BANANA POWDER

.Whether you’re looking to camouflage pink undertones so common in pale skin, struggling to find a good powder to set your under eye concealer/ contouring products, or you’re in need of a translucent face powder for medium and dark skin tones, that doesn’t highlight gray undertones, Banana Powder from Ben Nye is the perfect choice for you.

This finely milled translucent powder sets make-up, mattifying the T zone, without looking cakey. Because of its hint of yellow, most women with medium and dark skin tones find it works well to set concealer under the eyes, highlight the under eye area and set the contouring products they use to highlight the cheekbones.

Ben Nye Banana Powder is the most well known shade of Luxury Powders and a popular yellow tinted powder, alongside Clinique Redness Solutions Instant Relief and T LeClerc Loose Powder #Banane.

Although all three are great options, I recommend Banana Powder from Ben Nye because it’s the most versatile of them all and it looks great on fair, medium and dark skin tones.

Here are some uses for Banana Powder from Ben Nye that you might not know:

Absorbs excess oil
This powder is specially formulated to absorb excess oil and soften the appearance of pores, because of its corn and rice starch formula. What I really love about it is the fact that it provides a matte finish and a complexion that glows. I use a light dusting of Banana Powder on the entire face even if I’m not wearing any make-up, to cover any redness or veins showing.
Another neat trick that will come in handy if you have Ben Nye Banana Powder is when you accidentally applied too much (pink) blush. Dust a light cast of this colour correcting yellow toned powder on the area and you won’t need to take all your make-up base off because one silly mistake.

Contouring and Highlighting
So you want to contour and highlight your face? Then you have to try this. As I’m sure I’ve told you before in my Contouring and Highlighting Technique article, even if you have pale skin and especially if you have medium or dark skin, I recommend using a slightly darker, yellow toned powder, as this makes the contouring makeup look more realistic.
Banana Powder from Ben Nye is perfect for this, as a light dusting will look great on fair skin tones and a thicker layer on top of the cheekbones will act as a highlighter for medium and dark skin tones.

Gets rid of under eye circles
and sets concealer
Its yellow pigments counteracts bluish under eye circles, while its talcum, rice and corn starch formula prevents creasing and caking when used on the delicate eye area. I love to set my under eye concealer with it, as it won’t reveal fine lines.

Minimises pores
Because Banana Powder is so finely milled and contains talc, corn starch and rice starch – the absolute best ingredient in face powders, it has anti-caking and pore minimising properties, that make it suitable for those with oily or mature skin.