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.

HourglassAmbient® Strobe Lighting Powder

Size: 0.16 oz/ 4.53 g·ITEM: 1779990

Color: Iridescent

370 Reviews

$64.00

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Recently I've had people telling me that I look really good and I attribute it to my regular use of this illuminating powder! If you're thinking about getting this powder, go for it!...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.

GUERLAINMeteorites Setting & Finishing Pearls of Powder

Size: 0.7 oz·ITEM: 2772606

Color: 01 Pearly White

871 Reviews

$100.00

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. ...Hands down the best illuminating powder. Brings everything together every time.

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: 2788602

Color: 03 Voile Rose - for light skintones

2.3K Reviews

$81.00

Beautiful Blurring & Illuminating Powder...Described by the brand as being designed for all skin tones and types, the iconic four-color loose powder features Prismatic Light™ Technology to blur and illuminate skin. ...Loose Setting Powder...An ultra finely milled setting powder that resists caking and is designed to mattify, blur, & illuminate the complexion for a perfected makeup result.

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: 0.14 oz / 4 g·ITEM: 2788560

Color: 05 Popeline Mimosa - for medium to deep skintones

2.3K Reviews

$42.00

Travel sized loose powder...This is a beautifully packaged mini face illuminating face powder. You can take It This is a travel sized mini loose face powder. ...An ultra finely milled setting powder that resists caking and is designed to mattify, blur, & illuminate the complexion for a perfected makeup result.

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.

MAKE UP FOR EVERUltra HD Microfinishing Pressed Powder

Size: 0.21 oz/ 6.2 g·ITEM: 1911379

Color: 3 - Peach for tan to dark skin tones

276 Reviews

$52.50

This is one of my favorite powders of all time. It's so hard to find a yellow powder for my skintone and the powder itself is really great. ...Best finishing powder ever!...This powder will give you a flawless finish, hiding pores without the "cakey" look that other powders can have.

What it is:
A finishing powder that is ultra-blurring and light-diffusing to impart unfiltered perfection on all skintones—in every light.

What it does:
The last step in your makeup routine, this pressed powder blurs, smooths, and reduces shine with the even, naturally matte coverage of ULTRA HD Pressed Powder.

HourglassMini Ambient Strobe Lighting Powder

Size: 0.04 oz/ 1.3 g·ITEM: 1982693

Color: Incandescent Light

2.5K Reviews

$40.00

Ambient lighting powder...These powders are absolutely beautiful-no obvious sparkle but they really illuminate your face and soften imperfections. ...My ultimate powder...The makeup look I go for everyday is glowy and natural, and this is the holy grail of illuminating powders. I use this over a liquid highlighter and it gives a soft, sheer, natural glow to my skin.

What it is:

A travel-size Ambient® Strobe Lighting Powder—an illuminating strobing powder designed to sculpt the face with light-creating depth and dimension for a refined highlight.


What it does:

Perfectly sized for travel, each mini compact of strobe lighting powder is formulated in a sheer base with concentrated ultra-fine micro pearl particles in varying sizes and refraction levels to give off a naturally luminescent highlight to the skin without a heavy metallic finish.

MAKEUP BY MARIOSoftSculpt® Transforming Skin Perfector

Size: 0.31 oz / 8.8 g·ITEM: 2577963

Color: Light - warms fair to light skin tones

249 Reviews

$49.00

Stunning Finishing Powder!...(I like this way better than the Dior Powder No Powder which I found patchy and prone to hard pan.)...This is more of a highlighter, illuminating type powder. I wanted more of a touch up kinda powder.

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.

Charlotte TilburyRefillable Airbrush Flawless Finish Brightening Powder

Size: .31 oz / 9 g·ITEM: 2613446

Color: Tan-Deep - yellow-toned

80 Reviews

$57.00

I think it is brightening and I love that it is a pressed powder rather than loose but I think there are better brightening powders out there. ...Best under eye brightening powder on the market!...Step 1: finish full Face eyebrows lips, eyes highlight, contour, setting powders creams. Step 2: Charlotte Tilbury airbrush setting spray.

What it is: A lightweight, microfine powder to visibly brighten, blur, and lift your eyes and face while setting your makeup for up to 16 hours—with no flashback.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates.
- Vegan Collagen: Visibly smooths.
- Vitamin C: Visibly brightens.

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 vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Inspired by her award-winning Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder (sold separately),

SEPHORA COLLECTION12HR Setting & Mattifying Pressed Powder

Size: 0.28 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2730828

Color: Universal

169 Reviews

$21.00

Also LOVE that it’s talc free, so hard to find in other powders. Great formula and application overall :)...I’ve been struggling with loose setting powders and other pressed powders have been way too drying.

What it is: An ultra-fine, skin-smoothing setting powder that reduces shine and keeps complexion matte with long-wear results.

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 vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: This non-comedogenic, vegan, ultra-silky pressed powder smooths skin texture and minimizes the appearance of pores while instantly mattifying the skin by absorbing excess oil and controls shine with a long-lasting mattifying effect. The universal

$34.00

I received this product free of cost in exchange for my honest review. I really love these powders. they are cool and innovative. they blur the skin and add glow without emphasizing texture. i’m in love!...Omg I loved these balm powders! They texture is so smooth and also feels smooth on the skin.

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.

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“They also have hyaluronic acid (extremely hydrating ingredient found in skincare, look it up) so it hydrates while mattifying”
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