NARS Spring 2012 Collection: Valparaiso Pure Matte Lipstick

This “NARS Valparaiso Pure Matte Lipstick “comes out on January 15, 2012 and the cost is $25.00.  This lipstick looks beautiful in the promo pic below so that means I’m fixated on it.  I cannot wait to get a look at a few swatches of it as this is the only thing I think I want from the entire collection.  I don’t own any NARS lippies so I’m very excited about this one.   If it swatches nicely I’m getting it.  Can’t have enough matte red lipsticks, right??

The entire collection looks like this…

Available Where I Shop:  narscosmetics.com, Sephora and Nordstrom.

Sephora Mini Nars Haulage

I’m going to keep this one short.  NARS baby!

I figured I was in need of more NARS and since I love NARS blushes I decided to pick one up.   I swung by Sephora in my favorite mall (Willowbrook Mall in Jersey) and decided on Taos.  Taos had been on my list for a long while after I got Love Joy so I went for it.  Taos reminds me of Love Joy, but it has a brick red color in it with flects of gold glitter which is what I love about NARS – I love the shimmer and the pow of their colors.  Both blushes are different, but remind me of each other.  I was happy I made the choice to get it because it is beautiful on me and it shows up very well.  Price: $25.00

I also picked up a NARS eyeshadow.  Yay!  It is my very first NARS eyeshadow and that’s because I am a MAC eyeshadow hoarder.  I had seen this shadow time and time again and have swatched it time and time again, but never bought into it.  I know people rave about this shadow a lot so I decided to get it.  This color is goregous.  It is a deep brown color with flect of gold glitter in it.  I wore it today and it came up on me so beautiful!!!  I paired it with Glamour Check! by MAC — GORGEOUS!  The eyeshadow I’m talking about is Galapagos! Price: $22.00

Swatches!!!

I am totally in love with my purchases. 

This Week’s Tiny Collective Haul

This past Saturday I picked up two eyeshadows from Victoria Secret.  I went in there just to look at the makeup again (it was second time ever) while my husband and my little one were playing around in the Toys R Us Holiday Store at Garden State Plaza Mall.  I also visited the Bobbi Brown counter at Nieman Marcus and the MA told me that they didn’t have any holiday items in.  I wanted to try out that Chrome Metallic Lip Color from the Bobbi Brown Holiday Collection 2009. 

Anyhooo, the first eyeshadow I picked up is called “24k” which is a straight up gold shimmery type of color and finish which shows in a metallic way on the skin.  I really like this one because it’s so vibrant and pigmented.  I dip only once and I get enough product on my brush to put on my lid.

The second eyeshadow I picked up is called “Decadent” and it is the same type of shadow as “24k” except that it’s a dark purple color, but not very dark.  I think this eyeshadow is OK to use as a base and that’s just what I did with it.  This shadow is not pigmented and I found that I had to keep dipping back and forth into the pot just to get a good base on.  I haven’t tried this yet, but I recommend wetting this eyeshadow with water, a mixing medium or Fix+ from MAC because I think it works better this way as far as picking up enough color and then getting it to show on your skin.  This shadow is not easy to work with.

Here are pics of my Victoria Secret eyeshadows.  I chose these two colors because they looked more interesting than the others.  There was a black shadow as well with flects of silver glitter in it, but it looked a lot like MAC Blacktied so I passed.  Nars also has one like it, but I forget the name.  Price: $10.00 each

Swatches:

And then lastly, today, I went to Sephora to take a look at NARS Lovejoy blush and I think I like it a lot so it is going to go in my shopping cart on the website for sure after I’m done writing up this post.  I want to take advantage of that 20% discount from their Friends and Family Sale online.

I also stopped by the MAC store (of course) and picked up two permanent eyeshadows.  The first one I picked up was Coppering and it is a bronzey red type of color and it has a veluxe pearl finish (which I love).  Patina has been on my list for a long while so I finally picked that up and it’s a brown shimmery color (also a veluxe pearl finish) and it will make such a cool blending color for me.  A blending color with some umph in it.  Patina is more interesting than Mulch or even Saddle to me.  I will be getting Mulch in the future though.  Price: $11.00 each (pan)

I also picked up a quad pro palette for when I have those days where I’m rushing to get out of work.  I can just throw in some pans from my larger palette into my quad and go.  This item will be very very helpful to me.  Price: $3.50

Here are pics of my MAC haul…

My NARS Holiday Collection 2009 Wants

I was sent an email from NARS yesterday, I believe, and I only had a chance today to view it.  I went to check out their collection for 2009 and yep, I added a few things to my makeup wantages list. I still owe myself that Scortching eyeshadow duo, but here are my wants from this holiday collection…

The lip gloss is a repromote…and that’s it!