I have forever been a fan of NARS Orgasm Blush and raved about in too many posts. However I did not own any lip product from NARS. So when Sephora presented me a set of two NARS Lip pencils for my Birthday,I was quite intrigued. I am a lipstick junkie, but my expectation from lipsticks are really pretty high, Social Media has been raving about the NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencils for some time now and it seemed like a great opportunity to finally try it.
The gift set had NARS Velvet Matte Lipstick In Cruella. I am always a red lip girl. So this seemed right up my alley. The hint of a touch of orange in the red hit the home run, when I first uncovered it. Sephora describes it as Scarlet Red, which I feel is a great descrption. It is matte but not too drying or chalky. Some matte formulas have a habit of somehow dragging on the lips but this was not this case with this product. It was long wearing when I tried it for a day around town. I hate it when matte formulas start flaking off. The color pay off is great. My only problem with the product is that it doesn't come in a twist up tube, and has to be sharpened by a sharpener. I have a problem with my lipstick bleeding, if I dont use a lipliner. Blame my dry skin on it. So I used the lip pencil with a lip liner to prevent bleeding.
From reds, it was time for nudes. NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Rikugien was the second one from the Birthday gift set from Sephora. The packaging is similar to that of the Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil. The product appears shimmery in the tube, and trust me, I was a bit turned off at first sight. However when I used it, the shimmer wasn't that evident on my lips. The formula was creamy and seemed comfortable enough. The color was a dusty rose on my warm complexion. A lesser pigmented version of MAC Creme Cup for a comparison.
As much as I was impressed with the color pay off and formula of the NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencils, I was a bit let down by the Nars Satin Lip Pencils. I am surely picking up the full size of my NARS Velvet Lip Pencil in Cruella. Both the lip pencils are priced at $25 .
Disclaimer : I received samples of the Lip Pencils, but the opinions are those of my own.
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