This product has been a long time coming, as it has been on my waiting list for months! I saw all the US promotion and ordered it the second it was available in Australia. I've used a lot of the Hourglass Ambient Powders before but hated that I wanted all of them and they were only sold individually! I used the previous palette, the Ambient Lighting Palette and loved it, but again, I wanted more variety. So when I saw this product I knew I just had to try it!
So essentially, the ambient powders are very finely milled powders designed to make your skin look as though you are in your perfect lighting. They can be used all over the face as setting powders, as highlighters, you name it! They also have blushes and bronzers with a baked marble effect designed to mix tones of colours that give a natural glow to the skin. It leaves your complexion softer and is left with a lit-from-within appearance, who wouldn't want that?!
This palette includes 6 shades, 3 ambient powders, 2 blushes and a bronzer, all of which are approximately half the size of the original. This palette was designed to be a wardrobe of powders to create a multitude of looks, from a natural dewy glow using bronzer* and first powder* to a soft flush of pink light using the 2 blushes and the second powder *, to a flawless airbrushed filter like effect utilising any combination of the 6. Essentially, the handmade powders use Photoluminescence Technology to filter out harsh light and enhance the look of skin in flash photography. All the colours are very buildable and have perfect balance of pigment, making them the perfect powders. |
| Top Row Natural Light - No Flash |
First - Dim Light: Its described as a "neutral peach beige powder" with fairly warm undertones and a super fine shimmer that doesn't look glittery or sparkly. If you are very fair, it will warm up the skin, but generally matches most skin colours. When dusted all over the skin it just makes skin look airbrushed and smoothed without looking chalky.
Second - Iridescent Light: this "sheer illuminating highlighter" is a pink based highlighter with a stronger shimmer than dim light, making it perfect for highlighting on top of the cheek bones to give a subtle sheen of light. I feel this product works best on paler skin tones as a highlight, or applied over a blush on any skin tone to add a bit of glow and shimmer.
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| Top Row with Flash |
Third - Diffused light: this is my favourite for highlighting/strobing, its a very soft pale whitish yellow. Whilst I use it to highlight, it can also be used to reduce redness and therefore can be used as a finishing powder, especially on paler skin tones like mine, but also works to give a really subtle highlight and glow.
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| Bottom Row Natural Light - No Flash |
Bottom Row
First - Luminous Flush: This "soft plum" is a muted deep pink blush with a subtle shine. Its a great deeper blush, especially for winter, and would look great on all skin tones, especially deeper ones. What I love about this is that its a deep blush but isn't too red or chalky so you can start with a subtle warm flush or build it up for a deeper blush. It still has a soft sheen to it so it gives a great glow to the cheeks and just lifts your whole complexion
Second - Mood Exposure: This is my favourite blush, super blendable and very buildable. Described as a "champagne rose" it has a gold marbled through the pale pinky peach colour and is the perfect flush of colour for all complexions. I've used this blush on many clients and it looks great on everyone and looks even better in flash photographs, a must have for any event.
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| Bottom Row with Flash |
Third - Luminous Bronze Light: So this bronzer is a tan shade infused with their Luminous light powder. It has warm, yellow based undertones with a subtle shimmer so great for giving a bronzed glow to the skin without looking muddy. Because of its shimmer and its warmer golden tone, I wouldn't recommend this for contouring but it is perfect for giving that perfect, sun kissed, airbrushed glow.
Overall, I really love this product and use it practically every day no matter what makeup look I'm using. Its fantastic for travel because of its size and the deep bronze packaging eels really luxurious. The large mirror on the inside is a great bonus that I really appreciate.
Let me know in the comments below what you think of this product!
Until next time
Anya xx
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