Product Description

Featuring custom color combinations that make perfect pairings, this soft-blending formula may be applied with fingertips or a brush for more precision and control. Shades may be worn alone or underneath NARS powder eyeshadows for more color, depth and intensity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1292 in Beauty
• Brand: NARS
• Ingredients: Talc, Polyethylene, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Zinc Stearate, Silica, Tricaprylin, Ceresin, Aqua (Water), Lanolin (Lanolin Alchohol), Lecithin, Tocopherol, Disodium EDTA, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben, Ascorbyl Palmitate, May Contain (+/-): Mica, Iron Oxides (CI 77491, 77492, 77499), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Chromium Hydroxide Green (CI 77289), Chromium Oxide Greens (CI 77288), Carmine (CI 75470), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Aluminum Powder (CI 77000), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140)

Features

• Richly pigmented powders
• Effortless blending; coordinated in fashionable pairs
• Multifunction: use as eyeshadow, eyeliner or on eyebrows

Customer Reviews

A Nars Addict Confesses...
I was first introduced to NARS at a time when I generally did not buy makeup. I was a wash-n-go kind of girl. However, it really only took one duo before my heart was pledged to NARS cosmetics. I didn't give it five stars because I really hate the price.

These duos are definitely expensive, but they are that partly because you simply won't find these color combinations anywhere else. If you are the type of woman who loves to experiment and try new looks, or if you have a good eye for color, then this is the line for you. Even if you don't go for some of the more unusual combinations, NARS has a few very nice neutral combos with a more updated feel (i.e., less matte and more subtle shimmer) than some other lines.
NARS eyeshadows (both duos and singles) tend to have the same silky, sheer quality, no matter what the color. That having been said, the dark burgundy you see in the (I think it's New York) pan will go on your eyelid as a sheer burgundy; the black blue-green in Cleo will show up on your eyelid as a sparkly greenish-grey. Any of the very black Night-single series will show up as either silver-toned grey sparkles, gold-toned grey sparkles, or red-toned grey sparkles. This having been said, do not be afraid to try some of the more unusual-looking duos in this line. You will be surprised.
This sheer quality works to advantage in some of NARS' combos, but it works against them in others. Sheer color does offer more control during application, but it can sometimes feel like you're working too hard to get the right shade of black. For a deeper black, I would try another line (perhaps MAC).
The lighter colors in the combos are great for highlighting and all-over coverage, and even not-so-skilled hands can produce the desired "natural" look (except better). Something about the tones in these colors make them wearable by many different skintypes: my best friend, a freckled, cool-skinned blonde, can wear nearly any color I can (I have warm olive skin, with dark eyes and hair). Application has everything to do with it.
The argument can be made that some other lines, like MAC, for example, makes just as many if not more colors, and aren't quite as expensive. This may or may not be true. What attracts me to the line, besides the cool colors and the cute packaging, is that NARS eyeshadows are easy to apply and control, and that their colors, while sheer, remain true. That is to say (with the exception of the black-based colors mentioned above, which is a common problem in ANY line) that what's gold in the pan will be gold on your skin, albeit a sheerer gold than what's in the pan. Gold. Not yellow, or orange, or green. Gold. This is what makes me keep coming back to NARS.

The Best Colors
I recently decided to update my makeup collection and splurge on some higher-end items rather than keep buying the cheap stuff that doesn't work well. I visited Sephora and fell in love with the Nars Duo Eye Shadows. The colors are unmatched and can be very bold. I looked around the store for a good hour or more and couldn't find any other eye color I loved more.

In Sephora, the salespeople were wearing one color on the inner half of their eyelids and the other on the outer half. This look was fun and striking. I, however, wear one color on my eyelid and the other along the outer half of my browbone, a little below the eyebrow.

I'm a caucasian brunette with light-olive skin and brown eyes. The combo I couldn't live without was Blade Runner (gives both depth and dramatic color to your eyelids). Both the colors are shimmery. They're also darker than they appear here; they have more black in them.

I have found them to crease a little, so an eye-shadow base, such as Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion, might also be a wise purchase.

Join the makeup addicts club with these duos
I'm a makeup addict. Alot of women say they are, but they aren't.I wear makeup to have fun.I'm constantly digging for the wild and unusual. I love these compacts because the powder is so smooth. There are alot of great color combinations; however, there are alot of boring "Clinique" like colors.You shouldn't waste your money on Nars when you can buy a nude brown from Clinique or even Covergirl for alot less. I'm just here to testify the greatness of the "Rated R" duo. The vividness of the gold shimmer spiked chartruese is amazing. The peacock blue with its electirc blue microglitters lights up the eyes.It is the most glamorous compact of all time.So, if you feel the need to be an addict this is the duo for you.