Baking & Beauty Department: Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette

Hi everyone!

One of the brands I have really come to love lately is Hourglass! I came across this band about a year ago in Sephora and pretty much fell in love immediately! I'll be honest, it is a bit on the pricier side, but the products that I have tried so far are really great quality! I also recently reviewed the Ambient Lighting Palette, which is easily one of my favorite products in my makeup collection!

I was so excited when I saw that the brand was introducing a similar palette for their Ambient Lighting Blushes! Their blushes are absolutely stunning, but a full size, single shade will set you back a pretty $35! For me, that's a bit too steep! So, just like the Ambient Lighting palette, the Ambient Lighting Blush Palette contains three different shades, one of which is exclusive to the palette and not available in their permanent collection.

These blushes are super soft, but rich at the same time-almost luxurious! I think of them as satin for the cheeks! The mix of the blush pigment with the Ambient Light powder gives the most GORGEOUS glow to your cheeks- automatically highlighting your cheekbones! The mixed in Ambient Lighting powder also helps you to not overdo it on the blush, I can typically have a pretty heavy hand when it comes to blush, but this stuff is so pigmented that a little bit goes a long way! One of my favorite things about this blush is that the addition of the Ambient Lighting Powder doesn't make the blush SO glowy that it looks like you're in 8th grade again and there is absolutely no shimmer at all! It is a very sophisticated glow that makes you look like you are literally glowing from within!

The first shade (far left) is Luminous Flush, which is described as a champagne rose.

This has definitely been my favorite and most used shade so far! It gives the most perfect rosey glow to the cheeks and effortlessly highlights in all the right places! It gives a great pop of color to your cheeks without being overkill! Absolutely gorgeous!

The middle shade is Incandescent Electra, which is described as a cool peach and is exclusive to the palette! I haven't tapped into this shade as much as the others, but I love it for Spring and Summer when I tend to wear more peachy/ coral tones.

It too is gorgeous and gives a nice, warm flush to the cheeks with a gorgeous built in highlight! Can you imagine how amazing this will be with a nice tan in the Summer?! Ugh, I seriously cannot wait! :)

The last shade (far right) is Mood Exposure and described as a soft plum. I've been using this shade a lot lately and it is so beautiful!

I find it kind of hard to explain the shade it gives off... Looking at it, it is actually a bit intimidating because of the "purple" swirls, but when you apply it is gives a warm, almost bronzed glow to the cheeks. I can pick up the smallest hint of plum, but to me there is definitely more of a brownish undertone to it. Either way, it is so beautiful and may even end up pushing Luminous Flush down to the #2 spot! ;)

I have to say, I am so impressed with the Hourglass brand! I have loved everything I have tried and it beats a lot of my other products by leaps and bounds! I find that I really reach for these products a lot lately because they never fail me! They're fool proof and I fall in love with them all over again every single time I use them. I know they don't come with the most justifiable price tags, but the quality and results I achieve make them totally worth it, in my opinion!