I’ve never been shy about my love for Francois Nars. I’ve been a longtime fan of his work and makeup collections since I was much younger. The holiday season always excites me because I enjoy seeing what Francois Nars comes up with and what he is inspired by for his special collections.
As a child, NARS Founder and Creative Director François Nars discovered Guy Bourdin’s work in the pages of French Vogue. It was then that Nars was first inspired to become a makeup artist. Today François Nars honors Bourdin’s legacy with an entire limited edition collection for Holiday 2013 displaying bold uncompromising color and high-impact finishes in shades that launch us into his intriguing, high-fashion world.
Naturally, this led me to look up some of Guy Bourdin’s photography work, and it is very provocative. This collection is highly pigmented and full of color, just how I like my holiday collections to be. NARS Cinematic Lipstick is a brand new formula and I’ve got Goodbye Emmanuelle swatches for you inside!
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The NARS Cinematic Lipsticks are a brand new formula created for this holiday collection. They impart a glossy, brilliant shine with intensely saturated color. Monoï oil and Vitamin E are infused into the lipstick to give your lips a moisturizing, anti-aging effect.
Goodbye Emmanuelle is one of the five lipsticks in this holiday collection. This is a hot pink shade. You know I love and wear the heck out of my pink lipsticks, so I’m all in on this shade. What struck me as particularly great about this lipstick was the formula. It’s really creamy and smooth when you apply it, yet it also puts down intense color in just a couple of swipes.
This is a universally flattering hot pink shade. It’s going to look great on anyone and everyone, regardless of your skin tone.
I can’t rave enough about how beautiful this lipstick felt on my lips. It has the hydration of a lip balm or gloss, but the consistency of a lipstick. The hot pink color is classic, and it reminds me of Barbie! I’m so pleased with the formulation of the new Cinematic Lipstick that I think I may pick up another shade or two from this collection myself.
The NARS Guy Bourdin Holiday 2013 Collection releases on October 15th, 2013 at NARS boutiques and NARS Cosmetics website. Each Cinematic Lipstick will retail for $26.00 USD and there will be five shades available: Future Red (cherry), Short Circuit (fire coral), Last Tango (dusty rose), Full Frontal (rose violet), and the shade featured in this post, Goodbye Emmanuelle (hot pink). I personally have my eye on “Full Frontal,” which is a gorgeous rose-violet plum shade.
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