Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate- 01 Intensity One

I'm sure we all have a product that has sat at the top of our wish lists for a while and Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate in Intensity One was mine. Up until a couple of weeks ago when I decided to bite the bullet as such, it had sat high on my list for a good year. The price tag always put me off slightly, but after lots of consideration and after continuously hearing such good things about it, I figured it would be an investment in both my collection and my cheeks.

Shade and Illuminate is a duo of two cream products; one matte Brown toned shade for contour and the other, a pretty much clear product used to highlight and together, they work an absolute dream. I'm trying my hardest to save this product for "best", but it really is so lovely to use and I'm finding myself struggling to resist temptation and reaching for it every day.

A really small amount of product applies and blends out on the skin wonderfully smooth and easy and I find the contour shade underneath my cheekbones, down my nose and in my temples creates so much shadow and a perfectly sculpted look. You can create as strong or as subtle a look as you like with it with such ease and I really can't get enough. The highlight is also just as lovely to work with, it isn't heavily tinted at all, in fact like I mentioned before, swatched it's pretty much clear, but it does add such a nice natural illuminating look without any overbearing shimmery finish, like I find a fair few highlighters do. I apply both with my fingers to warm the product up nicely, but tend to blend out the contour with a Real Techniques contour brush which works really nicely.

Homed in the Tom Ford pouch pictured above, this packaging is absolutely beautiful and the perfect Gold and embedded touches add to the pure luxury of this product in my opinion. At £55 it is a pretty expensive product, but if like me you're a fan of contour and highlight, then I'm pretty sure this would go down well with you.

Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate is available to buy in Selfridges in two shades.