The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)

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The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
The Best & Worst of Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors (Holiday 2018)
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Tom Ford Boys & Girls Lip Colors ($36.00 for 0.07 oz.) have been reviewed! Hurrah! It’s over until the next round o’ Boys & Girls that Tom Ford has around the corner, I’m sure.  I actually think it might be time for a new theme or perhaps a curation of all of the past iterations into a core range of shades.  There were certainly some winners and a few misses across the new shades released this holiday season.  I enjoyed Chadwick, Scott, Kendrick, Jordan, and Jordan the most.

I was most jazzed about Cardi, but it was part of the Lip Color Sheer formula, so it was a let-down since it applied so poorly, and ultimately, the sheer formula doesn’t work as well with this type of shade unless it goes on exceptionally evenly.  Plus, if it’s going to be inspired by Cardi B., it feels like it should have a whole lot more pizzazz, like a sparkly, opaque violet-blue would have been a great fit–you know, Tom Ford’s take on Technopagan (by OCC, one of the world’s great discontinued shades).

Did you pick any of the new Boys & Girls up this season? Do you normally?

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15
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Genevieve
Lightest, Pink undertones. Dry skin. View Genevieve Full Profile

There certainly was a range of results from these lipsticks. I am wondering why a HE brand like Tom Ford releases lots and lots of lipsticks, in failrly popular shades instead of 2-4 really stunning and more complex shades. I think the whole Boys and Girls concept now is outdated when it results in inferior products.
Thank you Christine for reviewing all of these – a mammoth task.

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TropicalCowgirl
Medium, Neutral undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View TropicalCowgirl Full Profile

I agree 100%. It seems like two years ago, IMO, when the mass release of eye palettes started hitting us at a dizzying pace, lippies came next. I bought the hype. I really went crazy with UD. I was in awe on Christines review of the huge collection…my lips would have dried out with all that swatching.

I tried some TFs too when they were more of a cultivated collection. But I just gave them to my younger cousin. I just didn’t the longevity I expected. My recent Pat Mcgrath purchases surpassed TF and performance was what I had expected from TF.

I think some of these brands are just throwing a bunch of stuff out to keep up. You get hooked on the intitial, cultivated products and then bam…flood the market at a crazy fast pace without much thought.

I now look back and a lot of eye palettes, at least to me did this. I envision now, someone said, we have batches of colors we developed and reviewed/tested…let’s make a palette and market it as limited edition. Same thing with lippies. When at first glance vs the discerning glance you see mass similarities, I suspect this is what is happening with lippies.

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lee
Tan, Neutral undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View lee Full Profile

One day I might try a TF lipstick but I’m not sure if the price justifies the experience/quality when at least the latter exists on so many affordable tiers in modern cosmetics. First I have to go through my current barely used stack before I can even contemplate the decision I suppose lol.

Also I noticed the description of Li might be Ori’s?

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Nancy T
Medium, Olive, neutral undertones. Combination skin. View Nancy T Full Profile

Amen to EVERYTHING you said about Cardi! This was a very pathetic, weak attempt to “capture” her essence in a B&G’s Lipstick. It fell into huge ‘meh’ territory, and I was truly expecting something so much more special.

As to my personal picks? Li, Jagger, Chadwick, or Helena will be coming home with me sometime this month, I think!

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Deborah S.
Lightest, Neutral, slight pink undertones. Dry skin. View Deborah S. Full Profile

Thank you for reviewing all of these shades, Christine. So far I have only purchased Chadwick but I am pretty sure that Armie and Jordan will find their way home soon!! I love Chadwick although it definitely pulls a little browner on me which normally I wouldn’t care for but in this instance it seems to work. I love the formula, although I have to say, I personally still prefer the PMG formula. The range of colours from TF is obviously broader but hopefully PMG will release a more diverse range of shades, soon!

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Cjay
Very Light, Neutral undertones. View Cjay Full Profile

Tbh I really lost interest in this when it stopped being just Lips and Boys and went to Boys and girls. It just lost something of that edge for me. I’ve never purchased any but I used to want several shades. Now I find it’s 30 shades of boring every year.

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kjh

Far too overstashed to give TF serious consideration. Picked up Stavros at CCO, as it is fairly unusual. He’s my only boy. ‘course, if he made a Jussi (my boy dachs,) I’d pick it up, whatever the color!

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Kitty
Light Plus, Pink, moderately pink undertones. Combination skin. View Kitty Full Profile

I’ve lost interest in Tom Ford Boy/Girl lipsticks.

Part of the reason has to do with the way the lipsticks look on me as they fade. For the three or four shades that I owned, as the color faded on my lips, they all had the same pink tint left behind, which in my case is unflattering. Stavros was the only exception but when it faded it made my lips gray. The lipstick is drying on me too. I got rid of the Tom Ford ones I had and moved on to other brands.

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