Is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Trio worth it?

Mostly yes. 2 of the 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 79%.

What is Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Trio's Guru Score?

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Trio holds a Guru Score of 79%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.

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Powder & Setting

About this product

A trio of luminous pressed powders in three shades designed to add subtle, customizable glow to the face as highlighter, blush, or bronzer.

Guru Score

79%

Yay

3 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

The Ambient Lighting Powders earn consistent praise for their versatile, natural glow that works across multiple areas of the face without looking overdone. One reviewer loves them as a 2024 favorite, and another raves about layering the three shades for a warm, luminous look using them as highlighter, blush, or bronzer across cheekbones, lids, and brow bone. The main caveat: the glass palette and powders are fragile, reviewers report cracking and even finding a bug in an opened compact, so handle with care.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take September 2026

What they liked

Subtle glow without looking overdone
Versatile for blush, bronzer, or highlight
Beautiful luminous finish on skin

What they flagged

Cracks with heavy use
Packaging prone to bugs or damage

Type

Powder & SettingPowder

Where to buy

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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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No BS Beauty

89k subs

✓Mixed

"I love these. I've got another one still. Um but I don't think I'd be purchasing them for $100. That just seems um insane. But it is handy to have all six of them because you can travel and one of them counts as a face powder, a highlighter, a blush, and a bronzer. So, it is nice. But $50, I I just price gone crazy when that's 100 bucks."

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"I've been working on this Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder for like I don't know two years now, maybe. [...] I've got miles to go on it, which is a good thing I guess. [...] I don't think I got the colors last year [...] or the year before."

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"I had one that I was trying to finish up of these and I open up the other day and there's a bug in it, which is just like, so I'm like it's done, pack it up, it's done."

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"I'm going with my Hourglass palette. This little thing broke but I haven't used this color anyway because it's so dark. I used just a little bit of the one in the middle, just a very tiny amount."

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Beyond50Skin

32k subs

✓Yay

"I purchased two of the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Trio. I love this palette so much that I wanted to share it with you. This is basically for those of you who are fairly light complexed. I did a full face of this palette, like all my makeup only using this palette. [...] It looks so pretty. The reason is those powders are ethereal. They're so lightweight. They're just like fairy dust and they look so pretty on the skin. You do have to prep your skin."

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"If you have fair skin, this is the one you're going to want to pick up because every color in here works. In fact, it's what I'm wearing today. I am only wearing this Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Trio today. It's my complexion product. It's my blush. It's my bronzer. It's my eyeshadow. I cannot recommend this highly enough. It comes with a beautiful brush."

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"This is the Ambient Lighting Powder Trio in Dim Incandescent, Light and Radiant Light. [...] I've reached pan and I've had my Hourglasses crack, so I'm too rough on them. This one cracked right here, so this is going to get replaced."

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"The Hourglass powders have such a beautiful lighting glow. These are their ambient lighting powders and they come in three sets for different skin tones. I often use the ambient lighting powder, the one right in the middle, to cut the glow on a skin tint or a sunscreen. All of these have a beautiful satin finish to them without being over glowy or glittery, and these shades adapt well to most skin tones."

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"I love my ambient lighting powders. I like to use the lightest color in this palette all over the face after I put my complexion product on just to set my complexion product and make it last a little bit longer. Also, it gives a slight blurring effect, but it doesn't set into my crevices. So, I just dust a very little amount all over and down the neck just to kind of set things up."

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"I have the Hourglass palette, the triple palette, and I'm going to use the dim light, which is this color right here, to do the outside corners. [...] And then I'm trying to debate whether I want to use incandescent light or another powder to powder this whole look down. I like that look."

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"I've had a lot of fun with this because I can use this as a blush. I use the radiant light as a blush, I can use the dim light as contour, and then in place of my diffused light I've been using the incandescent light, and it's just such a beautiful touch of refined look to your makeup. It [...] doesn't, it's not glittery, it's not sparkly, it's just super soft and refined and it just blends my skin tint really well. [...] Just a little bit of powder completely refines this look."

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"I love this Trio and I've showed it to you guys before but it's such a versatile Trio with glowy powders that just give a subtle glow without looking over the top. I put a fair amount of the face glaze highlighting gel cream on with my fingers but I'm going to set it so that it's more seamless with my skin with my..."

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"I actually really like that, it's a very natural look with neutrals on neutrals and a lot of luminescence in these products. I'm going to put a tad of the radiant light over my mobile lid and I always just tap in just for a little color and maybe a little bit of the incandescent light under my brow bone. I'm really liking that look, it's kind of neutrals on neutrals, not a lot of color, but just sort of a warm natural look."

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"I also love their Ambient Light Trio, you can use it as blush, as bronzer, or as a highlighter. Absolutely one of my favorite finds as far as makeup of 2024."