So 'No Money Month' has been put on hold for one day and one day only... I did pretty well with no cheating so far! It's for good reason though, have you seen how beautiful this palette is?!
On 1st February NARS are releasing the NARSissist eyeshadow palette in department stores nationwide. Named for and inspired by the brand's devoted fans and cult followers, it's clearly going to be a sell out (it already is online!). It's the first product from the NARSissist range and includes 15 of the NARissist community's most beloved shades including: All About Eve, Madrague, Fez, Balu, Coconut Grove, Madrague II, Nepal, Ashes to Ashes, Brousse, Mekong, Bellissima, Lhasa, Bad Behaviour, Dogon and Pandora.
Believe it or not I have never tried NARS eyeshadows, so what better way to do so than with this palette. The range of colours are really wearable with a mix of light highlight shades, shimmery bases and deeper crease and liner shades. There are three matte shades, a pale cork, a light brown and a black which is perfect to use as a liner. The palette is a nice mix or warm and cool toned shades to suit everyone.
I've created a look using the shades highlighted with a star above, but the amount of eye looks possible are endless! The deeper shades are great for a smokey eye but I also like that there are some simple, shimmery shades that can be worn alone on the lid for a day look.
I've heard mixed things about the quality of NARS eyeshadows, but I found them to be really pigmented and easy to blend. The quality is different for some of the shadows and a common problem can be that they don't apply too well directly onto the lid. Using a primer first should help this, but I found most of the shades worked fine for me on their own. The matte brown shade in particular worked really well with an angled brush as a liner.
With most products there is always a con and for me this would be the size of the shadows themselves. I find the small rectangles quite difficult as I use blending brushes most of the time and it gets a bit fiddly. I prefer when the shadows are a bit bigger, but I also appreciate that the size of the palette is really convenient considering it holds 15 shades.
The palette costs £55 and the eyeshadows are 1g each. Just to put things into perspective, the NARS duos are £25 and single eyeshadows are £18.
So will you be running to your nearest NARS counter on February 1st?