Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Medium-Deep Cheek Palette Review & Swatches
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Medium-Deep 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
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep
PPermanent. $75.00.
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #1
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #1 is a brighter, medium coral with warm, more orange-leaning undertones paired with a satin finish.
Nearly opaque pigmentation, buildable
Moderately-dense, firmer texture (harder to pick up evenly)
Applied evenly, blended out well despite consistency in pan
Long-wearing (8.5 hours)
Top Dupes
- KIKO 108 Orange Coral (DC, $12.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Cheer Up (LE, $30.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- ColourPop Magic Moon (LE, $8.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Makeup by Mario Creamy Peach (P, $24.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Warm (Winter 2016) Blush (LE, $60.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Gucci Beauty Bright Coral (04) (P, $49.00) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- NARS Croisette (LE, $30.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Gucci Beauty Radiant Pink (03) (P, $49.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Rare Beauty Nearly Neutral (P, $21.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Essence Beloved (P, $2.99) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
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), CARMINE (CI 75470), RED 30 LAKE (CI 73360)].
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Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #1
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #2
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #2 is a medium peach with warmer, more golden undertones and a sparkling, metallic 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)
Top Dupes
- Too Faced Sweet Peach Illuminator (PiP, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Clionadh Vesta (P, $12.50) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Seductive Beauty (Highlight) (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Smashbox Gilded Rose (LE, $39.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Happy Thoughts (LE, $8.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Milani Rosa Romantica (P, $7.99) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Hourglass Absolute Strobe Light (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Girl Next Door (PiP, $36.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Lightning Dust (PiP, $36.00) is lighter (95% similar).
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), CARMINE (CI 75470)].
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Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #2
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #3
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #3 is a medium pink-coral base with lighter, more peachy-gold shimmer and sparkle throughout.
Opaque color coverage
Smooth, moderately-dense texture but not as stiff as the blushes
Applied evenly and blended out well
Long-wearing (8 hours)
Top Dupes
- Stellar Beauty Flare (P, $25.00) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Jam Out (LE, $5.00) is more shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Lola (P, $26.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Tarte Amp (-, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- Milani Bella Bellini (P, $7.99) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Peachykeen (P, $24.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Tarte Electric (-, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Love Glow (Super Glow) (PiP, $38.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Becca Rose Spritz (DC, $34.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Tarte Culture (LE, $29.00) is cooler (90% similar).
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)].
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Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #3
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #4
Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #4 is a vivid, medium red with warmer undertones and a satin sheen.
Nearly opaque pigmentation, buildable
Moderately-dense, firmer texture (harder to pick up evenly)
Applied evenly, blended out well despite consistency in pan
Long-wearing (8.5 hours)
Top Dupes
- MAC All Year Red (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Night Bloom (Right) (LE, $38.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Give Me Glow Dollface (P, $14.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- MAC He Likes It Cold (LE, $24.00) is less shimmery, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Just Playin' (LE, $8.00) is less shimmery, cooler (85% similar).
- Coloured Raine Prove My Loyalty (Blush) (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Sanguine (P, $15.50) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Adorned (P, $15.50) is more shimmery, cooler (80% similar).
- Viseart Coral #3 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
- MAC Red Envy (LE, $24.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
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), CARMINE (CI 75470), RED 30 LAKE (CI 73360)].
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.
Well, dang. I really love these shades, yet I may have enough close enough ones to get the same looks approximately: MAC Burnt Pepper? DoC Miramé? MJ Jet Girl? Essence Satin Coral? Just maybe? 🤷🏻♀️
I’m wondering whether all of these shades would suit a deeper skin tone – I just thought that shades 2 & 3 were a bit light on. Pretty nice, but I think you can get better quality when purchasing the shades individually to suit yourself.
Hi Genevieve, shades 2 and 3 are highlighters meant to give a glow, so they won’t be as pigmented as the blush shades. I don’t get the same level of pigmentation from the blushes that Christine has, so the look can be softer and more even across the four shades on light skintone.
Interesting there ones, hard to pick up, yet blends out really nicely and they all look pretty when applied. I really like #3 in this quad. It’s not a me-colour, but it’s so pretty!
I bought this palette to have different blush shades than I own from CT. The formula of the blush shades is stiff, so I marvel at the level of pigmentation that you drew out, Christine, especially shade #4. I went through a number of brushes (goat hair, goat/synthetic mix, synthetic) before finding that synthetic worked best for me to bring out the shade and build on it. The complaints against these palettes is that the blush shades aren’t pigmented but it’s the type of brush used that is the issue. I liked this palette so much that I purchased the lighter one as well. They should be marketed as warm and cool palettes vs fair/light and medium/tan.
Ooh, may I know which synthetic brush ended up working for you please? Thank you!!
Hi, I used a Bobbi Brown Blush brush and a Bobbi Brown Eye Blender brush. I think the formula softens with use. Today, I tried both palettes with these synthetic or synthetic-mixed (Smith) brushes and they worked well: a Sephora Concealer #57 brush (it beautifully polishes the shades into the skin, especially the highlighters), a MAC 127 duo fiber brush, and old MAC 129SE brush, and Smith Wedge Brush 157 and Smith Face Quill 154. Right now, I could use any synthetic brush and it would work with the palette but I started with a dense synthetic brush. Hope it helps!
The highlight ones make your cheeks look like shimmery Christmas ornaments. I like, like, like! They are lovely on you! I would never consider buying this due to the price, but your application makes me want to really think twice.