Caroline Hirons vs Beyond50Skin on Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder

Two independent experts reviewed Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder about a month apart and disagreed: Caroline Hirons calls it mixed, Beyond50Skin calls it approved. Here is what each of them actually said.

81%
Guru Score from 3 independent experts
Mixed or Approved?
27 January 2025
Mixed
It's technically a talc free powder, but it has this soft ambient powder look, which is actually my preferred from Hourglass. The Ambient Lighting Powder, I like that one. I feel like Hourglass, that's the one thing, I want one line that is for everyone because I have to do three different products to get everything.
30 December 2024
Approved
My favorite bronzers this year were surprisingly a powdered bronzer. They're two bronzers in here and they're ambient lighting powders by Hourglass. As far as bronzers go, these have been my go to for just creating a little bit of shadow and contour to my face.

Where they part company

Caroline Hirons calls Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder mixed. Beyond50Skin calls it approved. Two experts, one product, takes about a month apart, and opposite conclusions. Their own words are above; we are not going to tell you which of them is right.

What the whole panel says

These two are not the only voices on Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder. Across every independent expert take we hold, it carries a Guru Score of 81% from 3 experts, which is the share of them who approved it. The other 1 expert we hold takes from are counted in it too. See every take on it →

Why we only pair takes from the same month

A formula gets reworked, a price moves, and a product people loved in one year is not the product they are handed in the next. Two takes far apart in time can look like a disagreement when they are really a description of a product that changed. So a face-off only pairs experts whose videos went up within a month of each other, and neither take here is sponsored.

Common questions

Do Caroline Hirons and Beyond50Skin agree about Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder?

No. Caroline Hirons calls it mixed and Beyond50Skin calls it approved.

What is the Guru Score for Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder?

81%, drawn from 3 independent expert reviews. That is the share of the experts we hold takes from who approved it.

Are either of these takes sponsored?

No. A face-off excludes any pair where either expert's take is a paid placement, because a sponsored take set against an independent one is not a fair comparison.

When did each of them say this?

Caroline Hirons on 27 January 2025, and Beyond50Skin on 30 December 2024, about a month apart.

More on this product: every expert take we hold, or browse the experts themselves.