Nars Summer 2011 - In detail and very pic heavy.

As with Spring, I fell in love with the look of this Summer's Nars collection and I was fortunately sent several bits to try out but I also bought quite a few bits so I've ended up with nearly the entire collection, minus two items, Kismet Nail Varnish and Mayflower lipstick.

Some of the items are total winners but in my opinion there are a couple of fails too. So lets crack on and have a look at them all in a bit more detail.

First up Ecume Nail Varnish £13.50

A perfect white creme finish polish. I love white creme's as I'm sure I've mentioned more than once on this blog and this one is great, not streaky, perfect.

Soft Touch Shadow in Queen £16.50

My first Soft Touch Shadow pencil and unfortunately Queen probably wasn't a good place to start with this product. Described on the website as a citrus gold glitter. I'm not going to dwell on this really but it's green glitter in a clear base and I have absolutely no idea how to use it to be honest, if you use it alone on the eyelid it's not buildable and it creases like mad. Here's a swatch.

Exotic Dance Eyeshadow Duo £23.50

 This duo  is a grower. The golden brown is beautiful in both colour and texture whereas the white is pretty hard to work with, it's a bit chunky and prone to fall out but with a little practice it is workable and I've found myself reaching for it fairly frequently on days where I don't want to look like I'm wearing much make up.

Dogon Eyeshadow Duo £23.50

 For many this seems to be the star of the collection and it is really gorgeous. A shimmering beige/taupe and a slightly chalky dark shade. The magic happens when you layer the two colours as seen in the far right swatch. They blend together perfectly to make a whole new colour. This duo can create a rather dramatic eye look but I've gone for subtlety in the following pics:

Cap Ferrat Eyeshadow Trio £33

 My highlight from the Summer collection. I love this. I had to buy this and was stalking all the Nars Stockists websites just waiting for it to appear online. The beautiful bright, rich shades that seem to glow rather than shimmer. The following were just dabbed on with my finger when the trio arrived as I just couldn't wait, I can't wait to have a proper play with a primer.

New Order Highlighting Blush £20.50

I'm glad this wasn't one of the items I bought myself! Looks stunning in the pan, pink with gold and silver shimmer but actually that shimmer is glitter. The pink doesn't show up on me at all and I get a very very light spread of glitter on my face with the vast majority falling straight onto my dressing gown. Can you see the product? No? Me either.

Bolero Velvet Matte Lip Pencil £17.50

I don't mind telling you I hated this at first,it's one of those products that I have to force to work on me rather than just being able to wear it with no effort. I have grown to love this though. It's very matte so make sure your lips are well moisturised first!

Carthage Pure Matte Lipstick £18.50

 I wasn't sure whether to get this or not because I kept hearing how bright it was. I have bright pinks and they do suit me but I never wear them but in the end I was persuaded by the fact it's a matte lipstick and I thought this may make it more wearable...all I'm going to say about the next two pictures is that they do not convey the true brightness, this lipstick is neon nearly, and gorgeous!

Last but by no means least is Wonder Lip Gloss £17.50

It's orange and I always knew I was going to buy this. Happy to report I love it! It's such a gorgeous shade. It's bright but it's not too bright but it's definitely orange. I don't own many orange lip products and I can only think of one other and I should probably wear more orange! Here follows a lip swatch and a full face (which looks unattractively like it was taken with fisheye lens) just so you can see how it looks in context.

 And so that's it, Nars Summer, done. Absolute highlights for me are Wonder Lip Gloss, Cap Ferrat Trio and Dogon, but there are other nice things too, I like most other things too, the only items I'd say you should save your money on are the New Order Highlighting Blush and the Queen Soft Touch Shadow.

Gorgeous collection on the whole though. Well worth checking out and I'm really looking forward to playing with these items more thoroughly over the Summer (I've had Dogon and Exotic Dance for a while and they are quite thoroughly used already).

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