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Ambient Lighting Powder.

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder
Powder & Setting

The Guru Index verdict

84%

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What the gurus are saying

Unanimous yay from 2 reviewers. Caroline Hirons and Beyond50Skin all rate it. Top take: "I like the ambient powder from hourglass. You're basically looking for usually like a baked powder that has a soft luminous like candle glow…", Caroline Hirons.
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take January 2025

Key actives & flags

SPFFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

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

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What the gurus are saying.

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"I like the ambient powder from hourglass. You're basically looking for usually like a baked powder that has a soft luminous like candle glow to it. I think that's like a good stunning foundation and a good finishing powder."
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"Her favorite bronzers this year, surprisingly, were the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powders in two colors. They've been her go-to for creating shadow and contour on her face."
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Is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder worth it?

Unanimous yay from 2 reviewers. Caroline Hirons and Beyond50Skin all rate it. Top take: "I like the ambient powder from hourglass. You're basically looking for usually like a baked powder that has a soft luminous like candle glow…", Caroline Hirons.

What is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder's Guru Score?

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder holds a Guru Score of 84 out of 100. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 independent expert reviewers we have collected.

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