Benefit Hoola Toasted Box o' Powder Review & Swatches
Hoola Toasted
Benefit Hoola Toasted Box o’ Powder (Bronzer) ($30.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a deep, reddish-brown with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. It took on a more “natural matte” finish once applied and blended out, though, as I felt like it absorbed some of the natural shine/oils on my skin (in a good way). The texture was soft without being powdery, more firmly-pressed if anything but still blendable without too much effort. It had nearly opaque pigmentation, which could be applied as a semi-sheer layer for a buildable application of color if desired as it responded well to a lighter hand. It wore well for eight hours on me before fading noticeably.
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Ingredients
TALC, ZINC STEARATE, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, DIMETHICONE, SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE, BORON NITRIDE, PHENOXYETHANOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL. [+/-: CI 15850 (RED 6, RED 7, RED 7 LAKE), CI 15985 (YELLOW 6, YELLOW 6 LAKE), CI 19140 (YELLOW 5, YELLOW 5 LAKE), CI 42090 (BLUE 1 LAKE), CI 45410 (RED 27, RED 27 LAKE, RED 28 LAKE), CI 73360 (RED 30, RED 30 LAKE), CI 75470 (CARMINE), CI 77007 (ULTRAMARINES), CI 77163 (BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE), CI 77288 (CHROMIUM OXIDE GREENS), CI 77289 (CHROMIUM HYDROXIDE GREEN), CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES), CI 77510 (FERRIC FERROCYANIDE, FERRIC AMMONIUM FERROCYANIDE), CI 77742 (MANGANESE VIOLET), CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE)].N° 13153/A
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How perfect is this one? Really lovely finish too.
Wow so it actually is dark enough for deep/dark skin. The swatches that were going around made it confusing to tell. I’ll add this to my list of new things to try since I currently use MAC’s Film Noir for contouring/bronzing purposes!
It’s definitely darker than the majority of “deep” bronzers on the marketplace! Keep us posted 🙂
Because so many non-PoC brands get these deeper shades of bronzer very wrong, kudos to Benefit for doing a pretty decent job with this shade! And I’m seriously SHOCKED that I’m typing Benefit as the brand who succeeded where so many others have failed, haha!
I found it disappeared into my MAC NW55 complexion. Its a start but not deep enough for chocolate skin like mine. I also use MAC film noir blush as a contour and a bronzer so I will stick with that. Lighter skin tones than mine yes it will work and show up.