Tom Ford Intensity 3.0 Shade and Illuminate Cream Contour Duo Review & Swatches

November 24, 2022

Tom Ford Intensity 3.0 Shade and Illuminate Cream Contour Duo Review & Swatches

Intensity 3

Tom Ford Beauty Intensity 3 Shade and Illuminate Cream Contour Duo ($90.00 for 0.5 oz.) consists of two sheerer cream-based products designed to highlight and contour. This is the deepest duo within the range. I found the highlighter didn’t wear quite as long on me as the contour shade, but both products were sheer (as marketed), blendable, and forgiving.

Ingredients

Dimethicone, Silica, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Ozokerite, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Acrylates/Ethylhexyl Acrylate/Dimethicone Methacrylate Copolymer, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Passiflora Edulis Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Methicone, Isohexadecane, Synthetic Beeswax, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499)].

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Intensity 3

PPermanent. $90.00.

9.5

Product

Pigmentation

9.5

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

94%

Total

Intensity 3 (Highlight)

Intensity 3 (Highlight) is a soft, medium copper with warm, reddish-brown undertones and a fine pearl that gave it a satiny sheen once dried down.

Sheer to semi-sheer coverage, buildable to medium
Lightweight, emollient, thin
Dried down for the most part, blended out well over base products
Average-wearing (7.5 hours before fading visibly)

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

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Formula Overview

It's described as a "cream-to-satin formula" that is supposed to "blend seamlessly into skin for natural dimension." The formula has highlighter and contouring shades, which can be used as described, layered, and can also be used to add warmth to the skin.

The texture had a lightweight, thin, and moderately emollient feel to the touch, and it didn't fully set or dry down, but it did dry down to a more satin-like sheen after about 20 seconds. The product applied well over bare skin as well as tapped on top of foundation.

The shades were sheerer in coverage, as marketed, which did result in the highlighter hues looking more similar on me despite having different depths initially. The contour hues tended to have more visible coverage initially but as expected, the formula naturally sheered out quite a bit, so as soon as I started to apply and work with the contour shade, it had sheer to semi-sheer coverage. I could layer to get more medium coverage if desired.

The highlighter shades tended to last around seven and a half hours, while the contour shades lasted closer to eight and a half hours on me.

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