Ambient Lighting Edit Unlocked Palette | Holiday 2026

A true collector’s item, this year’s update to the Ambient Lighting Edit sees an assortment of brand-new complexion-enhancing powders in charm-adorned palettes by jewelry designer Lauren Rubinski.

$98.00

Shade:

Wish

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Once this Hourglass hero drops, you know it’s time for the holidays. This year sees the unveiling of five new shades in each palette—alongside the tried-and-true light-reflecting finishing powder that celebrity makeup artists swear by.

Product details

These seasonal palettes, an Hourglass holiday staple, bring together six glow-boosting shades—including never-seen-before hues—in compacts embellished with charms by Parisian jewelry designer Lauren Rubinski.

 

The brand's proprietary Photoluminescent Technology takes center stage in the powders, with light-diffusing particles that deliver a soft-focus effect to the skin. The finely milled textures blend seamlessly, amplifying the complexion with natural warmth, color, and subtle luminosity that photographs beautifully and looks lit from within in person.

 

The palettes combine Hourglass’s bestselling finishing powder with five new shades of blush, bronzer, and highlighter in limited-edition gilded packaging featuring Rubinski's four-leaf clover (Wish) and heart-shaped key (Hope) designs.

 

Wish 

  • Diffused Light: A red carpet-approved finishing powder that helps soften the appearance of imperfections and diffuse harsh light.
  • Desert Rose, Pink Aura, and Mauve Flush: Flattering blush shades designed to impart a fresh flush of color.
  • Ethereal Bronze: A bronzing powder that adds warmth and definition.
  • Moonstone Glow: An illuminating powder that highlights the high points of the face.

 

Hope

  • Soft Light: A red carpet-approved finishing powder that helps soften the appearance of imperfections and diffuse harsh light.
  • Brilliant Pink, Soft Rosewood, and Rose Quartz: Flattering blush shades designed to impart a fresh flush of color and luminosity.
  • Sunlit Bronze: A bronzing powder that adds warmth and definition.
  • Luminous Opal: An illuminating powder that highlights the high points of the face.
pair it with
Ambient Lighting Edit Brush II | Holiday 2026

Hourglass

Ambient Lighting Edit Brush II | Holiday 2026
$56.00

Shade:

Wish

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how to use
  • Finishing Powder: Using the rounded end of the Ambient Lighting Edit Brush, dust finishing powder over the face to diffuse and enhance the complexion.
  • Bronze: Using a slanted brush, apply bronzer along the temples, hollows of the cheeks, and jawline for warmth and definition.
  • Blush: Sweep blush onto the apples of the cheeks, building color as desired.
  • Highlight: Using a tapered brush, apply highlighter to the tops of the cheekbones, bridge of the nose, and brow bones.
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