Toss it Out Tuesday - Finishing Powders

If you are anything like me you need a finishing powder to well... “finish” your look. I don't feel complete until I have a light dusting of powder on my face to help absorb excess oil and help prevent shine breakthrough throughout the day!

While face powders can provide a finishing touch to your flawless look you have to be careful which one you use! Many popular finishing powders contain synthetic chemicals that you don't want anywhere near your "flawless" face.

Take a look at some of the "not so nice" ingredients that can be included in your favorite finishing powder: Ethylparaben (which can cause allergic reactions, is toxic to the immune system and is also an endocrine disruptor), Talc (when in the non nano form can cause respiratory and skin irritations and is also a possible ovarian cancer carcinogen), Methylparaben (has been found in breast tumors), Chlorphenesin (may cause nervous system and respiratory system depression) and BHT (can cause numerous adverse health effects from tumor promotion to endocrine dysfunction).

So I'm Tossing Out my favourite Make Up For Ever powder and making room for a much safer one…

You know I am a sucker for Lauren Brooke products so I was super excited to try out their new Banana Corrective Finishing Powder! This product immediately stood out to me and it was something I could not wait to get my hands on! Look at all the wonderful benefits this one powder has…. it's designed to help correct and neutralize redness in the skin, diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, control oil, ward off creasing, and illuminate your skin for a fresh, healthy all day look! It uses 100% Natural Vitamins, minerals and pigments which are blended in a 100% certified organic botanical base! With claims like this how could you go wrong!

I have a lot of blotchy patches and redness in my skin so any product that is able to neutralize it is a winner in my books! Add the fact that it's able to diminish fine lines, control oil and prevent makeup creasing…. sign me up immediately!

To use you just simply brush the Banana Corrective Finishing powder over their Crème or Powder Foundation and you will have a smooth, matte, illuminating finish! Best of all it only contains 2 vegan ingredients, see below.

Key Ingredients:

• Arrowroot Powder: Which helps to retain skins moisture.

• Natural Clay: Which helps to detoxify & remineralize the skin.

Lauren Brooke has even provided some tips to help you get the most out of her Banana Corrective Finishing Powder!:

• Brush over foundation for a smooth, finished look.

• Use over their Creme Foundation for a more matte look.

• Use alone for a subtle, soft, natural look.

• Brush over their Cheek Colours to create a more blended look.

• Can be used throughout the day without creating a cakey look.

• Use on oily eyelids as a powder primer or over colors as a setting powder.

I use this finishing powder over all of my foundations and I find it adds a nice sheer veil without being too heavy. It also goes on transparent so it doesn’t add any extra colour to your face. I also use it a base for my eye shadows and find that it definitely helps to increase the longevity of my shadows and keeps them from creasing throughout the day! This product comes with a “puff” which you can use to apply the product with, but I much prefer to use a powder brush to give a light airbrushed finished look!

You can use any powder brush you have but I recommend Lauren Brooke's Powder Brush which is just so soft and the perfect brush for applying this powder!

The best thing of all is that this product comes in two sizes! You can purchase a 9 gram jar for $20.00 US or an 18 gram jar for $34.00 US. I don't know about you but my powders tend to last a long time so sometimes I prefer a smaller jar so its a great option to have!

Not sure this product is for you, why not purchase a sample for only $1.50 US from Lauren Brooke? And because this is one of her feature products this month you will save 20% off but hurry its only for a limited time! Even better if you use my link you can stock up on a few more items and save yourself 10% on all other Lauren Brooke products!

Simply Truly Jenny...