NARS Alice Multiple Tint Review, Photos, Swatches
Alice
NARS Alice Multiple Tint ($39.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a medium, coral-red with warm undertones and a natural sheen. It had semi-sheer, buildable color coverage (up to semi-opaque) that had a slightly wet finish and looked more like a cheek stain.
The new, limited edition formula is supposed to be a “sheer, tinted format” with “natural-looking color” for “lips and cheeks.” Worth noting that while the physical size didn’t seem different, the tube contains about half as much as the regular Multiple formula (0.23 oz. compared to 0.50 oz.). The texture of the Multiple Tint was moderately emollient with a dewier finish that never dried down fully, so the wear seemed to be shorter at a mere six hours. It worked best applied over bare skin or liquid/cream products and was more challenging to use over powder. It felt like a thin balm in terms of consistency as a lip product, and it lasted three and a half hours on my lips and was non-drying.
This will launch on April 15th.
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I like it as a cheek product!
I think that’s what the Multiples are best for, personally!
Christine, thank you for always mentioning the differences in the amount of product in an item, despite the same packaging. It tends to slip my radar and is quite good to know!
No problem! I don’t think it’s always a deal-breaker, but it depends on the type of product, one’s usage habits, and what you value so it is worth mentioning.
This looks lovely. I love cream cheek products and the natural flush it gives skin. My biggest problem is that I have oily skin and it just seems to either dissolve the cream color or make it look a little “muddy.” It doesn’t stop me from trying to use them and I end up often using them under a light powder blush. I love colors like this very much though…
There’s a formula out there for you that I think will work but will be a lot of trial and error 🙁
Christine, are these the same type of product as the previous summer LE multiple tints (Cadaques, Beverly Hills, Turks & Caicos)?
I loved the colors of those 3 but hated the texture.
I don’t recall those by memory, and the one I have seems like it has dried out so I can’t really tell.
Never quite dries down….not going to work on my cheeks I fear. Might make for nice balmy, soft reddened lip, though! It’s neither a yay or a nay for me?
I feel like if it leaves you at neither yay nor nay… it’s still a skip!
Hate when there’s a major drop in quantity nd no drop in price. Makes me feel ripped off! 🙁
They seem the similar in physical size, so I wonder if there’s less of some weightier ingredient in it.
Yikes, half the size with no reduction in price??? Seems like a rip off
I’m really wondering if there’s something “heavy” in the original formula vs. this!
This version doesn’t provide enough cheek color for my preference. I prefer cream blush to tube blushes with the exception of 1 Multiple highlighter that I own. Rarely do I find lip and cheek products do well on both lips and cheeks.
Totally understand! 🙂
Disappointed to hear they decreased half the product without a change in price.
I went back to the tube and compared against one at 0.49 oz., and the Charlotte Gainsborough tubes are slightly smaller in diameter, and when I fully extended the product, it also had a smaller overall width/diameter, though the tubes are more similar in height. So, it’s definitely not taking up the same volume from what I could tell!
Thanks for being so thorough, Christine! I am wearing C. Tilbury’s beach stick today and fell in love at first swipe. Have you tried them by any chance? Do you know how they compare to Nars’ tints? I’m being lazy but I will do a search of your site now 🙂
I reviewed five of the shades! http://www.temptalia.com/product/charlotte-tilbury-beach-stick/
I wasn’t fan, though.
The drop in quantity is a bit eyebrow-raising, but I really like the color!
The color is nice!
I never even think about using these on the lips! I don’t know why, but it doesn’t even occur to me! I sort of like these new sheer ones, and the ones in the Pop collection, but I hadn’t noticed the weight difference, so now my wallet is kind of concerned!! I think you may be right about a missing heavier ingredient, I think!
I think they’re better on the cheeks than lips usually, IMO!
I went back to the tube and compared against one at 0.49 oz., and the Charlotte Gainsborough tubes are slightly smaller in diameter, and when I fully extended the product, it also had a smaller overall width/diameter, though the tubes are more similar in height. So, it’s definitely not taking up the same volume from what I could tell!
Looks like a great blush for this time of year! I actually like it a lot. It looks very natural on you yet still gives you some color
It should be!
The Multiples all have a lot of sparkly shimmer in them unlike this product?
Maybe that’s the difference in weight?
I really don’t know, sorry!
I went back to the tube and compared against one at 0.49 oz., and the Charlotte Gainsborough tubes are slightly smaller in diameter, and when I fully extended the product, it also had a smaller overall width/diameter, though the tubes are more similar in height. So, it’s definitely not taking up the same volume from what I could tell!