In this paper, a face illumination transfer tech based on intrinsic images decomposition is proposed. Firstly, to tackle the issue that the intrinsic image decomposition effect is not perfect, an improved intrinsic image decomposition method is developed. Next, in order to maintain the face feature, a light filtering algorithm based on edge-preserving is created. The algorithm can transfer the illumination from reference face to target face without missing the target details. Finally, the reflectance image and the illumination image are merged to make face relighting. The experimental results show that compared with the existing algorithms, the presented algorithm can preserve the face skin after transfer and the new method produces light effect more reasonable and natural.