NARS Ava Audacious Lipstick Reviews & Swatches
Ava
NARS Ava Audacious Lipstick ($34.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a muted, medium-dark reddish-brown with warm undertones and a cream finish.
- Opaque pigmentation in one layer
- Creamy, lightweight, comfortable to apply
- Didn’t emphasize lip lines or lip texture
- Long-wearing (5 hours) and lightly hydrating
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$34.00/0.14 oz. - $242.86 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "one-stroke, full-coverage" pigmentation with a "soft matte finish" that is "long-lasting" and "hydrating." The formula is best characterized by its texture: creamy, smooth, and slightly denser/thicker on (but not heavy) compared to the typical lipstick formula. Most of the shades are opaque, while "weak" shades are more semi-opaque. The majority of the colors I've tested have applied evenly and smoothly with good glide and feel comfortable on my lips. They tend to last between four and six hours and was lightly hydrating to non-drying. There was no noticeable scent or taste.
Browse all of our NARS Audacious Lipstick swatches.
Ingredients
RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL · BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2 · ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE · HYDROGENATED POLYCYCLOPENTADIENE · EUPHORBIA CERIFERA (CANDELILLA) WAX/CANDELILLA CERA/CIRE DE CANDELILLA · OZOKERITE · MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX/CERA MICROCRISTALLINA/CIRE MICROCRISTALLINE · BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER · ISONONYL ISONONANOATE · CETEARYL ALCOHOL · CETEARETH-20 · SILICA · PORTULACA PILOSA EXTRACT · COPRINUS COMATUS (MUSHROOM) EXTRACT · POLYETHYLENE · COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX/CERA CARNAUBA/CIRE DE CARNAUBA · TOCOPHEROL · ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE · STEARALKONIUM HECTORITE · ISOPROPYL TITANIUM TRIISOSTEARATE · PROPYLENE CARBONATE · POLYHYDROXYSTEARIC ACID · SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE · CETEARYL ETHYLHEXANOATE · SUCROSE COCOATE · PALMITOYL TRIPEPTIDE-38 · CAPRYLYL GLYCOL · HEXYLENE GLYCOL · DEXTRIN · LECITHIN · HYDROGENATED PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE · LYSOLECITHIN · ASCORBYL PALMITATE · DISODIUM EDTA · WATER/AQUA/EAU · CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLLUM SEED OIL · SIMETHICONE · TOCOPHERYL ACETATE · BENZYL ALCOHOL · PHENOXYETHANOL · [+/-(MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499) · MICA · RED 7 LAKE (CI 15850) · TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891)] ·
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The whole 90’s brown lipstick trend literally had my little old nostalgic heart palpitating! Been hitting MAC Paramount on the regular, along with other brown hued lip colors and, of course, smokey eyes with a good grungy-ness.
Love MAC Paramount since i saw it Rachel wearing it on Friends.
This is my kind of lipstick – love the embossing, love the colour and I love the finish!
Beautiful reddish brown shade with a good rating, will definitely will check it out in person.