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Sneak Peek: Cover FX & NARS Spring 2017 Highlighting Palettes Photos & Swatches

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

For spring, two variations of Cover FX The Perfect Light Highlighting Palettes ($42.00 for 0.38 oz.) were released: one for lighter skin tones and one for darker skin tones. Each palette contains two cream highlighters and two powder highlighters.

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette ($49.00 for 0.33 oz.) includes three powder highlighters (they aren’t indicated as such, but they feel like the Dual-Intensity formula to me).

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Light-Medium The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

NARS Banc de Sable Highlighter Palette

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Julia Avatar

That Nars palette isn’t exactly earth-shattering, but it is still pretty!

Also, I don’t really “get” the Cover FX concept with duplicate shades in cream and powder. Are people going to layer them? I always kind of thought people were in one camp or the other in cream vs powder, but maybe enough really want shades in both formulas…?

Nikki Finn Avatar

I love the Cover FX concept! Yes, you can layer and build up the glow with powder over cream. Also great for those of us that like powder on eyes, cupids bow and brows, but prefer cream for cheek and collar bones. #GlowYourWay

kjh Avatar

You called it right. Swatched it, and suspect the first two you would find too light. I liked them and am not a highlighter queen, having no warm based ones. I’ll probably cave. Embruns is more of a highlighter blush on me: it was darker than the blush I had on! Sale means dirty. Odd name choice, bec it is not in the least dirty. Maybe in the Nars naming trend family. Think you’ll like the darker purple lip pencils, though.

Asche Avatar

Love the Nars palette…but I feel like it isn’t very ‘fair skin’ friendly. I could pull of the first shade, but not the other two. Oh well, money saved.

Genevieve Avatar

Some of the shades in each of the Cover FX ones look pretty similar to each other, but it is good news that the brand differentiates from a lighter to darker palettes for varied skin tones.
The Nars palette is good – but I think we have seen something like this before.

Faw Avatar

The Nars one looks nice. Nothing really unique, but all nice and wearable for my skintone. I’ll wait to hear about quality before thinking harder about it.

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