Hoola Bronzer: Everyone Agrees, This Bronzer Is the Greatest

Benefit Cosmetics Hoola Matte Bronzer is a captivatingly versatile bronzer.

With the amount of new beauty products produced every year, it’s impressive to come across a longtime cult favorite. One of these is Benefit Cosmetics Hoola Matte Bronzer. Since the release of Hoola Bronzer in 2001, it has remained one of Benefit’s bestsellers. Benefit has never changed Hoola’s packaging or formula, yet consumers keep coming back to buy more of this captivating product. But why? Is it really that good? Let’s compare this formula to some new bronzer formulas on the market.

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:Benefit Cosmetics Hoola Bronzer

Price: $35.00

0.28 oz

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:ILIA NightLite Bronzing Powder

Price: $34.00

0.26 oz

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Promises vs. Performance: The Hoola Bronzer delivers sunless and seamless bronze.

Benefit Hoola Bronzer is a bestseller and cult classic. The classic matte bronzer promises to sculpt and warm up the complexion for a natural looking bronze. Its blendable formula is silky soft and comes in four shades: Hoola, Hoola Lite, Hoola Toasted, Hoola Caramel.

We all know and love the iconic, award winning Hoola Bronzer. It’s been around for years and has claimed icon status because of its easy to use, user friendly formula. The original Hoola shade is the perfect medium bronzer shade for fair to medium complexions. It never pulls orange, and can be used to add definition and warm up the complexion. The powder is easy to blend and build, making it a great starting place for someone new to bronzer.

How It Compares: Hoola Bronzer is the most iconic matte bronzer.

Hoola Bronzer is my industry standard powder bronzer pick for a few reasons. First, because it’s iconic. I’m pretty sure we’ve all used or at least heard of Benefit Hoola Bronzer. This product’s true bronze (never orange) pigment makes it a must-have for anyone desiring a sun kissed complexion. Plus, it can be used to both bronze and subtly contour the face. The formula is easy to use, blendable, and buildable, making it a staple for any makeup collection, beginner or novice.

How does Hoola powder bronzer compare to a cream bronzer formula? If you enjoy skin-like complexion makeup versus a powder finish, look into a cream bronzer. Some of my favorite formulas include Saie Beauty Sun Melt, Merit Bronze Balm, and elf Putty Bronzer. Personally, I’m all about cream bronzers thanks to their foolproof application and skin-like finish. During the hot summer months, I’ll add a powder bronzer like Benefit Hoola on top of my cream bronzer to lock everything in place.

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Comparison to Top Performers: There are better bronzers than Hoola

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L’Oreal 24H Fresh Wear bronzer also offers a silky formula. One thing to highlight is that L’oreal bronzer is a waterproof formula. My experience when wearing this bronzer, I get at least 12 hours of wear without budging and fading. In many ways this is a better formula over the OG Hoola formula. Did I mention Loreal offers 8 shades in their bronzer? At the end of the day, you can’t go wrong with these Hoola dupe formulas.

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