Nars x Erdem April/May
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elegant-one
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I guess they didn't get that the collection was about flowers - Phlox lol. I saw the one swatch of it which was done very heavily, I guess so you could see the shade. But, I'm guessing patted on lightly it could be quite lovely.
LV2EVOLVE
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LOL! Some of these bloggers miss the obvious. It’s like they get sent so much free stuff that it becomes a chore more than a passion.
Some of the swatches out there are poorly done, especially of the shadow palettes. I saw the thick swatch of White Phlox. I can see the lavender shift in it. I’m hoping it picks up a bit of the peach pearlessence seen on the packaging.
elegant-one
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Got my order! LOVE everything! Orchid Pink is just that - a soft slightly sheer orchid pink. Voodoo Lily is a beautiful soft sheer wood violet lavender & is very very pretty on the lips. Both blushes are beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loves Me is a soft Strawberry with a bit of good gold shimmer. But I absolutely LOVE LOVE the Loves Me Not. It is this soft lavender pink but on my skin is that but a bit of a healthy rose flush with the prettiest glowy look to it. It may be one of my favorite blushes. Ordered another right away. 
elegant-one
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elegant-one
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I forgot the swatch of Loves Me blush. And the packaging is A MAZING!!!!! They really should have put the box print ON the lipstick tube & blush case!!!! The clear plastic inside blush cover has the gorgeous Lily print on it. Geesh...but normally you throw that away (I won't) Ugh
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boschicka
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Yes! I want the packaging I'm going to see day in and day out to be pretty!
elegant-one
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Yes! What a really dumb move on their part. Maybe it would cost too much, I don't know. Stupid to print it on the throw aways. It's really pretty in person.
Icecaramellatte
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I picked up most of this collection yesterday at the Nars boutique. I asked the MA what were the most popular items like I was going to narrow down my choices (not). LOL (No really I was hopeful that I might just do so) Anyway, she said the lighter eyeshadow palette and the lighter blush. She felt people didn't know what to do with the the darker one but that it was wearable but I forgot what she said about the lighter blush. I feel like she said it was transparent. I don't know how that would make it popular. Anyway, I swatched the lighter blush and it didn't really show on my NC43/44 hand. No surprise there. May show up differently on my face though. I ended up with:
-All 3 palettes
-darker blush
-highlighter pencil
-sheer lavender lipstick
-purple lipstick (red violet like one not the darkest one) will edit with names soon I think)
I liked the darker blush but I was on the fence about it as it looked similar to another Nars blush but I couldn't put my finger which one. It didn't stop me from buying it though. I also hesitated for a moment on the darker palette as it was putting me in mind of the holiday palette that I went to great lengths to get from the UK as it was not released here. When I was in the boutique, I kept thinking the bottom half of the holiday palette was all dark colors. Now that I'm home, I see that they are not exactly the same although the holiday palette does have a dark green and dark blue. It has a wine color but the Erdem light palette is the one with the wine color in it. Plus, the Erdem pans are much bigger than the holiday one from the exclusive European palette.
At the boutique, MA was putting makeup on a customer while I was there and she put the blue shadow from the palette on the lid with the cranberry/wine shade in the crease. It looked really good. I will try that look.
I was surprised to hear this was the Summer collection. I thought this was the spring collection. Oh well.
Now the packaging is very nice especially the boxes.
I could not play with anything today but I will this weekend. I think I want to try the highlighter pencil first. Oh and the MA said it was nice as an eyeshadow base.
-All 3 palettes
-darker blush
-highlighter pencil
-sheer lavender lipstick
-purple lipstick (red violet like one not the darkest one) will edit with names soon I think)
I liked the darker blush but I was on the fence about it as it looked similar to another Nars blush but I couldn't put my finger which one. It didn't stop me from buying it though. I also hesitated for a moment on the darker palette as it was putting me in mind of the holiday palette that I went to great lengths to get from the UK as it was not released here. When I was in the boutique, I kept thinking the bottom half of the holiday palette was all dark colors. Now that I'm home, I see that they are not exactly the same although the holiday palette does have a dark green and dark blue. It has a wine color but the Erdem light palette is the one with the wine color in it. Plus, the Erdem pans are much bigger than the holiday one from the exclusive European palette.
At the boutique, MA was putting makeup on a customer while I was there and she put the blue shadow from the palette on the lid with the cranberry/wine shade in the crease. It looked really good. I will try that look.
I was surprised to hear this was the Summer collection. I thought this was the spring collection. Oh well.
Now the packaging is very nice especially the boxes.
I could not play with anything today but I will this weekend. I think I want to try the highlighter pencil first. Oh and the MA said it was nice as an eyeshadow base.
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aradhana
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thanks [MENTION=34885]ICE[/MENTION]caramelatte! your post was so helpful to me. i want so much from this collection so it will help me narrow things a little. from the early photos and swatches i didn't think i'd be as into this as i am.
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Icecaramellatte
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Oh I'm so glad. I know I ramble on a bit. But I just don't know how else to be.
I think I'm going to get the Carmine Red?? lip color after watching Michelle Wang's Video and Maybe the darkest lipstick after watching the Nars Makeup Artist video I'm subscribed too (I can't think of her name right now). Watched both yesterday.
I tried both eyeshadow palettes today. I tried to copy the beginnings of the look I saw at the boutique. I never saw the finished look but I liked where it was going. Mac Soft Brown transition, Fleur Fatale palette: Holly Hock (wine) above crease, Flourish (Steel blue) on lid. I thought this was the color that the MA put on the customer's lid in the boutique because this was the palette she had at the station but the color was much darker so she must have gone to the display while I was playing and used the blue from the Secret Garden palette and I hadn't noticed. Anyway, I like how the steel blue looked with the wine so I kept going. I went to the Night Garden palette and used that dark blue, Sprung on the outer V. I used the the multi-stick on the inner corners. I put Flourish on the bottom lash line. I wore the darker pink blush and the cheek highlighter from the Wanted II palette. I wore Voodoo Lily lipstick. Not much color here but there was a hint I bought it because I really wanted to try it with a Nars lip pencil that I thought was similar in color but I couldn't find it. I wanted to try the other color I bought so I mixed that one in too. I think I liked the lighter lips with the stronger eye so I'll stick with Voodoo Lily. Hopefully I'll find the lip pencil. BTW I stopped in Nordstrom and was tempted by the highlighter palettes again but I told myself no for today.
elegant-one
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Both blushes are very very pretty!
Erena
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elegant-one
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE this collection so stinkin much that I bought 2 of everything but the purple lipstick 
