NARS Look: Mangrove & Daphne
NARS Look: Mangrove & Daphne
I liked this in close-ups, but I don’t like it so much with my skin tone overall. I think someone paler than me could really rock this, though! 🙂
You will need the following…
- Eyes: NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base (neutral eyeshadow base), NARS Mangrove Eyeshadow (mustard yellow), NARS Rajasthan Eyeshadow (golden taupe/dark green-blue), NARS Daphne Eyeshadow (deep purple), Burberry Trench Eyeshadow (highlighter), Make Up For Ever #11L Aqua Eyes (violet), Lancome Precious Cells Mascara (black)
- Face: NARS Sheer Matte Foundation (Punjab), Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder (translucent)
- Cheeks: NARS Douceur Blush (rosy brown)
- Lips: MAC Liquid Lurex Dazzle Lipstick (sheer green-gold), MAC Hi-Falutin’ Dazzleglass (pink melon)
- Brushes: 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 226 (fluffy crease brush), 219 (pointed crease brush), 116 (dense blush brush)
- Substitutes: Liquid Lurex = Tanarama (not a great dupe), Hi-Falutin’ = Enchantress
For eyes, start by applying Smudgeproof as your eyeshadow base all over the eye area with the 249. Using the 239, apply Mangrove eyeshadow on the inner third of the lid and pull upwards along the inner crease. Lightly blend Rajasthan (taupe) eyeshadow on the middle of the lid blended to the outer lid with the 239. Next, apply Daphne eyeshadow into the crease with the 226, lightly blending onto the outer lid. Blend Trench eyeshadow with the crease shade and highlight the brow bone. Bring everything together by applying #11L eyeliner on the lower lash line. Finish by sweeping lashes with Precious Cells mascara.
For cheeks, apply Douceur blush on the apples of the cheeks and sweep upwards towards the temple with the 116.
For lips, apply Liquid Lurex lipstick first, and then layer Hi-falutin’ dazzleglass for a complementing lip.
Check out more photos!
WHY do you look unblended? HM? Is it to spite me??? How rude!
Christine you look gorgeous with any color combination, though I do think spiced up neutrals looks the most beautiful on you 🙂
And quick question……..do you ever worry about your makeup expiring??? I was wondering how long my MAC powder eyeshadows last before they go bad.
Hey Leah,
I don’t worry about powder products, since bacteria love warm/moist places (aka lipgloss, mascara, etc.) not so much eyeshadow and the like. If anything smells or looks funny, I toss it 🙂
Hey Leah I work at MAC and they taught us about the batch codes. For instance, if your mascara’s batch code says A89, that means it was produced in the first (A)batch in August (8) 2009 (9). If you have anything that’s 2007 and older… I would say toss it out. Hope this helps. =D
Woooww!! Good to know Brittany, thanx!!!
That mascara again! I really like it! And it does look weirdly unblended in the last picture but in close up its ok?
The foundation you are using called Punjab, I’m from there. LOL!
Aw 😀
you are punjabi !!! Nice
It’s just trying to make me mad, I know it! I have no idea why it looks like that.
Douceur blush looks AMAZING on you! Great look overall as well, but the blush is so nice.
Thanks a lot, Julia!
I think it looks really nice on you! It’s a really interesting color combo, and Daphne is gorgeous!
Thank you, Ashley!
it looks quite artistic and modern i think! the yellow is quite a hard colour to wear though!
It definitely is!
What do you mean? I think it looks fantastic on you!
At least you now know what look you’ll do if you ever go to a Lakers game!
LOL! OMG, I meant to write about that. “OH, and this doubles as filling any and all requests for a Lakers’ look! Haha.
Exactly what I was thinking!
Christine, I love this look on you. I love the colors, they look great, seriously. What don’t you like about colors on you?
I’m really not loving the way the yellow looks against my skin!
Hmmm. I dunno. I like this look on you. Reminds me of a beautiful iris.
I’m glad to hear it, Dini! 🙂 Thanks!
Pretty!!! I love the purple on you!
Thanks, Amanda!
I have no idea what you are talking about, Christine! This looks gorgeous on you – close-up or no close-up! But that’s just my opinion.
Aw, thank you Li Ming! 🙂
Are you going to do a review on the NARS Sheer Matte Foundation? I would greatly appreciate it since I’m in the market for a new foundation!
Yes, I definitely will!
Wow I really love this color combo! I think Mangrove is a truly different shade, I certainly don’t have anything like it. Very nice look on you!
Thanks, Amber 🙂
nice!
i think you mentioned in another post that you didn’t like the mangrove/daphne combo, but it looks cool! i think you also easily have winged out the purple even more….
Thanks for the suggestion, Aradhana!
Hi Christine..
I’m loving these colors — Daphne is just gorgeous! Also, any dupes for Douceur? I wanna know if I can live without it 😉
Not sure about dupes for it, yet!
quite beautiful on you!
Thank you, Phuongk!
That is BEAUTIFUL, Christine. I love how you combine colors.
Thanks a lot, Trisha 🙂
All the colors used in this look are so gorgeous on you! Thanks for putting pics up of the Daphne. I’m so looking forward to your reviews on it whenever you get around to them. But, so far i’m sold on the Daphne simply by the way it looks on you. Thanks for all the great work you do!
Thanks, Roxy! No problem 🙂 Just don’t go by how it swatches — like a lot of mattes, you have to *use* it to see it in action.
I disagree with you Cristine. These colors look great on you…you’re rockin it!!
Go Lakers! lol
LOL! I’m glad you ended up liking it 🙂 Thanks, Mary!
That looks lovely. You have a real talent for combining colors perfectly!
Thanks a lot, Marian!
Nevermind! The post just changed. Or maybe my eyes were deceiving me! Makes more sense now! Thanks 🙂
It did just change! 🙂 LOL!
Now I really want Daphne! Looks wonderful on you 🙂
Thanks, Martha!
That beautiful combination of colors!
Glad you liked the combo, Selva!
that looks gorgeous on you!!! I love it soo much!!! I am such a fan!! 🙂
Thank you, Jessica!
I think this looks awesome on you personally!
Well, thank you, Maria 🙂
Very pretty. 🙂
Thanks, Sarah!
Daphne looks gorgeous! Ahh, why do I love purples!?
They’re hard to resist!
lol…I like the “why do you look unblended”. I like the look up close as well, I usually like what you say you don’t, but somehow I’m not loving the yellow inner corners. It’s a bit bruised looking??? And that’s not to say you can’t rock yellows because i’ve seen you in yellows and it’s great!! It does remind me of MAC’s Awake facechart from ….. hmmmm, i can’t recall which collection. (the overall look i mean).
Nevertheless, great job:)
Golden yellows I can totally do! More sallow kind of yellows are definitely harder for me (IMO!) to pull off. When I wore Mangrove before, over a teal base, it totally worked, since it went rather green–which I like on me–but here, it’s definitely the yellow that looks off to me (in the full face photos).
Douceur looks lovely..!! oohh i just bought exhibit a and torrid.. i think everything in this collection looks lovely..!! i’m guna be broke..
Uh oh!
I think the eyeshadow combination looks fine on you. I especially like your lipstick in this! The blush is beautiful too. It’s all perfect 🙂
Thanks so much, Yumi!
Umm, hello perfect Mardi Gras look? I love this. Ever since I’ve been reading your blog I’ve been playing with my makeup a lot more and I’m definitely going to be trying a cheap version of this next time I go out! Plus you and I have similar eye colors which is awesome since most makeup tutorials feature blue eyes. So thank you!
LOL! That’s a good point. Now I am totally prepared for Mardi Gras 😉
As an LSU graduate, I love this color combo!
YAY!
I love Daphne eyeshadow!
That’s a pretty look. I think it suits you. Also I love such combo of colors.
Thanks a lot, Vonvon!
I think this looks just fine with your skin tone 🙂
That’s a really pretty look on you!! I want to try it with a slightly bolder lip. :3
Thank you, Dana!
So here’s the REAL question: am I obligated to get the eyeshadow that bears my name? 🙂 (Probably don’t need it since I have MUFE 92 and have only used it once…though it does look a touch bluer!) There has to be SOME other makeup product out there called Daphne though…
I really like the look! I think I would have preferred a plummy lip, but I think that Liquid Lurex color is just strange. It is funny how it looks unblended in the full face pictures, but that must just be a trick of the flash! (Do you use the self-timer for your full face shots or make Shaun take them?)
Oh! And that top looks so pretty – where is it from?
Nordstrom – last year or the year before, I think!
Haha one more rambling comment. Usually I look for your replies to my comments by using the find feature in my browser and typing my name. I’m really amused because I can’t do that for this post. Uh oh! 😛
LOL! 😛
LOL! If it was named Christine, I would totally get it.
I hand hold the camera for full face photos 🙂 I am too lazy to set-up a tripod and deal with self-timers, lol.
Wait, does Liquid Lurex mean you have some stuff from Fabulous Felines already???
It came out with Nordstrom’s Digi-Pops 🙂 It’s a repromote for Fabulous Felines, lol!
ohhh, gotcha! I got REALLY excited for a minute, LOL! and I love the name of that lipstick, I think it’s hilarious!
Daphne is gorgeous!
It is!
Looks beautiful! Daphne looks divine, so many deep purple shadows are chalky and unpigmented when applied but that looks fabulous on you!
I know what you mean about the yellow though. I have distinct yellow undertones in my skin and anything really yellow (or copper/orange and particular greens for some reason) make my skin take on a strange “pink” cast and I look u’mmm, very unhealthy…
I’d swap the Mangrove for something pink or lilac (TheBalm’s Just This Once Jamie springs to mind. Or Body Shop #37!) – the taupe looks luscious too…
…happy sigh…
Argh – exactly! There is just something about sallow yellows that don’t do me right!
Beautiful look! Great pics too!
Thanks a lot!
I like it! You’re wearing Dazzleglass a lot lately eh? Does the dazzle lipstick need the glass?
I think it does – at least a gloss, whether it’s dazzleglass is up to you, but it smooths it out.
Christine, this is one of my favorite eye combinations I’ve seen in a while. It’s beautiful.
Thank you, Rosie!
Are u kidding me Christine? You will look beautiful no matter what
you put on your face. Honestly i don’t see anything wrong with this look.
LOL! Well thank you, Heather!
I really like this look on you, just one thing and don’t take this the wrong way, but I think you should go easy on the eyebrows, they look really harsh. =-)
Thanks for the suggestion, Marcela!
ooh ooh ooh! im a NW 20 and its safe to say i’ll be rocking this look tomorrow at work 🙂
YAY! Hope you like it!
Lovely combination !
You make it work so well especially for colours that you aren’t so keen on 🙂
Thanks a lot, Bernice 🙂
Wonderfull!!!!
Thank you, Elli!
I think it looks gorgeous on you, and doesn’t look unblended to me at all!
Just that one photo it does, and no idea why!
Thank you, Anita!
Love NARS Daphne, love Burberry Trench as a highlight and LOVE the lips!
Thanks, Charlotte!
You might not like it much, Christine, but I think this is very hot indeed.
Great look, and the lips you chose with this is just perfect.
So Mooi! 🙂
Thank you, Hilana!! 🙂
You look fabulous in these dramatic colors, and your application technique is flawless. I really enjoy each daily “Look”!
Thanks a lot, Nancie!
You look beautiful girl cute, it’s always a surprise to see your work and passion with which you do! I really admire the talent you have, and the joy that making Tempatlia reflex. =)
Excellent Friday to you.
Liz
Aww, thank you so much, Liz!
I love how Douceur blush looks on you! I’m NC25 as well, so I can’t wait to try it out for myself! 😀
Thanks, Erin!
sexy
Thank ya, Jaspreet!
I love this look! you look very gorgeous:)
I should try this look someday.=D
Thank you, MJ!
You look MAH-VELOUS!
Thanks, Corinne!
How do you like the sheermatte? Why is it that you hardly wear top liner?
I haven’t worn Sheer Matte enough yet to give a review.
It causes my upper lash line to itch, water, swell, and sometimes my entire lid gets swollen and rashy.
This looks awesome without a lot of blending!
Thank you!
As everyone’s mentioned, the Douceur blush looks spectacular on ya! This post has definitely further convinced me to try it out. I have NARS’s blush in Madly and they look a bit similiar. I’m just trying to figure out if the two are different enough for me to justify getting Douceur! 😛 This one looks pretty matte, which I like.
Thank you! 🙂 I don’t have Madly unfortunately!
probably because asians have yellow undertones in our skin, I have that issue with some form of yellows and gold colors too…I love the deep purple though, I’ve been on a mission for the perfect shade of deep purple for a the last few months or so.
I bought Mangrove today, but not Daphne. I missed sweet and punchy by MAC, so I thought I’d better be hurry to get the almost-same color, which also is a limited edition asap. How would you compare sweet and punchy AND Mangrove? I always like Sweet and Punchy, but I have never had a way to buy it (except EBAY).
Sweet & Punchy is definitely greener!
Lovely. Have you ever tried blue mascara? Would look nice on you.
I have, but it so rarely shows up!