Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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~Nay

"Ashy, dusty, volcanic mess. I do not like it. I think these palettes are awful. Even the powders themselves. When I bought them and I was like, I'm not going to use these on people. I tried to use one on myself. Dry. The dryness of them. People love it, but I just think it looks ashy on people. It looks like powder, which I know is a crazy thing to say. You can almost see the powder particles on the skin. I do not like these."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Yay

"My first pick is kind of expensive but I will say it's very handy and it will last you forever. [...] If you travel at all, it's really handy because it literally is everything you need in a palette. It's got usually most of them have a variety of a different blush, a bronzer, and highlighter, and then this one's got a face powder in here. So if you travel at all, it makes it pretty handy. I will say this pink blush broke, but this one's probably three or four years old."

All 5 takes from No BS Beauty

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"I'm going to put a little bit of bronzer on the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette Volume Three Bronzer Luminous Bronze Light. This thing's probably, I don't know when this came out, it just says made in Italy. Made in Italy 400 years ago and I'm still using it. A little bit of bronzer makes a big difference though I think."

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"My first pick is kind of expensive but I will say it's very handy and it will last you forever. [...] If you travel at all, it's really handy because it literally is everything you need in a palette. It's got usually most of them have a variety of a different blush, a bronzer, and highlighter, and then this one's got a face powder in here. So if you travel at all, it makes it pretty handy. I will say this pink blush broke, but this one's probably three or four years old."

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"I love these palettes, they're so handy. They're expensive, but what I love about them is when I travel, it basically has everything you need if you're not too picky on what your favorites are. It's got an all over powder, it's got a blush, a [...] bronzer, then it's got a highlighter in there. So literally if you're traveling and you bring this one compact, this is all you need for your face. It's really handy. It's expensive, but [...] these last me a lot longer than a year."

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"The Hourglass Ambient Light Editing Palette, which is 90 bucks. I like it. [...] If you travel a lot it's nice because it's got every powder you'd need: highlighter, bronzer, blush, all of that good stuff without having to carry a bunch of different compacts around. [...] It's expensive but they do last a long long time."

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"This is the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette from a few years ago that I've still been using. I opened it up a couple weeks ago and there was a bug in it. It's almost pan, but it didn't make me want to use it again. It's kind of old, so I'm moving on to one from like two or three years ago now to finish that one up. I don't know how I still can't finish it, but yeah, there you go."

Dr. Sam Ellis

898k subs

~Yay

"It's the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette. This powder is so beautiful on the skin, I use it as my kind of finishing powder, almost like a setting powder, and it just adds a nice luminosity to the skin, but it's not glittery. I feel like whenever I use this I get compliments on my skin, and I know in my heart of hearts that I haven't done anything new to my skincare except put on that very nice makeup setting powder."

All 2 takes from Dr. Sam Ellis

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"It's the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette. This powder is so beautiful on the skin, I use it as my kind of finishing powder, almost like a setting powder, and it just adds a nice luminosity to the skin, but it's not glittery. I feel like whenever I use this I get compliments on my skin, and I know in my heart of hearts that I haven't done anything new to my skincare except put on that very nice makeup setting powder."

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"I love this Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette. This is an investment, it's not cheap, but I love it. It has these three colors, and what I do most often is I swirl all three of these and use it over my entire face just to give it this really pretty glow. I love it because it doesn't make your face look shimmery or glittery, but it just helps the light reflect nicely off your skin."

Beyond50Skin

32k subs

~Yay

"The Hourglass Ambient Light Editing Unlocked Palette was the number one pick for pressed powders, and I'm not surprised. I love my Ambient Light -- it's one of my favorite powders of all time. I'm just getting ready to hit pan and will be repurchasing. There's something special about the Hourglass Ambient Light blushes that just look so gorgeous even on mature skin."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Mixed

"It's got a soft highlighter, [...] two different blushes, and a bronzer, [...] I do like the curation, I think it's actually an excellent finishing powder, blush, bronzer, highlighter palette. The only thing is this palette was designed for lighter skin tones, so I'm bummed that not everybody will be able to find their shade."

Sincerely Miss Ash

195k subs

~Yay

"I have used a lot of hourglass powders in the past and I have nothing negative to say about it other than yes it's pretty expensive, but the quality of the powder, the way that it gives your skin this skin-like finish, it doesn't look like you're wearing powder, it just looks like your skin. It's beautiful. The formulations of these types of powders are so good. I'm going to pick up this because I'm going to be using this on my eyes as well."

Allie Glines

829k subs

~Yay

"I like these palettes because you can literally just combine the colors and make something custom, and it leaves the most gorgeous finish on the skin. [...] These are such beautiful powders. I just want an ethereal glow today, and that's what we are getting. [...] I think that Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette really amped things up. I can't believe it's been sitting on my desk and I literally haven't even tried it."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette?

A curated palette from Hourglass featuring coordinated powder shades including a setting powder, blush, bronzer, and highlighter in one compact.

Is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 73%.

What is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette's Guru Score?

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette holds a Guru Score of 73%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 7 expert reviewers we have collected.