Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Cheek Palette Review & Swatches

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Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette

Pillow Talk Fair-Medium

Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium Beautifying Face Palette ($75.00 for 0.35 oz.) required a particularly heavy-handed approach to really get through the stiffer textures used throughout the palette. They seemed like a hybrid, gel-powder based formula, but the textures were stiffer than that, really needing to be pushed and swirled to get coverage. For those who prefer sheerer coverage, it should be workable, as the shades remained blendable on skin, which was where texture mattered the most.

Ingredients

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Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 Soft Blush

Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1

Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #1 is a light, pinky-peach with moderate, warm undertones and a satin finish.

Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
Firmer, stiffer texture made it harder to pick up product evenly
Applied evenly, blended out well
Long-wearing (8.5 hours)

Ingredients

MICA, DIMETHICONE, SILICA, PHENYL TRIMETHICONE, SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE, PEG-12 DIMETHICONE, POLYSORBATE 20, GLYCERIN, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, GELLAN GUM, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM CITRATE, XANTHAN GUM, TOCOPHEROL, [+/- TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), RED 30 LAKE (CI 73360), CARMINE (CI 75470)].

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.

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Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 Super Glow

Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2

Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #2 is a light peach with warmer undertones and a sparkling sheen.

Semi-sheer, buildable pigmentation
Denser, stiffer texture was hard to pick up
Once product picked up, applied evenly and blended out well
Long-wearing (8 hours)

Ingredients

CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE, MICA, NEOPENTYL GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE/DICAPRATE, DIMETHICONE, PEG-12 DIMETHICONE, SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE, DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, GLYCERIN, POLYSORBATE 60, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, GELLAN GUM, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, SODIUM CITRATE, XANTHAN GUM, TOCOPHEROL, [+/- TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492), CARMINE (CI 75470)].

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.

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Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 Multi-Glow

Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3

Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #3 is a light-medium pink with moderate, warm undertones and a metallic sheen.

Mostly opaque color coverage
Smooth, moderately-dense texture, not quite as stiff as other shades in the palette
Applied evenly and blended out nicely
Long-wearing (8 hours)

Ingredients

MICA, CETEARYL ETHYLHEXANOATE, HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER, GLYCERIN, POLYSORBATE 20, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, SQUALANE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, CHONDRUS CRISPUS (CARRAGEENAN) EXTRACT, OCTYLDODECYL STEAROYL STEARATE, XANTHAN GUM, SILICA, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, TOCOPHEROL, [+/- TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492), CARMINE (CI 75470)].

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.

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Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 Super Blush

Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4

Pillow Talk Fair-Medium #4 is a rich, vivid deeper pink with subtle, cool undertones and a satin finish.

Opaque pigmentation
Firmer, stiffer texture made it harder to pick up product evenly
Applied evenly, blended out well
Long-wearing (8.5 hours)

Ingredients

MICA, DIMETHICONE, SILICA, PHENYL TRIMETHICONE, SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE, PEG-12 DIMETHICONE, POLYSORBATE 20, GLYCERIN, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, GELLAN GUM, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM CITRATE, XANTHAN GUM, TOCOPHEROL, [+/- TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), RED 30 LAKE (CI 73360), CARMINE (CI 75470)].

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.

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Nancy T Avatar

I really do WISH that she would have taken that bright rich pink and had it in the Medium to Deep quad, and the lighter peachy shade from that palette in this one instead. Two light leaning blushes for the Light to Medium quad would have made more sense, if you ask me
And then there’s the very strange texture to these that everyone has seemed to mention. Idk what’s up with that!

Tracey E Avatar

Hi Nancy, I own both palettes and find that synthetic brushes worked best with the stiff blush formula. As I’ve been using them, I’m finding dense brushes with mixed goat hair and synthetic fibers are also picking up the shades nicely, so maybe the texture softens with use. We’ll see. The shade curation is more a warm palette and a cool palette vs light palette and deep palette. My skintone is light and I find the shades build beautifully. I’m really pleased with both palettes.

Sarah Avatar

Thanks for the tip, Tracey! I’m waiting on the Fair-Light Palette to arrive and seeing the less than favourable reviews both here and on Sephora.com was making me nervous! I will try using it with a synthetic haired brush.

Tracey E Avatar

This palette is beautiful. I love the first blush shade in particular – a buildable dusty rose on my skintone. The highlight shades are easy to wear and I have find myself mixing a blush and a highlighter together for a quick glowy cheek. CT doesn’t make many cool toned cheek products, so I’m pleased to have this in my collection.

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