NARS x Man Ray Deep Throat/Barbara Love Triangle Review, Photos, Swatches
Deep Throat/Barbara
NARS Deep Throat/Barbara Man Ray Love Triangle ($24.00 for 0.17 oz.) contains two shades from NARS’ permanent line in miniature-sizes — a pink-coral blush and a rosy beige lipstick. Both were nice and consistent with full-sized versions that I have tried in the past.
Value
A full-sized blush retails for $30.00 and contains 0.16 oz. or costs $187.50/oz. A full-sized Audacious lipstick retails for $34.00 and contains 0.14 oz. or costs $242.86/oz. The set contains $15.00 worth of blush and $19.43 worth of lipstick for a total value of $34.43.
Ingredients
Deep Throat/Barbara
LELimited Edition. $24.00.
Deep Throat
Deep Throat is a medium, pink-coral with a soft, golden pearl. It had semi-opaque pigmentation with a soft, slightly firmer texture that was still quite blendable on the skin but needed a moderate hand to pickup product onto a brush. It wore well for eight and a half hours on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Tarte Graceful (LE, $29.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Love Lust (Discontinued) (DC, $60.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Lines & Last Night (502) (P, $42.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Tarte Bashful (LE, $29.00) is lighter, brighter, cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Petal Power (P, $29.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Santa Barbara (P, $38.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- Becca Flowerchild (P, $32.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Lured to Love (LE, $29.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- NARS Hard Party (LE, $30.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Smith and Cult Universal Peach (P, $24.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
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.
Deep Throat
PiPPermanent in Palette. $30.00.
Barbara
Barbara is a medium, rosy beige with warm undertones and a cream finish. It had rich, opaque pigmentation that covered the lips evenly. The consistency was creamy, moderately emollient, and had some noticeable slip on the lips. The downside was the slip caused the color pull away at my lip lines and settle into them over the five hours it lasted for. The formula was lightly hydrating.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Bite Beauty Latte (DC, $24.00) is darker (90% similar).
- MAC Boca (LE, $19.00) is cooler, less glossy (95% similar).
- MAC Wear with Flare (LE, $25.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Miss Kensington (LE, $37.00) is more shimmery, lighter, less glossy (90% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Pink Nude (DC, $37.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Chanel Adrienne (402) (P, $37.00) is lighter, brighter (90% similar).
- Burberry Pink Apricot (301) (P, $35.00) is darker, less glossy (90% similar).
- ColourPop Oh Snap (P, $7.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Givenchy Beige Plume (102) (P, $36.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Velvet Teddy (P, $19.00) is darker, warmer, less glossy (90% similar).
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 • ISONONYL ISONONANOATE • EUPHORBIA CERIFERA (CANDELILLA) WAX/CANDELILLA CERA/CIRE DE CANDELILLA • OZOKERITE • HYDROGENATED POLYCYCLOPENTADIENE • BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER • MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX/CERA MICROCRISTALLINA/CIRE MICROCRISTALLINE • CETEARYL ALCOHOL • ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE • CETEARETH-20 • SILICA • CETEARYL ETHYLHEXANOATE • POLYETHYLENE • COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX/CERA CARNAUBA/CIRE DE CARNAUBA • ISOPROPYL TITANIUM TRIISOSTEARATE • CAPRYLYL GLYCOL • STEARALKONIUM HECTORITE • PHENOXYETHANOL • COPRINUS COMATUS (MUSHROOM) EXTRACT • POLYHYDROXYSTEARIC ACID • LECITHIN • CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLLUM SEED OIL • SIMETHICONE • TOCOPHERYL ACETATE • SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE • HEXYLENE GLYCOL • DEXTRIN • WATER/AQUA/EAU • PROPYLENE CARBONATE • HYDROGENATED PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE • LYSOLECITHIN • PORTULACA PILOSA EXTRACT • TOCOPHEROL • SUCROSE COCOATE • ASCORBYL PALMITATE • PALMITOYL TRIPEPTIDE-38 • DISODIUM EDTA • [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): MICA • TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891) • IRON OXIDES (CI 77491) • IRON OXIDES (CI 77492) • IRON OXIDES (CI 77499) • BLUE 1 LAKE (CI 42090) • RED 28 (CI 45410) • RED 33 LAKE (CI 17200) • RED 6 LAKE (CI 15850) • RED 7 LAKE (CI 15850) • YELLOW 5 LAKE (CI 19140) • YELLOW 6 LAKE (CI 15985)] •
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I was super drawn to this but I just realized I have a dupe for the blush. Thanks for saving me money, Christine!
I wish I could wear these shades. NARS really hit it out of the park with the Love Triangles! Enjoyed your swatches though and your tonal warm look!
This pairing is very nice for a professional or more natural daytime look. Just not one of be inclined to pick up for myself, I don’t think.
I like how you said it’s nice for a professional look but the name, lol. Just amusing 😉
Love the blush (not the name), but dislike the lipsticks – too pale a shade.
I know this is a Sephora specific post, but the set is(was?) available in different color combinations, depending on the store. NARS is offering Orgasm/Orgasm, Impassioned/Anna (which I got in Nordstrom) and Dolce Vita/Audrey. The Impassioned set was Nordstrom/Nars specific. I love mine!