Face powder not only enhances your beauty but also has numerous benefits while using it. It reduces sweat production, helps to stop body odor, and preventing fungal infections too. ... The regular use of the powders is also proved to lighten your skin tone or more specifically helps in reducing the tan on the facial skin.

• Face Powders Even Out Your Skin Tone

Face powders even out the skin tone, making your skin look smoother. You can use face powder both alone or with foundation, depending on how good your skin is and what coverage you want. Back in my teen years, when I’d get the odd pimple or two, I could really have used a face powder to up the coverage of my foundation. Now that I have a good skincare routine, I can use them alone for lighter coverage.

• Face Powders Help Makeup Last Longer

Perhaps the most important reason to use face powder is to help your foundation last longer. Here’s how it works: excess oil interacts with the pigments and oils in your foundation and makeup, melting them away. Dusting a light coating of face powder on top slows down the process, helping your makeup last longer.

 

• Face Powders Absorb Excess Shine

This is closely related to the point above. Face powders are, by their very nature, absorbent. They soak up excess oil, so it can’t melt away your makeup. Plus, removing excess oil also mattifies your skin and gets the shine at bay for a few hours. If you have oily skin, they’re your BFF.

 

• Face Powders Can Fix Makeup Mistakes

Have you applied too much blush and now look like a clown? Dust some powder on top to tone it down. Is your foundation too dark for your skin? Use a lighter-colored powder on top to correct the shade. There’s very little a face powder can’t fix!