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 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 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 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,