How is it February 2017 already!? February means Valentine’s Day and I’ve put together a few of my favorite pink/red/purple shadows so you can get your V-day on! These are perfect for date night or GALentine’s fun! Even if you are anti-Valentine’s, you have to admit that these shades do have that special something. If you want to ask one of these shades to be your Valentine this year, I will fully support. Check out my picks below!
This past weekend I attended The Makeup Show Dallas at the Hyatt Regency Downtown! I was blessed to be able to attend the press / blogger preview and receive a bangin’ goodie bag full of pro makeup artist James Vincent’s favorite products. If you are interested in seeing what I was gifted (+ what I purchased), keep reading!
I’m going to be completely honest with you guys straight from the jump here: I was not impressed by this shadow! I swatched the shadow bare on my arm and over primer. When swatched bare, there wasn’t really any pigment to the shadow it was pure pink and gold shade-shifting glitter! It appeared patchy and really didn’t complement my skin tone in any way. This would be too light for me to wear as an all-over shadow, but it might be very illuminating for my inner corner. I was even thinking of the posibility of using this as a highlighter on my cheeks, but it is far too glittery for my taste. I like more of a subtle shimmer where you cannot identify each particle of glitter on the cheeks. I might try mixing it with a bit of foundation to see if diffuses the glitter explosion.
I also swatched it over a primer I have from Ultimo Cosmetics which did help with the pigmentation a little. I could see the pink shimmer pigment underneath all the glitter that made the color seem a bit more wearable for my skin tone. However, I still wouldn’t wear it as an all-over shadow, but I would be more inclined to use it as an inner corner highlight since the primer intensified that pink shade-shifting base color.
It was actually pretty hard to capture this color on camera, but I tried my best! You can see those swatches if you keep scrolling.
I guess those geniuses at NARS thought they would make a ultra bright shimmer/glitter hybrid color, but this “Outer Limits” shadow is a little too out there for my taste. If I am going to wear glitter, I wear glitter. If I am going to wear a shimmery shadow, I will wear a shimmery shadow. But “Outer Limits” is having an identity crisis and can’t figure out which one it is and I don’t blame it, because I don’t know which one it is either!
This eyeshadow, along with the rest of the NARS x Christopher Kane collaboration, will be available April 15th at narscosmetics.com and at NARS boutiques. It will be available at other retailers such as Sephora on May 1st. This single shadow will retail for $25. For a list and pictures of the rest of the items in this collection, check out my post here.
“Violet Atom” is a shimmering lilac shade that transforms color depending on the lighting. It looks less lavender on my skin than it does in the tube and it catches the light beautifully! This is the one you want to choose if you want that summer “shine-bright-like-a-diamond” glow! I tried to capture the color and shimmer as much as I could in the video and in pictures, but this is a product you really just need to see in person.
“Quantum” is hot pink in the tube, but sheers on the skin to give a nice ‘flushed cheek’ look! This one is not as shimmery and is pigmented enough for me to use as a blush if I wanted. This one doesn’t catch the light as much as “Violet Atom”, but it is still gorgeous! I would say this is probably more like the original The Multiple formula, less shimmery and more pigmented.
Both sticks were consistent formula-wise, however, I have no other Multiples so I can only compare them to each other. One swipe of each barely shows up on me. I needed at least two or three passes to build up the color enough for it to show up in the video. Even with the three swipes it didn’t feel heavy or greasy on my skin, but I was still more aware of this cream formula being on me than an ultra-light powder highlighter.I don’t know if this was just because these were brand new, but on the first swatch swipe the product came off a little flaky on my skin leaving little crumbles of product on the back of my hand. I could easily just blend the crumbles in with my finger so it wasn’t a big deal. I also found after the second and third pass this didn’t happen, so maybe that was just a side effect of a brand new stick. If anyone else has experienced this with other Multiples, let me know in the comments!
These two Illuminating Multiples, along with the rest of the NARS x Christopher Kane collaboration, will be available April 15th at narscosmetics.com and at NARS boutiques. It will be available at other retailers such as Sephora on May 1st. Each Multiple will retail for $39. For a list and pictures of the rest of the items in this collection, check out my post here. To see my review of the Single Eyeshadow, “Outer Limits”, click here.
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