Hourglass

Ambient Lighting Powder.

Powder & Setting

About this product

A baked luminous powder for finishing and contouring, designed to create a soft glowing effect.

Type

Powder & SettingPowder

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Mica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Boron Nitride, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Octyldodecanol, Dimethicone, Alumina, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Diamond Powder, Ethylhexylglycerin, Laureth-7, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Polyacrylamide, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Silica, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Tin Oxide, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Benzoic Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Sorbic Acid, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163)

Guru Score

81%

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3 experts · Moderate agreement

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What the gurus are saying

This baked powder shines with a soft, luminous candle-glow finish that reviewers prize for its dual utility as both a finishing powder and a contouring tool. It earns recognition as a stunning foundation topper and a reliable go-to for creating shadow and contour definition across the face. The versatility means one product handles the polish-and-dimension steps of a makeup routine without compromise.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take October 2025

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Dr. Sam Ellis

868k subs

✓Approved

"The last and final step I like to do is take my Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder and kind of swipe all the colors together and buff it over my entire face. I feel like it gives this beautiful glow to the skin without making you look oily or shiny. It also acts to sort of set things in place without having to apply a heavy powder. [...] Hourglass is so good about this. It gives you this lit from within radiance that just makes your skin look healthy."

Caroline Hirons

251k subs

✓Approved

"I like the ambient powder from hourglass. You're basically looking for usually like a baked powder that has a soft luminous like candle glow to it. I [...] think that's like a good stunning foundation and a good finishing powder."

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Glad We Had This Chat Takes New York - Nykita Joy

"It's technically a talc free powder, but it has this soft ambient powder look, which is actually my preferred from Hourglass. The Ambient Lighting Powder, I like that one. I feel like Hourglass, that's the one thing, I want one line that is for everyone because I have to do three different products to get everything. You're basically looking for a baked powder that has a soft luminous candlelit glow to it, and I like the Ambient Lighting Powder from Hourglass."

S2 Ep23: GLAD WE HAD THIS CHAT TAKES NEW YORK - 'Neo It Girl' Nykita Joy

Beyond50Skin

31k subs

✓Approved

"My favorite bronzers this year were surprisingly a powdered bronzer. They're two bronzers in here and they're ambient lighting powders by Hourglass. As far as bronzers go, these have been my go to for just creating a little bit of shadow and contour to my face. You also get a diffused light which I use as a highlighter, though it's not my favorite highlighter this year, I have a new one for that."

Common questions

Frequently asked.

What is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder?

A baked luminous powder for finishing and contouring, designed to create a soft glowing effect.

Is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder worth it?

Yes. All 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 81%.

What is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder's Guru Score?

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder holds a Guru Score of 81%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.