Ambient Lighting Palette
SUMMARY OF REVIEWS
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette offers a soft, buildable glow rather than intense shimmer, with several creators praising the formula as undupable and filter-like on the skin. Professional makeup reviewer Morgan Turner calls it her all-time favorite face powder formula, while Allana Davison found it didn't wow her and questioned whether the finish was too disco-ball for her taste.
FULL REVIEWS
POSITIVE
- “Just being able to build your dream product and for me what is one of my all-time favorite formulas for cheek products is like a dream come true. I'm just absolutely obsessed with it”3:14–3:19
- “I love that we had different shades to pick from this year. I love that we brought back a highlighter that is a little softer because last year we really only had uber metallic options and for me that's just a little too intense”3:27–3:31
- “This actually ended up in my top drawer which last year's didn't and I just love it so much”3:46–3:52
- Source: Best makeup of 2026 so far: mid-year favorites - Jun 24, 2026
Variant: Swan
- “They have my all-time favorite face powders, ranging from bronzer to blush to highlight to their super special Hourglass Filter Ambient Lighting Setting Powder”24:05–24:13
- “They just apply so nicely to the face, they look beautiful, they have that filter to the skin and nobody does it like Hourglass”
- “They really are an undupable formula”24:41–24:46
- “This year, the Swan was my favorite”24:44–24:49
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 (tried 400 products) - Dec 19, 2025
MIXED / NEGATIVE
- “As I'm applying this right onto my face, I'm like, I instantly already again don't think that that necessarily works for me”11:53–11:57
- “Does that just make me look like a disco ball or does it look like a good glow? I kind of can't tell”11:57–12:03
- “I didn't notice any kind of like shininess or extra oiliness around my face, nor did I notice any dryness”17:50–17:55
- “I definitely didn't get like any kind of blurring effect with that powder”17:57–18:00
- “It's more so meant to add that lit from within glow and just over it's like a finishing powder. It's not a setting powder, right?”18:02–18:07
- “It certainly wouldn't replace my like Charlotte Tilbury powder”18:10–18:14
- “It didn't like wow me. I wasn't wowed and I don't think I was wowed the last time I tried it”18:17–18:24
- Source: Testing new summer makeup everyone is talking about - Jun 30, 2026
WHAT CREATORS SAY
- Consensus
- 4.1 / 5 from 3 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- ⚠ creators flagged issues with blurring (1)
Product details
Details
- Type
- face palette
- Finish
- natural
- Shade
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- Key ingredients
- Mica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Boron Nitride, HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Octyldodecanol, Dimethicone, Silica, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Diamond Powder
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