NARS Motu Tane Face Palette Review & Swatches

Christine — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Motu Tane

NARS Motu Tane Face Palette ($42.00 for 0.33 oz.) includes a highlighter, blush, and bronzer. The highlighter and blush are both new shades, and they performed well, while the bronzer is Laguna, and that did not perform well (which is, sadly, consistent with my experience of the shade when included in palettes over the years). It’s bad enough that it makes the rest of the palette hard to justify, unfortunately.

Ingredients

Motu Tane

LELimited Edition. $42.00.

C+

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

4.5

Application

79%

Total

Makatea

Makatea is a bright pop of light gold with strong, warm undertones and a sparkling, metallic finish. It’s an intense highlighter, so if metallic shimmer and some sparkles better be things you look for in your highlighters! The texture was soft, smooth, and lightly creamy with good coverage that was easily built up to full coverage with less than half of a layer. It applied evenly and blended out without difficulty, and it didn’t emphasize my skin’s natural texture. It stayed on nicely for eight hours on me before fading slightly.

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Coloured Raine Damage Control (Highlighter) (LE, ) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
Chantecaille Eclat Brilliant (LE, $92.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
Becca Champagne Pop (P, $38.00) is darker (90% similar).
Marc Jacobs Beauty Make a Sheen (LE, ) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Estee Lauder Courreges (LE, $32.00) is lighter (90% similar).
MAC There She Glows (LE, $42.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Dior Glowing Nude (002) (LE, $58.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
Jouer Molten Glow (LE, $28.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
MAC Lunar Lights (LE, $42.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
MAC Light of the Party (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).

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Makatea

LELimited Edition. $30.00.

A-

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

92%

Total

Manava

Manava is a medium pink with moderate, warm undertones and fine, gold pearl. It had opaque color payoff that applied evenly to bare skin and blended out with ease. The texture was soft, thin, and a little dusty, but it wasn’t troublesome to apply–some of NARS’ blushes can run a bit too thin that they get difficult to blend out over bare skin but that wasn’t the case here. It had more of a satin-matte finish once blended out, and in a way, that made it more versatile as a little tap of the highlighter in the palette added plenty o’ shine without layering too heavily on top (and creating texture). This shade wore well for seven and a half hours on me before I noticed any fading.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

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Formula Overview

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Charlotte Tilbury Love Glow (P, $40.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Charlotte Tilbury Pretty (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
Dior Rose Baiser (361) (P, $48.00) is cooler (90% similar).
Tom Ford Beauty Frantic Pink (P, $60.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Kevyn Aucoin Rose Cliff #2 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
LORAC Wavelength (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
MAC Wall of Desire (LE, $24.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Anastasia Kash (PiP, ) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Iconic London Rose Glow (Left) (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
NARS Make Believe (LE, $30.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).

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Formula Overview

$30.00/0.16 oz. - $187.50 Per Ounce

From NARS’ website, their blush formula is described as “beautifully pigmented” and “soft [and] blendable.” NARS' blushes, since they've been released in such a massive range of shades over the years, can vary from shade to shade to some degree. Most shades are pigmented with firmer, slightly stiffer consistencies that can also run on the thinner side, which allows greater control when picking up product but some of the more matte shades could be a bit more blendable or easier to work with.

Some of the more newly-released shades have softer, more yielding textures that are a bit creamier and are easier to blend out, though most of NARS' blushes are fairly blendable. The wear typically ranges from eight to nine hours with a few shades falling above or below this range.

Browse all of our NARS Powder Blush swatches.

Manava

LELimited Edition. $30.00.

B+

8.5

Product

Pigmentation

8.5

Texture

Longevity

Application

89%

Total

Laguna

Laguna is a soft, light golden brown with warm, yellow undertones and a fine, golden pearl throughout. The consistency was firmer and thinner with an almost chalky quality to it–dry but powdery. I find that most iterations of Laguna in palettes are subpar, and this was no exception. It took more jabbing and swirling to get an even amount of product onto my brush (just to get more medium coverage), and it took extra effort to blend and diffuse it on my skin. Once on, it lasted well for seven hours on me before fading noticeably.

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NARS Laguna (P, $38.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
Laura Mercier A La Mode (LE, ) is brighter (90% similar).
Tower 28 Gold Coast (P, $20.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Guerlain Ultra Shine (LE, $61.00) is darker, brighter (90% similar).
MAC Nude on Board (LE, $30.00) is more muted (90% similar).
MAC Aphrodite's Shell (LE, $34.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
KVD Beauty Shadowplay (PiP, ) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Too Faced Spice (LE, ) is warmer (90% similar).
ColourPop Paradise Cove (P, $8.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
MAC Sun Dipped (LE, $30.00) is warmer (90% similar).

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Ingredients

TALC · DIMETHICONE · OCTYLDODECYL STEAROYL STEARATE · ISOSTEARYL NEOPENTANOATE · POLYBUTENE · ZINC STEARATE · ISOPROPYL ISOSTEARATE · CAPRYLYL GLYCOL · SILICA · HEXYLENE GLYCOL · TIN OXIDE · TOCOPHEROL · LECITHIN · GLYCERYL STEARATE · ASCORBYL PALMITATE · GLYCERYL OLEATE · CITRIC ACID · FRAGRANCE (PARFUM) · HEXYL CINNAMAL · LINALOOL · BENZYL SALICYLATE · PHENOXYETHANOL · [+/-(MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499) · MICA · TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891)] ·

Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.

Laguna

PPermanent. $38.00.

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

7.5

Longevity

Application

57%

Total

NARS Motu Tane Face Palette

NARS Makatea Highlighting Blush

NARS Manava Powder Blush

NARS Laguna Powder Bronzer

NARS Motu Tane Face Palette

NARS Makatea Highlighting Blush

NARS Manava Powder Blush

NARS Laguna Powder Bronzer

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NARS Motu Tane Face Palette Review & Swatches

Motu Tane

Ingredients

Motu Tane

LELimited Edition. $42.00.

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Makatea

Top Dupes

Makatea

LELimited Edition. $30.00.

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Manava

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Formula Overview

Manava

LELimited Edition. $30.00.

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Laguna

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Ingredients

Laguna

PPermanent. $38.00.

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