Summer 2021 Swatches: Tom Ford, Rare Beauty, NARS

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Tom Ford Beauty Black Sand Duo
Tom Ford Beauty Black Sand Duo
Rare Beauty True to Yourself Palette
Rare Beauty True to Yourself Palette
NARS Summer Solstice Palette
NARS Summer Solstice Palette
Tom Ford Beauty Black Sand Duo
Rare Beauty True to Yourself Palette
NARS Summer Solstice Palette

Tom Ford Soleil Collection includes a new, limited edition gold-shimmered gloss ($56) and limited edition eyeshadow duo for the summer ($65).

Rare Beauty True to Myself Discovery Eyeshadow Palette ($29.00) debuts April 13th online (this is actually the only press sample in this post; the others I purchased) and includes seven shades, though one (the center shade) is mostly plastic (PET) glitter.

NARS Summer Solstice Eyeshadow Palette ($49.00) is limited edition for summer and includes nine eyeshadows–two matte, seven shimmers–in a square-shaped compact.

I wanted to share these swatches ASAP with Sephora’s sale going on now through the 19th (depending on your tier!).

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Cynthia Avatar

It’s interesting seeing how different the Rare Beauty palette is compared to the releases from Holiday. Based off the swatches, it seems like the quality of the eyeshadows is also quite different. I wonder what compelled them to put such a large pan of pressed glitter into this palette.

Genevieve Avatar

I must admit that I am liking the Nars Summer Solstice palette – although it does remind me of Smashbox’s Petal Metal palette of a couple of years ago. The swatches look great and I love the soft shimmers and the rosy gold themed shades.
The gold Tom Ford shade looks lovely too – but not the black cream shade.
The Raw beauty palette is not really that impressive to me.

Frozendiva Avatar

The Tom Ford duo is nice, but not $80 CAD nice. The summer Dior quints are more appealing.
Granted, I need a new duvet cover, so that’s probably one of the reasons too.

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