The Drugstore Dupe #5

This week's drugstore dupe isn't so much an exact dupe as a product that does a similar sort of thing. I'm totally obsessed right now with the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powders, and that's a mighty expensive obsession to have. 

There isn't really anything else on the market as universal as these powders, they can be used to highlight, some counteract redness, some add colour, but their main use is to set makeup and blur the look of pores and imperfections. In a recent peruse of the Topshop makeup counter at Oxford Circus I came across the Finishing Powder in White Lies, a white translucent setting powder with shimmer running through it. Curiousity got the better of me and I picked it up. After getting over the awful smell of this stuff (think old lady perfume and talcum powder) and getting to grips with it, I really like it, and it has a very similar effect when used to set makeup, in that the subtle shimmer helps diffuse the look of skin, blurring pores. No, it's not as universal, it's not the same colour, and it's not quite as good, but if the Ambient Lighting Powders are out of your price range, this is a nice alternative to give a go. It's a nice product and I've been reaching for it day after day this month.

Have you tried the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powders? What did you think?