Nars-a-no-no!

NARS Multiple sounds like a great product, but unfortunately it's not. The product states that it can be used on cheeks (as a blush), on the eyelids (as a shadow) and on the lips (as a lipstick).

I primarily bought this as a blush. Unfortunately after an hour the shimmer dissappears and the colour fades - so you need to keep the product with you in your handbag and apply more as needed. If you touch your face it comes straight off. I have used many cream blushes (for example M.A.C, Estee Lauder etc) and I have never experienced such a colour fade.

What I did do was to use this as a base for my blusher, and it worked quite well, but this is not what I really wanted the product for.

I have tried to wear this product on my lips and it is very drying, so you need a lipgloss on the top. The problem with wearing a lipgloss over the top is that the colour is so sheer, any gloss overpowers the colour of the multiple - making it a little pointless as a lipstick.

To wear this on the eyelids is possibly the worst reccommendation for this product. I alway use an eye-primer so that my shadows do not slip, even with a primer this colour does not stay still and is slides and collects in the creases of your eyelids and it looked disgusting! I was so embarrassed I swore never to use the 'multiple' again.

It is my opinion that for such an EXPENSIVE product it is a real let down, especially for £27.

I bought the multiple in the colour 'Orgasm' but it comes in 12 shades, ranging from dark bronzing colours to light pink.

I personally would not buy this again, and I would stick to buying their powder blushers which are excellent.

NARS blushes - get your hands on them!

The packaging is very subtle, the blusher comes in a flat black compact which includes a little mirror (which is very handy because 9 out of 10 times I forget to take mine with me!). It fits into your handbag/makeup bag easily-less bulky like their competitor MAC which has an almost bubble like container.

They are soft, sheer, pressed powder blushes made with transparent pigments for a soft and sheer look.. The great thing about NARS blushers are that they are very blendable, lightweight, and have amazing colour payoff. A little goes a long way. Also because they are very blendable, even if you are quite heavy-handed it is very difficult to acheive that "over application" horrible "clown look" with these products (let's face it girls, we've made that mistake once or twice havn't we?! Embarrassing!).

I must warn you that some of these blushers have X-Rated names! I have Nars Orgasm (coral with light shimmer) which is my FAVOURITE, Deep Throat (darker pink with gold reflectors), Nico (natural skintone, very light, no shimmer) and Madly (bronze colour with shimmer). Nars Orgasm is a fantastic product and works with virtually any skintone (in my opinion!). It has won "The best of Sephora" (a popular American Cosmetic retailer) for the past 5 years! The blush is a perfect pinky-peach colour with subtle highlights with accents of golden shimmer. Yum! It is a beauty editor/makeup artist's favourite, and it's easy to see why!

They are priced at £18.00 for 0.16oz. They are versitile and can be worn alone or layered together for more depth and intensity! MAC blushers can be hit or miss but Nars blushers always hit the spot! Can be bought from premium cosmetic outlets in UK, or directly from http://www.narscosmetics.co.uk.

I reccommend to buy from places such as Harrods/Selfridges/John Lewis because if you buy from their website postage is £ 6.00 and tax is £ 3.13!!!!!! What a rip off ladies!!