The Bella Sofia - How To Create a Glowing Bronze Makeup Look

Inspired by Charlotte’s gorgeous nieces, Bella and Sofia Tilbury, the BELLA SOFIA look encapsulates spellbinding makeup magic! Discover how to get the glowing bronze makeup look with the magic makeup tutorial!

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Who Is The Bella Sofia?

The Bella Sofia embraces her enchanting femininity and effortless sexuality to conquer and hypnotize the world! She dazzles with killer curves, sumptuous perfume, and a seductive smoldering eye. Her ‘come-to-bed eyes’ instantly mesmerize everyone she meets.

How to Get the Bella Sofia Look

  1. Pearly-white face cream in a glass jar, luminous face serum in a glass bottle with a dropper lid, light face cream in a glass bottle, and eye cream in a glass pot, all having gold-coloured lids.

    MAGIC STEP 1: PREP YOUR SKIN WITH SKINCARE INNOVATIONS

    Prep your skin to create a gorgeous, hydrated, plump-looking canvas using Charlotte’s skincare innovations*! Begin with Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir before moisturizing your skin with Charlotte’s Magic Cream or the NEW! LIGHTWEIGHT moisturizer, Magic Cream Light! Finish your skin prep by applying Magic Eye Rescue eye cream to your under-eye area.

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  2. An open, warm beige coloured-foundation in a frosted glass bottle in clear and rose-gold packaging with its metallic lid next to it.

    MAGIC STEP 2: APPLY AIRBRUSH FLAWLESS FOUNDATION FOR A FLAWLESS-LOOKING COMPLEXION

    Create a poreless flawless looking complexion using your shade of Airbrush Flawless Foundation*! Apply the full-coverage formula to your skin using Charlotte’s Hollywood Complexion Brush!

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  3. An open, mirrored-lid quad eyeshadow palette with eyeshadows in shades of shimmery brown, dark brown, grey-brown, and dark beige.

    MAGIC STEP 3: PRIME YOUR EYES WITH MOLTEN COPPER

    Using Luxury Palette in The Bella Sofia, apply the molten copper PRIME shade to the entire eyelid with the Eye Blender Brush*. If you want to create the effect of a wide-eyed gaze, apply this shade to the inner corners of your eyes to really make them POP!

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    MAGIC STEP 4: CREATE DEPTH WITH DEEP BRONZE

    Dip your Eye Smudger Brush* into the ENHANCE shade, a deep chocolate bronze, and apply it to the outer corner of your eyelid in an exaggerated v-shape. Sweep it into your crease as well as along the upper and lower lash-line for a seductive intensity.

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    MAGIC STEP 5: ADD INTENSITY FOR A HYPNOTIZING GAZE

    With the same brush, add the warmth of red-brown SMOKE shade over top for a hypnotizing effect! Blending this shade into the outer corner and the crease adds instant definition. Add it to the upper and lower lash-line for a a dialed-up, smokey gaze.

  6. An open, mirrored-lid quad eyeshadow palette with eyeshadows in shades of shimmery brown, dark brown, grey-brown, and dark beige.

    MAGIC STEP 6: TAKE IT FROM DESK TO DISCO WITH A CHAMPAGNE POP

    To amplify your look, take the dreamy champagne pink POP shade and tap it onto the center of your eyelid with your ring finger. It’s like a magic trick for drawing focus to your gorgeous, enchanting eyes!

    Shop The Luxury Palette in Bella Sofia

  7. An open, black-coloured eyeliner pen with its cap next to it.

    MAGIC STEP 7: LINE AND DEFINE WITH A FABULOUS FLICK

    Charlotte’s Feline Flick Eyeliner in Panther is the ultimate precision liquid eyeliner pen for creating that intense winged-out eye look. Glide along your upper lash-line and flick out at the outer corner of your eye to create a divine line that emphasizes your naturally gorgeous eye shape.

  8. A black mascara in dark crimson packaging with its applicator next to it.

    MAGIC STEP 8: SWEEP ON LASHINGS AND LASHINGS OF MASCARA

    Curl your lashes for a fabulous Hollywood flutter and apply lashings and lashings of Full Fat Lashes Mascara in Glossy Black to the upper and lower lashes. Add instant separation, volume, length, and drama to your lashes for a flawless frame to outline your eye look.

  9. An open, mirrored-lid two-tone pressed-powder blush in warm pink and terracotta.

    MAGIC STEP 9: BLUSH AND GO

    Sweep on the gorgeous and ICONIC Cheek to Chic blusher in Ecstasy for an glowing wash of color on your cheeks!

    To apply, SWISH your brush around the outer shade and tap off any excess product before sweeping the color from the apple of the cheek upwards toward the top of your cheekbone. Then POP your brush directly into the middle shade, making sure to tap off the excess, and apply to the apples of your cheeks to make them pop and glow! Blend the two shades seamlessly together for a dreamy pop of peachy-pink magic!

    Tilbury Tip: For deeper complexions, Charlotte recommends Cheek to Chic blusher in Climax, a gorgeous reddy-brown for an ultra-flattering look.

  10. A collection of face powder compacts with mirrored lids in light, medium-light, and medium.

    MAGIC STEP 10: DIFFUSE AND SET

    Look like you’ve added a filter over your skin with Airbrush Flawless Finish* powder and lock in your look. Smooth around the nose, T-zone, and any other oily areas you want to mattify.

  11. An open, nude-pink lip liner pencil with two lipsticks, one without the lid, in nude pink colour, and a nude pink lip gloss, all in rose-gold colour packaging.

    MAGIC STEP 11: THE THREE INGREDIENTS FOR A FLAWLESS BELLA SOFIA POUT

    Create a seductive, irresistibly kissable pout with three of Charlotte’s lip icons! Line your lips with Lip Cheat Lip Liner in Pillow Talk to define the look of your lips, before applying K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in Penelope Pink, a dreamy nude-beige to complement your sultry eye look. For a glossy, glimmering shine layer Lip Lustre Lip Gloss in Seduction to dial things up!

    Tilbury Tip: For deeper complexions, Charlotte recommends Lip Cheat in Foxy Brown, a velvety suede brown that’s ideal for subtly shaping the look of deeper lip shades.

*Hollywood Contour Wand, Hollywood Beauty Light Wands, Airbrush Flawless Finish, Airbrush Flawless Foundation, makeup brushes and skincare products not included in The Bella Sofia Look kit

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Charlotte Tilbury

Founder, President, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

With over 30 years experience, Charlotte Tilbury MBE is the world's number 1 makeup artist and British beauty entrepreneur. Charlotte established Charlotte Tilbury Beauty in 2013, which is now a record-breaking beauty brand that has won over 400 awards.