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Posted by Dain, Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:09 PM (Eastern)
Duo in Caravaggio $30: shimmery hot fuchsia, and a bright, shimmery violet with a teeny pinkishness... it's almost "orchid", or maybe right between violet and orchid
Duo in Jezebel $30: medium, grey-undertoned lilac with flecks of shimmer, and russet shimmer (like the color of a fox's fur)
Cream Shadow in Zardoz $20: black cream shadow
Cream Shadow in Paper Tiger $20: I'll have to agree with Sephora's assessment of this... this is the exact shade of... toffee.
Blush in Mounia $25: Frankly, I'm getting sick of shimmery, complex NARS blushes, but the credit-card-holding hordes can't seem to get enough of them, so they will continue to make blushes like Mounia. Mounia reminds me of Crazed, except darker and with some brown to neutralize it. It does remind me somewhat of cinnamon—the flavor, not the color of the bark. For those not familar with Crazed, Mounia could be best described as a medium-deep coral-pink shimmer with brown to keep it from being too bright, and is a color that ought to look on everyone who needs blush (reminds me of an old MAC blush that they don't make anymore, I forget the name, though).
Lip Gloss in Gothika $22: I bought this, a grogeous color. Take the classic Delux Norris stereotype of redcurrant, brown it down almost unto mauve (we're at Positano, another NARS lipgloss, here), then add some plum, so that we're looking at the most gorgeous dark rose shimmer here.
Lip Gloss Stain in Indian Red $22: A dark red, brighter, browner than Daredevil (which is a cool, dried-blood red).
Lipstick in Vera Cruz $22.50: A difficult color to describe... it's something like a mauve-brown with shimmer, with the warmth but not the depth of a "raisin". NARS calls it a "sheer cinnamon", and it very well could be a cinnamon rose, if you can imagine the color.
Lipstick in Rouge d'Enfer $22.50: Berry brown, maybe, no shimmer. NARS calls it "cranberry", and I'd say it's browner than mere cranberry, but you took a shade like Fresh Cranberry Lemonade and added a little brown to it, you might have Rouge d'Enfer.
Sparkling Loose Powder in Machu Picchu $35: it's quite light, with sparkle
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