Works for:
based on ingredients and %- Moisturizing
Doesn't work for:
based on ingredients and %- Evens skin tone
Can it cause trouble?
- Irritation risk: medium
- Comedogenic risk ingredients: 1
Key actives
Product Summary
"Hourglass - Ambient Lighting Blush" could be helpful for: Moisturizing, but its actives are not the most effective or are not well-studied.
About the brand
According to Cruelty-Free Kitty "Hourglass" is cruelty free, but its parent company is not.
Price
The product retails for 66.33CA$ in Canada, from 75.00A$ up to 132.14A$ in Australia, for 45.00$ in the United States and for 46.00£ in the United Kingdom.
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Moisturizing
This product can help soften the skin and reduce its moisture loss with emollients and occlusives: dimethicone, c13-14 isoparaffin.
Keep in mind that this product does not contain effective ingredients to attract water to the upper layer of the skin. This is why an additional product with humectants like glycerin or hyaluronic acid can be helpful (apply it before this product for the best results).
A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish
A silicone that improves product texture and helps dissolve other ingredients. Can form a non-greasy film on the skin to prevent moisture loss
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin, dissolve other ingredients and create a thicker product consistency
An emollient that helps to soften the skin and create a pleasant product texture and stabilize the formulation
Evens skin tone
Effective ingredients missing or their concentration is too low
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
|---|---|
| Evens skin tone |
Total Promises Fulfilled score: 0/100.
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Key Actives
A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish
A silicone that improves product texture and helps dissolve other ingredients. Can form a non-greasy film on the skin to prevent moisture loss
Works as a UV filter when used in high concentrations. It is photostable and is effective mostly against the UVB light, with some protection in the UVA range. In small concentrations, used for its ability to improve the color of cosmetic products. Is usually well tolerated by the skin
Potential irritants
Used to help oil and water mix together. Can be irritating
Used to improve product texture and help oil and water mix together
Comedogenic ingredients
All ingredients
Creates an illusion of smoother and more radiant skin tone. Adds shimmer to the skin by reflecting light
A mineral that is used as an optical filter (makes the skin looks nicer through light reflection) and to improve the texture of cosmetic products
Helps to absord oil and evenly disperse other ingredients (for example, pigment) in product formulation
Used to create a silky product texture and add volume to products
Is used to enhance product texture and can help to optically mask skin imperfections
An emollient that helps to soften the skin and create a pleasant product texture and stabilize the formulation
A silicone that improves product texture and helps dissolve other ingredients. Can form a non-greasy film on the skin to prevent moisture loss
A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish
Might be helpful in restoring skin barrier function and, when combined with zinc carbonate and malonic acid, reducing fine lines and wrinkles by stimulating elastin production. Also helps stabilize the product formulation
A preservative. It helps prevent bacterial growth in cosmetic products
A type of silicone that helps create a nice product consistency and support the delivery of other ingredients
Used to improve product texture and help oil and water mix together
Helps soften the upper layer of the skin, dissolve other ingredients and create a thicker product consistency
Does not have known skin benefits. Might help create an optical illusion of smoother skin
Used to help oil and water mix together. Can be irritating
A colorant that can add a pearl-like appearance to the formulation
An umbrella term for the following three colorants: CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499. They might be able to offer some protection against visible light, but the degree of the protection is not clear
Works as a UV filter when used in high concentrations. It is photostable and is effective mostly against the UVB light, with some protection in the UVA range. In small concentrations, used for its ability to improve the color of cosmetic products. Is usually well tolerated by the skin
Ingredient list view
Mica, Synthetic fluorphlogopite, Boron nitride, Hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer, Polymethyl methacrylate, Octyldodecanol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Dimethicone, Sorbic acid, Magnesium aluminum silicate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium dehydroacetate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Polyacrylamide, C13-14 isoparaffin, Benzoic acid, Dehydroacetic acid, Laureth-7, Silica, Potassium sorbate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Diamond powder, Sorbitan sesquioleate, Tin oxide, Iron oxides, Ci 19140, Ci 16035, Titanium dioxide, Ci 77891, Ci 15850, Ci 77163, Ultramarines, Ci 77007
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