Space NK has finally opened a store in Winchester, obviously meaning I had to visit - at the eager time of 9am I might add! Typically, I ended up picking up a few things, one of which was this, the Hourglass Illume Sheer Colour Trio - a trio of bronzer, blush and highlight in a beautifully creamy formula. I'm a huge fan of all Hourglass's powder face products, but this cream palette is equally impressive!
When I swatched the shades in store I fell in love with their glowy finish, but the highlight in particular is stunning. The formula is champagne in tone and gives that really dewy, wet look finish that I much favour over powder alternatives, especially for daytime wear. The natural result reminds me a little of Perricone MD's No Highlighter Highlighter (review of that here) however I find this can easily be built up to a more intense finish if you wish. The blush shade is a brightened rose, that comes up almost peachy on my skin tone - which I adore. I'm glad Hourglass chose to include such a universally wearable shade in this palette, the blush has a lovely brightening effect on the skin, yet isn't too in your face to be worn with any lip/eye combination. The bronzer is nice and neutral toned, which makes it suitable for both warming your complexion or a subtle contour. Because of the easily blendable formula, I think even those with really pale skins could make this work, however it may be too light to be noticeable on a darker skin tone. I was initially worried about the staying power, due to the creaminess of the formula but the wear on these is comparable to most cream products I've tried (typically five hours or so for me). Although the palette is advertised as sheer, I found all of the shades to be really pigmented, but still very easy to sheer out to a barely there finish. I'm loving cream products at the moment so I can see myself using this all Summer long! What are your Hourglass recommendations?
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