Spring 2021: NARS Air Matte Blushes & Lip Colors Swatches (x12)
For spring, there’s the new NARS Air Matte Blush ($30.00 for 0.21 oz.), available in eight colors (four exclusive to NARS’ site), and NARS Air Matte Lip Color ($26.00 for 0.24 oz.) , available in 10 colors (two exclusive to NARS’ site). I bought the products available via Ulta, so I have four of the blushes and eight of the lip colors swatched for you in this post!
I’m a bit wary of the blushes, as I struggled to work with them for swatches and initial applications as they’re designed to turn to powder when they come into contact with skin, but they pilled a lot and were difficult to smooth out, so I am not sure I will purchase the remaining shades of the blushes (consider this a heads up!).
The Orgasm blush is disappointing. It doesn’t pill on me, but it does not really stick to bare skin. I bought it to use with no foundation, and it kind of just disappears when you try to swipe it on. Stamping works slightly better. Too much silicone, I guess?
The same happens to me. No matter how many layers of it I put on, only the glitters show up un me… The pinkish base has zero grip on my skin. Or maybe it has simple an horrible low pigmentation? I don’t understand why it is so famous
I just received Darling & Freedom in the mail today, so I haven’t played much with them aside from trying them on, but I used a small duofiber stippling brush, and they both blended beautifully on my bare skin (well, over sunscreen). They did take a bit of building up, but I got a nice, even blend.
Really liking the looks of Thrust and Pin-up! Those two are so interesting looking, and this looks and sounds like something similar to the Rare Beauty Lip Souffle lipsticks, so just maybe, they won’t seriously fry my poor lips any more than they already are.
The blushes seem like they’re going to be a PITA, so I’ll likely skip those.
I’m really curious about these products 👀
Pin Up looks to be a lovely, vibrant shade of Lipgloss and I do like Darling as the best of the blushes to suit me.
I mean – they’re all pretty. I really like Thrust because I’m getting into nudes/browns for lips more in recent months but it’s easy for me to ignore these new products. I used to be OBSESSED with Nars though – visited the Nars counter almost weekly just a few years back!!
It will be interesting to see the comfort level of the lip products. They swatch pretty well and don’t look shrivel-y. Not impressed with the blush swatches. Scandalous looks clumpy and hard to diffuse. The others aren’t leading the spectacular parade, either. What’s next for Orgasm? spiked seltzer water? Anything Orgasm makes me weary and a tad annoyed. FN was a barrier-breaker at the beginning, now he recycles his cult product, beating it into the ground. Admittedly I’m a Nars powder blush hoarder, but the blush shades have been done to death, by him and everyone else. I’m probably triple-duped on the first three, and I very seldom wear those shades. And yes, I have 5 depotted pans of Orgasm that i ought to flame throw… it has been in every multi-product offering for > a decade. Give it a bloody rest, already.
I love the original powder Orgasm, and I only have one. Thinking about it it might be time to replace it, it’s probably older than my son. 🙂
Oh dear. NARS, why you gotta be so NARS all the time? It sets up all us beauty lovers for some bad jokes!
Thanks for all the reviews and comments I was also wondering how one would be able to finish the product…..the packaging doesn’t look helpful if you want to get to the last bit.
Glad to see these swatches. I ordered Pin Up and it’s in the mail, happy to see here that it’s a color that will probably work well for me. 😀
These products are the first ones to interest me in ages!!!! Also the word ‘Shag’ just makes me giggle. What a great name!