Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Highlighting Powder Gelée 9g in shade 03 Modern Mercury delivers a warm, copper-toned metallic highlight in the brand's bestselling summer Bronze Goddess line. The unusual powder-gelée texture sits between a powder and a cream — smoothing on as a soft sheen and building seamlessly to a luminous pearl finish without shimmer particles or glitter. The compact comes in the line's signature tortoiseshell-and-gold packaging, complete with full-length mirror and a small applicator brush.
About Bronze Goddess
Estée Lauder launched the Bronze Goddess Eau Fraîche fragrance in 2005, and the bronzed-skin idea quickly grew into a full annual summer collection — bronzers, blushes, body oils and highlighters in warm sun-kissed tones. The Bronze Goddess Highlighting Powder Gelée is a limited-edition pillar of the line, returning year after year in revised colour stories.
Shade — 03 Modern Mercury
Modern Mercury is a slightly warm-toned medium-dark copper with a metallic finish — designed to read as molten warm gold on the skin without crossing into outright glitter. It sits at the deeper, warmer end of the Bronze Goddess highlighter palette and is particularly flattering on warm-undertone, light-medium and deep complexions where a cooler champagne shade would look too pale.
Key features
- Powder-gelée hybrid texture — bridges the gap between a cream and a powder; smooth, blendable, no patchiness.
- Luminous pearl finish — soft and refined, builds seamlessly without glitter fall-out.
- Buildable intensity — light sweep for a subtle daytime glow; layered for a more dramatic evening highlight.
- Long-lasting wear — designed to hold its luminosity through a full day.
- Tortoiseshell-and-gold compact with mirror and applicator brush.
- Generous 9g pan — substantial size for a designer highlighter.
Who it's for
Best for warm-toned medium and deeper complexions wanting a metallic-bronze rather than pale-champagne highlight. Particularly flattering for summer makeup looks, holidays, evening occasions and "lit-from-within" bronzed-glow makeup. Also works as a topper over bronzer for added dimension or as an eyelid wash for matching warm eye looks.
How to use
- Apply foundation, concealer and bronzer or blush as usual.
- Pick up a small amount of product using the included brush, a fan brush or a fluffy highlighter brush.
- Sweep across the tops of the cheekbones, the bridge of the nose, the cupid's bow and the brow bone.
- Build gradually for a stronger glow.
- Tap a small amount onto the inner corner of the eye, the lid or the décolletage for an extended bronzed look.
Specifications
- Size: 9g
- Shade: 03 Modern Mercury (warm copper metallic)
- Format: Powder-gelée highlighter
- Finish: Luminous metallic pearl
- Brand: Estée Lauder
- Collection: Bronze Goddess
- Best for: Warm-toned light-medium to deep skin tones
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