Creating A Blusher Using The Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Palette

Hi everyone!

I’ve been debating whether to pick this beauty up for quite a while. My biggest hesitation was that I already own the full size of Dim light. I finally caved while on a trip to London, as I really love my Dim Light powder & have a theory...

Palette contains, from L to R: Dim Light, Incandescent Light (palette exclusive) + Radient Light

I’ve never been interested in the Ambient Lighting blushes, the reason being that I figured they could be re-created using a similar matte blush shade with the corresponding ambient lighting powder over the top. For example, using a matte coral shade with the Dim Light powder over would create the same effect as the Dim Infusion blush.

I then thought that, to really get my money’s worth from these beautiful, high quality but also expensive powders I could use other blusher shades with the same Ambient Lighting powder & the other way round, giving me numerous options. I haven’t tested my theory yet, so thought I’d do it as I write this post!

The Ambient Lighting Blushes are described as:

Etherial Glow - Cool pink + Etherial Light

Diffused Heat - Vibrant Poppy + Diffused Light

Dim Infusion - Subdued Coral + Dim Light

Luminous Infusion - Champagne Rose + Luminous Light

Radient Magenta - Golden Fuchsia + Radient light

Mood Exposure - Soft plum + Mood light

I don’t have anything resembling a vibrant poppy or golden fuchsia, as these are shades that just don’t suit me. I don’t have all of the Ambient Lighting Powders either. I don’t think this will be a huge deal, as I’ll still be able to show you my thought process with what I’ve got.

So, the blushes I’m going to be using are:

L-R: NYX Bourgeous Pig (dusty pink with slight blue undertones)

MAC Melba (soft coral peach)

Bobbi Brown Rose (pink rose) (discontinued)

And here are the swatches of the Ambient Lighting Powder Palette:

L to R: Dim Light, Incandescent Light, Radient Light

Now to test the theory!

L-R: NYX Bourgeous Pig

NYX Bourgeous Pig + Dim Light

NYX Bourgeous Pig + Incandescent Light

NYX Bourgeous Pig + Radient Light

L-R: MAC Melba

MAC Melba + Dim Light

MAC Melba + Incandescent Light

MAC Melba + Radient Light

L-R: Bobbi Brown Rose

Bobbi Brown Rose + Dim Light

Bobbi Brown Rose + Incandescent Light

Bobbi Brown Rose + Radient Light

If you had all 6 of the permanent Ambient Lighting Powders & the respective colours of the 6 Ambient Lighting Blushes, you would have the ability to create 720 variations available to you! For those of you interested in the maths used to work that out, it's 6!/(6-6)!=720. That's without using the blushes on their own!

So for me, purchasing the Ambient Lighting Powders & individual blusher shades it definitely a better way to invest in my makeup!

What do you think of my theory? Would you prefer to buy a ready-made blusher or ‘create your own’?

Tania Xx


Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Ingredients:
Mica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Boron Nitride, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Silica, Octyldodecanol, Benzimidazole Diamond Amidoethyl Urea Carbamoyl Propyl Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Phenoxyethanol, Dimethicone, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Sorbic Acid, Polyacrylamide, Benzoic Acid, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Potassium Sorbate, Dehydroacetic Acid, Laureth-7, Ethylhexylglycerin, Trimethylsiloxysilicate. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Iron Oxide (CI 77491), Iron Oxide (CI 77492), Iron Oxide (CI 77499), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850).