Prada Beauty is peeling back time with a new hydrating lip balm.
Inspired by the Italian fashion house’s archive motif introduced in the spring 2011 collection, the luxury makeup, skin care and fragrance subsidiary has dropped its latest addition to the Prada Balm line: Banana Yellow. The introduction of the juicy lip product comes just a few weeks after Sabrina Carpenter teased its release in her “Manchild” music video, which featured her parked in a desolate desert, snacking on Prada-stamped banana candies, now available for a limited time only.
Made with bifidus extract, jojoba oil and banana extract, the pastel yellow bullet, molded in the brand’s heritage triangle, leaves lasting moisture and a delectable aftertaste, one that’ll likely have you licking it off. The ease with which the formula glides across the lips is intended to mimic the sensory satisfaction of the nylon fabric on which Prada originally printed its whimsical banana design.
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The finish is translucent like a sheer cloak for both the lips and the cheeks, and on top of that, the balm is said to have a “glittering effect.” Think of ice fragments in a banana granita.
Prada Beauty launched its balm collection in 2023, the same year the company was created under The Prada Beauty Group in collaboration with L’Oréal, which took on the beauty licensee in 2021. The following year, the brand introduced its Prada Color Changing Lip Balm in Astral Pink, featuring Micro-Blushing Technology, which enables the pastel blue formula to adapt to the wearer’s lip pH.
Prada Beauty has also expanded since its opening to include the Prada Light Highlighter, the Refine Blurring Extending Primer, the Reveal Skin-Optimizing Refillable Soft Matte Foundation, the Dimensions Multi-Effect Refillable Eyeshadow Palette, the Pradalines Gliding Waterproof Smudge-Proof Eye Pencil and the beloved Pradascope Lash Lifting & Lengthening Mascara. Carpenter’s sultry visage in “Manchild” was completed with all these products.
Sabrina Carpenter has collaborated with Prada Beauty in the past, boasting the brand’s signature makeup items in her video extensions for “Please, Please, Please” and “Taste” last summer. Whether she’s playing the doe-eyed ex-con in love with her jailmate or the vengeful ex out for his new lover, Carpenter proved to do it all in a face full of Prada makeup.
