NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection for summer 2017: Swatches and first Impressions

The NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection for summer 2017, coming to NARS counters April 15th
Oh Doamne!!! I’ve been painstakingly growing out my bangs for the last… how long’s it been? A month and a half? but now I’m this close to throwing in the proverbial hair towel and chopping them off because of Charlotte Gainsbourg.

I’ve been looking at pictures of her and listening to her music all day long because, hello — gotta set the mood for the new NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection, and this woman works some fierce bangs action. Charlotte, girl, you’re giving me so much hair inspo right meow.

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And makeup inspiration, too! Charlotte’s new collab with NARS is kind of incredible. It completely contravenes the whole more-is-more thing happening in makeup, like an anti-Instagram/heavy contouring/blinding highlight kryptonite, with sheer coverage, sheer skin, sheer cheeks, sheer lips and barely-there color on the eyes.

It’s fresh, easy, approachable, and very evocative of Charlotte’s makeup style (and mine right now).

In most of the pictures I’ve seen of her, Charlotte’s skin looks real! She’s wearing very minimal coverage (most of the time, it doesn’t look like she’s wearing any foundation or concealer at all, but I think she probably is), maybe with a pink or dark lip, barely-there color on her cheeks, and lashes and liner. Or she’ll do a subtle smoky eye with neutral lips, which seems like a very French aesthetic to me.

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Charlotte is half French, half English and the daughter of two famous people, English singer Jane Birkin and French actor/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, and she’s starred in more than three dozen movies, many of them in the UK and France. Her experience with movie and stage makeup inspired this launch.

The collection encompasses 18 LE pieces and arrives on April 15th with lots of exciting new formulas, including things we’ve never seen from NARS before, like the Hydrating glow Tints, Lip Tints and velvet Duo Eyeshadows.

There are also three new shades of the multiple Tints (which are still relatively new) and the snazzy Au Poil brush Roll, which is — wait for it — $175 (!).

SPUNE CE?! Da.

Swatches from the top: multiple Tints in Alice, Jo and Jeanette; velvet Matte Lip Pencils in London clinic and Blindfold; Lip Tints in double Decker, Ephelide and Promise

From the top: velvet Duo Eyeshadow in Old Church Street, Rue Allent; Kohliners in Cours Du Soir, Nuit D’Encre and Zinc
Hydrating glow Tints from the top: Fair, Light and medium (not pictured, Medium-Dark)
There are also some shade extensions of products from the existing line, three new limited edition Kohliners and two LE velvet Matte Lip Crayons.

My first impressions so far…

NARS Hydrating glow Tint ($36 each, available in Fair, Light, medium and medium Dark)

These have a super sheer, fluffy, cream-like formula that feels lighter than a butterfly kiss. They even out your skin tone with the faintest hint of a tint and a subtle sheen.

They don’t really cover anything up, to be honest. You can still see my freckles in these pics, and my cheeks aren’t completely even toned, so it’s a very natural look.

I wear the shade called Medium, and after applying and blending it with my fingers, my skin looks…freshly washed. That’s the best way I can describe it. It’s the look of freshly washed skin.

Imi place. It’s makeup-caliber interesting.

NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection Hydrating glow Tint (three of four shades, $36 each)
NARS Lip Tints ($26 each, available in ruby red double Decker, antique rose Ephelide and reddish plum Promise)

These moderately pigmented pretties feel thin on my pout and barely there. They aren’t sticky at all, and they’re also unflavored and unscented.

Am I wearing gloss at all?

With these, based on how light they feel, it’s hard to tell.

NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection Lip Tints (three of three shades, $26 each)
NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Lip Tint in Promise
NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Lip Tint in double Decker
NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Lip Tint in Ephelide
NARS velvet Duo Eyeshadow ($36 each, available in a golden champagne with a deep slate teal called Old Church Street, and a shimmering frost with a deep forest green called Rue Allent)

A completely new formula! When I run my finger across the pans, oh, my jelly beans… SO soft. SO schmexy.

The shadows sheer out quickly, which I think is very in tune with the whole sheer vibe.

NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg velvet Duo Eyeshadows (two of two, $36 each)
NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection velvet Duo Eyeshadow in Rue Allent
NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection velvet Duo Eyeshadow in Old Church Street
NARS multiple Tint ($39 each, available in poppy red Alice, light pink Jo and sheer berry Jeanette)

The multiple Tints first launched with the NARS PoP merge colecția de șevalet, deci sunt încă destul de noi. Acestea adaugă un pic de culoare pură la obraji și au un finisaj de dewy. Când le port, nu pare că am o mulțime, deci din nou, întregul lucru de machiaj fără efort. Diggin.

Nars Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection Mai multe nuanțe (trei din trei, 39 $ fiecare)
Purtând nuanța multiplă în Jo pe obraji, Velvet Duo Ehyhadow în strada Bisericii Old și Kohliner în Nuit d’encre pe ochii mei, hidratantă cu culoarea strălucitoare în mediu pe fata mea și creionul de catifea Matte din clinica din Londra pe buzele mele.
Și aici am primit nuanța multiplă din Jeanette pe obraji, ochiul de catifea Duo din Rue Alllent și Kohliner în Ochii Mea, hidratandu-se din nou pe stradă din nou pe fața mea și pe creionul mat de catifea din clinica din Londra pe buzele mele.
Aceasta este nuanța multiplă din Alice (un roșu de mac) pe obraji
Nars Au Poil Brush Roll (175 USD)

Rolul de perie AU POIL vine cu o perie de amestecare a ochilor, perie concealer, perie de ochi, o perie de evidențiere a feței și o perie de față pentru un sintet de 175 de dolari.

Știu.

Observați diferitele mânere de perie? Trebuie să spun, îmi place foarte mult capetele de perie mici, în special pentru perii de ochi, pentru că ochii mei sunt ușor cu glugă, și aceștia se potrivesc perfect cu cresterea mea.

Nars Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection Au Poil Brush Roll (175 USD)
Nars Charlotte Gainsbourg Collection Au Poil Brush Roll (da, este de 175 dolari!)
Nars Velvet creion de buze mat (27 dolari fiecare, disponibil în clinica soft Rose London și Burgundia Blindfold)

Acelasi-o, acelasi pigmenti puternici si un contrapunct frumos la toate scoabe.

Nars Charlotte Gainsbourg Colecție de creioane de buza mată de catifea (două, 27 de dolari fiecare) și kohliners (trei din trei, câte 26 USD)
Nars Charlotte Gainsbourg Velvet creion de buze mat în orb
Nars Charlotte Gainsbourg Velvet Matte Lip Creion în London Clinic
Nars Kohliner (26 USD fiecare și disponibilă în profund Mossy Green Cours Du Soir, Novy Deep Noit d’encre și Zincul gri al ardezului)

Acestea se potrivesc bine la liniile mele superioare și la linii de gunoi, dar pentru viața mea, nu-i pot să-mi iau la liniile mele mai mici de apă. În plus, când le-am prins de-a lungul liniilor mele inferioare, ei ajung să se uite choppy. Deci, există asta.

Lucrurile mele cele mai puțin favorizate din această lansare …

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Și acestea sunt primele mele impresii! Am planuri mari de a juca cu aceste produse o tona în următoarele săptămâni, dar până acum, atât de bine. Îmi iubesc întregul lucru.

Dependentul de frumusețe din cartierul prietenos,

Karen.