Powder foundation has been scarce in the beauty bags of influencers and make-up artists for some time now. Replaced by and lightweight , what was once a reliable way to perfect oily skin types has become a rarity in many an everyday beauty routine. So, in a nostalgic bid to revisit the ghosts of my make-up bag's past, I took a trip down memory lane and tested powder foundations, new and old, to figure out if these old school formulas have a place in 2024.
Fun fact: my first ever make-up product was a powder foundation. Rife teenage blemishes had cornered me into the world 'clean' make-up products and in an endeavour to camouflage (but not provoke) my bumpy, agitated complexion, I used my birthday money to pick up the Bare Minerals starter kit. The nifty set feature a loose powder foundation, a mineral veil, a compact buffing brush and, of course, a DVD tutorial on how to use it (so 2010), which I watched religiously before school.
Forget TikTok tutorials and GRWM videos, this step-by-step disk would be my teenage beauty bible for the next few years. Eventually I discovered Youtube and switched to liquid formulas that offered maximum coverage and an indestructible finish and so powder foundations became a mere jigsaw puzzle piece in the larger picture of my beauty journey. Selling DVDs alongside make-up products have become a thing of the past - probably for the best.
So, onto the magic question; can powder foundation make a comeback? ELLE UK Beauty Editor, Medina Azaldin seem.