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| NARS Mousson Cream Eyeshadow |
About two months ago I was looking for a pretty green eyeshadow, and I discovered this one by reading some beauty blogs. Encouraged by favorable reviews, I ordered Mousson online and eagerly awaited its arrival.
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| NARS Mousson Cream Eyeshadow |
I find that some NARS eyeshadows tend to be a disappointing failure. For example, NARS Night Rider looks stunning in the pan, but I found it to be frustrating to apply - you absolutely have to use a primer, and chunks of silver shimmer flake off. And it never looks quite as good as it does in the pan.
I didn't anticipate having that kind of problem with Mousson though, because it is a cream eyeshadow.
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| NARS Mousson Cream Eyeshadow |
When it arrived, I was thrilled - it was even prettier than it looked online! It is a simply stunning sage green/silver eyeshadow.
I wore this color every day for almost a week, trying every kind of application I could think of - layering it over eyeshadow, under eyeshadow, on naked skin, with primer, without primer - and the results were always the same. This eyeshadow faded on me within 2 - 4 hours. And it would crease - badly.
I have dry eyelids and I honestly haven't had an eyeshadow fade on me like this since I used (and returned) some of the colors in the awful Smashbox Wish for the Perfect Palette (2010).
Eventually, all that was left on my eyelids of Mousson was a sheen of silver shimmer with virtually no color.
But maybe I should have paid more attention to what is written on the NARS website:
"Can be worn alone or paired with a NARS powder eyeshadow for longer-lasting wear and added dimension."
For "Longer-lasting" wear you have to use a powder eyeshadow? What exactly is that supposed to mean? Clearly even NARS is aware that this eyeshadow doesn't have staying power.
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| NARS Mousson Cream Eyeshadow |
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| NARS Mousson Cream Eyeshadow - sage, silver green |
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| NARS Mousson Cream Eyeshadow sparkles in the sun |
The NARS Mousson Cream Eyeshadow was originally part of the 2009 Holiday Collection.
NARS Mousson Cream Eyeshadow is available at NARS online for $23.
- The Sassi Wench
