NARS "And God Created The Woman" Gift Set - Page 2

^ So what do you think of it? Mine is coming tomorrow

That looks so much nicer than the picture announcing it.... are the colors lighter than promo pics or is that flash?   And yes I did google swatches left and right.  Mine comes tomorrow too elegant and I am so excited about it.  YaY Nars eyeshadow and the fancy smancy face powder <3

thanks that is good to know!  I am sorry it is smaller than you thought~ I hate that when that happens but I see it fits in the palm of your hand which means it isn't unwieldy.  And I won't be thinking it is larger cus how huge can your hand be eh?

Actually I hopped on it for two reasons.  First, the primer which I have been wanting to try.  It gets so many good reviews on  here and it was out during the sale so of course I skipped on purchasing the blush brush on sale.  Now I hear the blush brush might not be very soft so for once my fit of argh seems to have saved me grief.  I like my fan brushes for vivid blushes anyway and I have a very light hand with make-up in general so spending so much for a fancy oriental brush .... oh ramble.  Second, I do not own any Nars eyeshadows!  I am not overly big on shadows being married to a shiseido duo {drats to discontinuation of duos} and a dior quint that I have been using forever.  The dior one since the 80's.  For realz.  I do have my single color MACs and Smashboxes.  I actually preferred the smashboxes but once again discontinued.  Ah well onto Nars who has never disappointed me in the blush or lippie dept.  I am sure I will LOVE them hard

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Originally Posted by elkaknits 

thanks that is good to know!  I am sorry it is smaller than you thought~ I hate that when that happens but I see it fits in the palm of your hand which means it isn't unwieldy.  And I won't be thinking it is larger cus how huge can your hand be eh?

 

Actually I hopped on it for two reasons.  First, the primer which I have been wanting to try.  It gets so many good reviews on  here and it was out during the sale so of course I skipped on purchasing the blush brush on sale.  Now I hear the blush brush might not be very soft so for once my fit of argh seems to have saved me grief.  I like my fan brushes for vivid blushes anyway and I have a very light hand with make-up in general so spending so much for a fancy oriental brush .... oh ramble.  Second, I do not own any Nars eyeshadows!  I am not overly big on shadows being married to a shiseido duo {drats to discontinuation of duos} and a dior quint that I have been using forever.  The dior one since the 80's.  For realz.  I do have my single color MACs and Smashboxes.  I actually preferred the smashboxes but once again discontinued.  Ah well onto Nars who has never disappointed me in the blush or lippie dept.  I am sure I will LOVE them hard

If you're just starting with Nars, I think these shadows would be an excellent starting point. Even if the palette is small, I think I still need it. So many shades I'd love to try out and, if I want more, they're all permanent- YAY!

I have two shades already plus three mini primers... i think i will skip 

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I really need to try that primer. I hear such great things.

I have the primer and do really like it! Don't know if it's better then any other primer but it does a great job!

Primer is ok. Not better than other ones on the market like UD or Lorac, but works well 

First finger is the bottom row, the other 3 fingers are the top row in order left to right.

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Originally Posted by MarieMary 

Nice pictures, thanks! :)

 

I think I'll get this gift set, even though I do have some of the eyeshadows already, and I have a mini eyeshadow primer. But I've been wanting this brush for a while, and there's no way I'm paying full price for it. Plus the eyeshadows are good neutrals, so it's not like I wouldn't use them eventually.

 

What can you say about the brush, have you tried it?

I just did. Its kind of thick & fluffy & soft. It feels like a nice full head brush. Its a great palette to have. The es are so rich & pigmented & soft.

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Originally Posted by MaitaiFluff 


I really need to try that primer. I hear such great things.

i loove looove loooooove the nars primer

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Originally Posted by Brightlights2 

I have the primer and do really like it! Don't know if it's better then any other primer but it does a great job!

its better than the other primers ive tried  

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Originally Posted by Monsy 

Primer is ok. Not better than other ones on the market like UD or Lorac, but works well 

havent tried lorac but UD sucks on my lids and my sisters lids.  Can we say Crease City?

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Originally Posted by elegant-one 

First finger is the bottom row, the other 3 fingers are the top row in order left to right.

thanks for the swatches :) i have so many mac neutrals that i have a feeling i can dupe all of these shadows so its a pass for me. i only own 1 nars shadow and thats Grenadines and i think im satisfied with that.  Im more into nars skin and face products. no lips/eyes really attract me so much. (i actually use nars laguna bronzer as my everyday shadow lol)

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havent tried lorac but UD sucks on my lids and my sisters lids.  Can we say Crease City?

I have very dry lids and UD works great. I also love love Lorac, it's very similar to UD but hase little bit more tint to it. I recommended it to a friend with a very oily lids and she loves it. She also hated NArs and returned it. 

The only one I hated is Too faced. Eyeshadows faded in couple of hours. That never happened to me with any other primer. 

I don't have a singleton to photograph since these are my first Nars e/s however according to sephora website a single e/s contains .07oz of product and this one contains 6 shades at .03oz each. That is significantly smaller.  You get you get @ 2 1/2 singles worth of shadow .18 oz divied up 6 ways

The palette itself is 4 long by 3 3/4 wide. Each es rectangle is about an inch long by 3/4 wide

HTH

Yup, I think I'm definitely going to have to get this one. I really like the neutrals and I've wanted to try the Nars primer for a while. So far, primers and I have not gotten along. I stick by my Mac paint pots, because UD Primer Potion creased within seconds on me and Benefit's Stay, Don't Stray seemed to make shades look muted or muddy. 

I tried the primer today. I am not a lover of any eye primers as they just seem dry & mute the actual colors on my lids. I have dry to normal skin & I love shadows just they way they are on my natural naked skin & I never have problems with shadows or liners fading away.

The shadow that is the far right third color on the top row makes a lovely blending crease color & under the bottom lash line color.

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Originally Posted by MarieMary 

You are very lucky, and just like my sister: you have what we call magical eyelids. :P

Magical Eyelids

please help!!!

i cant tell if the 'bellissima' shadow is the lighter cream side or the darker taupey brown side.....i want to order it if its the darker of the two in the duo but pics  still make it so hard to tell :(

in some pics it looks like it might be one or the other