula is not a mask for your skin but lends a lit-from-within glow. The transparent particles literally bounce light off of your complexion and the soft-focussing benefits help to smooth the appearance of uneven skin. Choose from four shades of golden-hour glow and use the bronzer for an all-over warmth to add subtle definition or light up those eyes with a dusting on your lids.
Tried and tested: “I’ve been looking for a bronzer that was glowy but without the added glitter and this is it. Leaves a beautiful glow, it’s buildable and looks very natural. I love it.” - Charlotte, Customer Review
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Huda Beauty
Tantour Contour & Bronzer Cream
Best for deeper skin tones
For a natural-looking bronze or dramatic contour, this creamy number works wonders. The intensely pigmented, matte formula grants an instant warm glow and easily builds. If you’re after a deeper tan, it also comes in five shades so every skin tone is covered. Using the small side of Huda’s dual-ended Contour and Bronze Brush, dab product onto the contours of your face - cheekbones, forehead and jawline - then use the fluffy side in upward, circular motions to blur the bronzer and achieve that all-over healthy radiance.
Tried and tested: “Would I recommend this product? 100%! The Tantour was super easy to work with and blended beautifully into my skin. It also gave me a slight tan and lasted throughout the whole day (yes, even in these torrid temps!)” - Harper’s Bazaar
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CHARLOTTE TILBURY
Beautiful Skin Sun Kissed Glow Bronzer
Best for a healthy, sun-kissed glow
Taking inspiration from the success of the Beautiful Skin Foundation, this Sun Kissed Glow Bronzer gives you beachy bronzed days every day. The lightweight, creamy formula is infused with bronzing pigments and light-reflective properties that deliver a natural, satiny and dewy finish, while skin-loving ingredients including Hyaluronic Acid and provitamin D3 cares for the condition of your complexion. We love that there’s one to suit every skin type.
Tried and tested: “It’s the most beautiful bronzer I have ever used. The texture and colour payoff allows you to create the effect you want from a light touch or an amped-up look. Everything about this product is stunning. You won’t be disappointed. Well done Charlotte.. Perfect." – Roberta, Customer Review
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ESTÉE LAUDER
Bronze Goddess Highlighting Gelée
Best for all-over radiance
After that post-holiday glow and then some? This bronzing highlighter grants all-over warmth with a major dewy finish. Think gentle tan and radiance from every angle. It comes as a compact powder with a built-in mirror and the second you flip it open and see the soft sheen formula and pearlised hues, you know you’ve struck gold. Pick up a light-layering brush, sweep this over your complexion and go all-out luminous.
Tried and tested: “This is the best highlighter I've ever found - it is shimmery with a beautiful golden glow but isn't full of glitter like most highlighters. You only need to apply a tiny bit as it is highly pigmented. A little pricey but definitely worth it!” - Nadia, Customer Review
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Fenty Beauty
Cheeks Out Freestyle Cream Bronzer
Best for a light-as-air finish
Whether you’re looking to sculpt, define, or contour your complexion, this cream bronzer is incredibly easy to use. Vacay really is one swipe away with this sweat and water-resistant compact. The best part is the blendable formula that you can build (and build and build) to achieve your straight-off-the-beach bronze.
Tried and tested: “My go to cream bronzer, looks so natural, blends easily without losing pigment, doesn't dry my skin out, works perfectly with other Fenty products.” - Pamela, Customer Review
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