Like I said: sometimes I blend the Lightroom and Aurora HDR renders, to bring the Aurora HDR into a more natural look"
I don't think using 2 or more programs defeats any purpose, it sometimes serves a purpose depending on what you are looking for, art is in the eye of it's creator, therefore like I said before again, if the watercolor or painterly look is what you are looking for it sometimes takes more than 2 programs, I go both ways, but for the most part I go for a "natural to my eye" look