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[Medgal07]

You used up an entire shadow?!?! Now you've got me wanting this amazing shade. And you're tellin' me it's LE?

I'm about the same tone as your daughter. Caught b/w NC44 and 45. I think we have the same daughter. LOL. How old is yours? My daughter wants blush to SHOW! She thinks I don't wear enough. She also fell in love w/ NARS early in her makeup career. She was sneaking it from me b/c I never wore blush often. She realized it was lasting throughout her whole school day so she was the one who informed me of the NARS quality. Ain't that somethin'?
Anyway what about Dolce Vita, Outlaw, or Deep Throat for your baby girl?

It's pretty, but I'll let you get it in your own time since it's only fair. I waited years despite what everyone was telling me.

Yes, Carbonized and two other shadows are the only ones that I've ever completely used up! And yes, to me it was just that amazing!! You can order it ---MAC put it in Antonio Lopez's Creative Copper palette. Sage reminded me of how much I liked it, so I ordered the palette. When AL launched I saw that Carbonized was in one of the palettes and I just don't recall why I didn't order it at that time.

 

[meka72]

Ms TT, she will be 23 in 10 days. I did her makeup for proms but that was it (and I used whatever I had on hand from drugstore). I did her makeup for her college graduation activities in May, which was after I'd gotten into makeup, and used Taj Mahal and Exhibit A. Everyone commented how pretty the blush looked on her. She now owns Taj Mahal and is trying to co-opt my Exhibit A. I'll tell her to look at some of your suggested blushes. I recently gave her the LaFemme blush in terracota. She really liked that one too. Have you tried LaFemme blushes? They are extremely pigmented and aren't too expensive.

 

[sagehen]

Ms TT, she will be 23 in 10 days. I did her makeup for proms but that was it (and I used whatever I had on hand from drugstore). I did her makeup for her college graduation activities in May, which was after I'd gotten into makeup, and used Taj Mahal and Exhibit A. Everyone commented how pretty the blush looked on her. She now owns Taj Mahal and is trying to co-opt my Exhibit A. I'll tell her to look at some of your suggested blushes. I recently gave her the LaFemme blush in terracota. She really liked that one too. Have you tried LaFemme blushes? They are extremely pigmented and aren't too expensive.

pbi: LOVE LaFemme blushes! I will link the thread from this forum in here if I can find it. http://www.specktra.net/t/171265/la-femme-blushes-woc-friendly

 

[meka72]

Sagehen, thanks for the link. I like the prices of LaFemme so much better than Nars prices. Lol.

 

[sagehen]

Sagehen, thanks for the link. I like the prices of LaFemme so much better than Nars prices. Lol.

Girl, so do I. Do any of y'all think Magenta might be like CB? This is what I am telling myself.

 

[meka72]

I was a lemming and have CB but don't have LF Magenta. But at $3, you could always buy it...but then you'd have to buy other stuff just to get real value from the shipping charge. Well at least that's how it works in my head.

 

[MissTT]

Yes, Carbonized and two other shadows are the only ones that I've ever completely used up! And yes, to me it was just that amazing!! You can order it ---MAC put it in Antonio Lopez's Creative Copper palette. Sage reminded me of how much I liked it, so I ordered the palette. When AL launched I saw that Carbonized was in one of the palettes and I just don't recall why I didn't order it at that time.

We're through w/ you, Medgal. You probably shop in your sleep. (Especially when MAC launches LE late nights.) I'm kidding with you. I can't spend $43 for one shadow. I really don't want the other shades. Maybe I'll check the clearance bin. You have me intrigued...

I'll tell her to look at some of your suggested blushes. I recently gave her the LaFemme blush in terracota. She really liked that one too. Have you tried LaFemme blushes? They are extremely pigmented and aren't too expensive.

My baby is 21. She's got NARS Debbie Harry, Danmari, Outlaw, Angelika/Laguna, Boys Don't Cry, and Rotonde. She'll have Joie de Vivre when she comes home next month (I'm using it right now) and One Night Stand and Couer Battant coming for Christmas. Someone add up how many NARS blushes my little girl has? She also has 2 MAC blushes Small Vanity and Hibiscus Kiss and 1 Le Metier de Beaute. I'm not even sure if she owns a drugstore blush. LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by sagehen

pbi: LOVE LaFemme blushes! I will link the thread from this forum in here if I can find it.

http://www.specktra.net/t/171265/la-femme-blushes-woc-friendly

Girl you know everything. I remember seeing this thread before. I will check it out, but honestly I don't need another blush. I have pretty much everything I'm wanting in that category. I maybe need something light like Daydream, but I don't know what to get that will show up and look good on me.

 

[aradhana]

How did Daydream look on you, aradhana? I think it's too light for me, but I haven't tried to put it on my face. I'm always wearing makeup when I'm at the store. I have CB, but haven't even taken it out of the bag. I don't know what lip color to wear it with. Any ideas?
to be honest it looks awesome. glowing. i took some pics, but in the pics it's really subtle, almost imperceptible...just makes the pics look nice. i can try to post a pic from my phone, but not sure you'll even be able to see the effect. i was actually wearing the two blushes together, and although CB looks crazy bright in the pan, it was looking totally normal on my skin.

i wore them today with the purples from the veronica quad on eyes and sheer lipgloss from illamasqua in torture. it's a coral peach...almost radioactive in the tube, but sheer, so it's ok. i found the sheer pop of colour worked well, and i imagine a lot of shades would work that way with CB.

Quote: Originally Posted by sagehen


Girl, so do I. Do any of y'all think Magenta might be like CB? This is what I am telling myself.

i wonder. i thought for sure CB might be a lot like one of the other magenta family blushes i have, but so far not the case....i don't have any LF blushes, so I can't say either way.

 

[meka72]

I counted & she has too many and should probably send Rotonde & BDC my way. Lol. I wanted to buy Rotonde during VIB sale but didn't. I read (somewhere on specktra) that Nars should have some sort of sale soon. Maybe I can get it then.

 

[sagehen]

I was a lemming and have CB but don't have LF Magenta. But at $3, you could always buy it...but then you'd have to buy other stuff just to get real value from the shipping charge. Well at least that's how it works in my head.

LOL this is true. This is what always happens to me.

 

[MissTT]

to be honest it looks awesome. glowing. i took some pics, but in the pics it's really subtle, almost imperceptible...just makes the pics look nice. i can try to post a pic from my phone, but not sure you'll even be able to see the effect. i was actually wearing the two blushes together, and although CB looks crazy bright in the pan, it was looking totally normal on my skin.

i wore them today with the purples from the veronica quad on eyes and sheer lipgloss from illamasqua in torture. it's a coral peach...almost radioactive in the tube, but sheer, so it's ok. i found the sheer pop of colour worked well, and i imagine a lot of shades would work that way with CB.
i wonder. i thought for sure CB might be a lot like one of the other magenta family blushes i have, but so far not the case....i don't have any LF blushes, so I can't say either way.
You and Medgal are trying to get me w/ that Daydream blush... I wanna try it on my face first. I swatched it on my hand and thought it was too light. But y'all are saying it will make me pretty so I wanna see it on me.

Quote: Originally Posted by meka72

I counted & she has too many and should probably send Rotonde & BDC my way. Lol. I wanted to buy Rotonde during VIB sale but didn't. I read (somewhere on specktra) that Nars should have some sort of sale soon. Maybe I can get it then.

I actually think she has more than me. Blush is her love though. That's why I gave her my Danmari palette before I even swatched it. I knew I would just hoard it and she would actually use it. She definitely has, too.

 

[Medgal07]

We're through w/ you, Medgal. You probably shop in your sleep. (Especially when MAC launches LE late nights.) I'm kidding with you. I can't spend $43 for one shadow. I really don't want the other shades. Maybe I'll check the clearance bin. You have me intrigued...

My baby is 21. She's got NARS Debbie Harry, Danmari, Outlaw, Angelika/Laguna, Boys Don't Cry, and Rotonde. She'll have Joie de Vivre when she comes home next month (I'm using it right now) and One Night Stand and Couer Battant coming for Christmas. Someone add up how many NARS blushes my little girl has? She also has 2 MAC blushes Small Vanity and Hibiscus Kiss and 1 Le Metier de Beaute. I'm not even sure if she owns a drugstore blush. LOL

Girl you know everything. I remember seeing this thread before. I will check it out, but honestly I don't need another blush. I have pretty much everything I'm wanting in that category. I maybe need something light like Daydream, but I don't know what to get that will show up and look good on me.

Instead of 'binge eat' I 'binge shop.' It would be funny were it not so pathetic! I do get bored and shop late at night! How did you know? My MAC Linear brushes arrived today. They look like tooth brushes that let's say, Ben Franklin would have used had he brushed his teeth! I collect all types of brushes so I had to add them to my collection. I'm going to bed before I find something else to buy!!

 

[Medgal07]

You and Medgal are trying to get me w/ that Daydream blush... I wanna try it on my face first. I swatched it on my hand and thought it was too light. But y'all are saying it will make me pretty so I wanna see it on me.

I actually think she has more than me. Blush is her love though. That's why I gave her my Danmari palette before I even swatched it. I knew I would just hoard it and she would actually use it. She definitely has, too.

I wouldn't force you to buy something that I don't have but Aradhana makes a pretty good argument for it. Do you have Dior Rosy Glow Awakening Blush, Petal? It is the prettiest pink blush that I own. It looks like shocking plink in the compact but on the face it looks like the color is coming from within. I love this blush better than any other pink blush in my stash!!! It's just that amazing. Try it on at your store!!!

 

[MissTT]

I think we're all here b/c we binge shop so no judgment coming from this direction.

I don't have the Dior blush. I'll try to remember to swatch tomorrow when I go to work. I have NARS Mata Hari. It's darker than I expected it to be.

 

[sagehen]

Miss TT - you are spending the $43 on the whole palette - there are three nice veluxe pearl shadows in there. IJS. Also - have you tried any of the NARS cream blushes?

 

[Medgal07]

I think we're all here b/c we binge shop so no judgment coming from this direction.

I don't have the Dior blush. I'll try to remember to swatch tomorrow when I go to work. I have NARS Mata Hari. It's darker than I expected it to be.

Darker in a good way????

 

[Medgal07]

Also - have you tried any of the NARS cream blushes?

Oh all knowing one....Sage

Thanks for this. I wa beginning to feel like a complete idiot because I barely even looked at the other shades in the AL palette!

 

[Medgal07]

Also - have you tried any of the NARS cream blushes?

Are the cream blushes nice? I purchased everyone of the Chanel creme blushes a couple of months ago. I think there are 5/6. LOVE them so much!

 

[sagehen]

    [COLOR=008000]Oh all knowing one....Sage :lol:  Thanks for this.  I wa beginning to feel like a complete idiot because I barely even looked at the other shades in the AL palette![/COLOR]

I so hope this one will come to the CCO - it looks like the only one that has not sold out.

  [COLOR=008000]Are the cream blushes nice? I purchased everyone of the Chanel creme blushes a couple of months ago. I think there are 5/6.  LOVE them so much![/COLOR]

I don't know - I am insomnia-shopping on NARS' site and I am looking at this cream blush called Montenegro (described as "rich mahogany"). I am trying to tamp down my curiosity.

 

[aradhana]

You and Medgal are trying to get me w/ that Daydream blush... I wanna try it on my face first. I swatched it on my hand and thought it was too light. But y'all are saying it will make me pretty so I wanna see it on me. :lmao:  I actually think she has more than me. Blush is her love though. That's why I gave her my Danmari palette before I even swatched it. I knew I would just hoard it and she would actually use it. She definitely has, too.

Definitely try it on...I suspect you'll like it! If you can, try it with CB. They're an excellent duo! I've been fending off late night urges to buy shoes...and that same logic applies of trying to maximize on items va shipping costs.... Do I really need threenew pairs of shoes?