Happy Tuesday everyone! I’m bringing you another review on a cult classic product within the makeup and beauty blogger/vlogger community: Ben Nye Luxury Banana Powder! This powder generated a mass following after it was discovered that Kim Kardashian’s makeup artist used this on her. Does this powder live up to the hype? Take a look!
Ben Nye Luxury Powder in Banana
Described as, a ” silky-fine, mattifying translucent setting powder. The versatile Banana shade suits a range of skin tones as it softly and subtly color corrects surface redness and pink undertones, as well as neutralizes blue under eye circles. Each one is specially formulated to absorb excess oil and soften the appearance of pores and texture.”
Pros
Multiple sizes available
Sifter included with 3oz (avoids cross contamination)
Nixes shine
Finely milled and soft
Subtly smooths skin’s appearance
Fragrance free
All sizes will last you a long time
Cons
A tad costly but you receive a lot of product for the cost
Accentuates dry areas
Contains talc
You need a container/tissue to pour the contents onto first
Settled around eye area
A bit messy
Overall: I like this product however it is not my holy grail must have. I have a bit of discoloration under my eyes and I didn’t notice the neutralizing effects but rather the powder accentuated dryness. If you can’t tolerate talc, definitely stay away from this product. As for this product being used as a highlighter, it could work for darker skin tones. I prefer my face makeup to look as natural as possible so I skipped the ‘baking’ trend commonly used with this powder. I appreciate the fact that this powder is soft and finely milled so it doesn’t feel heavy and it does a nice job of providing a soft focus look to my skin. I have combination skin so this nixed the shine in my T-Zone area, though after a few hours, the shine peeked through. Not sure I would purchase again as it didn’t do anything special that my Make Up For Ever HD Microfinish Powder however it’s a good product to try to see how it will work out for you. Oh, and thankfully, this does not smell like bananas, haha.
Do you love the Ben Nye Banana Powder? Comment below!
Stephanie
I totally thought it would smell like bananas! I have always been interested in trying this, thanks for the review! I’ll stick to the MUFE one 🙂
I was hoping it wouldn’t as I dislike bananas or banana scented products, lol. I just didn’t notice that much of a difference on me. I mean maybe if I tried the baking trend but I feel it’s too much for me.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I tried baking and I looked like total cake face. It’s too much! I like lighter coverage.
It’s just not for me. I think you would really like the Charlotte Tilbury Wonder Glow foundation. Nice coverage without the heavy look. 🙂
I think if it smelled like bananas that would be awesome! Haha, I don’t really like bananas but I like banana-scented things.
I have the elf contour palette and it has a pressed “banana powder” in it that I use to set my under-eye concealer and it works great. Best $6 I ever spent!
Well I don’t like bananas or banana scented things so I was happy. $6 compared to $25 is a steal. I just didn’t see it made that huge of a difference where I will see the need to repurchase it again. Glad you found one that works for you. 🙂
Lovely post! I like the way you have clearly expressed the pros and cons of this awesome product!
You could also check out my post on baking with the banana powder if you would like Babe ?
http://www.cynthiarobinsonblog.wordpress.com
Thanks! I try to include pros and cons for each product. Great post on your behalf! 🙂
Thank you for reading ?
Of course. 🙂