NARS Holiday 2011

[Monsy]

katred please make FOTD with it i would love to see how it looks on your eyes!

 

[shontay07108]

I bought the duo today! I love it. The dark blue is powdery, like Katred said, but it's not bad to work with at all. The real reason I bought this is for the shimmery shade. I can't even describe it. It's beyond, beyond. That's all I can say about it. Pure love. Nothing else worked for me. Joyous wasn't that joyous to me. It was pretty muted so I passed.

 

[Monsy]

shontay waiting for your pics too!

 

[shontay07108]

Here you go... Look at that shimmery shade. Just look at it. :drools:

 

[Monsy]

thank you so much shontay! i am not sure i can pull of something that blue... but it does look beautiful

 

[katred]

katred please make FOTD with it i would love to see how it looks on your eyes!

I couldn't wait to try it out. Here's a quick look. I used a damp brush on the darker colour and it applied perfectly- no dust, no fallout, no unintended sheerness.



There's something about this duo that just reminds me of skies in November. You really have to see it in person, although Shontay's pics do give a good idea of how lovely the shimmery colour is. I've really been blown away by Nars' duos this year!

 

[Sojourner]

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[shontay07108]

Temptalia's swatch of the duo seems way off to me. That shimmery shade looks mighty blue on her. I'm glad I bought it before seeing that b/c I might have been turned off. The shimmer shade is like a pewter/gray/dark blue. So hard to describe, but it definitely has more dimension that what her picture suggests. As far as it being similar to Hold My Gaze, I own hold my gaze although I have not compared the two yet. Off the top of my head I would say they are cousins. They have that same hard to pin down quality about their color. I do think HMG is a bit more gray, though.

 

[Monsy]

katred i love it on you! you and shontay can pull off any color! what do you have on your lips?

 

[User38]

katred.. unusually gorgeous.. lol.

shontay, now you did it.. I am trying to stay away from major colour and these blues.. ah these blues.

gets out a pistola.

 

[katred]

As far as it being similar to Hold My Gaze, I own hold my gaze although I have not compared the two yet. Off the top of my head I would say they are cousins. They have that same hard to pin down quality about their color. I do think HMG is a bit more gray, though.

Totally agree with you on this one. I'll admit, it's a tricky shade to capture because it has such depth, but in her swatch, it looks more like a blue with gold shimmer. It's much more nuanced than that.

HG- Funny thing is, I usually don't care for blue eye shadows on me, because I find they make my eyes look "faded" and can wash me out a little, but somehow, they keep following me home. This duo is just lovely. Super-easy to work with and quite unique. I feel like Nars has hit a few home runs this year with their duos in particular.

Monsy- Thanks very much. I'm wearing Chanel's RA Coquette in the photos. I'm actually doing a review and FOTD for my blog. I'll post the link here when it's up!

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ Gorgeous, katred! I love smoky, cool colours, and these grey and blue are perfect. I agree, I like Grand Palais very much too.

I want this duo, is it perm or LE? I can't get it right now, but only when someone traveling overseas can help me pick it up.

 

[Monsy]

i think it's perm.

 

[aradhana]

thanks for the swatches, shontay

i was kind of disappointed and confused when i saw temptalia's swatches of this duo online....a shimmery that comes out blue paired with another blue seemed a bit odd....

hopefully this duo will be at my counter soon. although, i was kind of having the 'too much makeup blues' this morning, wondering when i'm going to use all this stuff! i need to implement a system to use the items that seem to stay at the back of vaults... like the randomizer perhaps....

 

[katred]

FYI, the Murale store at Place Ville Marie has this collection out. I haven't seen it anywhere else yet.

 

[amillion]

I really wanted to like the new G spot multiple but sadly it didn't show up well on my nw55 skin. I had better success with South and Palm Beach mulitples which I love.

 

[aradhana]

FYI, the Murale store at Place Ville Marie has this collection out. I haven't seen it anywhere else yet.

thanks for letting me know -- i had basically counted murale out because they never seem to have the new collections right away...but that's good to hear
in any case, i can't get to the store before next week...we're on holiday in vermont! it's such a nice feeling to be away...

hopefully they'll still have bit's of the collection floating around later...i was also hoping to check out ponderosa and joyous. i know christine mentioned that ponderosa had bad wear time on her, but i just really like that colour a lot!

 

[shontay07108]

I wore the shadow duo today. It creates a really lovely smoky eye. I don't have any colors like them and it's more obvious after wearing it. It's a bummer that the shimmer from the lighter shades doesn't quite translate on the eye. Still a winner, though.

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ Good to know you like it!

Does the lighter shade turns muddy, espeically when blended with the dark blue?

 

[shontay07108]

Not at all. The colors are distinct. The lighter shade is so, so pretty and together they create a really nice look. It's just the shimmer that gets a little lost, not the actual color.