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Illuminating Powder

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Achieve a radiant and luminous complexion with our collection of illuminating powders. Designed to enhance your natural beauty, these finely milled powders add a subtle glow and radiance to your skin. Whether you prefer a soft and ethereal sheen or a bold and shimmering highlight, our range of illuminating powders offers options for every skin tone and desired effect. With their lightweight formulas and blendable textures, these powders effortlessly illuminate your features, leaving you with a radiant and lit-from-within glow that will turn heads wherever you go. Discover the transformative power of pressed powders for oily skin and unlock your inner glow today.

bareMineralsOriginal Mineral Veil Talc-Free Loose Setting Powder

Size: 0.3 oz/ 8.5 g·ITEM: 1073014

Color: Illuminating Mineral Veil - completely sheer with luminous finish

6.1K Reviews

$49.00

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I really like this product. It really does illuminate your face. It is a good finishing powder....Smooth application and illuminating finish...The bareMinerals setting powder does a great job at setting makeup. The illuminating finish is not overpowering and adds a subtle glow.

What it is:
A weightless mineral setting powder that extends makeup wear while bluring and minimizing the appearance of fine lines and pores with no flashback.

What it does:
In a range of shades and finishes, Mineral Veil® Setting Powder is our cult favorite setting powder, versatile enough for all skintones and skin types. The light-as-a-feather, super smooth formulas blend onto skin without smudging the makeup you’re already wearing. Sheer and never cakey, Mineral Veil® Setting Powder weightlessly blurs and minimizes the appearance of fine lines and pores, whether it is applied over makeup or onto beautifully bare skin.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Phthalates

HourglassAmbient® Strobe Lighting Powder

Size: 0.16 oz/ 4.53 g·ITEM: 1779990

Color: Iridescent

370 Reviews

$64.00

as someone w dry skin i HATE powders but i can swear that i will never use any powder except hourglass powders they r the best they dnt look powdery on the skin i use their bronzers finishing powders and strobing makes my skin look so healthy and amazing...Nice but I Prefer the Original Powders...This powder is very nice, but I prefer the original powder.

What it is:
A collection of illuminating strobing powders designed to sculpt the face with light, creating depth and dimension for a refined, natural-looking highlight.

What it does:
Ambient® Strobe Lighting Powders are formulated in a sheer base that’s infused with concentrated, ultra-fine mico-pearl particles in a number of sizes and refraction levels for natural-looking luminescence—without leaving a heavy metallic finish. Developed with Photoluminescent Technology it captures, diffuses, and softens surrounding light to refine the appearance of the skin.

What else you need to know:
Hourglass products are 100 percent cruelty-free.

$89.00

I really don't see what the difference is between this and other illuminating powders I've tried before. If you're unsure about trying this because of the price, I would suggest going for another illuminating powder, because it's nothing amazing. ...I agree with another reviewer that these meteorites are what hourglass illuminating powders should have been. They smell absolutely wonderful and come in a beautiful tin.

What it is: One-of-a-kind, handmade finishing pearls of powder that set makeup, color correct, mattify shine, and illuminate the complexion, housed in a luxury re-usable case.


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Sparkling-Colored Mother-of-Pearls: Provide multidimensional radiance.

- Cooler-Toned Mother-of-Pearls: Provide long-lasting radiance.

GivenchyPrisme Libre Illuminating & Color Correcting Loose Powder

Size: 0.4 oz / 10 g·ITEM: 2788636

Color: 06  Organza Ambrée - for deep skintones

2.3K Reviews

$83.00

I’ve always loved Givenchy’s Prisme product selection! This illuminating and color correcting loose powder is perfect for setting my makeup. ...Packaging says “mattifying and blurring” , but contains the NEW illuminating formula. Make it make sense. Bring back the old formula!!

What it is: A color-correcting loose setting & finishing powder that blurs, illuminates, and sets makeup for 12 hours, delivering a natural radiant finish & all-day shine control.


Coverage: Light

 

Finish: Radiant

 

Formulation: Loose Powder 

 

Highlighted Ingredients: 

- Prismatic Light™ Technology: Combines soft-focus powder to blur and light-reflecting pearls to illuminate and enhance skin’s natural radiance.

GivenchyMini Prisme Libre Illuminating & Color Correcting Loose Powder

Size: 0.1 oz/3 g·ITEM: 2788578

Color: 06 Organza Ambrée - for deep skintones

2.3K Reviews

$43.00

Each shade has four unique colors designed to be mixed together for the perfect mattified yet illuminating finish....One of the best loose powders!!!...This perfect prisme libre loose powder is everything you need in your makeup kit!

What it is: A color-correcting loose setting & finishing powder that blurs, illuminates, and sets makeup for 12 hours, delivering a natural radiant finish & all-day shine control.


Coverage: Light


Finish: Radiant


Formulation: Loose Powder


Highlighted Ingredients: 

- Prismatic Light™ Technology: Combines soft-focus powder to blur and light-reflecting pearls to illuminate.

PradaPrada Light Glowing Highlighter Powder

Size: 0.24 oz/6.8 g·ITEM: 2853281

Color: 2 - pink

196 Reviews

$110.00

I originally found the shade a bit dark for my light neutral skin tone, but it ended up working beautifully as an illuminating bronzer or as a topper over cream bronzers. ...[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] The powder leaves a nice subtle bronzing effect. It is lighter than other powders I've tried, but I could still feel like there was something caked on my face which I don't like.

What it is: A glowing, weightless highlighter that effortlessly blends onto skin for an up to 24-hour, refined, pearlescent look.


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Micro-Pixel™ Pearls: Delivers a soft, diffused glow on skin.

- Squalane: Known to help to make skin feel smoother over time.


What Else You Need to Know: Illuminate and revive your skin with Prada Beaty’s first glowing highlighter powder. Micro-Pixel Pearls create an instant, radiant, and refined glow. The formula is infused with squalane, known to help make skin feel smoother over time. Available in three illuminating shades for a soft, revived glow.

MAKEUP BY MARIOSoftSculpt® Transforming Skin Perfector

Size: 0.31 oz / 8.8 g·ITEM: 2577922

Color: Dark - warms medium dark to dark skin tones

266 Reviews

$49.00

It’s like 3 in 1 product, Setting powder, highlight, bronzer! You need this!...I did really like the powder at the top and would often suit to powder my face but there wasn’t much of it.

What it is: A three-in-one powder to perfect, illuminate, and set makeup for a radiant glow with an airbrush effect on skin.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: 
Radiant


Formulation: 
Pressed Powder


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, mineral oil, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

MorpheCloudlight Soft Glow Veil Finishing Powder

Size: wf / wf·ITEM: 2851236

Color: Sunset - Cocoa with balancing orange

242 Reviews

$23.00

It’s very illuminating under the eyes and very skin like everywhere else....Beautiful finely milled finishing powder a great alternative to hourglass powders.

What it is: A sheer, weightless, multitone powder that sweeps on to softly set and finish your look with natural radiance.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Natural

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Squalane: Softens and smooths skin.
- Shea Butter: Conditions and soothes skin.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Boosts hydration and the look of elasticity.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Set skin in its most flattering light, as if illuminated by a softly blurred, cloud-diffused glow. This sheer, weightless, multitone powder—featuring light-reflecting technology and infused with squalane, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid—s

$36.50

I use it as a topper over my powder bronzer or over powder blushes to tone it down. ...It initially presents as creamy but transitions to a powder-like finish. I find it effortlessly blends atop powder, and the charming pink hue is exceptionally flattering.

What it is: A new generation of tinted, light-reflecting balm-to-powder skin-transforming illuminators that blur and add a soft, lit-from-within glow all over the face.


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Upsalite: Absorbs excess oil and sweat.

- Vegan Squalane: Blurs and retains moisture.

- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

SaieSlip Tint™ Undetectable Baked Setting Powder

Size: 0.24 oz/7g·ITEM: 2892982

Color: Translucent 3 - medium to tan

230 Reviews

$48.00

I've always felt like my concelear breaks and looks cakey when I apply setting powder but that didn't happen when I used this one, and the color match it's great cause it illuminate without making you your under eyes look white with I personally hate....I love this powder! I don’t use many powders but this one has got to be the best one it’s not drying like many powders out there!

What it is: A talc-free, lightweight translucent powder that sets makeup undetectably for eight hours while also smoothing, brightening, and blurring your complexion.

Finish:
Natural

Formulation:
Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid and Squalane: Molecules that lock in moisture to hydrate.
- Jojoba Esters: A lipid-rich desert plant that creates a flexible film on skin to extend wear.
- Hectorite and Silica: Minerals that provide a soft-focus blurring effect and help absorb sebum.

What Else You Need to Know: Your effortless setting and retouching step for a skin-like, natural-radiant finish.

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