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Thursday, October 29, 2015

A $4 dupe for Hourglass Dim Light Ambient Lighting Powder? (from The Budget Beauty Blog)

The Budget Beauty Blog compared Wet N Wild Reserve Your Cabana to Hourglass Dim Light, and they are indeed very close. The WNW powder actually looks like it might be halfway between Dim Light and Diffused Light. I may have to give it a shot, since I've been mainly interested in Diffused (Dim looks a little to dark and peachy for me, but Reserve Your Cabana is more yellow).

Anyone have this Wet N Wild "bronzer"? I've mainly heard it described as a highlighter before, rather than a finishing powder.
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  1. AshleighOctober 29, 2015 at 2:36 PM

    I have it! I like it a lot except for one thing- the packaging is horrible and it shatters easily. This is the only powder I've ever broken! So really not travel friendly.

    I think it works best as a subtle highlighter, but I've used it as an all over finishing powder too. I have diffused light too and honestly think I might prefer the wetnwild because it's more noticeable.

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    1. UnknownOctober 29, 2015 at 4:53 PM

      Oh, good, to know - no traveling with it. I think I want to try it, but I keep finding just empty slots for it on shelves.

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  2. JackalopeOctober 30, 2015 at 6:14 AM

    I've heard pretty good things about it from other places, but never picked it up. It's on my list of things I may buy if I find it at the same time that I'm feeling like purchasing new make-up. Right now that second urge is pretty low though.

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    1. UnknownOctober 30, 2015 at 6:50 AM

      I know what you mean. It's been on my radar, but I have lots of powder and highlighter. I keep going back and forth on it. I haven't bought much at all lately (which make for slow blogging but a happier bank account).

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  3. UnknownOctober 30, 2015 at 4:31 PM

    I grabbed it up specifically because I wanted a dupe for the Ambient Lighting powders (who wants to spend $50 on a finishing powder?) and it works beautifully for that. I think as a highlighter it wouldn't show up hardly at all but as a finishing powder it gives a really diffuse glow that's not overly dramatic. Why they label it a bronzer is beyond me...even the palest people I know couldn't bronze with it. I agree the packaging is flimsy but the powder is great. It reads more yellow based in the pan but the yellow doesn't seem to translate on the face. I think it's so worth the haul.

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