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Ambient Lighting Palette.

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette
Eye Makeup

About this product

A three-shade luminizing powder palette designed to be used as a finishing powder for a soft, non-glittery glow across the face.

Eye Makeup

The Guru Index verdict

68%

Mixed

~Mixed · 68%
3Reviewers
2Approved
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What the gurus are saying

Gurus praise the palette for its flattering luminous finish and long-lasting formula, with multiple reviewers noting it delivers compliments-worthy skin over years of use. The main drawback is that the formula can feel hard to finish and requires a light hand to avoid looking overdone. One reviewer reported a quality issue with an older palette.
Synthesized from 3 expert reviews

Key actives & flags

SPFFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Mica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Boron Nitride, Hdi/​Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Silica, Octyldodecanol, Benzimidazole Diamond Amidoethyl Urea Carbamoyl Propyl Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Phenoxyethanol, Dimethicone, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Sorbic Acid, Polyacrylamide, Benzoic Acid, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Potassium Sorbate, Dehydroacetic Acid, Laureth-7, Ethylhexylglycerin, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Iron Oxide (Ci 77491),Iron Oxide (Ci 77492),Iron Oxide (Ci 77499), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850)

Every take, in full

What the gurus are saying.

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"This powder is so beautiful on the skin. I use it as my kind of finishing powder, almost like a setting powder, and it just adds a nice luminosity to the skin but it's not glittery. Whenever I use this I get compliments on my skin and I know in my heart of hearts that I haven't done anything new to my skincare except put on that very nice makeup setting powder. There's three different colors and I just sort of blend them all together and apply broadly. You wouldn't want to use a heavy hand with this but just a little light dusting over the top of your makeup and everywhere on your face looks really nice. I've had that palette for multiple years and it's still going and I use it a lot so it's been a very nice investment."
All 2 takes from Dr. Sam Ellis
Dermatologist's Ultimate Beauty Hacks for Glowing Skin | Dr. Sam Ellis
"This powder is so beautiful on the skin. I use it as my kind of finishing powder, almost like a setting powder, and it just adds a nice luminosity to the skin but it's not glittery. Whenever I use this I get compliments on my skin and I know in my heart of hearts that I haven't done anything new to my skincare except put on that very nice makeup setting powder. There's three different colors and I just sort of blend them all together and apply broadly. You wouldn't want to use a heavy hand with this but just a little light dusting over the top of your makeup and everywhere on your face looks really nice. I've had that palette for multiple years and it's still going and I use it a lot so it's been a very nice investment."
Dermatologist's Ultimate Beauty Hacks for Glowing Skin | Dr. Sam Ellis
"This powder is so beautiful on the skin. I use it as my kind of finishing powder, almost like a setting powder, and it just adds a nice luminosity to the skin, but it's not glittery. Whenever I use this, I get compliments on my skin, and I know in my heart of hearts that I haven't done anything new to my skincare except put on that very nice makeup setting powder. You wouldn't want to use a heavy hand with this, but just a little light dusting over the top of your makeup, and everywhere on your face looks really nice. There's three different colors and I just sort of blend them all together and apply broadly. I've had that palette for multiple years and it's still going, and I use it a lot, so it's been a very nice investment."
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"Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette from a few years ago that I've still been using. I opened it up a couple weeks ago and there was like a bug in it, and it's not even almost pan but it didn't make me want to use it again. It's kind of old so I'm on to one from like two or three years ago now. I've been using this one for a couple years and I can't finish it."
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"I'm using the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette, the original one, it's the lightest one out of the three. I like to swirl into the two light shades to start. The powder is so good, I really like it. These really elevate my eyes. The pinky one is my favorite, it's so good."
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