1000 Swatches!

So you want to find more NARS products to compliment your skin tone, but you don't have much time for trial and error. What you need is a starter kit. If you:

have medium dark skin
have warm undertones
wear MAC foundation in the NC45 range

then I have put together a good list of products to try as a starting point with NARS. Of course the kit will contain lots of neutral, bronze and gold shades. But there are also a few fetish products that are extraordinary and fun.* I hope you like what I've come up with. There are lots of photos, swatches, and more at the end.

1. NARS Sheer Glow Foundations

Tahoe

L to R: Syracuse, Tahoe, Cadiz, Macao

2. Concealer

Concealer Duo in Praline/Toffee

Praline/Toffee Concealer

3. Bronzer: Casino

Sin/Casino

4. Blushes

Clockwise from bottom left: Taj Mahal - Dolce Vita

Lovejoy - Exhibit A*

Dolce Vita - Taj Mahal - Lovejoy - Exhibit A*

Albatross

Goldmember*

5. Single eyeshadows

Mangrove

Nepal

Coconut Grove

6. Duo Eyeshadows

Alhambra

Alhambra

Star Sailor

Cheyenne

Key Largo

Cordura

7. Lipstick

Petite Monstre

Rapa Nui* - Bahama - Dolce Vita

Dolce Vita - Bahama - Rapa Nui*

8. Lipgloss

Wonder

All Night Long Lipgloss

Happy Days Velvet Gloss Pencil

Eyes: Key Largo, Coconut Grove, Star Sailor
Bronzer: Casino
Lips: Petite Monstre
Concealer: Praline/Toffee
No Foundation

*Great products for NARS addicts.

As of 9 August 2011, none of these products were discontinued.

About some of the products

Foundations - I tan easily, and I lose my tan easily. I can wear Syracuse in December, but then wear Macao in August. That's four bottle$ of foundation that I need throughout the year. Instead, I don't wear much foundation in summertime. I am currently wearing the Praline/Toffee concealer under eyes, and Casino bronzer, that's it. Sometimes, I dab on a little blush in "Sin". Usually, I use "Taj Mahal" blush. A lot of people love Taj Mahal.

Lovejoy is a blush everyone should swatch and sample.

Coconut Grove is the perfect matte, dark brown eyeshadow. You can use it to create dramatic crease work, and it's also perfect as an eyeliner with an angled brush.

Cordura duo eyeshadow is PERFECT for smokey eye looks.

Rapa Nui is a "multiple". It is not really a lip color, but I use it on my lips because it gives me nude lips.

Wonder lipgloss - I wonder why they didn't produce this shade sooner?

The End.

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The Shades: Alhambra - All About Eve - Bellydance - Brousse - Cheyenne - Cordura - Demon Lover - Earth Angel - Egea - Iceland India Song - Isolde - Key Largo - Kuala Lumpur - Mediteranee - Pandora - Rajasthan - Rated R - Silk Road - Star Sailor - Surabaya Tzarine - Wicked.