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Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette - $58 US / $67 CDN
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Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette is a limited edition palette containing three Hourglass blushes. Two of these blushes are part of their previous permanent collection and one is a brand new shade. This palette came out in October 2014 and constantly sold out online on Sephora. The three shades you will find in this palette (from left to right) are Luminous Flush (a champagne
rose blush infused with Ambient Lighting Powder in Luminous Light), Incandescent Electra, (a peach blush infused with
Ambient Lighting Powder in Incandescent Light) and Mood
Exposure (a plum blush infused with Ambient Lighting Powder in Mood Light).
The blushes come in a small gold like case. The blushes are much smaller then their normal single size blushes. So don't except three large blushes in this palette or you will be disappointed when comparing them to their normal size. The casing is very beautiful, but its prone to smudging with fingerprints. And if dropped, I can truly see these blushes breaking which has been noted by a lot of users who have had this misfortune happen to them. I would not recommend this palette for traveling purposes due to this reason. Hourglass has also noted at the back of the palette the word "fragile". So handle with care.
All three blushes are amazing for application and blending. They are highly pigmented and a little truly does go a long way. If you dip your brush to hard into these blushes or pick up way to much powder, you will notice it with one swipe on your face. It will give you clown like makeup if you are to heavy handed. However, if you apply lightly, you will get the most beautiful blush application on your cheeks. Due to it being infused with their Ambient Lighting Powder, it helps to not make pores look enlarged, does not leave behind a shiny or oily finish and truly works to give you a beautiful flush glow. You can get at least 8-9 hours of wear with these blushes and probably more if worn with face primer. I found that each blush is very appropriate to wear for either day or night. These blushes had very little to no fallout and applied very smoothly and blended well on the skin.
I was concerned that Incandescent Electra (the middle shade) would appear to peachy on my skin. However I noticed this was not the case at all. It appeared more of a coral color that wasn't to over the top and with the Ambient Lighting Powder infused it just looked marvelous. Luminous Flush (the left shade) was a beautiful champagne rose color that looked very natural on the skin. Mood
Exposure (the right shade) was a very plumly color that if applied to heavily can look to dark on lighter skin. However it leaves you such a nice plumy glow that blended beautifully with my bronzer when applied lightly. So go easy with this color. These colors are very versatile and can work with just about any skin tone.
Nonetheless, I will say this. No two blush palettes are alike. Even the website states this as well. Moreover since these blushes are infused with Ambient lighting powder, you will end up getting a different mixture of color in each blush palette. As you can see from the two pictures above, some have more Ambient Lighting Powder then blush, while others have more blush then the lighting palette. I would advise you buy these in person and take a look at the palette before heading to the purchase counter. I have heard some reviews of people who were disappointed because the blushes did not apply correctly due it being more lighting powder then blush color. I took a chance and bought mine online. However it was risky based on warnings of many.
Besides this small draw back, I would for sure recommend this palette if you are looking to try out new blushes but don't want a draw full of them. They are pricey but truly some of the most beautiful blushes I have ever tried!
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Dayana
. I have heard nothing but good things about this serum. So the mini is worth trying!