The Lipstick Page Forums Beauty Blog: NARS Fall 2005: ???? (I can't find the name of it anywhere) NARS Fall 2005: ???? (I can't find the name of it anywhere) Posted by Dain, Saturday, August 06, 2005 12:06 AM (Eastern) Let's see... Spring '05 was After Glow (rather forgettable), Summer '05 was Day Dreamer (pretty, but not gorgeous)... NARS has returned full swing to its lush, epic glory of rich colors. This is NARS at its pigmented best. They are bold choices, which is not to the taste of some, but NARS is better (I think) in intensity rather than not. Wearing NARS is a bit like imbibing liquor—powerful, glorified, and likely to produce hangovers. If you prefer a girly drink, you are perfectly welcome to buy Stila, instead. This collection scares me a little, but I desire it all the more for it. Here are some descriptions of its offerings... (That which has an asterisk are preexisiting products.) Duo Eyeshadow Blade Runner: My favorite (though, one of the shades is beyond me, I do love the green!). A rose-brown shimmer, very much like Urban Decay's Kiss, but darker and brown, with a gorgeous overlay of lighter flecks (it goes on browner than it appears, but it's quite intense). And, a wonderful shade of charcoal glowing with leaf-green/olivine luminescence, intense in pigment, but flatteringly neutral enough for anyone to wear. Persepolis: A shimmering (almost frosty) aqua (how fond NARS is of aqua!), this time with a green tone to add warmth. A cerulean blue, softer shimmer than the aqua, with grey lurking in the depths, like a dusky veneer of cerulean shimmer. Surabaya: Rich medium brown, flecked with gold, and a chestnut with coppery flecks. Both are quite pigmented, which I highly approve. I may not be able to wear brown eyeshadow, but pigmented eyeshadow is first and foremost the defining sign of quality. Single Eyeshadow *Night Star: It was neither Nymphea or Fathom, but Night Star. A translucent peachy pink with flecks of gold... Strada: A violet with enough grey to make it a particularly vivid lavender (I suppose it somewhere between a violet and a lavender), with flecks of gold. Stronger than Night Fairy, and it will last much longer. Adore this. Want this. Who wouldn't? Especially if it's (as I would imagine) named after the Fellini classic, La Strada? Cream Eyeshadow Savage: Golden brown shimmer. The Platonic ideal, I guess, of a golden brown shimmer. Warm only insofar that the gold makes it warm, otherwise neutral. It is, hmm... not particularly an exciting color, like the color of light brown sugar. Swing: A dark purple, neutral in tone, with slight shimmer. (Darker than Maracaibo, not the gentle violet haze of Lido. Perhaps Santorini (a regular eyeshadow) is a better approximation, though Santorini is more brilliant and not so neutral.) Eyeliner Pencil Manon: A brilliant, hectic ultraviolet... a bold stroke for the gal who wants to make her blue eyes bluer, her green eyes greener, her brown eyes more lustrous. No shimmer. *Bamako: A brownish plum, no shimmer. Lip Gloss Positano: I am afraid that this was not available for my perusal, so I can only give the description offered by the NARS site: "cinnamon rose". *Chihuahua: A milky peachy-pinky nude, no shimmer. Lip Lacquer Diablo: Heh. It makes me think of the computer game. It looks a burnt red in the pot (no shimmer), but applies pinkish red, and should thereby be flattering to all. If you were a fan of the now defunct Tiffany Lip Lacquer, this is a suitable alternative, albeit less brown. Lipstick First Bite: Despite what it appears to be on the NARS website, this is fairly demure. Not as "auburn", but a pink-brown with russet tones, almost like the pink-brown-est copper in the world. It is the color of a blush under freckles, with modest shimmer. *Viva Las Vegas: A cool, classy, comforting peachy-champagne taupe, shimmery and sheer. A color one woman once described as, "the lipstick I would want to go down on a plane in". 0 Comment(s)    Email this post Rants, raves, and musings on all things cosmetic. Profile | Current Blog Site Feed (Atom) Previous Articles ·· Surfeit... ·· Help wanted... ·· Pat McGrath ·· Givenchy Hot Couture ·· Drugstore thrills! (8.1.05) ·· Things I am obsessed with... (7.29.05) ·· Maybelline Moisture Extreme Lipcolor ·· A craving for something new... ·· New feature! ·· Kevyn Aucoin 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