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A shimmery gold cream eyeshadow that you can wear by itself or as a base for powder eyeshadows.
I dig the color and how it lights up my eyes, but after five minutes it creases like WHOA. It wears a little better if I use only a tiny bit and set it with a powder eyeshadow.
Wish NARS could find a way for it to last longer, because the color’s flattering on warm skin.
PRICE: $24
AVAILABILITY: Available now at NARS counters and narscosmetics.com
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: C
Any day you see a sunrise is a great day.
Oh, NARS Persia…why do you make me think of goofy Jake Gyllenhaal running around the desert half-naked with greasy hair? Or remind me of the kitty who hawks boxes of grilled Fancy Feast?
(Ever notice how Persian cats get most of the best gigs for wet food ads?)
Now, I know why you remind me of MAC Brown Script, a matte, super soft and pigmented reddish, orangey brown.
Brown Script is one of my favorite eyeshadow colors, evah! I love wearing it in the crease, and Persia, a single from the new NARS spring 2013 collection, is like an orangey version.
Hella intense, like several of its siblings from the launch, Persia first struck me as a crease contouring color best for warm-toned gals (and guys), and yes, I think it’s awesome in that capacity, but it also exhibits brightening powers!
Wait — what?
Yup, like the new Bouthan Duo, even though Persia isn’t what I’d normally think of when I think of “eye-opening colors.”
When I apply it on my lids, draw a small amount up into the crease, and finish with a couple coats of mascara (followed by, perhaps, black eyeliner, if I’m feelin’ it), wow. Not bad. 🙂
I think I do look wider awake…
On a scale of pink eyeshadow zombie-ness, with one being 100% human and 10 being 100% zombie, the NARS Bouthan Eyeshadow Duo gets a solid ONE. Human all the way!
First, it’s pink eyeshadow, and pink isn’t always the easiest color for me to wear on my eyes, especially bright pinks.
I always approach pink eyeshadows cautiously, because some of them can look a little sketchy (i.e., like I’ve been crying, or have been turned into zombie…a crying zombie).
Sometimes, though, when I find the right pink, everything just clicks.
And here’s a duo that falls into that category. 🙂
Maybe it’s because neither of these shades contains a lot of red, and reddish pinks, at least on my lids, enhance the zombie effect. The shadows in Bouthan are further from red and closer to purple on the color wheel.
Oh, and both of them sparkle! The darker purplish pink shade, especially, which looks very striking loaded with so much dense golden glitter.
How do you feel about sheer nail polishes? If you answered, “Yes! Love ’em. Gimme-gimme-gimme!” I’d like to direct your attention to a Disco Inferno.
NARS Disco Inferno. It’s from their new 2013 spring collection, and I see it as a provocative counterpoint to the makeup it parties with in the release.
“Intense” barely comes close to describing many of the color products in the collection. This spring at NARS has been a full-on pigment party.
But for nails, the brand decided to go a different, sheerer route.
I like it in the context of the rest of the collection — the contrast between the vibrant, 1,000-watt stereo pigment products, and Disco Inferno’s almost whisper of color.
Sure, if you don’t like sheer nail polishes, this won’t light your fire, but if you do, look out!
Like a real fire, Disco Inferno plays with light. It’s constantly changing colors.
It also reminds me of a mermaids tail…
No, not a tale like, “Once upon a time, a lonely mermaid longed to walk along the shore above her underwater world.”
Nope. Tail, as in T-A-I-L.
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A vibrant reddish pink, and one of five lipsticks from the new MAC Strength collection.
One layer gives me smooth, full coverage that lasts from 6-7 hours.
What a bright, happy shade. 🙂
If you’re hooked on MAC’s Impassioned Lipstick, you might also sing for Party Parrot.
PRICE: $15
AVAILABILITY: Currently listed as “sold out” on maccosmetics.com, so check your local counter
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: A+
Favorite quote from the movie, Stepbrothers. Go!
Swear to gawd, every time I watch that movie, I crack up!
I’m lemming this shirt I saw at Urban Outfitters, big time…
Greek isle or metallurgical experiment? How about both? Or neither…?
With NARS Cythere Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil, it’s as if NARS melted down a rose gold bracelet and poured the molten metal into a mould the shape of a gloss.
Neat! And like the two most recent products I’ve tried from the spring 2013 collection so far — Dressed to Kill Lipstick and Seduction Blush — Cythere is intense, and yet it’s probably the springier, more wearable of the two lip products from the launch.
