Recently I purchased the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit from Sephora.com. I was super excited to get this until I started reading all the negative reviews about the size. First, I must say it is extremely beautiful but, I sent it back. It is extremely small and after doing some math it is extremely over priced.
Let's talk about the good stuff first, so that you can make your own mind up about the price. This palette includes 3 Ambient lighting powders. Top row from left to right- Dim light, Strobe light (which is new) and Diffused light. The bottom row from left to right is Mood Exposure blush, Luminous Flush blush and Luminous Bronze Light bronzer. Having such a nice variety in one palette is what drew me to it in the first place. This palette is also great for anybody that travels a lot.
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| Up next to the Ambient Lighting Palette |
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| Next to a full size Ambient Lighting Blush |
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| All three for size comparison |
Now lets talk about the bad, The Price. This palette retails for $80 and each color in the palette is .049oz. So you are basically getting .294oz of product for $80.That is smaller than there full size Ambient Lighting Powder but larger than there Blush. Sephora.com claims it is a $132 value which they are getting from basing the price off Hourglass's new travel size Ambient Lighting Powder which is .049oz and retails for $22. But that is kind of ridiculous. Here is a breakdown based on the full size products.
Ambient Light Powder- .35 for $45
Ambient Lighting Blush-.15oz for $35
Luminous Bronzer-.39 for $50
So, here is the approximate breakdown of each item in the palette.
Ambient Lighting Powder-.049 for $6.42 each
Ambient Lighting Blush-.049oz for $11.66 each
Luminous Bronzer-.049oz for $6.25
That puts the total cost of this at $48.83. Well under the $80 price. So it is up to you on whether the palette is worth the price or not. You do get a wide range of products and one is limited edition. It is also very travel friendly. My personal opinion is it is not worth the money because of its size. Had they made it larger it would have been a great buy but I do feel like it is to small and to overpriced. I feel like they are ripping people off.
