The Lipstick Page Forums Beauty Blog: What I bought today (5.14.05)... What I bought today (5.14.05)... Posted by Dain, Sunday, May 15, 2005 3:11 PM (Eastern) NARS Key Largo ($30): I've been on something of a manhunt for browns lately. I don't wear browns well, even the most well-balanced ones look more than little like dirt on my skin. Well, look no further, because I've found a perfect duo of peachy-nude matte (with a very subtle sheen, so that it doesn't go flat) and a gleaming bronze shimmer, dusted lightly with gold. Ok, not quite perfect, if the bronze had a teeny bit less red and a slight olive tinge, 'twould be absolute perfection..... but it still looks good. I was going a little crazy, because I wasn't sure which set of browns would be best (from Dior), but Key Largo has a definite fitness (a "rightness") that Caliente or Brun Casual or Beige Massai do not have. That is to say, whatever am I going to do with five browns? I wouldn't ever wear a brown alone, but as a complement (adds warmth to violets, softens blues, perfect with greens, etc.), so how many of them could I possibly need? Nay, this is perfect: a nudeish base shade and a shimmer wash of bronze. (This would work better on someone who doesn't have pale skin, as I do, and would be absolutely stunning on blue eyes, and a little less stunning on green eyes, but it'd work on anyone.) NARS Sea, Sex, & Sun ($30): Oy, the name says it all. Actually, I don't know what sex has got to do with it, but it's certainly got sea and sun in it: a gorgeous celadon green sheen, almost bordering on sage (but it's sheer, so only in the pan), with a subtle gold shimmer, and a sheer, warm, slightly greenish gold, not a harsh metallic frost, but a nigh holographic translucence, very soft. I need a gold in my collection, and this is so soft it never looks harsh (when's the last time I've been able to pile on shadow on my lids? that's right, never.), and I've been waiting for NARS to come out with a celadon for ages. It's about time (there are limes, apple greens, mints, aquamarines, olives, forest greens, etc., but nary a celadon in sight)! A beautiful duo, the pictures don't do it justice. They're just what you might expect, sans blue, of a seascape drenched in hot sunlight—leeched, worn, tired colors, but all the more flattering because the colors are soft, not harsh. NARS Lido ($20): This is lovely, a violent shade of vivid purple shimmer in the pan, a sheer halo of greyed violet shimmer gleaming pink, almost lavendery, on the lid. Much like MAC Parfait Amour, but much prettier, in cream eyeshadow form. I'm on the fence on this one, though. If I get Dior Seascape, it may be redundant to have yet another violet lid shade, and I'm not really a fan of cream shadows. We'll see! 0 Comment(s)    Email this post Rants, raves, and musings on all things cosmetic. Profile | Current Blog Site Feed (Atom) Previous Articles ·· Dior 5-Color Eyeshadow ·· Things I'm loving now (5.13.05)... ·· Dr. Hauschka, holistic skincare ·· NARS Cleo ·· NARS Rated R ·· NARS Babylon ·· Stephane Marais Cream Foundation ·· Eye Makeup for Green Eyes #3 ·· Body time... ·· MAC Powersurge! Archives TheBroadroom.Net's Beauty Blog (archive) April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 Links Colleen's Adult Acne Blog Fashiontribes Daily