NARS Yachiyo Brush

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The NARS Yachiyo Kabuki Brush is one brush I’ve been on a hunt for for the longest time. I was so, so intrigued and enticed by all those good things this brush promissed and all the positive reviews I kept reading online were’t helping, for sure!… The only downside to this story was that I have no NARS counter closer than 2000 km ( give or take some! ), which is in Milan to be more precise. And all my usual sites where I get my beauty products, didn’t stocked the Yachiyo either.

But then I discovered NARS’ European website, that obviously shipps to all European countries, mine included. AND THEY HAD IT IN STOCK! So now it’s mine and I don’t think I will ever need another face brush!… Bold statement there, right?!

When I first opened it I was completely mesmerized by the design of this lovely brush. An all-black, elegant design combined with traditional Japanese elements – the handspun wisteria handle, which reminds you of the unique-ness and the amazing quality of the brushes used by the artists of the traditional Japanese theatre, Kabuki to paint their faces.

Good looks aside, I started using it… I was expecting it to be “a multifunctional makeup brush”, “part of a comprehensive collection of exquisitely designed makeup tools for precision application”… And so it was! Actually, it went far beyond all my highest expectations!

It is made with high-quality goat hair bristles that pick up and deposit the right amount of color every time. It has the perfect shape and the right density which makes it ideal for defining cheekbones and highlighting the complexion. The slightly tapered tip helps give a flawless contour to any face shape and also blends and diffuses effortlessly color on or around the eye area.

I found that it works the best with my absolute favourite face products – the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powders and Blushes, which I use every single day religiously, for a flawless look that lasts all day long.

I haven’t experienced major hair fall-outs with my Yachiyo brush, but then again, I’m pretty careful and gentle with all my makeup brushes when I use them, when I wash them ( – process that, although I do find it pretty unpleasant, I do my best to do it at least once a week! ), where and how I store them… Because they’re great investments that I hope they’ll last me forever!…

You can see a couple of looks I achieved using this brush here, here, here, here and even more on my Instagram account – here!

Have you tried this brush or any of the NARS Kabuki line? What else should I get? Do you know a good dupe for this one?

Thanks for reading, Beautiful and, as always…

See you again soo!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

 

 

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My Valentine’s Day date night makeup 2016

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I hope I’m not too late, but today I’m going to share with you, my lovelies, the makeup I wore on my date night out with my Mister, on Valentine’s Day!

As you can easily see I ditched the classic red lip look and winged eye liner, and went for a more peachy-pink-smokey eye paired with a matching nude lip, a look I’m sure I will wore over and over again throughout this whole upcoming spring…

I took my inspiration from this gorgeous macaroon picture I found on Pinterest, paired it with a matching silk blouse I recently got on a glorious sale from H&M ( similar item here ), a feminine Dior-esque skirt and a pair of nude heels from my favourite Romanian brand, Smiling Shoes and ready I was for a fabulous romantic date.

And it was a fabulous one indeed!

The Makeup:

FACE:

• NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation Light 3 Gobi
• Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze & Glow
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder Dim light and Incandescent Light
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Dim Infusion

EYES:

• Tom Ford Cream and Powder Eye Color 03 Golden Peach, as a base
• Charlotte Tilbury The Vintage Vamp and The Sophisticate Luxury Palette Colour-Coded Eye Shadows
• Dior Diorshow Fusion Mono Long-Wear Eyeshadow 001 Lune, innercorner highlight
• Tom Ford Eye Defining Pen 01 Deeper
• mascara: a mix of the Tarte Lights, Camera, Splashes and the Chanel Le Volume
•  brows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz – Chocolate, new in, not sure about this shade though

LIPS:

• Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Pillow Talk blended, NARS Audacious Lipstick Anita and Burberry Lip Glow No. 09 Nude Beige

I hope you all had an awesome Valentine’s Day and that you are willing to share with me what you wore on your date!

[ Remember that I’m currently running another awesome Blog Sale here, on the blog, and that I still have a couple of gorgeous makeup items that need a new home! ]

See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

 

 

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annie’s beauty… Amazing Valentine’s Day Blog Sale

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SALE CLOSED!

Hi lovelies!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

And to celebrate together here you have another blog sale!

The rules are the same as those on my previous blog sale ( read here ).

Here are the products:

• I added two more Tom Ford Lipsticks a Matte one: Flame, and one in the creamy formula: Wild Ginger – Price 20 € SOLD both
  

• I still have some of the lipsticks from my previous blog sale: Tom Ford Lips & Boys Patrick SOLD , Alasdhair and Collin SOLD – Price 20 € ( review here )

• these Dior ones: except for the 3 in the middle ( check them out in my previous blog sale )

• these CHANEL, GIORGIO ARMANI, GUERLAIN, DIOR, CLARINS Price 15 € 1. GIORGIO ARMANI Rouge Extasy Downtown 2. Clarins Rouge Prodige Tea Rose 3. Dior Addict Fluid Stick Rieuse 4 . Guerlain Rouge G Rose Glacé ( L.E. )

• these NARS Audacious ones: Price 20 €

1. Marisa 2. Natalie 3. Kelly ( review here )

• this CHARLOTTE TILBURY K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Fallen from the Lipstick Tree Lipstick  Price 20 € SOLD 
  

This is Stoned Rose.

These two Estee Lauder lipsticks from the last blog sale – Price 20 €

1. Impassioned
2. Tumultous Pink

Reviews and swatches here and here.

And I threw in some blushers as well, at the Price of 30 € each:

Tom Ford Flush SOLD

Charlotte Tilbury Love Glow SOLD

Burberry Cameo and Tangerine

NARS Deep Throat

Dior Rosy Glow Blush

Lancome Nectar Lace ( review and swatches next )

CHANEL Les Beiges Healthy Glow Multi-Colour Powders: #01 SOLD

Chanel Joue Contraste Blush Rose Initiale SOLD

By Terry Blush Glace Rose Melba

This Dior Diorskin Nude Air Nude Healthy Glow Ultra-Fluid Serum Foundation SPF 25 – PA++, #010 Ivory. Price 30 € SOLD 

This corrector from Lancome which is too dark for my skin tone, at 20 €.

Review on it soon.

And these lovely eyeshadows from Dior – #661 Météore  and Giorgio Armani – Lust Red and Chanel: Mirifique and Mirage. SOLD all three of them
Plus these two Chanel Ombre Essentielle in Safari and Fauve.

… At the Price of 20 € each.

The conditions of the sale are here, so click the link to the post!

Happy shopping lovelies! And Happy Valentine’s Day!

See you soon!

xx, Annie

 

 

UPDATE 13.06.2016:

Under the light of the recent events, for obvious reasons, annie’s beauty… WILL NOT held any more blog sales. I’d rather keep my makeup until gets rotten than see all my work and effort trashed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Loving nudes #10: NARS Audacious Lipstick Anita

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Yeah, I know! You feel free to consider me rather late to the party, but this NARS Audacious Lipstick in Anita is nothing like any other nude lipstick I have tried before!!! And, let’s be honest here! It’s never too late to brag up and down about a gorgeous nude, right!?

There’s no surprise to many ( wether you’ve been following me for a while or not ) how much I love the NARS Audacious Lipsticks! They have been featured constantly in countless blog posts throughout this past year, and they were the stars of some of my most loved articles on this blog. Here you have a few, just for your entertainment:

• NARS Audacious Lipsticks – One Week in Spring Colours OVERALL THOUGHTS
• NARS Audacious Lipstick Ingrid How dark will I go?!…
• NARS Audacious Lipstick Deborah

Back to my Anita now!

Anita was a courteous gift from a lovely blogger-friend – Michelle, who was kind enough to help me get my hands on Anita and her “sister” Lana. See Lana in action here!

While Lana is a fiery-red, bada** chick, Anita places “herself” on the other side of the spectrum, playing “the good girl”… A nude, awesome everyday colour, that works amazingly worn on any occasion and with any type of makeup, from the most neutral to the most sophisticated.

Anita is described as an “antique rose”, a medium rose pink, with warm brown-ish undertones which makes it the perfect MLBB ( my lips but better ) shade – if you were looking for one!

But from all the MLBB shades of lipsticks that I have tried ( and trust me, they were more than “a few”!?!?!!!!! ), I would definitely have to recommend NARS’ Anita as a first pick!… Simply because it’s one of the most beautiful creamy, pigmented formula that literally coats your lips with the most pigmented of colours, that also lasts a very long time on your lips without drying them.

Keep in mind that all NARS Audacious Lipsticks come in that lovely creamy-matte formula, which I was astonished to discover isn’t everyone’s cup of cake!?

Here you have a swatch comparison of Anita to some other nudes in my collection.

The closest dupe to it I find to be Tom Ford‘s Collin, from the Lips & Boys Collection and Estée Lauder‘s Intense Nude, which I will review soon.

One more thing! I do love to wear Anita on its own on my bare lips and it wears exceptionally well!… But for the sake of this review and to make it look more professional, I will add that THE ONE lip liner that goes absolutely fabulous with Anita is Charlotte Tilbury‘s Pillow Talk.

This is the combination I would definitely recommend with my eyes closed… If you were on a hunt for the perfect nude lip colour, that is!

Review done! So… What were you up to lately my beautiful ones? What new discoveries you have to share with me?

Anyways, it feels so so good to be back to YOU and your complete awesomeness!

See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

 

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CHRISTMAS BLOG SALE – Adopt a Lipstick from annie’s beauty…!

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SALE CLOSED!

Finally! My blog sale is finally here!

As you might know, I’m a declared and assumed lipstick hoarder! I love them, I like to have them in my collection… But I don’t use them as much as I would love to!

So, to prevent them for going bad, I decided to find them a new home!

The selected lipsticks:

TOM FORD Lips&Boys: Price 20 €

1. Cooper SOLD!!!!!
2. Xavier SOLD!!!!!
3. Luciano SOLD!!!!!
4. Patrick SOLD!!!!!
5. Adriano SOLD!!!!!
6. Peter SOLD!!!!!
7. Alasdhair
8. Flynn SOLD!!!!!

Review and swatches here.

TOM FORD Lip Color and Lip Color Mat Price 20 €

1. Blush Nude SOLD!!!!! 2. Pink Tease SOLD!!!!! 3. Crimson Noir 4. Pussycat SOLD!!!!!

CHARLOTTE TILBURY MATTE Revolution and K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Fallen from the Lipstick Tree Price 20 €

1. So Marilyn SOLD!!!!! 2. Stoned Rose 3. Confession SOLD!!!!! 4. Lost Cherry SOLD!!!!! 5. Sexy Sienna SOLD!!!!!

NARS Audacious Lipstick Price 20 €

1. Marisa 2. Greta SOLD!!!!! 3. Natalie 4. Kelly 5. Grace SOLD!!!!!

Full review and swatches here.

Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Price 20 €

1. Impassioned
2. Tumultous Pink

Reviews and swatches here and here.

Burberry Price 20 €

1. Lip Mist Nude Peach SOLD!!!!!
2. Lip Cover Romantic Rose SOLD!!!!!
3. Lip Cover Oxblood SOLD!!!!!

Reviews and swatches here, here and here.

GIVENCHY Le Rouge Price 20 €

1. Carmin Escarpin SOLD!!!!!
2. Beige Plume

DIOR Price 15 €

1. Dior Addict Lipstick Vintage
2. Dior Addict Lipstick Tailleur Bar
3. Dior Rouge Dior Nude Charnelle SOLD!!!!!
4. Dior Rouge Dior Allégresse ( L.E. ) SOLD!!!!!
5. Dior Rouge Dior 999 SOLD!!!!!
6. Dior Rouge Sérum Radiant Pink Serum
7. Dior Rouge Sérum Carmine Crystal
8. Dior Rouge Sérum Raspberry Serum

CHANEL, GIORGIO ARMANI, GUERLAIN, DIOR, CLARINS

Price 15 €

1. Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet La Diva ( L.E. )
2. GIORGIO ARMANI Rouge Extasy Downtown
3. Clarins Rouge Prodige Tea Rose
4. Dior Addict Fluid Stick Rieuse
5. Guerlain Rouge G Rose Glacé ( L.E. )

The Rules:

1. Items will be sold on a first come first served basis. When an item is sold I will let you know in this blog post, by writing SOLD next to it.
2. I will do my best to ship all my orders internationally for a 5 € fee, although from my experience this far for the counties outside the EU, fees might be higher than that ( 1 or 2 € added to the original fee ). The packaging will be sent via Romanian Postal Service and it will reach its destination within max 10 working days!  Delays have been reported!
3. PLEASE pay asap! If I don’t have a payment within 3 working days, I will have move on to the next buyer! If not the product will be listed again on this blog post!
4. Absolutely NO RETURNS! Sorry guys but I’m selling exclusively luxury makeup items that are barely swatched for my blog posts for half and less their original price. They are sanitised and within their expiration date, of course!
5. Some of the Lips&Boys come in their boxes, all the other lipsticks come unboxed.

UPDATE 13.06.2016: Under the light of the recent unfortunate events, annie’s beauty… CAN’T and WON’T be held responsible for/of:

• the loss of the package
• deterioration of the packaging and/or any of the products inside
• delays
• loss
• the package not being claimed in due time

Publishing any information from emails between annie’s beauty… and buyer, or from private messaging services without previous accept, will be considered a violation of privacy and treated as such!

How to buy an item:

1. send me an email at anniesbeautyblog@gmail.com with your intention and the item you want to get, full name and address. Use as a subject line Luxury Beauty Christmas Blog Sale. Since I haven’t managed to set up my PayPal account yet ( sorry about that, it’s my bank’s fault! ), so you will have to send the money directly to my account.
2.  I will try to ship your item the following working day after the payment has been confirmed.

Buy more than one item and I won’t charge you the shipping fee!

Anything you want to ask me write a comment below or send me an email at anniesbeautyblog@gmail.com!

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

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Switching to Festive Mood – Welcome back Red Lipstick!

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chanel, Charlotte Tilbury, dior, festive reds, NARS, red lipstick, swatches, Tom Ford, Tom Ford Lips&Boys

One thing you’ll be seeing a lot in my upcoming blog posts is a red lip. Yes, I finally ditched my dark lipsticks in favour of the festive colours! But it’s THAT time of the year… and I can’t help it! 

The fact that I love a good red lip it’s not an actual surprise for anyone at this points and if you’ve been with me for at least one year, you definitely know that I absolutely love my reds all year round… But especially at this time of the year I do think that a gorgeous red lip can easily switch you into the festive mood. It happens to me, at least…

Well, the fact that I own quite a few red lipsticks, which I love to death sure ailments constantly my red lips obsession! It seems to enter into some sort of a hibernation state with the first signs of Spring but it makes a strong comeback at the beginning of December!…

I do feel that Christmas is the perfect time of the year to really done a red lip and it’s been a tradition of mine for the past couple of years to scout for “the perfect holiday red”… that I always end up wearing until the first signs of Spring! 

Here you have a couple of the reds I already own in my collection, some of which will be featured in an upcoming Blog Sale… a Blog Sale I’ve been “menacing” you with since last Summer ( ?!?!???!!!! ). Well, it will be up soon, I promise and I sure hope you will help me find new homes for some of my beloved lippies! 

In the meanwhile here they are! Some of my favourite reds of last festive season and some that I discovered this year too!…

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See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

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NARS Audacious Lipstick Deborah

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#narsissist, dark lips, dark lipstick, NARS, NARS Audacious Deborah, NARS Audacious Lipstick Deborah, NARS chocolate brown lipsticks, NARS Deborah, review, swatches

I really don’t want to be rude or offensive in any way but NARS’ Deborah is definitely a bada** shade!

I clearly remember myself saying in some of my previous posts that I couln’t see myself wearing such a brown, ’90 shade – idea that made me instantly dismiss Deborah from the swatches I first saw online… I was reserved indeed whenever I ran across brown lipstick in general, to be completely honest, thinking that it would be too much!

But here I am shamelessly talking about it!

The NARS Audacious Deborah is acknowledged as a “chestnut” on their website. And I couldn’t agree more… I will describe it as a milk chocolate colour, a medium brown with warm, orange-red undertones that makes me think of misty Autumn days and hot chocolate with spices ( cinnamon and nutmeg especially! ).

I’m obsessed with dark, bold, grungy lips at the moment ( no surprise for anyone anymore, right!? ) and before getting Deborah the one I wore a lot was the Estée Lauder Pure Colour Envy Matte in Desirous ( review here )… Compared to that, Deborah has more orange-red undertones, while Desirous has more reddish undertones – which I think make it a bit darker as well. Deborah has a creamy sheen to it, one of those “modern matte” finishes. Both are equally creamy, opaque in one swipe and long lasting, but I find that Desirous lasts a bit longer – as expected, since it’s a true matte formulation.

[ Read a round-up of my favourite NARS Audacious Lipsticks – the Spring colour Edit here and about my favourite dark lipstick of all time, Ingrid here ]

Here, in these swatches I’m not wearing Deborah with anything underneath since I didn’t wanted to influence its actual colour in any way, but if I wanted to make it last longer I ‘d wear it with my Charlotte Tilbury Lip-Cheat Lip Liner in Hollywood Honey and it was equally beautiful except a bit darker! ( review on the lip liner coming up soon!!! )

With or without lip liner, Deborah is a beautiful and unique shade! Definitely not everyone’s cup of cake! And if you think that this might be a bit too much, please bare in mind that the warm undertones make it extremely wearable.

So give it a go! Try it in person at your NARS counter!… Who knows, you might actually end up loving it as much as I do!

See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

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Trending #grunge lipstick for Autumn 2015

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The grunge lipstick was so trendy in the ’90 but I was way too little back then to wear it… Actually, to wear lipstick in general! And to be honest, I would’ve definitely lacked the courage to wear it anyway! Even as a grown up! Haha!…

If you followed my blog for a while, you’re aware that I have a little obsession with dark lipsticks at the moment, and to discover now that it’s an actual trend sure makes me feel ahead of times! Anyway, I’m happy I can wear all of them now.

There are so many lipstick options to create a grunge lip. The majority of them are dark, with brown or deep purple undertones, or even with grey undertones for the most audacious/badass of us. Here you have some of the lipsticks in my collection that fit into this description, more or less… And I’ll be starting with the more dramatic ones and slowly go for the most wearable that still give away that grunge vibe.

Tom Ford Lips & Boys Alasdhair was one of the best selling lipsticks in this collection! It’s such a particular colour, a deep purple with grey-ish undertones! See swatches and read more about it and all my “Boys” here.

Revlon Va Va Violet is the only high-street lipstick in this post! Surprised, right?! I was drawn by the colour of it and the cream finish! But, unfortunately it was a pain to apply and to wear as well! It was all patchy and went all-over the place ( fine lines, teeth, I found some even on my tongue!… ).

Next is NARS Ingrid, that I just wrote a review on last week so make sure you check it out ( link here )! Again a deep, dark, bold lipstick perfect for this kind of look.

Another NARS Audacious option would be Deborah, a true dark chocolate brown you’ll see on my blog soon! It’s not exactly a proper grunge shade, but for me it just does the job! Can’t wait for you to see it and share your opinions on it!

And the most wearable of them all and the most versatile at he same time is another one from Tom Ford, a Matte this time, Pussycat ( review ) – a purple, lavender shade with grey undertones!

If for the other options I’ve mentioned above I’d keep the rest of my makeup rather simple – soft colours on the eyes, a beautiful feline flick and obviously lots of mascara, with Pussycat I’s go straight for a deep smokey eye on an evening out. For a day look with Pussycat on my lips, a soft smokey eye works the best though!

As you can see, my dark lipstick obsession went to another level! Here I’m wearing the Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick #663 Va Va Violet, close to a true grunge but not close enough for me!

But let me tell you how grunge I would love my lipstick to be… I would want a mix of dark purple and grey, ashy undertones on a brown base!

Do you know a lipstick that looks like that? Please let me know!

Thank you so much for reading and as always see you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

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NARS Audacious Lipstick Ingrid – How dark will I go?!…

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I keep surprising myself how irremediably fascinated I am lately by the look of a dark lip!

I keep posting and posting, one after another reviews featuring the most amazing bold, vampy, dark shades of lipstick… But don’t fool yourself! I’ve never been the “audacious” type… I was always that lipstick wearer that cited Tom Ford Pink Dusk as my most worn-down product ( well, it still is! ) and it took me a good couple of years to even muster up the courage to don a red lip during the day…

But no! Oh, no! Not anymore! Now the darker the lipstick, the better I feel…

As Mister François Nars said, it seems like…

I have a real love affair with lipstick. It gives me more power!

Until now “my power” came from: a wine colour: the YSL Rouge Pure Couture #206 Grenat Satisfaction, a dark chocolate-brown Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Matte 130 Desirous but then I went even darker with Charlotte Tilbury’s Glastonberry MATTE Revolution Lipstick…

Now the only reasonable question that I can hear in the back of my mind is:

How far will I go? How close to black I’m I going to choose my lipstick shades and still feel comfortable wearing them?!…

Today, the answer to this question comes again from NARS, with another Audacious Lipstick called Ingrid, the most “audacious” of all the girls that I own ( check them all here! ), the most true grunge lipstick shade in my collection!

Ingrid is best described as a “merlot”. What’s lovely about this shade is that if you look  – at it in the tube – and I hope you can actually see it as well – it looks like a very deep-toned, almost black, berry. But when you go on and apply it on the lips, it shows a beautiful burgundy-red base with some interesting warm undertones. Such a complex colour!

As all the lipsticks in this line, Ingrid is intensely pigmented, seriously creamy and ridiculously opaque! Just one swipe straight from the tube it’s enough for a full coverage, well defined pout! Being a creamy-matte formula ( can you see that beautiful glossy-shine finish?! ) it’s not an absolute necessity the usage of a lip pencil with it, but pre-defining the lips with a lip liner in the same colour, should help it stay longer on the lips, fade evenly and not slipping and sliding all-over. My recommendation: Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Lip Liner in Berry Naughty.

Here you have a close-up too!

Now over to you, Beautiful! How dark would you allow yourself to go with your lipstick choices?

See you soon!

xx, Annie

 

 

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NARS Eyeshadow Duo in Mélusine – review

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Confession time. I think I just grew some sort of attachement towards NARS Eyeshadow Duos.

Everything started with Alhambra, probably my most used NARS eyeshadow and one of my absolute favourites in my collection, then it switched a while ago to an exquisite Autumnal Duo – Cordura and now I’m really enjoying Mélusine.

Mélusine came out on the market for the first time in 2010, with their Christmas Collection with a L.E. status. Luckily now it’s still part of the permanent line, therefore at your discretion! 

Two gorgeous colours define Mélusine: a frosted silvered lilac with grey metallic undertones and a deep purple with a matte finish. It looks almost similar to the colour of the eggplants, just a bit brighter than that!

The shimmer-y shade has that distinctive NARS texture with the same bit of a fallout I was telling you about when I reviewed Cordura. Nothing too bad again, but I just wanted to remind you that! Otherwise, great colour payoff, very butter-y and with more of a metallic sheen than an actual sparkle.

The darker colour is the one that had me dreaming about Mélusine in the first place! A very deep purple with a true matte, it’s the perfect shade to use to smoke out any eye look. 

But as with some true matte, this darker shade in Mélusine can be rather difficult to work with. You might find it patchy and uneven at a first application, but if you take your time to pat the colour on, placing it basically where you need it with a flat fluffy brush, then put some more effort into blending everything with a good blending brush, then everything will look flawless. 

My favourite brushes to use with it: Hakuhodo J5523, Tom Ford #11 Eyeshadow Brush and the Sephora #22 All Over Shadow Brush. For blending… well, I have A LOT of blending brushes here! 

BOTTOM LINE:

As all NARS eyeshadows, these are no exception to the uasual description: very pigmented, butter-y soft texture, blendable, they have multiple uses: shading, lining and highlighting and can be used wet or dry according to the intensity you want to give your eye look.

But, as all NARS eyeshadows, they’re also no exception to that bit of a fallout and with this one – the little extra-effort you need to put into properly blending it.

This is it for now! As always thank you so much for reading!

See you soon, Beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

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