Ben Nye Luxury Banana Powder

I bought the Ben Nye Banana Luxury Powder early last year as it had been hyped up so much in the beauty world.

It was made famous by the makeup god that is mario dedivanovic using it on Kim Kardashian to give her the famous highlighted look.

Described as - Ben Nye Luxury Powders provide superior matte and subtle finishing. Often compared to French powders with silky-fine textures.

The powder can be used lightly as an all over setting powder, or as a highlighter when using precise application on the bridge of the nose, centre of the forehead under the eyes etc. Everywhere you would normally highlight, the banana powder intensifies the look.

Now I naively bought this product thinking it was Kim K cheek bones in a bottle, I was wrong........so.wrong.

I'm a NC25 girl from Britain not a tanned middle eastern beauty, so it didn't reeeaaaally look the same on me as it did Kim.

So unless I have a tan this product doesn't work for me for its highlighting purpose, as it looks so stark yellow on my skin.

Up until the summer when I have got a bit of colour on my face, I used this very lightly as a setting powder dusting across my face & it works brilliantly, applies smoothly & doesn't crease.

For when I am using the powder to highlight I apply using my beauty blender, under my eyes, down the bridge of my nose, middle of my forehead & it gives a very intense highlight!

So I only us this on nights out, its definitely not a day time look (& I like a full face in the day so that's saying something). One problem I have is it really does crease & settle into my fine lines under my eyes so I use sparingly around that area.

Here is a swatch & below that is the powder lightly rubbed into the skin.

If you are a NC25 or lower with pink not yellow based skin tone I personally wouldn't suggest this powder.
Ben Nye have a whole range of other shades in this line so there is plenty to pick from for all skin tones.

The container is plastic with black plastic screw on lid, so nothing particularly fancy. The powder is secure in the container with a dispenser similar to that of baby power, preventing  powder explosions.

I purchased mine from my favourite theatrical makeup supplier on ebay  http://stores.ebay.co.uk/stagedoor1971 for around £15.99.

I had to share this pic. Very fitting haha!

Have you tired Ben Nye Banana Powder?

I hope your all well & having a lovely week :)

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