An addition to my Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Collection: Dim Infusion and Luminous Flush

After reviewing the Ambient Lighting Blushes in Mood Exposure and Diffused Heat here, I couldn't help myself and had to get my hands on Dim Infusion and Luminous Flush too!

And here they are...

Hourglass Luminous Flush

Burberry 09 Coral Pink - Hourglass Luminous Flush (L to R)

Burberry 09 Coral Pink - Hourglass Luminous Flush (bottom up)

Luminous Flush is a coral-pink which gives a beautiful flushy glow to the cheeks.

Hourglass Dim Infusion

Dim Infusion is a very subtle blush: It's a very soft apricot-peach, reminded my a lot of Nars Sex Appeal...

Rimmel Santa Rose - Hourglass Dim Infusion - Nars Sex Appeal (L to R) 

Rimmel Santa Rose - Hourglass Dim Infusion - Nars Sex Appeal (L to R)

Bottom line:

My favorites of the line are definitly Dim Infusion and Mood Exposure: Both are very soft on the cheeks. 

Dim Infusion is a blush you can wear with all kinds of makeup, it'll never be 'over-the-top' and too much! It gives just a warm glow to the cheeks and lifts up the complexion, makes you look fresh of course.

Mood Exposure is deeper, but still a very natural looking blush, which I tend to use when I'm wearing a bolder lip or smoky eyes, not both together...

Luminous Flush gives, like the name already says, a beautiful flush to the cheeks and lifts the complexion - it makes you look healthy and fresh on days you maybe don't!

If I had to skip one, it would probably be Diffused Heat: I simply don't gravitate towards it that much, maybe it's because it's nothing special to me and has some more obvious glitter particles in it. 

I'm not quite sure yet, but sometimes it is how it is with makeup - either you use it almost every day, or it ends up and dissapears in your overloaded drawers...

Love,

D.

HOURGLASS Ambient Lighting Blushes in Diffused Heat & Mood Exposure - Thoughts and Swatches

Lately I'm on a blush-kick and couldn't pass on the fairly new Ambient Blushes by Hourglass, which are currently only available at Ludwig Beck in Munich, where unfortunately they're nearly sold out everytime I want to order - that's no suprise, isn't it?

Because I'm a huge fan of the Ambient Lighting Powders I had high hopes for these!

Luckily SpaceNK UK ships to Germany (yes, I'm from Germany!) for just £5 (for all orders over £100 shipping is free!!!) so I had a chance to pick up these two shades to begin with and see if I like them...

The first brighter shade I decided to give a go is the Diffused Heat one: I love the corresponding Diffused Light powder and the bright coral-pink tones made me gravitade towards this :)

Hourglass Diffused Heat

Texture: It's, like the Ambient Lighting version, a baked powder which looks marbleized. The lighter yellow part is the Diffused Light Ambient Powder (a post on these will follow), the coral pink part adds the color to this fine glowy finishing powder, which creates a marvelous hybrid of both! The powder itself is super finely milled, soft and non-powdery. 

Color: This particulary shade swirled together is a coral-pink which leans warm. The shade contains tiny little specks of silver reflecting glitter, which you'll not be able to see on the face.

Compared to CT's Ecstasy Cheek Color it's pinker, less buttery and lighter. Nars Torrid is more orange and tan colored, it's deeper, again less pink. 

Some comparison swatches:

Charlotte Tilbury Ecstasy - Hourglass Diffused Heat - Nars Torrid (left to right)

Charlotte Tilbury Ecstasy - Hourglass Diffused Heat - Nars Torrid (left to right)

One shade I had to own and catched my attention from the beginning is Mood Exposure:

Hourglass Mood Exposure

Color: Maybe it's the least"eye-catching" one, but it immediately reminded me of Nars Sin, which I adore!

Mood Exposure is a plumy-rosy tan color, which looks warm on my complexion, even it looks cooler in the pan. It has a beautiful sheen to it, I didn't see any specks of glitter:

Hourglass Mood Exposure Swatch

Some comparison swatches again:

Nars Oasis - Hourglass Mood Exposure - Nars Sin - MAC Prism (left to right, MAC ahead)

Nars Oasis - Hourglass Mood Exposure - Nars Sin - MAC Prism (left to right)

Bottom line:

I would definitly recommend these to blush addicts like me, especially the Mood Exposure one, just because the color is so unique and has a better and smoother texture than Diffused Heat.

It gives a beautiful glow to the cheeks and would suit lighter and darker skintones (for reference, I'm an NC20-25). I think it's also a great option for everyday-use! Just give it a go, if you want to start with one of these ;)

All in all I'm impressed with the formula and will definitly check out Dim Infusion and Luminous Flush...

Love,

D.