Round-up: NARS Fall 2014 Collection Overview & Thoughts
NARS Fall 2014 Collection
The upcoming NARS Fall 2014 Collection features ten new shades, some limited and others new and permanent. Most of the collection was quite nice, with the exception of the Night Series Eyeliners, where the formula was a major miss in almost every way except for wear, as it really lacked “ultra-saturated color in a single swipe” and “glide.” The collection leans warm-toned with the exception of Jardin Perdu and the eyeliners. Â The collection launches online at narscosmetics.com on July 15th, everywhere else on August 1st.
- BEST PERFORMING: Bansar (A), Mondore (A), Dolomites (A-), Jardin Perdu (A-), Unlawful (A-)
- WORST PERFORMING: Night Series Eyeliners (B-, C-, D, D)
- MOST UNIQUE: Mondore (A)
- PERSONAL FAVORITES: Bansar (A), Dolomites (A-), Unlawful (A-)
Report Card
- Bansar (A)
- Dolomites (A-)
- Jardin Perdu (A-)
- Mondore (A)
- Unlawful (A-)
- Mauritanie (B+)
- Night Clubbing (B-)
- Night Flight (C-)
- Night Bird (D)
- Night Porter (D)
Is Bansar LE or P?
Bansar is permanent!
Yay! I love it but I’ll wait for holiday VIB 🙂 Thanks!
So interesting that the results of different products can be so varied. They must be testing them prior to release. Hmmm. Next time I’m in Saks (after the 15th, I will take a look). See like only yesterday I was in Saks in SF in February, and the Nars SA was pushing the new spring collection!
Let me know if you have better luck with the eyeliners, Allison!
Thanks for this roundup! I’ll still consider Dolomites since it got an A-. It’s a bummer about the liners since I generally love the formula…
Dolomites is worth looking into for sure!
These all look beautiful! Im totally lusting after these now!
Any must-haves?
Excellent round-up and report card. It makes it so easy to plan what to add to the buy list 🙂 I think I’ll get Unlawful and Jardin Perdu. Dolomites is also very nice, with that rich warm brown.
Good picks, Helene! 😀
This collection was decent, but not amazing. I find that seems to be the case with a lot of nars collections.
Do you think it’s because the collections are smaller?
Thank you for the review as always, Christine! I will be skipping this collection and saving for the gorgeous Thasos nail polish instead!!
Happy to help 😉
I’m surprised to see tons of hits in this collection – the blush and lip pencils look so promising that I might just pick it up!
Keep me posted if you indulge, Stephanie!
My favourite of the collection is Jardin Perdu! *shock* 😉
Unlawful is pretty though, and I like the pink shade in Dolomites. Such a shame about the eyeliner pencils though!
I’m just flabbergasted. How is it possible that Jardin Perdu is the one that caught your eye? 😉
I’m really into dolomites! So pretty!!!
It is a nice duo!
Loved the lip pencils and the Eye shadow duos.. though eye lines turned out to be dud!!
Bansar is really a gorgeous shade! 🙂
Bansar is a fun take on brown!
I’m totally smitten with Jardin Perdu!
Seems like the duos are the stars here!
Me too! 😀