The Brightening Powder Breakdown: What Brightening Powder Is and How to Use It

If you have fair, light or light-medium skin, Spickard recommends using a peach or pink powder to color-correct and brighten your under-eye area. “You can use peach powders to neutralize blue tones under the eyes as well as pink powders to help neutralize green tones [in the area],” he says. “Additionally, using a pink powder under the eyes is very on trend with the Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder in Cherry Blossom going viral on TikTok.” 

As for lavender-tinted powder, Spickard says that it’s typically used to neutralize sallowness in the skin. 

How Do You Use Brightening Powder?

Because powder is typically not super visible on the skin, you might be wondering how brightening powders are used to yield visible results. If you simply apply a light layer of the powder using a fluffy powder brush, it’s unlikely that you’ll see enough color payoff to make a difference. 

“To get the most intense color payoff, you will want to use a powder puff and let it set for an extended period of time to lock in and brighten the area it's placed,” explains Spickard. “I like to place a brightening powder and let it set for about a minute and brush away.” 

If you don’t have a powder puff, you can also use the baking technique by dipping a makeup sponge into the powder, applying it to the skin and letting it set before gently dusting it away.