NARS released a 6 shadow palette recently that I was lucky to get my hands on! NARS products are amazingly high quality makeup products but they do run at a high price. I thought I'd review this if any of you out there are thinking of purchasing this palette!
First of all let's talk about the packaging:
This palette is like all other iconic NARS packaging: a sleek velvety black case with bold white letters. The packaging is beautiful, but be warned! This type of material for some reason attracts every bit of dust, dirt, and makeup. The packaging won't stay sleek and pretty for long!
Now on to the beautiful colors:
Top Row: Alhambra, Bellisima, Kalahari
Bottom Row: Galapagos, Coconut Grove, Night Clubbing
As you can see, these shadows are all neutral shades. The top row consists of shades that are great for the lid and that middle matte color is amazing for blending out crease colors. The bottom row are shades that are great for the crease to darken up any look and the middle and right colors are great to smudge into your lash line for a smoldering effect.
Swatch time!
The top row colors are the first three on the left, and the bottom row colors are the three on the right. As you can see, the pigmentation is standard NARS quality. In other words, its amazing. The only color that could be a bit lacking is that gray-mauve color called Bellisima. However, when blended into the crease on the eye, it looks beautiful. The color to be careful with is Night Clubbing, the sparkly deep green color on the right. You have to be careful with this stuff! It is the most pigmented eyeshadow I have ever touched, swatched, or tried to work with. It would be great pressed into the lash line to add smokiness to any night time look!
Something to note about this palette is the size of the eyeshadows. They have 0.03 oz of product per shadow. For comparison, a normal NARS eyeshadow has 0.07oz of product so you're getting a bit less than half of a normal sized eyeshadow. Though these shadows are small, a great thing about the size of this palette is that its portable! It's about the size of an iPhone so you can easily store it in a purse for on the go and change your look from day to night.
This palette also comes with a small travel size brush and a medium sized ProPrime smudgeproof eyeshadow base. NARS claims this is a $105 value set if you care to do the math and check!
Overall I recommend this product. The eyeshadow quality is NARS level quality and because of the great color selection and portability of the product, I think this is well worth the money. Speaking of which:
This product can be purchased for $59 at Sephora. Its limited edition so snatch it up while you can!
xxSJ
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