Tom Ford Pretty Baby Eye Color Quad Review & Swatches
Pretty Baby
Tom Ford Beauty Pretty Baby Eye Color Quad ($88.00 for 0.21 oz.) is a new, permanent that includes a rosy plum, lighter purple, copper with duochrome finish (read mostly pink-purple on), and a deep brown. I liked the effect of the shades used together, but I wish the quality was higher across the board. For me, Tom Ford eyeshadows could be more consistent, and I’d expect more given the high price point.
Pretty Baby #1
Pretty Baby #1 is a soft, plummy brown with subtle, warm undertones and a frosted finish. It had medium color coverage, which was buildable, but I had to really layer and press it on to get more opaque coverage. The texture had a lot of slip to it, and my experience with more slippery eyeshadows (that are still powder-based) is that they don’t go on as evenly, which was true here. It wore well for seven and a half hours on me.
Top Dupes
- theBalm Blink 1982 (P, $16.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Tarte Make a Mauve (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Too Faced Winter Dream (LE, $16.00) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
- Lancome Exhibition (PiP, $19.00) is less shimmery, cooler (85% similar).
- Dior Golden Shock #2 (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Hourglass Plum Mauve (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
Pretty Baby #2
Pretty Baby #2 is a light-medium, dusty purple with subtle, warm undertones and a satin finish. It had opaque pigmentation that applied evenly to bare skin and blended out easily, but it was slightly dusty in the pan, which resulted in slight fallout during application and a tendency to fade a bit in intensity as it sat on my skin. This shade stayed on well for seven and a half hours before fading noticeably.
Top Dupes
- Sydney Grace Midnight Amethyst (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Smashbox Amethyst (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Gone Mad (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Dior Dulcinee #4 (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Too Faced Follow Me (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- MAC Alluring (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- Tarina Tarantino Poppycock (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, brighter (85% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Lilac Dream #4 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- MAC Nearing Dark (LE, $17.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- NARS Flowers 1 #2 (DC, $25.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
Pretty Baby #3
Pretty Baby #3 is a bright, rosy copper base with pink-to-blue shifting pearl and larger sparkle. It had good pigmentation both dry and wet, but it was much more metallic and had more noticeable shift from the sparkles when used with a dampened brush. The consistency was smooth, almost a little wet to the touch, and it blended out well without fallout as it seemed the shimmer/sparkle was very flat. It lasted nicely on my lid for eight and a half hours and had just a touch of fallout over time.
Top Dupes
- Colour Pop Kindness (LE, $5.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Glass Bull (P, $5.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Tarte Create (LE, ) is less shimmery, more muted (90% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Hopeless Romantix (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- NARS Exploit (LE, $25.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Becca Ocean Jasper (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Golden Hour (LE, $19.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Boom Boom Room (LE, $18.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Too Faced Artist Pass (LE, $16.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Fortune-Teller (LE, $19.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
Pretty Baby #4
Pretty Baby #4 is a deep brown with subtle, warm undertones and a satin finish. It had opaque color coverage that adhered well to bare skin and blended out fairly well, though it could have been a bit more blendable. The texture was smooth, soft and yielding without being too firmly or too softly pressed in the pan. It wore well for eight hours on me before it started to fade visibly.
Top Dupes
- Make Up For Ever ME614 Graphite Brown (P, $17.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Cafecito (LE, $5.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild Comfort Zone #2 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Estee Lauder Bronze Dunes #3 (LE, $21.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Too Faced Secret Lovers (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty AW '16 (Right) (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Dior Parisian Sky #5 (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Too Faced Obsessed (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- The Estee Edit Burn (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Muse (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
Oh geesh, I don’t want to like this quad as much as I do. It just looks like it would give one a softer lilac/lavender eye with one kapow in the kisser shade tossed in. I do wish that the overall quality had been more consistent.
I love this quad and find the colors to be very grown-up, sophisticated and a little sexy. I don’t regret buy this quad at all.
I really like the colour combination – I think the shades are quite cohesive and you can easily create a beautiful eye look from this quad. However the quality of the first two shades was average and individually the shades are easily duped.
Very pretty eye look Christine.
I love the color combination, but the price is ridiculous, especially given the lack of quality. Although these are shades that attract me, it’s a no-brainer pass!
I’ve lost interest in Tom Ford Beauty. This is the best color scheme of the new quads, but the old ones were classier. Ever since Pat McGrath has been in the market, I don’t care anymore for Tom Ford. And the quality is not as good as it was a couple of years ago.
The pink blue shift is the big wow for me, but not at this price point. It’s pretty alright.
Nice quad — not $88 dollars nice, but I do appreciate the color story.