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Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio.

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio
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About this product

A compact, multi-use palette from Hourglass featuring ambient lighting powders designed for eyes and complexion.

Guru Score

73%

Mixed

4 experts · Moderate agreement
4Gurus
3Yay
0Mixed
1Nay

What they liked

  • Lightweight, finely-milled powder texture
  • Every shade works together
  • Compact for travel

What they flagged

  • Dusty and patchy on skin

What the gurus are saying

Every shade in these lightweight, ethereal powders is genuinely usable, a quality reviewers consistently highlighted and clearly valued. The collection is also praised for being travel-friendly and all-in-one, covering everything gurus said they need for a complete makeup routine. However, some found the texture dusty and crusty on application, so you may want to patch-test first if your skin tends toward sensitivity or gets easily irritated by powder formulas.
Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take December 2025

What the gurus are saying.

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~Yay
"I purchased an extra one. And instead of going through the extra hassle, I love this palette so much that I wanted to share it with you. And this is basically for those of you who are fairly light complexed. And I did a full face of this palette, like all my makeup only using this palette. And it looks so pretty. The reason is those powders are ethereal. They're so lightweight. They're just like fairy dust and they look so pretty on the skin. You do have to prep your skin and I prepped my skin with the merit skin care."
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"I purchased an extra one. And instead of going through the extra hassle, I love this palette so much that I wanted to share it with you. And this is basically for those of you who are fairly light complexed. And I did a full face of this palette, like all my makeup only using this palette. And it looks so pretty. The reason is those powders are ethereal. They're so lightweight. They're just like fairy dust and they look so pretty on the skin. You do have to prep your skin and I prepped my skin with the merit skin care."
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"This is their Deer Edit. It's actually the first time I've ever recommended an Hourglass Edit because a lot of times you get the colors and you just don't use them. If you have fair skin, this is the one you're going to want to pick up because every color in here works. In fact, it's what I'm wearing today. I am only wearing this Hourglass Edit today. It's my complexion product. It's my blush. It's my bronzer. It's my eyeshadow. I cannot recommend this highly enough. It comes with a beautiful brush."
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"Their deer edit is actually an edit that I can use every color in this year, which is very unusual. If you have fair skin, this is one to keep your eye on."
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"I have to say I didn't pick it up, but I was blown away that this particular set has the colors, every color I'm going to use. This is unusual because I have never picked up these sets before because they're usually two or three that just are not going to work for my complexion, but the Deer palette is exceptional. I love every color in it. And if you have my skin tone, I think you're going to love it, too. She also mentioned the fact that she doesn't usually pick up the edits because if you don't even like one of the colors, financially, it just doesn't make sense because they're just so expensive. I think it's like $100 for all six. And if you don't like one of them, you might as well just buy your favorites separately. But this is definitely a fave for me this month and I've been using each and every one of the shades."
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"I have the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio, and I'm going to use the dim light, which is this color right here, dim light, to do the outside corners. I thought about using this color, but I think it's going to be too golden. If I had a darker color, I would use it. That's a radiant light. And then I'm trying to debate whether I want to use incandescent light or another powder for kind of to powder this whole look down."
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"I've had a lot of fun with this because I can use this as a blush, I use the radiant light as a blush, I can use the dim light as contour, and then in place of my diffused light I've been using the incandescent light and it's just such a beautiful touch of refined look to your makeup. It doesn't glitter, it's not sparkly, it's just super soft and refined and it blends my skin tint really well. Just a little bit of powder completely refines the look."
~Yay
"It's very handy and it will last you forever. If you travel at all, it's really handy because it literally is everything you need in a palette. It's got usually most of them have a variety of a different blush, a bronzer, and highlighter, and then this one's got a face powder in here. I've got one that's probably three or four years old and I still get use out of it and I travel with it. I've bought it four years in a row. I like the different variety of shades. I know they're expensive, but it is worth it."
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"I've been working on this Hourglass palette for like I don't know two years now maybe, and I've got miles to go on it which is a good thing I guess. It doesn't have a year on it."
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"It's very handy and it will last you forever. If you travel at all, it's really handy because it literally is everything you need in a palette. It's got usually most of them have a variety of a different blush, a bronzer, and highlighter, and then this one's got a face powder in here. I've got one that's probably three or four years old and I still get use out of it and I travel with it. I've bought it four years in a row. I like the different variety of shades. I know they're expensive, but it is worth it."
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"I'm going with my Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio. I used just a little bit of the one in the middle, just a very tiny amount."
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"The Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette, which is 90 bucks. I like it. If you travel a lot it's nice because it's got every powder you'd need, highlighter, bronzer, blush, all of that good stuff, without having to carry a bunch of different compacts around. These are handy. It's expensive but they do last a long long time."
~Nay
"Hourglass Ambient Light Highlighter palettes, right? Dusty, crusty, fusty on anyone. Hourglass isn't a brand that I like to talk about on my social media. I just think they don't do well in terms of inclusivity, in terms of color options, all that kind of stuff. And it's my choice and my decision to not support them to that extent, where I would be like, oh, these products are really nice, which I'm definitely not going to say right now. These are $66 bear in mind for these palettes, the small ones."
~Yay
"I'm going to take a little bit of a softer blush color, this one's more of like a mauve from the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio."

Frequently asked.

What is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio?

A compact, multi-use palette from Hourglass featuring ambient lighting powders designed for eyes and complexion.

Is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 73%.

What is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio's Guru Score?

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette Trio holds a Guru Score of 73%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.

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