I’m on a total NARS kick right now. I was feeling a little festive on Cinco de Mayo, and getting ready for the Giants baseball game, so I decided to pull this one out of the archives.
NARS Lal Mirchi is an orange red from their 2012 Thakoon limited edition collection. I love everything about it – the formula, the creaminess of the color, and most of all it totally evokes a yearn for warm summer weather.
It’s been years since I’ve visited New York. And I had forgotten how much I actually like the city until a recent trip to Manhattan to visit one of my very best friends.
When I heard about this exclusive new palette today, I immediately reminisced about our great trip and eating our way through this glorious food city (more posts on that coming soon!). NARS Hearts New York City and so do I.
Since I started flipping through the pages of Charla Krupp’s guide on How Not to Look Old, I’ve come across a few fun ideas on simple changes I can make to look younger.
Today’s topic – blush! To look younger and hipper (or Y+H in Krupp’s lingo), switch from a powder to a cream blush. That way the color blends more easily into your skin offering a radiant glow from within as opposed to the color sitting on top of your skin.
The only downside to cream blushes is that the formula tends to fade faster than powders so touch-ups throughout the day might be a nuisance.
However if you don’t mind reapplication or generally don’t touch up mid-day anyway (like me), here are swatches of three of my favorite non-powder blushes. From left to right: NARS Orgasm, MAC Just a Pinch, and Lancôme in Model Mocha.
Red lipstick is one of those colors that I believe shouldn’t be reserved for wear in the fall and winter months. I think all can (and should) wear reds all year ’round.
Yesterday I saw a commercial for Disney’s Snow White on DVD, revamped and remastered for more brilliant coloring and I felt inspired by this princess with “skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony”.
So I dug around my lipstick collection this morning to dig out some reds, some vampier than others, but all completely suitable when you’re feeling a little Snow White.
From left to right: Cruella, Wine Not, So Scarlet, Brave Red, PS Kiss
It’s the ultimate Valentine’s Day set to give you a gorgeous pink glow for this weekend – or any occasion really.
NARS Love Set ($49 US) features pretty pink hues for lips and cheeks with Pillow Talk Lip Gloss, a semi-sheer formula in an Azalea pink shade; Sex Machine Velvet Matte Lip Pencil, a long-lasting formula in a matte pink mauve shade; and Orgasm Blush, a cult favorite for its universally flattering peachy pink shade.
