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NARS Cosmetics Favourites

Ever since I was a small girl, I can remember being obsessed with the small, quirky, fun, little pots of cosmetics for children that contained the sticky gloop which I classed as lip-gloss. Even though I now look back and realise how honestly awful these items where at that age it was fun to use and I wanted all of them!

Skip forward to my collage years when I started to properly experiment with make up and different looks. Favourite brands being Collection 2000 with there relatively affordable prices for a college student and there huge range of different products. I can remember going to school wearing all Collection 2000 one day. Mascara is a huge staple for me even today, so of course I worn anything kind of mascara from there range, and loved it! That was until P.E day and the heavens opened. Safe to say I would have made an amazing tribute act to Alice Cooper!

So now present day and I'm really loving trying out different brands and none other that the fabulous company NARS Cosmetics. I actually have a friend to thank for introducing me to them. Going on a spur of the moment night out and not having my make up with me, she jumped to my rescue and let me borrow her cosmetic collection to do as I pleased.

Firstly the packaging is sleek, stylish and looks very professional in black. This would defiantly be a brand I would be drawn to in a shop. Now, to list the items I used on the night out....

Sheer Glow Foundation - Ceylan
Were to start with this miracle worker? A natural radiant finish foundation with a sheer coverage, but from what I can sense from using it, it can be buildable as well. After using this foundation, I can safely say I will defiantly be purchasing a bottle and recommending it to everyone around me. My skin felt so soft and smooth while wearing it. I even had comments on how glowy and radiant my skin looked. Very excited to purchase my own little miracle in a bottle soon.
£33.00

Highlighting Blush - Hot Sand
When I first put this highlighter on I was shocked. This is definitely a highlighter, not a blush on me. This is one of my all time favorite highlighters. I have tried more up market invisible powder highlighters and found that they really do not work on my skin. It's not glittery and it applied smoothly I found that while applying there was not much fall down which is always a bonus. When I had finished applying I was extremely happy with the result. You could see what I was wearing a highlighter but not crazy enough for everyone to see I was wearing a highlighter. .It's a beautiful cool peachy colour, the perfect pretty skin highlighter. 
£24.00

Velvet Lip Glide - Stripped

Now I absolutely love and I mean LOVE Nude lippies, so when she showed me this beautiful shade, I jumped at the chance to wear it for my night out. I loved this lippy so much I actually went out the next day and bought the mini version of this colour. On me, the colour is neither dark nor light its just perfect for my lips. It looks very understated and therefore more "serious". The only downside to this product is that I found its not long wearing like a gloss. Therefore, I had to reapply a couple of times during the night. But with that said I really do love the feel of it on my lips and the way it applied smoothly. I've also got my eye on some of the other colours which I'm excited to try out soon. 
£23.00

Eye Paint - Iskandar & Baalbek


Now my must have in any situation would have to be mascara. Everything is about the eyes when where make up. So of course this was the most important thing for me to get right on the night, and I was not disappointed. Along comes Baalbek, a greenish blackened bronze/brown with gold flecks - the gold flecks and the bronziness of the colour make it perfect for a hot, sultry night.  this will be a great shade for autumn as well. I loved using this as a liner and smudged under my eyes. I can be a bit of a failure with gel liners but this product, applied with a smudger brush, gave a really pretty and soft eye line. As a shadow, it is gorgeous too though I do find I need to blend it out fairly quickly. It applied super easy and looked beautiful when paired with Iskandar. The two shades together gave my eye the perfect look for a night out. I'm excited to add to my eyeshadow collection with new colours from this brand
£19.00

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