Brilliant Nude
Hourglass Ambient Strobe Lighting Blush
Hourglass Brilliant Nude is a very warm-toned, light peach with a luminous finish. It is a blush that is permanent in these palettes: Spring 2017, and Ghost.
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Brilliant Nude is a soft, light-medium peach with warm, yellowish undertones and fine, golden shimmer that combined into a more luminous finish (not overtly shimmery or frosted) on my skin. The texture was soft, lightly powdery but silky and blendable on my skin, and it never looked powdery applied. The coverage was buildable from medium to nearly opaque, which was in line with expectations. It wore well for eight hours on me before fading noticeably.
Worth noting, the version in the quad was similar in color to the standalone I have; the one in the Spring 2017 palette was significantly darker (you can physically see a lot more darker color in the pan, too, where as my standalone had a lot of lighter areas).
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview, which is a detailed review of the range as a whole.
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Brilliant Nude
PiPPermanent in Palette. $38.00.
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Spring 2017 Ambient Strobe Lighting Blush Palette
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The airy, lightweight blushes fuse the illuminating effects of Ambient® Strobe Lighting Powder with an array of vivid cheek colors to step up your flush. While traditional blush tends to be flat, Ambient Strobe Lighting Blush uses Photoluminescent Technology to create depth and dimension with an otherworldly glow. The hand-made powders are formulated using an advanced miscelare technique—which means to "blend" in Italian—creating the perfect balance of pigment and powder so that no two look alike. The result is a natural-looking, radiant finish with buildable color.
Ingredients: Mica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Boron Nitride, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Octyldodecanol, Silica, Dimethicone, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Alumina, Water/Aqua, Benzoic Acid, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Diamond Powder, Ethylhexylglycerin, Laureth-7, Phenoxyethanol, Polyacrylamide, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Sorbic Acid, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Tin Oxide, Trimethylsiloxysilicate. May Contain (+/-): Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Carmine (Ci 75470), Ultramarines (Ci 77007), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891).
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