NATlar
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I found Gobi in this range to be far to yelllow for me and the all day one but in the sheer glow nope haha!
Happy Happy Birthday!
Aww thank you hun!
NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation (December 26, 2017)
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I found Gobi in this range to be far to yelllow for me and the all day one but in the sheer glow nope haha!
Aww thank you hun!
lenchen
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I'm sorry you couldn't find a match!
I think if it replaces Sheer Glow, more people will be angry than if NARS replaces All Day Luminous, since there are still loads of people who love Sheer Glow. (That said, I wish they'd update Sheer Glow's packaging to be in line with this one and All Day Luminous -- taller, thinner bottle with a pump included.)
Agreed!
lenchen
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Let us know what you think! I got samples of Caracas.So, I finally had a chance to get some samples of this foundation. I was matched darker than I thought I would be. This week I'll be testing Valencia, Aruba & Syracuse.
lenchen
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Saturday Date Night
My first test of NARS Radiant Longwear Foundation - Aruba
And, I finally got to wear my MAC Rouge En Snow.
I like it!!
fur4elise
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I actually like Aruba too. It is listed as Neutral for Medium - Medium Dark.
Yesterday I tried Valencia in combination with Syracuse. The Valencia (Medium with Golden Undertones) is too light and too "yellow", yet it still blended and settled in nicely.
Today I am wearing just Syracuse (Medium-Dark with Brown Undertones). I have never had a foundation with brown undertones. I like it as much as Aruba.
The formula does not matte/dry down the way ELDW does. However, my face is not an oil slick either. I do use the NARS Pore & Shine Control primer in combination with the Becca Ever Matte patted over my nose/forehead. It is not transfer proof. I do have to use finishing powders to set it. Yesterday I wore the foundation for 12 hrs+ and it held up, with some breakdown towards the end of the day. Testing shall continue...
PrettyKitty
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Gobi is soooo yellow!!! We have the same problem, Deauville is slightly too dark for me, but Montblanc is a bit too pink.
fur4elise
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The name Gobi and the color yellow actually go make sense to me..as in saltwater fish.We have a yellow watchman goby fish in our tank...
fur4elise
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Oh No! That is not what I meant at all...lol.
I love my little goby fish
But yellow foundation, not so much...
awickedshape
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Oh No! That is not what I meant at all...lol.
I love my little goby fish
Did they match it to the actual Gobi desert? Lol
Your little guy is cute
fur4elise
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LOL! Now that I did not even think of...the Gobi Desert!
The pic is not of our actual little guy. He is very shy so it is nearly impossible to get a picture.
He is paired up with a little red striped pistol shrimp. They burrow and live together under rocks in our tank.
Here are some pics of our Flame Angel, Clownfish and Watermelon Bubble Tip Anemone.
The anemone is my favorite critter in the tank right now. The color does not truly show, but it really does have watermelon coloring.
Monsy
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Oh No! That is not what I meant at all...lol.
I love my little goby fish
I was wondering how did you find my selfie wearing Gobi
awickedshape
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LOL! Now that I did not even think of...the Gobi Desert!
The pic is not of our actual little guy. He is very shy so it is nearly impossible to get a picture.
He is paired up with a little red striped pistol shrimp. They burrow and live together under rocks in our tank.
Here are some pics of our Flame Angel, Clownfish and Watermelon Bubble Tip Anemone.
The anemone is my favorite critter in the tank right now. The color does not truly show, but it really does have watermelon coloring.
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Oh, these are lovely! Nice setup!
I used to have goldfish, guppies, Siamese fighter fish and the little catfish as a little kid.
One day my dad put my last surviving teeny baby goldfish (that I had frantically scrambled to save) in with my last Betta Rocky to "see what would happen" and well after that I stopped keeping them
javadoo
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I wear Gobi in the Luminous foundation and it's *perfect* so I bought Gobi in this one as well. It was a little lighter, not much but it was just off. Wrong somehow. So I ended up returning it and going with Salzburg which was a much better match in this formula.
fur4elise
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Well, after a week of testing, this formula is a pass for me. The longwear claim just does not compare to ELDW. I have more 12 hr. work days than I'd like and I am more "visible" in my job than ever. I am sure I care more about my appearance than my colleagues do...lol I like having a fresh bright face.
I had a major after work event on Friday (14 hr.+) and knowing the ELDW would hold up that is what I reached for. It is my HG.
Anywho the NARS does break down especially around my nose area. Skews to oily, meaning I am blotting a lot.
On the flip side, Syracuse was the best colour match and stayed true after hours of wear. I had no issues with application and it looked nice once on. But, at this point I cannot justify the expense of a pricey foundation I am only going to use for a couple hours of wear.
periodic.mesa
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Petition to bring Siberia back!
Hi Guys! New member to Spektra here--although I definitely used the forum plenty of times in the past when researching product. Please don’t hate me for taking this long to join!
This particular thread I’ve been checking periodically since I first caught word of the NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation in Fall 2017. Why? Well here’s a little background:
I am pale, and I mean startlingly so. In my teens I baked away that pale in a tanning bed (still kicking myself for that), later turning to self-tanners. In part, it was because it was so dang hard to find any face products that matched me. At the time, I wasn’t as into makeup, and between the big brands at the drugstore and the handful I knew at Sephora and Nordstrom, there wasn’t anything pale enough.
Eventually I got some sense into me, ditched the fake tan, and embraced the milky-white skin I was born with. The problem is that there isn’t a drop of pink in my undertone. I’m extremely fair, but also absolutely neutral, and absolutely olive. I’m not yellow, I’m not beige, and I sure as hell am not the pastel washed out pepto pink that so many cosmetic companies churn out, slap a label on, and market as their fairest shade (of foundation, but also concealer/powder/you name it base product).
We all know there has been quite a bit of buzz in the cosmetics industry and amongst beauty influencers about inclusivity in face/base products. Now I have five adopted siblings, and three of them are girls (think Angelina Jolie, except we’re just regular people). Do you know how frustrating it is to go makeup shopping with your sisters and feel like you can’t get excited about the same new foundation launch because one brand is just for women of color, and one brand has only five shades (of let’s face it, basically variations on Barbie’s plastic rendition of Caucasian--which, by the way, not only excludes my dear sisters but also pale AF girls like me?!?).
Being a new member, idk how to include my details below, so I’ll list them here:
I have combo skin, oily T-zone, struggle with those pesky cystic breakouts from time to time (where was the acne when I was a teen and everyone had it and no one cared?!). I’m in my late 20s, so lines are starting to be an issue as well as crepey under eyes.
As far as products…
Not only does the Radiant Longwear NOT come in Siberia, but the THREE LIGHTEST SHADES ARE ALL PINK/PEACH.
You have Oslo -- “fair with pink undertones”
You have Mont Blanc -- “light with pink undertones”
You have Yukon -- “light with peach undertones”
And finally, you have Gobi -- “light with yellow undertones” -- the fourth lightest shade is the lightest shade without a trace of pink/beige/peach that looks like someone mixed foundation and pepto and painted it all over my face. Not that Gobi is anywhere near fair enough.
To say I was pissed was an understatement. That is, until I heard word from some underground forum that they were expanding the shade range sometime soon in the spring. Oh really?
Okay. Now the reason why I finally broke down and became a member, why I’m giving you all this nauseatingly long post (sorry!), is because I finally asked NARS customer service directly when in the heck they were adding Siberia to the beloved Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation range.
Samantha, this isn’t against you. But it is against whomever decided to nix Siberia. I applaud your move towards inclusivity, NARS, although I always thought you were one of the better brands with shade range. But please, don’t forget about those of us who are at the other end of the spectrum.
And to those of you who love Siberia, and are just as pissed as me. Please, join me and express your disappointment to NARS.
P.S. Mont Blanc is pink in real life. On someone who is a true neutral olive fair, it's pink. Pepto pink.
Hi Guys! New member to Spektra here--although I definitely used the forum plenty of times in the past when researching product. Please don’t hate me for taking this long to join!
This particular thread I’ve been checking periodically since I first caught word of the NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation in Fall 2017. Why? Well here’s a little background:
I am pale, and I mean startlingly so. In my teens I baked away that pale in a tanning bed (still kicking myself for that), later turning to self-tanners. In part, it was because it was so dang hard to find any face products that matched me. At the time, I wasn’t as into makeup, and between the big brands at the drugstore and the handful I knew at Sephora and Nordstrom, there wasn’t anything pale enough.
Eventually I got some sense into me, ditched the fake tan, and embraced the milky-white skin I was born with. The problem is that there isn’t a drop of pink in my undertone. I’m extremely fair, but also absolutely neutral, and absolutely olive. I’m not yellow, I’m not beige, and I sure as hell am not the pastel washed out pepto pink that so many cosmetic companies churn out, slap a label on, and market as their fairest shade (of foundation, but also concealer/powder/you name it base product).
We all know there has been quite a bit of buzz in the cosmetics industry and amongst beauty influencers about inclusivity in face/base products. Now I have five adopted siblings, and three of them are girls (think Angelina Jolie, except we’re just regular people). Do you know how frustrating it is to go makeup shopping with your sisters and feel like you can’t get excited about the same new foundation launch because one brand is just for women of color, and one brand has only five shades (of let’s face it, basically variations on Barbie’s plastic rendition of Caucasian--which, by the way, not only excludes my dear sisters but also pale AF girls like me?!?).
Being a new member, idk how to include my details below, so I’ll list them here:
I have combo skin, oily T-zone, struggle with those pesky cystic breakouts from time to time (where was the acne when I was a teen and everyone had it and no one cared?!). I’m in my late 20s, so lines are starting to be an issue as well as crepey under eyes.
As far as products…
- NARS Sheer Glow in Siberia -- it’s the best match I’ve found, EVER, making it my absolute holy grail foundation (and has been for years).
Re: the “yellow issue:” Siberia, left to dry (oxidize/whatever you want to call it) in a thick layer, does turn quite yellow. However, buffed into the skin like any other foundation it is near perfect, in the Sheer Glow formula, for those with my skin tone.
*As an aside--if we’re talking about the NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation (in the frosted glass bottle), in the shade Siberia--it is, 100%, without a doubt, SUPER YELLOW. (In case you’re wondering, this foundation reminds me of the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r, but in all the wrong ways--it comes off cakey and powdery, like it’s sitting on top of the skin. Further, products put on top--concealer, etc--move and “erase” the foundation. I hate it). - MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW10 -- the first foundation that ever seemed to match me; however I rarely use it these days. Swatching to compare to my other favorites, it looks like like a pale peach undereye corrector than a suitable foundation shade.
- Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation in 100 -- God Bless Rihanna for making waves of seismic levels by dropping 40 shades. I commend and respect her including a selection that matches everyone from my pale a$$ to my Cameroonian sister-in-law. The shade is only the tiniest bit too peach for me, and I prefer a formula that isn’t so powdery, but those are the only reasons that keep me from using it more often.
- Tarte Shape Tape Concealer in Fair -- my HG concealer since its release (well since it’s release and multiple restocks and I could finally get my hands on it).
- MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW15 -- too dark/peachy, but it was a first love (along with the MAC foundation listed above) so I keep it around and make it work from time to time.
- NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer and Soft Matte Complete Concealer, both in Light 1 Chantilly -- the Soft Matte is my go to for spot concealing blemishes, and I use the Radiant Creamy for the darkest hollowed parts of my undereyes from time to time. Wish NARS had their concealers in shades that matched their foundations for spot concealing though.
- For powder, I switch between MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Light (long time fave) and CoverGirl Advanced Radiance Pressed Powder in 105 Ivory (great especially for light bake under the eyes; though shade 105 is very hard to find and I HATE the undated cheesy solid purple plastic compact it now comes in with a PASSION).
Not only does the Radiant Longwear NOT come in Siberia, but the THREE LIGHTEST SHADES ARE ALL PINK/PEACH.
You have Oslo -- “fair with pink undertones”
You have Mont Blanc -- “light with pink undertones”
You have Yukon -- “light with peach undertones”
And finally, you have Gobi -- “light with yellow undertones” -- the fourth lightest shade is the lightest shade without a trace of pink/beige/peach that looks like someone mixed foundation and pepto and painted it all over my face. Not that Gobi is anywhere near fair enough.
To say I was pissed was an understatement. That is, until I heard word from some underground forum that they were expanding the shade range sometime soon in the spring. Oh really?
Okay. Now the reason why I finally broke down and became a member, why I’m giving you all this nauseatingly long post (sorry!), is because I finally asked NARS customer service directly when in the heck they were adding Siberia to the beloved Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation range.
Samantha, this isn’t against you. But it is against whomever decided to nix Siberia. I applaud your move towards inclusivity, NARS, although I always thought you were one of the better brands with shade range. But please, don’t forget about those of us who are at the other end of the spectrum.
And to those of you who love Siberia, and are just as pissed as me. Please, join me and express your disappointment to NARS.
P.S. Mont Blanc is pink in real life. On someone who is a true neutral olive fair, it's pink. Pepto pink.
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Olive undertone foundations are hard to come by in general. Even more so if you're pale on top of that.
