The Nars Endless Orgasm Palette is a limited edition offering from the brand featuring 6 cream shades that can be used on the eyes, lips, and face. I was initially very excited about this release, as I love cream blushes and bronzers, especially in the spring and summer.
The packaging is absolutely gorgeous, if you care about that. And it feels substantial in your hands.
The shades swatch pretty nicely too (below, finger swatches built up on bare skin), so I was really looking forward to using them.
Unfortunately, I don’t have very many positive things to say. First off, it is incredibly difficult to apply. I tried a beauty blender, brush, and even my fingers. I found that they applied very uneven and patchy for the most part. The deepest shades being the worst offenders. For the highlight shades I was actually able to get a nice application using my fingers. But the blush and bronzer shades… they were lifting up my foundation, and looked sheer in some spots and heavily pigmented in others. They also felt heavy and greasy on my skin. Almost like lipstick… but like a child’s lipstick… not great quality is what I’m saying… you know what I mean.
After about an hour or so of wear time, I noticed that they were filling my pores and sitting strangely on my skin overall. Like they were separating. It looked very textured and cracked. Like the surface of an orange but with deep ravines throughout. The next day I tried again, but this time I tried setting with powder. Well that was a mistake. It looked even worse.
So then, as a last resort. I tried it on bare skin. This was the best option. But it was still very difficult to get an even application. So I could say that MAYBE, if you are looking for something to use on bare skin for a quick summer look… maybe it would work for you. But if you intend on using it with any other makeup products, don’t expect it to play nicely with others.
Overall, for me, it is not worth the hassle and the inconvenience of not working with other products. It was a great idea, and had it been a more forgiving formula, I would have been totally on board.
Have you tried it? What did you think?
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Thankyou so so much for this review. I’m currently looking for a cream blush and so naturally this caught my eye.I shall now give it a wide berth!! The nicest cream blush I’ve found so far really surprised me, it’s max factor. I haven’t looked at their stuff in yeeeeears and have only ever used their mascara but their cream blush is 👌. Have you any faves you can recommend? Xx
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I haven’t even seen max factor in years. I didn’t know they even were still in existence! Cream blushes I like are… I like the flower beauty one, but it’s a liquid cream not a cream cream. And the one in the Natasha Denona bloom palette is a nice formula but I hate the color. I wish she came out with a fair/light version. I do also love the nars liquid blush, but that’s not really a cream… it’s a full on liquid. I can’t think of any others that I like at the moment, but I do wish more brands would expand their cream range. I am still kicking myself for not getting that hourglass cream face palette last year.
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Thank you for this review…
I was thinking about buying this product earlier…but looks like I should change my mind 😉
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It is a shame. I wish I had better results.
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I know right?
Well…now we know that not all the famous branded makeup has a good quality product 😉
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