Tom Ford Summer 2020 Lip Colors Reviews & Swatches (Part 1 of 2)
Empire
Tom Ford Beauty Empire Lip Color ($55.00 for 0.1 oz.) is a brighter, medium-dark pink-coral with subtle, warm undertones and a satin finish. It had nearly opaque color coverage in a single, which applied fairly evenly to my lips without tugging on them during application.
The texture was lightweight, lightly creamy without being too thin or too dense, but it didn’t sit as well on my lips as other shades in the formula have. I noticed a smidgen of separation along my lip lines in the close-up photos, though it didn’t seem apparent in person. It stayed on well for four and a half hours and felt lightly hydrating over time.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Bite Beauty #070 (P, $18.00) is less shimmery, less glossy (95% similar).
- Tarte Bikini (P, $22.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Makeup Geek Clumsy (P, $15.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Lisa Eldridge Rainbow Spill (LE, $36.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- NYX Street Cred (P, $6.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- YSL Orange Majorelle (16) (P, $38.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- YSL Rouge Rose (52) (PiP, $38.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Burberry Bright Crimson (P, $34.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Watermelon (P, $28.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Bite Beauty Sucre (DC, $24.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$57.00/0.1 oz. - $570.00 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed have an "ultra-creamy texture" with "smooth application" that will deliver "pure color." The lipstick tends to have semi-opaque to opaque coverage with a natural to luminous finish with some shades with very fine pearl and others with more metallic shimmer. The consistency is typically creamy, lightweight, and has moderate slip, which makes it comfortable to wear and to apply but is not the most long-lasting lipstick formula. The wear tends to range between four and six hours with some shades performing above and below that range. There's a vanilla scent but no discernible taste.
Browse all of our Tom Ford Beauty Lip Color swatches.
Ingredients
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Diisostearyl Malate, Trioctyldodecyl Citrate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Lanolin Oil, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax/Candelilla Cera/Cire De Candelilla, Ozokerite, Octyldodecanol, Silica, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Polyethylene, Microcrystalline Wax/Cera Microcristallina/Cire Microcristalline, Fragrance, Tocopherol, Squalane, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract, Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) Extract/Extrait D'Orge, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Cholesterol, Ceramide 3, Acrylates Copolymer, Linoleic Acid, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Barium Sulfate, Alumina, Vanillin, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Carmine (Ci 75470), Copper Powder (Ci 77400), Red 6 (Ci 15850), Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360), Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985)].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Empire
PPermanent. $57.00.
Insatiable
Tom Ford Beauty Insatiable Lip Color ($55.00 for 0.1 oz.) is a muted, medium coral with moderate, warm undertones and a satin finish. The pigmentation had good color payoff in a single layer, though it was just shy of full opacity.
The consistency was smooth, lightly creamy, and emollient without feeling like it slid around during wear. There was a touch of product that settled into my deeper lip lines but wasn’t visible to my eye in person (just in the close-up photos). It wore nicely for four hours and felt lightly moisturizing while worn.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Natasha Denona Calla (12.5NB) (P, $25.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Rose Inc Poetic (P, $28.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Hourglass Explorer (P, $32.00) is brighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Estee Lauder Wicked Wish (P, $32.00) is more shimmery, brighter, glossier (90% similar).
- Bite Beauty Atlanta (LE, $26.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Gucci Beauty Emmy Petal (411) (P, $42.00) is darker, less pigmented (90% similar).
- ColourPop Fun in the Sun (LE, $9.00) is warmer, glossier (90% similar).
- Maybelline Golden (P, $12.99) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Hourglass At Dawn (LE, $34.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Sike (LE, $7.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$57.00/0.1 oz. - $570.00 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed have an "ultra-creamy texture" with "smooth application" that will deliver "pure color." The lipstick tends to have semi-opaque to opaque coverage with a natural to luminous finish with some shades with very fine pearl and others with more metallic shimmer. The consistency is typically creamy, lightweight, and has moderate slip, which makes it comfortable to wear and to apply but is not the most long-lasting lipstick formula. The wear tends to range between four and six hours with some shades performing above and below that range. There's a vanilla scent but no discernible taste.
Browse all of our Tom Ford Beauty Lip Color swatches.
Ingredients
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Diisostearyl Malate, Trioctyldodecyl Citrate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Lanolin Oil, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax/Candelilla Cera/Cire De Candelilla, Ozokerite, Octyldodecanol, Silica, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Polyethylene, Microcrystalline Wax/Cera Microcristallina/Cire Microcristalline, Fragrance, Tocopherol, Squalane, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract, Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) Extract/Extrait D'Orge, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Cholesterol, Ceramide 3, Acrylates Copolymer, Linoleic Acid, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Barium Sulfate, Alumina, Vanillin, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Carmine (Ci 75470), Copper Powder (Ci 77400), Red 6 (Ci 15850), Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360), Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985)].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Look Using this Product
Insatiable
PPermanent. $57.00.
Libertine
Tom Ford Beauty Libertine Lip Color ($55.00 for 0.1 oz.) is a dusty, medium pink with muted, warm undertones and a satin finish. It had nearly opaque pigmentation in a single layer, which adhered evenly and smoothly across my lips.
The lipstick had a lightweight consistency that was creamy enough not to tug on my lips, but it was thin (without being clingy) and comfortable to wear as it did not slide around. It lasted well for four hours and was lightly hydrating over time.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Bite Beauty Date (LE, $26.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Zoe (LE, $36.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Chanel Low Key (74) (DC, $45.00) is brighter (90% similar).
- MAC Pumpkin (LE, $25.00) is darker, warmer, less glossy (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Medium (P, $37.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Suqqu Akibara (02) (P, $26.50) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- YSL Honey's Nude (125) (LE, $38.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Clinique Nestled (14) (P, $19.50) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Spring Roll (P, $10.00) is lighter, warmer, less glossy (90% similar).
- NARS Tolede (P, $26.00) is darker (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$57.00/0.1 oz. - $570.00 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed have an "ultra-creamy texture" with "smooth application" that will deliver "pure color." The lipstick tends to have semi-opaque to opaque coverage with a natural to luminous finish with some shades with very fine pearl and others with more metallic shimmer. The consistency is typically creamy, lightweight, and has moderate slip, which makes it comfortable to wear and to apply but is not the most long-lasting lipstick formula. The wear tends to range between four and six hours with some shades performing above and below that range. There's a vanilla scent but no discernible taste.
Browse all of our Tom Ford Beauty Lip Color swatches.
Ingredients
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Diisostearyl Malate, Trioctyldodecyl Citrate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Lanolin Oil, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax/Candelilla Cera/Cire De Candelilla, Ozokerite, Octyldodecanol, Silica, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Polyethylene, Microcrystalline Wax/Cera Microcristallina/Cire Microcristalline, Fragrance, Tocopherol, Squalane, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract, Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) Extract/Extrait D'Orge, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Cholesterol, Ceramide 3, Acrylates Copolymer, Linoleic Acid, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Barium Sulfate, Alumina, Vanillin, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Carmine (Ci 75470), Copper Powder (Ci 77400), Red 6 (Ci 15850), Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360), Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985)].
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Libertine looks absolutely stunning for an everyday nude MLBB color! Probably will end up being a future purchase for me, because I would use it a lot.
I’m also really loving Empire, except that I don’t see it as a shade that I would wear very often. Probably not often enough to warrant the $’s.
That is a stunning eye look! Love that you always provide the details of the rest of the look.
Lovely everyday kind of shades. Stunning eye look Christine – it’s really beautiful.
For color, I prefer Libertine and Insatiable. That said overall I prefer the translucent colors released this year. For $55.00, I have to love it and I just like these.
For color, I prefer Libertine and Insatiable. That said, overall I prefer the translucent colors released this year. For $55.00, I have to love it and I just like these.
Libertine is very pretty, but $55 is more than I allow myself to spend on lipstick. And since I don’t foresee a time in the near future when I would even wear lipstick, there’s no temptation at all.