Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit
With makeup techniques getting all sorts of new names (for things you already do), what is a beauty-loving girl to do when there’s strobing, highlighting, draping, contouring, and more to worry about — all before your morning coffee?
Thanks to L.A.’s very own Hourglass Cosmetics, everything you need to look like you didn’t try at all (ah, that elusive no-makeup makeup look) is in one place: the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit ($80). The quintet of never-before-released colors offers up a powder, blush, bronzer, and highlight all one place — and the marbleized compact that they’re housed in isn’t so bad, either.
“I wanted to recreate the coveted lighting of magic hour or as my family likes to call it ‘magic time’—the time of day where the light is warm and soft at the same time and makes everyone look so good,” says Carisa Janes, Hourglass founder. “The soft, warm tones of Surreal Light give you that effect any time of day.”
As part of the brand’s holiday offerings (you read that right), the limited-edition palette contains the cult-fave ambient lighting formula, which includes ingredients and optical blurring agents that result is skin that looks smooth, even, and enhanced — never caked-on. Each powder minimizes the look of wrinkles and imperfections while offsetting discoloration, too. Soft and blendable, the blushes and bronzer work together to give a youthful, lit-from-within glow that’ll be perfect for every holiday occasion — and everyday wear.
Available at Sephora.
Images courtesy Sephora
