I prefer some shimmer in my blushes as I find they are easier to build up, blend out, and are more foolproof overall! They also tend to go on more easily over base products without having to worry about setting first.
— Christine
I find they are easier to blend, but I like a lower-level shimmer, like satin or pearl, so it is more luminous and “skin-like” but not overly shimmery. If it gets too shimmery, then I think it’s less of a bronzer and more of a highlighting/bronzer hybrid.
— Christine
I’ve had more flops from NARS in the last year or so than I would have expected, so that’s been disappointing. I also feel they rely too much on the same types of colors, like Laguna or Orgasm, and they have a much fuller blush/bronzer range to highlight. I like how edited their seasonal launches usually are.
— Christine
I’ve found they have stepped up the quality and direction of their releases in a way that’s made me more excited to see what they do next.
— Christine
I love that they put out affordable products that are usually decent to good (sometimes excellent!), but the hard part is they release a lot and discontinue things without notice. It feels like there’s hardly a permanent range!
— Christine
They still have a really good core range of products, while their seasonal, limited edition offerings can hit high highs and also hit low. I think they’ve been improving in consistency for limited edition releases over the last two years, though.
— Christine
Something I’ve been appreciating from the brand lately is they actually have quiet, smaller seasonal releases, though perhaps the fact that very few are talking about them suggests that’s not the most successful way to go about releasing products! I think the brand has improved their offerings from when it first debuted, so it’s nice to see that.
— Christine
I really love that the brand came out with the smaller, 15-pan palette size–I think that is so much more appealing compared to the full-sized 15-pan palettes. I would love to see an extension of the singles range, though, as a lot of the shades released in the various palettes (both limited edition and permanent) are exclusive to those palettes, even though you can pop them out of them.
— Christine
I don’t find myself all that drawn to Charlotte Tilbury products off the bat; like I don’t hear about a new release and get particularly excited, but some of my very favorite products are by Charlotte Tilbury (Hollywood Flawless Filter, Filmstar Bronze & Glow, Hollywood Light Wands). The brand has a tendency to release everything in the same wheelhouse, though, and I think they could do a substantially better job releasing color cosmetics that would work on more skin tones.
— Christine
The real rant is the price point — just really, really expensive. I like some of the smaller formats the brand has done in the last year or so, and I hope we see more of those. The brand has some exceptional formulas, and I love the color stories in most of their palettes.
— Christine
