Tom Ford Eye Color Quad 02 Emerald Lust Review, Swatches, EOTD

Emerald Lust is the other new eyeshadow palette recently released by Tom Ford. It's an iridescent mixture of aquatic blues and greens,  with two glittery shades and no mattes. Despite the dramatic ad for this palette, I found it to be very wearable on a daily bases. Although the colors are bright and shimmery, they're not overly saturated and doesn't scream "look at me" on the eyes.

Tom Ford Eye Color Quad 02 Emerald Lust

A close-up under natural indoor lighting. The top two shades have very fine silvery

Tom Ford Lip Color Review, Swatches: 04 Indian Rose, 07 Pink Dusk & 15 Wild Ginger

Tom Ford Lip Color is the starting point for Tom Ford Beauty, I finally got around to testing a few and here are some pictures, swatches and my thoughts on the product.

The lipstick design is luxurious and elegant with black panels encased by golden tops and sides. 

Tom Ford Lip Colors

 Outer packaging  is the same as other Tom Ford beauty products, embossed brown paper box with golden letters. Note the amount of product is

Tom Ford Eye Color Quad 01 Enchanted Review, Swatch, EOTD

Tom Ford Eye Color Quads have become a staple to my daily makeup routine! they're pigmented, easily blendable and the glitters are absolutely gorgeous! I'm so excited that new colors are available with the 2012 AW collection. I got the very purrty purple-beige quad, 01 Enchanted. (I don't know why they're numbering it 01 since Golden Mink is already 01, don't they mean 11? XD)

Tom Ford Eye Color Quad 01 Enchanted

The packaging is the same as always. 

Nars Larger Than Life Lipglosses Review, Lip Swatches

Nars Larger Than Life Lipglosses are relatively new, they are much stickier than the original version but also much more pigmented. They provide a glassy shine to the lips unmatched by most lipglosses. I collected all the non-shimmery creamy shades and here are the swatches.

First up is Norma, a slightly warm red, but not too warm, it's still a true red, not coral at all.

Nars Larger Than Life Lipgloss Norma

Applied to the lips after dipping twice in the tube. The small brush carry out enough product to add a hint of color and shine to the lips but if you're after full pigment and watery shine, you'll need to redip and reapply. Thanks to its stickiness it won't bleed or run at all.

Nars Larger Than Life Lipgloss Norma Lip Swatch

Nars Mandchourie Duo Eyeshadow Review, Swatches, EOTD

Nars Mandchourie Duo Eyeshadow is part of the Holiday 2011 Collection. The left side is denim with golden shimmers and the right side is matte indigo blue.

Nars Mandchourie Duo Eyeshadow

 Closeup of the left side, golden shimmers are visible. 

Nars Lhasa Single Eyeshadow Review, Swatch, EOTD

Nars Lhasa Single Eyeshadow is part of the Spring 2012 Collection. Lhasa is a beautiful lavender gray that is both classy and casual, a very practical color for everyday use. 

Nars Lhasa Single Eyeshadow

Macro shot of the powder texture. There are small silvery particles that impart a sheen to the skin.

Tom Ford Black Orchid and Violet Blonde Eau de Parfum Review

I've always been into heavy perfumes of the floral oriental kind. Tom Ford has many perfumes in this category.  I picked up two from his Signature Collection line, Black Orchid and Violet Blonde.

All the Signature Collection perfume bottles have vertical lines and metallic name placards.

Let's talk about Black Orchid first. One can tell from the black packaging that this is not a bright sunny orchid, but a dark mysterious orchid.

Tom Ford Cheek Color Frantic Pink and Flush Review and Swatches

More than eyeshdows, what really caught my eye from Tom Ford Beauty was their blushes! They have a special brightness that just light up my entire face, doing much more than adding color to the cheeks! I chose 02 Frantic Pink and 03 Flush especially for this quality.

Tom Ford Cheek Color 02 Frantic Pink and 03 Flush

The compact design is the same as the eyeshadow quads', luxurious yet low key. 

Tom Ford Blush 02 Frantic Pink and 03 Flush

Opening them up under natural indoor lighting.

Tom Ford Eye Color Quad 09 Violet Dusk Swatches, Looks

For someone who loves purple eyeshadows, 09 Violet Dusk was the second choice on my list, right after the all purpose 01 Golden Mink. There is another purple quad among Tom Ford eyeshadow palettes, 04 Crushed Amethyst, but that one is duller and more reddish, not as appealing to me as Violet Dusk.

Tom Ford Eye Color Quad 09 Violet Dusk

Packaging includes a brown velvet sleeve to protect the palette case. 

Tom Ford Eye Color Quad 01 Golden Mink Review, Swatches and Comparisons

Tom Ford Eye Color Quads became available late 2011 and comes in 10 shades, the majority of which have several different textures including glittery, iridescent and matte. They retail for 75 USD at Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, and Neiman Marcus. 

I picked up a beige brown palette, 01 Golden Mink. It has two glittery shades in the top row and two iridescent shades in the bottom row.

Tom Ford Eye Color Quad 01 Golden Mink

The packaging for Tom Ford Eye Quads is quite elegant,