When a man as fabulous as Tom Ford puts his hand to anything it turns out just the way it should be. The right mix of glamour, edge, sophistication, wearability and complete indulgence. Cue The Tom Ford Cosmetics Collection. A range of colour cosmetics and skin treatments to make any woman feel like their being escorted by Tom himself for a night out on the town. (a gay best friend escort of course). I love the way the collection is described in the press release “Tom Ford Beauty is a paragon of luxury and effectiveness.”

I’ve just started to understand the power in makeup you cannot see but does a whole lot of work. By making your makeup work hard to create a muted elegant look you’ll cause jaws to drop when you walk into a room, the whispers will be along the lines of “how does she do it?”

I was lucky enough to be able to test the Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate palette. Tom believes women should sculpt their bone structure’s appearance by illuminating and shadowing their face. The palette contains a light shading cream to brighten and sculpt the face.

How I use Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate

Lighter shade: I run a thin brush with a decent amount of the almost white illuminator down the centre of my nose. I then use it to fill in just underneath my eyebrows to create a more define arch.

Darker shade: The dark shade a dot on each cheek bone and fan outwards to create a defined high cheek bone. I apply with my fingers as it it really easy to blend.

The collection launches on the 13 November 2011 in David Jones Sydney and David Jones Melbourne. It will sell fast!

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