Since this palette is out for cardholders right now, my boyfriend actually purchased this for me before the actual public release date, which is on July 20th. This palette is exclusive to Nordstrom for their anniversary sale & it consists of 6 colors. It has one highlighter: Albatross, one bronzer: Laguna, and four blushes: Gaiety, Orgasm, Luster, and Angelika.
Bottom: Laguna, Orgasm, Angelika
They all contain 0.12oz of product which is a good size for each pan of them. After swatching, I realized I forgot to swatch Albatross as well.. oops =x. Anyway, I really like the shades in this palette. Although I thought Gaiety and Angelika would be very similar, you can see that Angelika is a lot darker pink than Gaiety is. Although Angelika is supposed to be glittery, it was not too glittery when swatched. One of the blush I had a problem with is Gaiety, which is a matte pink and it came out pretty chalky. Orgasm is a peach with a gold sheen to it. Luster seems peachy on me. Luster was actually one of the shades I was afraid that would not work for me because I heard a lot of people saying how it turned out too orange for them, but Luster is actually my favorite shade from the palette and it is one of the smoothest color from the palette. The bronzer, Laguna was the second color in the palette that was hard for me to work with because it came out patchy.
Overall, I like the colors in this palette more than the Danmari cheek palette last holiday from Sephora, mainly because the Danmari has both Orgasm and Super Orgasm. Although some colors gave me a problem (Gaiety & Laguna), the color is buildable and workable with a bit of effort into it. Luster was the easiest to apply, and Angelika was my second favorite. I also wish that Orgasm was not in this palette because Orgasm is in every single palette or item NARS comes out with. If you are just starting with NARS, this is definitely a good palette to start with because it gives you a variety of colors. What do you think about this palette? Will you buy it/have you already purchased it?
I am buying it when it opens up to the public. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI know! The colors are gorgeous!
DeleteI'm seriously considering signing up for a Nordstrom card, just for this. This is amazing! I'm glad they didn't include Orgasm and Super Orgasm like the Danmari did.
ReplyDelete7 more days (sounds like the ring.. lol) until it's released to the public! If you really want to sign up for the card, I think it's best to do it at a store and it would be a lot easier if the store has it in stock because I heard they don't give you temporary cards, but a barcode or something for the counter to scan.
DeleteHi. How do you compare it to the full size nars blushes? Are they the same in pigmentation and texture? I wanna buy one since I don't have any nars blush yet! Hope you could help me :) mwah!
ReplyDeleteI don't own much of NARS full-sized blushes, but from what I have to compare it with, it seems that the texture in the palette is slightly different. It is not as soft as the full-sized, but it isn't very stiff either. It's not that hard to work with. The pigmentation doesn't seem to be as pigmented as the full-sized ones, but it is definitely buildable. I think if you do not have a lot of NARS, this can be a good palette to start with. It is a good overall value, if you don't mind the difference of the texture and pigmentation compared to the full-sized ones.
DeleteDon't worry too much about Laguna being patchy...swatched on the skin the regular full sized is patchy for me too! Thank you so much for the review, helped a bunch! :)
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