Diffused Light
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder
Hourglass Diffused Light is a moderately warm-toned, light beige with a satin finish. It is a permanent powder that retails for $48.00 and contains 0.35 oz.
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Diffused Light is a translucent, yellowed beige with subtle, warm undertones and a natural finish. As a finishing powder, it had translucent coverage that applied a veil of natural-looking powder all-over the skin. The quality--texture, performance, etc.--were all consistent with past iterations. It was smooth, finely-milled, not too powdery nor too firmly-pressed into the pan, and worked well as a finishing powder.
This is the shade I’ll usually reach for when I want a bit of luminosity and subtle skin blurring, as it doesn’t add visible color–no lightening or darkening–and I’ve gone through my original, full-sized version of it (and did repurchase). The version in this palette performed consistently with the past releases; I don’t find that the Ambient Lighting Powders differ that much in performance, color, etc. and are very consistent, which is always good. It’s with marbleized products that a lot of the end results can be based on the ratio of colors.
To spare my cheeks/face, the photo above is the Diffused Light applied from the Hourglass Sculpture palette, but the one I wore for testing was from this palette.
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Diffused Light
PPermanent. $48.00.
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