LUSTING No More: NARS Cruising Lipstick vs MAC Mellow Mood

Around this time last year, I was lusting after the lipstick in NARS' spring collection, inspired by Catherine Deneuve in La Chamade. I'd tried it on and swatched it a few times but I'd never bought it. I'm very, very good at deciding I don't need to buy things. To a fault. Cruising always beckoned to me for some reason even though it was very natural on me, almost the exact shade of my lips. But there I was at Sephora a few days ago, swatching it once again. I had it in my head that it was time to own the darn thing when it occurred to me that I might already own a nearly identical shade.


Before Christmas, I bought one of the MAC A Tartan Tale lip bags - Vain and Glorious - and the lipstick it came with, Mellow Mood, was a very natural pink, almost the same colour as my lips. I wore it quite a bit and had it in my bag, so I swatched it next to Cruising. Lo and behold they were nearly the same colour, with Mellow Mood being slightly more pigmented. 


And with that, my lusting over Cruising came to an end. Problem solved!

I still should see La Chamade though.

C.

MAC S/S 2011 Faces

 

MAC's beauty domination of the New York Fashion Week runways continues. Here are the looks they came up with on Sunday, September 12th!

"A girl on holiday in India. A serene, peaceful vacation. It's soft make-up inspired by nature. The way you look when you are really relaxed and surrounded by beautiful things."

Some of the looks from Behnaz Sarafpour's Spring 2011 collection:

"The look is based on Andy Warhol's silkscreen of Diane's lips - it's an iconic image for DVF."

A close-up on the runway.

Some photos from the Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2011 runway collection:

"This look is all about a '70s cocktail party so the look is girl on holiday, quite flushed and hot, just off the beach and putting on a bit of makeup before the party."

Some of the runway photos from Erin Fetherston Spring 2011:

"The colours of the makeup are inspired by Egypt, the colours of the sand. The clothes have beautiful pale blues and lavenders so we're doing a little blue on the eyes as well. Very Catherine Deneuve but super minimal."

Some of the runway looks from Preen's Spring 2011 runway collection:

 

C.

LUSTING: NARS Cruising Lipstick (and the rest of the Spring 2010 Collection)

A friend sent me this link from The Frisky featuring a lip colour from NARS Spring 2010 Collection. She was lusting over the lipstick (Cruising) that Amber Valetta is wearing in the promo photo. I admit, it looks completely lustworthy but nude lip colours are a tricky beast and you MUST MUST MUST try them before you buy them. So I'm not completely in lust over it just yet. I will definitely be trying it out once it's at my local Sephora!

Let me wax poetic over the looks of the entire Spring Collection, however. The photos and colour collection are inspired by the legendary Catherine Deneuve in the 1968 film La Chamade and I am a sucker for ANYTHING 60s-inspired. Now, I'm not sure I could pull off the yellow eyeshadow but I love the otherwise softly emphasized 60s-style eye and nude lip. Not to mention the amazing mane of hair that only exists for me in my dreams...

More photos of the colour collection:

  

 Top Left: NARS D. Gorgeous Single Eyeshadow $23

Bottom L to R: Camargue Duo Cream Eyeshadow $32, Kuala Lumpur Duo Eyeshadow $32 and

Glitter Pencil $24

  

 L to R: Cruising Lipstick $24, Easy Lover and Ophelia Lip Glosses $24 and Purple Rain Nail Polish $16

Oh dear, I'm lusting after that GORGEOUS nail polish too! AND the glosses! AND the Kuala Lumpur Duo!

Lusting, lusting, lusting...and fanning myself.

C.