What it is:
A collection of six universally-flattering finishing powders that recreate the most flattering light.

What it does:
Create the perfect illumination for your face with Hourglass Ambient® Lighting Powder. Infused with the innovative Photoluminescent Technology, each finishing powder captures, diffuses, and softens the look of the skin. The micron-size, color-correcting particles refract light and create transparent coverage, filtering out harsh light and refining the appearance of the skin.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens

What else you need to know:
“I learned early on how different types of light can truly flatter the complexion. Growing up, my mother had pink light bulbs in all of the lamps throughout the house. She loved pink light because it was the softest and most flattering, and she always wanted to look good. I used this concept of lighting in Ambient Lighting Powder.”—Carisa Janes, Hourglass Founder

Ambient® Lighting Powder comes in six shades:
Ethereal Light: An opalescent sheer, cool white powder that mimics a moonlit glow, even in broad daylight.
Diffused Light: A soft, warm, pale yellow powder that conceals redness and gives skin clarity like a soft ray of morning light.
Dim Light: A neutral peach beige powder that blurs imperfections and highlights a radiant complexion with the perfect balance of warm and cool tones.
Mood Light: A soft, sheer lavender pink powder that mimics the softest, most forgiving light and brightens the complexion.
Luminous Light: A champagne pearl powder that creates a soft, incandescent candlelit glow—day or night.
Radiant Light: A sun-kissed golden beige that enhances the overall complexion with believable, subtle warmth, and also extends a summer glow.

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

What it is:
A weightless, sheer mineral setting powder that blurs and minimizes the appearance of fine lines and pores and leaves skin with an always photo-friendly, soft-focus finish.

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

What else you need to know:
Original Mineral Veil® Finishing Powder gives skin a translucent, soft finish. Make the most of your makeup with Mineral Veil, a see-through but spectacular finale for any kind of complexion. It minimizes the look of fine lines, absorbing oils, and softens your complexion for an airbrushed finish.

Tinted Mineral Veil Finishing Powder delivers a warm tint finish. All the soft translucence of the original Mineral Veil finishing powder with a touch of warm tint. The finishing powder infuses your skin with softness and light while gently absorbing oil and minimizing the appearance of lines and pores. It goes on completely sheer and is versatile enough for all skintones.

Illuminating Mineral Veil Finishing Powder gives your skin a blurring, brightening finish. Completely sheer and versatile enough for all skintones, this complexion illuminator provides a soft glow and keeps skin looking photo-ready. Light-reflecting pearls impart a radiant, ethereal softness.

Hydrating Mineral Veil Finishing Powder leaves a cooling, brightening finish. This hydrating finishing powder brightens skin with a sheer, peachy-soft luminosity. The unique water and rice lipid encapsulated formula delivers an immediate brightening boost with a cool feeling. Clinically proven to improve skin’s ability to retain moisture, it also minimizes the appearance of fine lines, pores, and shine, and keeps your complexion looking fresh.*

*Based on an independent clinical study.

What it is:
An award-winning, silky powder with a touch of sheer coverage to set makeup for lasting wear.

What it does:
Translucent Loose Setting Powder locks in makeup for long-lasting wear, without adding weight or texture. This bestseller creates a modern, matte finish with a touch of sheer coverage, while it absorbs oil and reduces shine all day.

The pros know why it's their favorite: It’s a little denser than an average powder, providing super-smooth, even application and blending. This no-flashback formula means you'll look great in photos, and it creates a soft-focus effect to subtly blur the look of fine lines and imperfections. These truly translucent shades work on all skin tones—from the fairest to the deepest.

Translucent: Perfect for fair to medium and tan skin tones.
Translucent Medium Deep: Ideal for medium-deep to the deepest skin tones.

What else you need to know:
Renowned Makeup Artist Laura Mercier uses Setting Powder to set foundation and prolong its wear, so she applies it after foundation and concealer, and before applying powder-based color. An added benefit: it helps powder blush or bronzer go on more evenly.

Find Your Perfect Powder: While makeup artists and beauty junkies select a powder based on texture, finish, and skin type, others may find it easiest to choose based on skin type alone.

This professional-quality powder is noncomedogenic, non-caking, and dermatologist tested.

Research results:
In a consumer test on 32 women after 2 weeks:
- 100% said it's the key to long-lasting makeup and ensures makeup lasts throughout the day
- 100% said it is lightweight and does not look cakey on skin
- 100% said it controls and reduces shine
- 97% said it absorbs excess oil

What it is:
A lightweight, baked powder for face and body with a sophisticated, microfine shimmer that instantly leaves skin with an iridescent shimmer.

What it does:
Dust on Urban Decay’s Naked Illuminated Shimmering Powder for Face and Body to give you a sexy, just-finished flush. Naked Illuminated powder is first baked on a terra cotta disc for 24 hours, and then it is finished by hand. Baking the powder gives it a high level of just-perfect shimmer without the metallic look of cheaper formulas. This lightweight, baked powder has a sophisticated microfine shimmer that’s smooth and silky with light-reflecting particles that leave a luminous, radiant look.

Formulated to give the color payoff of a loose powder and the convenience of a pressed powder, this shimmering powder comes in a gorgeous box that makes the perfect gift. It features a generous mirror and a brush—housed in a separate compartment underneath the powder. This smooth, silky powder contains light-reflecting particles that create a luminous, radiant look. Simply brush on this powder wherever you want to create an instant glow.

Coverage:
✔ Light

Skin type:
✔ Sensitive
✔ Normal
✔ Dry
✔ Combination
✔ Oily

Finish:
✔ Natural

What it is:
A long-wearing, luminous mineral powder foundation that delivers buildable coverage with a soft, satin finish in a range of skin-perfecting shades.

What does:
This versatile foundation easily builds sheer to medium coverage that’s never cakey or over-powdery. The oil-free and non-drying formula combines the payoff of a pressed powder with the luminous and breathable finish of a loose powder. It controls shine without compromising radiance to visibly smooth skin, blurs imperfections, improve the look of skin texture, and minimize pores. It also won’t settle into fine lines and wrinkles and doubles as a setting and finishing powder over liquid foundation or concealer. The mess- and waste-free grinder allows the desired amount of powder to be freshly ground each time.

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

What else you need to know:
This product is non-acnegenic, dermatologist tested, and cruelty-free. It is also free of oil, talc, and fragrance.

Research results:
In a consumer test, after 1 use:
- 98% said it felt weightless on skin
- 96% said it improved the look of their skin’s texture
- 94% said it gave skin a soft, smooth appearance
- 96% said it was not over-powdery
- 93% said it minimized pores
- 91% said skin looked more luminous

After 1 week:
- 96% said it controlled oil & shine
- 96% said it maintained their skin’s moisture level
- 95% said it enhanced their natural luminosity while improving the look of their skin texture
- 84% said it gave skin a healthy glow