I will always be a picky gal when it comes to face and cheek products. Eyeshadows, mascaras, brow gels, lipsticks- they’re really all the same to me. But foundations and bronzers and blushes? Those are the products I’m constantly on the hunt for, trying to figure out which ones are actually going to perform their absolute best. So, naturally, when I got my hands on the Rhode Pocket Bronze, I knew I had to put together a Rhode Pocket Bronze review to see if it could live up to my expectations.

I stumbled across the Rhode Pocket Blush ($38CAD/$25USD) one day and, to be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from it. I thought it would be similar to the Milk Makeup Cream Blush Stick (review here), which, don’t get me wrong, is nice but it’s not that nice. It doesn’t wow me. The Rhode Pocket Blush, on the other hand, is superb. It’s creamy, blends out easily, and is just the right amount of pigmented. And the shade selection is so pretty. Every time I use that blush, I love the way it looks, and I can’t say that about just any blush.

But, we’re not talking about the Rhode Pocket Blush today. No, we’re talking about the newer Rhode Pocket Bronze ($38CAD/$25USD). I was a little anxious when I heard Rhode was launching a bronzer after the success of their blush. I so desperately wanted it to be the same great formula I had fallen in love with with the blush. And… (drum roll please)… it was.

I got the Rhode Pocket Bronze in the shade Pebble, which is the lightest out of their eight shades. It is described as a fair to light bronzer with a neutral rosy undertone. The rosy undertone is what really excited me. I love a bronzer that is going to pull slightly pinker and cooler than a more traditional warm, orange-toned bronzer. And this bronzer in Pebble does just that. It’s a gorgeous shade that suits my pale skin quite well.

And staying true to it’s blush predecessor, it’s a lovely formula. It’s creamy (but not too creamy), long lasting, and blends out effortlessly. There is nothing worse than a bronzing stick that you draw onto your face to contour and then it just doesn’t budge when you go to blend it out. You end up agressively rubbing at your face or furiously patting it with a Beauty Blender, hoping to soften the edges, only to be left with a patchy mess underneath. The Rhode Pocket Bronze doesn’t do that.

It blends out seamlessly and doesn’t leave any harsh lines or patchiness behind. Even better, it doesn’t remove the foundation underneath when you’re blending it out. It’s just too good.

And honestly, after being so impressed with the Rhode Pocket Blush, I’m very happy to report that the Rhode Pocket Bronze lives up to the hype. The formula is easy to work with, the Pebble shade is beautiful on fair skin, and the finish is exactly what I want from a cream bronzer. So far, Rhode now has two face products that have earned a permanent spot in my makeup routine- hurrah!

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