Assessment: Hourglass Ambient Powder Brush

I’ve been eager to inform you about one among my most-used and favorite brushes for some time – the Hourglass Ambient Powder Brush. Regardless of its title, I don’t use it for powder nor for what Hourglass meant it for. As an alternative, it’s a brush that has helped me admire sporting bronzer or what I want to name a complexion-warming powder.

I shared as soon as earlier than about how I had lastly learnt to admire sporting a bronzing powder and I shared the brushes I used to be utilizing. However I noticed that these brushes had been nonetheless just a little too exact for me. I made a decision that I don’t put on bronzer to contour – I put on it so as to add a contact of heat to my pores and skin, as a result of I discover I look higher that means.

Enter then the Hourglass Ambient Powder brush. You’ll be able to see how worn away the print is on mine – it’s as a result of I exploit it virtually on a regular basis! Or day-after-day that I put on make-up. Even on days when all I put on is a lightweight tinted base, a contact of complexion warming powders assist me look a complete lot higher.

I used to be first launched to this brush by Sophia of Make-up Blogette on Instagram. Once I watched her doing her make-up in movies, she used to make use of this brush, and I used to be intrigued. Extra so by the dimensions, form and lack of deal with! So in the future, I gave in to my curiousity and picked one up.

The bristles are taklon (artificial) which makes them very very tender in opposition to the pores and skin. As a lot as I want utilizing animal hair brushes, I have to say that I’ve come to understand the brand new artificial bristles which can be popping up now.

The comb itself may be very attention-grabbing. It has reasonably lengthy, very dense bristles in a flat, large brush-head. The deal with may be very quick, providing you with simply sufficient area to grip it, with permits for you management the comb higher. You won’t be used to a brush and not using a deal with, however you’ll quickly get the hold of it – it is vitally straightforward to only grip, as I present you under.

When it comes to width, the Hourglass Ambient Powder Brush is wider than most face brushes I personal.

Hourglass made this brush to be used with their Ambient Lighting Powder. I believe you might be presupposed to swipe it over the powder after which apply to your face. I personally want a really gentle dusting of powder to set my basis, so I want utilizing a big, fluffy brush for that function.

What I exploit the Hourglass Ambient Powder Brush due to this fact, is to heat up my complexion. I like this to be used with bronzing powders, as a result of you need to use it to loosely contour your face, or, to only brush the powder alongside the perimeters of your face to heat the complexion.

I discover that though it is vitally dense, it really diffuses powder very properly in opposition to the pores and skin, so that you don’t really find yourself with stripes alongside the aspect of your face. Should you do, you may very simply buff it out, as a result of it’s so tender that it doesn’t really feel scratchy, nor damage your pores and skin.

I additionally discover that the slim design permits so that you can place it, so you may create a shadow within the hole of your cheekbones, must you so want. I simply place it at a 90° angle to my pores and skin, and gently buff to disperse powder and color.

My present favorite powders for this function are the Chanel Les Beiges Wholesome Glow Luminous Color powder (this and this are my most used ones!). I wasn’t too eager on them until I received this Hourglass Ambient Powder Brush, as a result of it’s this brush that made sporting such merchandise a cinch, and helped me admire them!

What I do is to faucet (I actually TAP) the highest of the comb straight in opposition to the powder, so the powder is just on the highest portion of the comb. By tapping, I don’t choose up an excessive amount of product. Then, I apply it straight perpendicular to my pores and skin, buffing the color in as I’m going. The result’s a really pure wholesome glow that appears flawless and seamless on my pores and skin.

The opposite purpose I like this brush is as a result of it’s so transportable. It comes with a pouch (I’ve misplaced mine it appears 😛 ) and it’s so slim that it slips proper into the aspect of your make-up pouch. As a result of there is no such thing as a deal with, it barely takes up any area in any respect.

You can even use this for making use of blush, and it’s particularly helpful for making use of cream blushes as a result of it diffuses the color so effectively, and buffs the color in so naturally. I’m about to get one only for blush, whereas I preserve this one for my bronzing powders! Sure, I find it irresistible that a lot! Positively one among my higher brush investments thus far, and for the report, I’ve a ton of face brushes and blush brushes! 🙂

IN A NUTSHELL

The Hourglass Ambient Powder Brush is an artificial bristle, dense, large brush with a really slim, quick deal with. You should use it to use powder, bronzer or blush and can be utilized for cream or powder merchandise. I personally want it for making use of color face merchandise, as a result of it diffuses color very effectively, may be very tender and delicate in opposition to the pores and skin. I additionally love how transportable it’s, and it comes with its personal pouch. I’m going to select up one other as a result of I exploit this on a regular basis and I would like a back-up for when it’s being washed 😛 One factor to notice. When the comb first arrives, it seems to be and feels reasonably “flat” alongside the highest. However as you employ it, it fluffs up extra and can resemble my brush that you just see right here. Positively a product that appears and capabilities higher the extra you employ it! 🙂

PROS: Dense artificial bristles are very mild on pores and skin, Buffs powder seamlessly into pores and skin for a really pure look, Can be utilized for powder and cream merchandise, Good for bronzer newbies, Straightforward to make use of, Very transportable, No shedding regardless of quite a few washings

CONS: Dear however will final a very long time

WHO WILL LIKE THIS: Anybody who desires a really sensible, transportable, brush for bronzer, blush and powder

PRICE: RM171 | US$38 | £35

WHERE TO BUY: Hourglass Cosmetics web site, Cult Magnificence, House NK, Internet-a-Porter, Nordstrom, Sephora

Have you ever used this Hourglass Ambient Powder Brush? Do you personal related brushes?

On-line critiques about this brush seem combined, however I find it irresistible to demise and if I can simply have one brush with me, I’d choose this – I’d use fingers for all the things else 😛

Paris B