The Review: Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette

A moment of silence for one of the most beautiful items in the beauty world right now? Good, now we can procede. 

I'd been umming and ahhing over the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powders for a while, since they have been creating quite the stir with beauty lovers around the globe. The problem was, I couldn't narrow it down and choose just one shade to splurge on, all the reviews I had read indicated that shade selection was vital, the right one would have you hooked and the wrong one would leave you feeling mighty annoyed for parting with a lot of cash.

When this palette was announced, it solved that problem. Three colours, in one pan, for more than the cost of one, but less than two. I was sold, and onto the Space NK website I want, softening the blow by using some N.Dulge points.

So there are three shades in this palette. Dim light is a soft beige tone, with veins of shimmer running through it. This is the one I like to use as a setting powder. A little of this on a fluffy powder brush (Real Techniques Multitask or Powder brush) swept down the t-zone sets makeup without looking cakey, but also softens the look of the skin, disguising pores and blemishes, and giving you a distinct natural glow. 

Incandescent Light is exclusive to this palette and is similar to Dim Light but lighter. This looks nice all over the face, but I particularly love to dust this over the tops of my cheeks with my Eco Tools Blush Brush, and then take a little on my finger under the brow bone, above the lip and in the inner corners of the eye to highlight. This really makes your skin pop, and glow really naturally.

Lastly Radiant Light, day to day I like to take this on a fluffy brush over where I have applied my bronzer, just to enhance the glowiness of those areas. Sometimes though I do take this all over the face, just to add a hint of sunkissed glow to my face.

All three of these powders are incredibly finely milled, and feel really light on your face. The quality is impeccable, as you would expect for the price. 

You don't need these powders, but they are definitely worth the splurge, I've had so many people compliment how healthy and how radiant my skin looks whilst wearing this, which is always nice to hear!

This also comes with a mini sample of the Mineral Veil Primer which was a really clever inclusion. Remember how every big beauty blogger said "THIS IS THE BEST PRIMER EVER" and we all went "HA! NOT AT THAT PRICE IT'S NOT". Well we were wrong. This is the best primer ever. Not only does it keep your makeup looking absolutely freaking perfect all day, it actually makes your makeup look better. I don't know what I'm going to do when this runs out. 

One for the total beauty junkies out there!

Have you tried anything from Hourglass?