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Great Beauty: Gold Mine

Sunny metallic makeup dazzles on brown skin.
Going for the Gold
Eva Gold 1000
By Tia Williams · Updated October 28, 2020
There are a zillion reasons why it’s fun to be a Black woman, the least of which is that our skin looks so incredible in fun, bold, makeup colors. And right now, there’s no prettier hue on brown skin than gold, gold, gold!

The sunny metallic shade lends a bright, summery radiance to brown skin tones, leaving you with a just-returned-from-Ibiza glow (don’t worry, we won’t tell).

From gilded lipsticks to gold dust body powders, here are our favorite gold makeup products!