Beauty Care: Tom Ford Ambrosia Eyeshadow Quad Review & Swatches

Ambrosia

Tom Ford Beauty Ambrosia Eye Color Quad ($90.00 for 0.35 oz.) was another disappointment in the Tom Ford fall collection. Tom Ford frequently includes a more emollient, often sheerer, sparkly shade in their quads, but the ones included in Ambrosia were quite dry and firmer, which made them difficult to pick up, have poor adhesion, and more prone to fallout.

Ingredients

Ambrosia #1

Ambrosia #1 is a light copper with moderate, warm orange-based undertones and a sparkling finish. I was surprised at how dry it felt–not nearly as emollient or as smooth as most of the brand’s sparkly shades in past quads.

Semi-sheer pigmentation; hard to build up
Firmly-pressed, drier, and picked up poorly with a brush
Prone to fallout during application, needed to be applied with an adhesive base/spray
Shorter wear (6 hours), moderate fallout over time

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Ingredients

Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Squalane, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Hydrogenated Styrene/ Isoprene Copolymer, Zinc Stearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopherol, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tin Oxide, Mica, [+/- Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Aluminum Powder (Ci 77000), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), 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), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)].

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Ambrosia #1

LELimited Edition.

Product

4.5

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

46%

Total

Ambrosia #2

Ambrosia #2 is a brighter, medium red with strong, warm orange undertones and flecks of pink and copper sparkle throughout. Like the copper shade, this was also quite dry and pressed firmly into the pan.

Semi-sheer pigmentation; hard to build up
Firmly-pressed, drier, and picked up poorly with a brush
Prone to fallout during application, needed to be applied with an adhesive base/spray
Shorter wear (6 hours), moderate fallout over time

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Ingredients

Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Squalane, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite,Mica, Hydrogenated Styrene/ Isoprene Copolymer, Zinc Stearate, Caprylylglycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopherol, Pentaerythrityltetra-Di-T-Butylhydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tin Oxide, Silica, Maltodextrin, [+/- Titanium Dioxide(Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Aluminum Powder (Ci 77000), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090) 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), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)].

Ambrosia #2

LELimited Edition.

Product

4.5

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

46%

Total

Ambrosia #3

Ambrosia #3 is a vivid, medium-dark raspberry pink with cooler undertones and a matte finish.

Semi-opaque pigmentation
Finely-milled, lightly powdery, prone to sheering
Blended out evenly but best over a primer to minimize sheerness/fallout
Average-wearing (7.5 hours)

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Ingredients

Mica, Silica, Zinc Stearate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Kaolin,Maltodextrin, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin[] Squalane, Tocopherol, [+/- Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Ironoxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Aluminum Powder (Ci 77000), Bismuthoxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Bronze Powder (Ci 77400), Carmine (Ci75470), 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), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)].