Essence

 Radiant Light Face Palette

This is not just an Hourglass dupe. Honestly, I think it's even better than Hourglass. I'm saying this as someone who has actually tried several Hourglass face palettes and returned every single one because they were just too orange for me. I've been looking for a beautiful face palette for so long and when I saw these from Essence, I decided to give them a try, especially because the price is so reasonable. I'm not sure if they were actually trying to copy Hourglass but if we compare the two I personally prefer Essence. I have the Light palette and the shades are absolutely beautiful and delicate. They can look quite intense in the palette but once you put them on the skin they become very sheer and soft. If you want more color you definitely need to build them up. Even the bronzer is quite sheer and goes on like a soft velvet veil. It doesn't emphasize the texture of my skin and it doesn't break up my foundation. I've been using it with my Fenty skin tint and the combination is beautiful. It gives such an amazing glow without looking orange!!!! I would describe the shades as neutral to warm but definitely not too warm. The blush is also gorgeous. It gives such a beautiful soft color to the skin and doesn't look harsh at all. The highlighter is very delicate as well and doesn't emphasize texture. It gives that really pretty subtle glow and I even tried it on my eyes and it looked beautiful there too. One thing I think is important is the brush you use. I used a synthetic brush from DIBS and it's quite loose and not very dense. Maybe that's why I had absolutely no fallout while applying these. Literally not even a little bit of powder flying everywhere. If you use a very dense brush I could see these kicking up more product so I would recommend using a softer and more loosely packed brush. If you already have this palette and feel like it doesn't work for you I would definitely try changing the brush first. I'm honestly so impressed with this palette. For the price it's such a find and I'm really happy I bought it. I can genuinely see myself keeping it in my collection for years. And if I'm comparing it directly to Hourglass I would actually choose this one!!!

I dont understand the negative reviews saying this is chalky/dusty. I got the light shade and WOW every single shade just melts into the skin and gives off the most beautiful hydrated glow. It's probably the best drugstore purchase ive ever made!

I got both the light and deeper palettes. The blushes in the deeper palette are lovely with a light hand (I'm Casper.) The highlighters in both are dull and dusty. If it weren't the blush like shades, I'd rate 1 star. The highlighter is not in the room with us.

This product is SO good!! Ive been wanting a face product like this and I have not done my makeup without this since having this. It will forever live in my makeup bag and is a new staple of mine! It gives the most beautiful glow and is also very pigmented so just use a light hand!

I was so excited when i got this since i love essence but i was left disappointed. Colors are beautiful but the light one didnt show up on me. I had to build it up but it was so dusty and it was just flakes of sparkles on my face with no pigment. The darker palette wouldve been too dark for me. Unfortunately, this was a pass for me. Returned asap.