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Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops.

About this product

Liquid bronzing drops infused with antioxidants that can be mixed into moisturizers, serums, or makeup to add a warm, tanned glow to the skin.

Full ingredients

Water/​Aqua/​Eau, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Glyceryl Oleate Citrate, Mica, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/​Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Glycerin, Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Seed Oil, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Extract, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Lecithin, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-17, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Sorbitan Isostearate, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Maltodextrin, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract, Glutamylamidoethyl Imidazole, Colloidal Platinum [Nano], Tocopherol, Phenoxyethanol, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Sorbic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Boron Nitride, Hexylene Glycol, Polysorbate 60, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ci 77491 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77492 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides), Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate

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Guru Score

59%

Mixed

9 experts · Strong agreement

What the gurus are saying

The bronze tint works well for some skin tones and undertones, but application is tricky and results can look patchy or orange depending on how you mix it in. Experts who love it praise the glow and the innovation, though others find it overrated and prefer to skip mixing it into sunscreen altogether, since adding anything to sunscreen can mess with how well it actually protects. A few gurus reach for other bronzing drops instead, and the shade reads quite orange on some complexions, so patch testing first makes sense if you're curious.
Synthesized from 9 expert reviews · most recent take September 2026

What they liked

  • Builds a natural-looking tan
  • Mixes easily into moisturiser

What they flagged

  • Not flattering on fair or cool-toned skin
  • Shouldn't be mixed into sunscreen

Key actives

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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~Nay
"This is Drunk Elephant's D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops. [...] This was the first bronzing drop I ever tried, and it certainly showed me how much I love this type of product, but I have four other versions now in different formats and I reach for those more, so this one is definitely a pass."
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"I think this has given me a really good tan and I'm really going to enjoy using this and sometimes nothing else, I have nothing else on my face, no makeup of any kind, just my skin, my glow and these two products. I actually really like it, I think it's fantastic and I am going to be using it more. I'm really glad I bought it and I can guarantee you I'm going to be using it particularly during the winter months when I can start to look a bit pale and pasty."
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"This is Drunk Elephant's D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops. [...] This was the first bronzing drop I ever tried, and it certainly showed me how much I love this type of product, but I have four other versions now in different formats and I reach for those more, so this one is definitely a pass."
~Yay
"The bronzing drops, these are really nice, they've got some peptides in there as well. It's like the cherry on top of the cake, gives you a little bit of color."
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"The D-Bronzi, where they called it the anti-pollution sunscreen drops which you mix into a moisturizer, gives you a bit of a bronze glow. It was a good idea, it's been done a lot, but then they put some skin loving ingredients in there and it did really well."
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"I mix a little bit of this in the Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops into this because I think it helps lighten the foundation."
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"Drunk Elephant, they've got in my opinion a good brand reputation. Why is this more expensive than Pacifica? Pacifica they're more known for fast makeup, they release new stuff all the time, they're looked at as a lower price point. Honestly if you mix these two in my different products I probably won't be able to tell the difference. But Drunk Elephant has a reputation, they've done a great job with their marketing."
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"I'm going to use this drunk elephant de bronzing drops mixed with the skinfix moisturizer"
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"I finished up this little tiny sample of the Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops. I used it up at the cabin because it was convenient and small travel size, so I liked that."
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"This bottle of it has lasted me so darn long. This is 1 oz and it's lasted whenever this came out, this is probably original and I still use it sometimes. Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Sunshine Drops, 38 bucks retail price."
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"I know that one before they changed the packaging. [...] It does give a nice kind of a glow. I mean you can mix this in with a foundation if you want you can mix it with your moisturizer you can mix in with a serum. I don't recommend mixing in with your sunscreen but anything else you can mix it in with."
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"I wouldn't repurchase the Drunk Elephant one because of how expensive it is and those other two are much more affordable, especially the Pacifica one. It does the same thing."
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"The bronzing drops, these are really nice, they've got some peptides in there as well. It's like the cherry on top of the cake, gives you a little bit of color."
~Yay
"This is a bronzing drop that you can combine into your skin care if you want to add a little bit of warmth. You can mix it into makeup if you'd like to. This is what honestly set the trend for all the bronzing drops that you see. It's a great product and at 50% off, I truly feel like it might be something to keep your eyes on or pick up if you've wanted to try this for a long time."
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"The more gel formula felt really nice, so I do feel like this one is a good one if you wanted to try something from this brand. [...] I'm just not really a humongous bronzer drop kind of a gal. I mean I do have the originals and I do think they're really nice products, but for me personally I don't feel like I'm going to go through these in addition to these. So I wouldn't say that's a need for me personally, but overall I feel like the product was pretty good."
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"I'm going to mix in a little bit of the Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops ideally we would find you a shade that matches so you wouldn't have to fuss about making your own color here but we're just going to do what works."
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"This is a bronzing drop that you can combine into your skin care if you want to add a little bit of warmth. You can mix it into makeup if you'd like to. This is what honestly set the trend for all the bronzing drops that you see. It's a great product and at 50% off, I truly feel like it might be something to keep your eyes on or pick up if you've wanted to try this for a long time."
~Nay
"I find that it's going to take too much. So [...] much of the product for it to show up on my skin. And this is an itty bitty little bottle here. [...] You can mix it with other things like you can mix it in with a moisturizer, a body butter, body oil, or something like that. I probably wouldn't mix it in with your sunscreen because you really shouldn't be mixing anything into your sunscreen because it could affect the performance of your sunscreen."
~Nay
"I don't add them to your sunscreen to tint the sunscreen because adding things to sunscreens like these bronzing drops can actually mess up the overall formulation and ultimate protection. [...] I do not get the hype with those. I also tried out they have like a pink drop that's supposed to be like a little blush and I again I didn't find either product to be very useful from Drunk Elephant. [...] In my opinion bronzing drops are sort of overrated like they just haven't worked out well for me."
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"I don't add them to your sunscreen to tint the sunscreen because adding things to sunscreens like these bronzing drops can actually mess up the overall formulation and ultimate protection. [...] I do not get the hype with those. I also tried out they have like a pink drop that's supposed to be like a little blush and I again I didn't find either product to be very useful from Drunk Elephant. [...] In my opinion bronzing drops are sort of overrated like they just haven't worked out well for me."
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"We also have the bronzing drops still here from Drunk Elephant. $31.98. Reminder though, don't put these into your sunscreen. You'll mess it up and it won't protect you reliably."
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"I know the B-Bronzi Drops from Drunk Elephant are really popular. They're not bad, but honestly if you're going to get the B-Bronzi Drops and add them to a moisturizer to make it a tinted moisturizer, I suggest that L'Oréal Lumi Glotion moisturizer instead, same effect, much less expensive."
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"This is iron oxides. So for those of you looking to fade hyperpigmentation, this might give you a little bit of visible light protection as well. You get this here at $31.98. I think that's pretty steep. There are a lot of dupes, but I haven't tried them all to know if they're as good as this. I personally tried this many years ago, like before the existence of TikTok as a platform, which is where it's risen more so lately in popularity. I tried this and I was not that impressed."
~Nay
"The Drunk Elephant one translates as a little bit orangey on the skin, not my favorite, and of course that will depend on the tonality of it will depend on your individual skin tone to begin with, but for me it comes across quite orange. I don't like the fact that they say it's an antioxidant product when there's not a whole lot of antioxidant action going on in there. I certainly wouldn't swap out your antioxidant serum for it."
~Yay
"These are drops that you can add into your moisturizer your serums that give a bronzy tanned golden tint to the skin. It's really cool technology and innovation. They are $38 for these drops, they are definitely not cheap. [...] I used to love this product and was convinced I would never be able to find a dupe or alternative to it."
~Mixed
"I just feel like all my creases are orange. [...] There's like orange bits in my beard. [...] If I could have applied that on its own at certain points, I feel like it would have been less patchy and I could have got a more even coverage if I dotted it on my face rather than mixed it in the top of a moisturizer. Or maybe this is just the reason I don't like any kind of fake tan or like bronzing anything because I feel like it makes my skin look patchy. I don't think it looks bad."
~Yay
"I do like the D-Bronzi drops too."
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"This is another one that isn't for me, it's [...] way too much for me to work with. It could just be that I have a pretty fair skin tone, so this could be too light for you if you have a deep skin tone, but maybe if you're light to medium this is the perfect bronzer. I feel like it's not a good color for cool undertones, maybe if you're warm it could be perfect. [...] It's a well done product with skin boosting ingredients in addition to the bronzer, just not for me."
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"I do like the D-Bronzi drops too."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Peptides

Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops?

Liquid bronzing drops infused with antioxidants that can be mixed into moisturizers, serums, or makeup to add a warm, tanned glow to the skin.

Is Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops worth it?

The gurus are split. 4 of the 9 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 4 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 59%.

What is Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops's Guru Score?

Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops holds a Guru Score of 59%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected.

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