NARS Foreplay Cheek Palette, Sephora Exclusive

In addition to the Joie De Vivre All About Cheek Palette, a Nordstrom Exclusive (see separate blog post), NARS is also offering the Foreplay Cheek Palette via Sephora (Retail $49; online at sephora.com and in stores).

This mirrored, limited edition compact contains 4 cheek products (total 10 g/0.36 oz) with 2 square blush pans, 1 rectangular highlight pan and a larger blush pan (Orgasm blush).  The other shades are unnamed.

2 square blush pans (both matte)

Gold highlighter; Orgasm blush

Here is a description of the palette as reflected on the Sephora website:


What it is:
A chic cheek palette featuring four dazzling shades based on the bestselling Orgasm blush.

What it does:
The gorgeous afterglow of classic Orgasm is reinvented in this quad that combines Orgasm blush plus vivid shades of pink and peach and a shimmering gold to create your own signature glow.

This set contains:
-Peach Matte Blush
-Gold Highlighting Blush
-Pink Matte Blush
-Orgasm Blush (peachy pink with golden shimmer)

Overall rating: Booyah!  I just love the unnamed shades and hope that NARS will launch them on their own.  If you hear of any further information on these mystery shades, please let me know.

NARS Joie De Vivre All About Cheek Palette; Nordstrom Exclusive Part 3 of 3

Every July, Nordstrom has their anniversary sale which includes some beauty exclusives.  This time around I purchased a few exclusives and will be posting about each one separately.  For my third installment, I wanted to bring you some information on the NARS Joie De Vivre Cheek Palette (Retail $65.00; Product Value $107; www.nordstrom.com).

This mirrored, limited edition compact contains 6 cheek products (3.5 g/0.12 oz each).  Individual compacts of NARS cheek products are slightly larger with blush and highlighter compacts containing 0.16 oz of product (Retail $28), Bronzer compacts containing 0.28 oz of product (Retail $34).  The shades included in the palette from left to right, top row then bottom are:


1. Albatross - Highlighter; Light golden sheen
2. Gaiety - Blush; Bright candy pink
3. Luster - Blush (on me it's more of highlighter) - Sheer golden apricot
4. Laguna - Bronzer; Brown with golden shimmer
5. Orgasm - Blush; Peachy pink with shimmer
6. Angelika - Blush; Cotton candy pink


This palette is similar to last year's Danmari All About Cheek Palette which contained Hungry Heart, Orgasm, Desire, Casino, Super Orgasm and Sin.  NARS's best-selling blush, Orgasm, is the only common shade to both of these limited edition palettes.


Here are close-ups of each shade:

Top to Bottom: Albatross, Laguna

Top to Bottom: Gaiety, Orgasm

Top to Bottom: Luster, Angelika

Here is a description of the palette as described on the Nordstrom website: 


A palette of the six most-craved cheek shades from NARS features bestsellers like Laguna Bronzer, the universally flattering highlighting shade Albatross and four signature blushes like the iconic NARS Orgasm.

Shades include: Laguna Bronzer, Orgasm Blush, Luster Blush, Angelika Blush, Gaiety Blush, Albatross Highlighting Blush.


Here are swatches:

Top Row (L -R): Albatross, Gaiety; Second Row: Laguna, Orgasm,  Third Row: Luster; Bottom Row: Angelika

Overall rating: Booyah! as with most NARS cheek products.  As of the time of this posting, this palette is sold out online.