Words cannot express how on-a-roll NARS Cosmetics has been lately with their newest collections, gifts, palettes, and reformulations. The NARS Smokey Eye Compact Kit is a wonderful set filled with everything you need to recreate a classic, gorgeous smokey eye. Not only is everything conveniently in one kit, but this is the perfect gift for a makeup lover in your life. Imagine receiving this as a gift from someone who knows you love NARS or smokey eye makeup in general! It’s a truly gorgeous set that contains soft, pigmented eyeshadow shades, an intense black eyeliner, and a super soft angled blending brush that can multi-task. I’ve got the full review inside, as well as a makeup look I’ve put together using this kit.
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The NARSissist Smokey Eye Kit comes with three items:
- Eyeshadow: Madrague I, Bali, Mekong
- Wide Contour Eyeshadow Travel Brush #43
- Via Veneto Mini Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner
A smokey eye never goes out of style. It’s classic, sophisticated, and sexy. It can be worn to the office in a more toned-down fashion and it can be built up to be more dramatic for a nighttime look. This kit can easily be stored in your makeup bag and take you from day to night straight from the office even.
The eyeshadow shades in this compact are some of the best I’ve tried from NARS formula wise. They’re really soft and smooth but pigmented in color. The first two shades are matte and the third one has a stunning shimmering glitter in it.
The brush that comes with this kit is an angled dense fluffy brush. What’s nice is that you can use this brush to apply the entire smokey eye. It’s dense enough to apply the eyelid shade but also fluffy enough to apply and blend out color really well. I love the brush and will be using it often.
The eyeliner is a creamy jet black shade. This is perfect for a smokey eye makeup look.
As you can see in the swatches above, everything is really pigmented. I was blown away by how opaque and rich in color the eyeshadow colors were. One swipe with my finger put down great color, and that last shade with the shimmer in it is just “OH MY GOD” worthy.
I put together an eye makeup look using only this kit (besides the mascara and optional gel liner, of course). I applied the middle shade of the compact to my crease and blended it upward. I also applied this to the lower lash-line. I applied the lightest matte shade over my entire eyelid. Using a small brush, I applied the darkest shimmering shade to my upper lash-line, only going halfway in toward my eye. Keep this shade close to the lash line and flick it out into a long cat-liner effect. Blend this shade upward with your brush slightly, making the outer crease the darkest. I went back and defined this cat-eye shape with some black gel liner. I also applied the eyeliner that came in the kit to my lower water-line and smudged it out for a slightly grungy effect.
Apply mascara and you’re finished! The cat eye flick from the gel liner and the cat eye shape from the darkest shade will really elongate your eyes and make them look almond-shaped, even if they’re not naturally that way.
Overall, I love this NARS Smokey Eye Compact Kit so much. It’d make a great gift for someone you love or someone who is into makeup. It’s a very classic kit that includes all the necessities and no frills!
The NARS Smokey Eye Compact Kit is available at NARSCosmetics.com and NARS Boutiques nationwide. Each kit retails for $59.00 USD.
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