Beauty Care: Tom Ford Golden Hour Eye Color Quad Review & Swatches

Golden Hour

Tom Ford Beauty Golden Hour Eye Color Quad ($90.00 for 0.21 oz.) is a new, probably limited edition, warm-toned color story featuring various hues of copper. The color story was darker and more red-toned than orange-toned compared to Peach Dawn, released alongside this quad, but obviously oddly similar for the same release. It features the gel-powder formula that can be used wet or dry with ease and tends to be more reliable in terms of performance/quality. All four shades were pigmented, blendable, and had that “melted” effect on the lids.

Ingredients

Golden Hour

LELimited Edition. $90.00.

9.5

Product

9.5

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

96%

Total

Golden Hour #1

Golden Hour #1 is a light, golden copper with strong, warm undertones and a sparkling, metallic sheen.

Mostly opaque coverage dry, opaque coverage wet
Smooth, not powdery, finely-milled
Applied evenly and blended out well, “melted” on lids
Long-wearing (8.5 hours before fading noticeably)

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MAC Whiz Kid (PiP, ).
Natasha Denona Bronze Foil (437M) (PiP, $29.00).
Glaminatrix Sparks Fly (P, $8.04).
ColourPop Djali (LE, $4.50).
ColourPop Casual Friday (LE, $6.00).
ColourPop Mesmer-eyez (LE, $4.50).
Tom Ford Beauty Sous Le Sable #2 (PiP, ).

Ingredients

Mica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, C12-20 Acid PEG-8 Ester, HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Silica, Squalane, Glycerin, Chondrus Crispus Extract, Dicalcium Phosphate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopherol, Aluminum Calcium Sodium Silicate, Tin Oxide, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polysorbate 80, [+/- Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Aluminum Powder (CI 77000), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Bronze Powder (CI 77400), Carmine (CI 75470), Chromium Hydroxide Green (CI 77289), Chromium Oxide Greens (CI 77288), Copper Powder (CI 77400), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140)].

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Golden Hour #1

LELimited Edition.

9.5

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

94%

Total

Golden Hour #2

Golden Hour #2 is a light-medium coral with strong, warm undertones and a lightly, metallic sheen.

Mostly opaque coverage dry, opaque coverage wet
Smooth, not powdery, finely-milled
Applied evenly and blended out well, “melted” on lids
Long-wearing (8.5 hours before fading noticeably)

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Charlotte Tilbury Walk of No Shame #3 (PiP, ).
Huda Beauty Ruby #3 (LE, ).
ColourPop Good to Go (LE, $4.50).
City Color Homecoming Queen (P, $6.99).
NARS Basic Instinct (LE, $19.00).
ColourPop Faze (LE, $6.00).
Chanel Rising Sun (24) (P, $36.00).
Sephora Striking (P, $10.00).
Hourglass Reflect (P, $29.00).

Ingredients

Golden Hour #2

LELimited Edition.

9.5

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

94%

Total

Golden Hour #3

Golden Hour #3 is a deep copper with warm, reddish undertones and a pearl finish.

Opaque coverage both dry and wet
Smooth, not powdery, finely-milled
Applied evenly and blended out well, “melted” on lids
Long-wearing (8.5 hours before fading noticeably)

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ColourPop TTYN (LE, $4.50).
Tom Ford Beauty Electric Cherry #1 (LE, ).
MAC DM Me (PiP, ).
ColourPop Arrow (P, $6.00).
Fenty Beauty Stunt Queen (PiP, ).
Viseart Solar Flair (GPV2 #21) (LE, ).
Fenty Beauty Blood Moon (LE, ).
Dior Mirage #4 (LE, ).
NABLA Cosmetics Amarcord (PiP, ).
Urban Decay Zone (Shortcut) (LE, $19.00).

Ingredients

Golden Hour #3

LELimited Edition.

9.5

Product

Pigmentation

9.5

Texture

Longevity

Application

96%

Total

Golden Hour #4

Golden Hour #4 is a deep, coppery-red with subtle, warm undertones and a pearl finish. It is deeper and redder compared to the third shade in the quad, but they are closer than ideal for maximum versatility within such a small format.