NARS Beach Lover Set

Francois Nars has been my god lately and my last big Sephora haul included several new lipstick shades from this company.  I am still in love with the foundation that I have been using from this company and am still craving a bunch of the NARS and Thakoon nail polish shades.  Hopefully when I am on vacation, I am go up to New York City and go to the NARS flagship store.  Even if this is not a reality in the next few days, I will be paying another visit to the counter at my Sephora store, I have only purchased a few of the lipstick shades that I wanted and I still have a list of shades that I want to buy.  Just released at Sephora is the Beach Lover set, an exclusive, limited edition set that contains a bronzer and shades that are perfect to complement a tanned look over the next few months.

The Beach Lover set focuses on two of NARS top-selling shades, Laguna and Orgasm.  In fact,t hsi set contains the Laguna Lip Gloss, a limited editon shade that was made only for this set.  Laguna has always been a top-selling bronzer shade for this company so I can't see that the lip gloss will be flattering on me but I bet that it will work very well for ladies with warmer skin tones.  "A five-piece travel-size gift set for eyes, lips, and cheeks.  This set includes iconic NARS shades for an idyllic island glow, including a limited edition shade of Laguna lip gloss."  Included in this set are: Blush Duo in Hungary Heart and Orgasm; Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in Skorpios; Lip Gloss in Laguna; and Illuminator in Laguna.

First a few more product details from the NARS website!
Blush - The ultimate authority in blush, NARS offers the industry's most iconic shades for cheeks.  Natural, healthy-looking color that immediately enlivens the complexion.  A light application of even the highest-intensity hues delivers a natural-looking finish.  Silky texture in matte and shimmering shades.  Micronized powder ensures soft, blendable application.  Iconic NARS shades.
- Hungary Heart - gold ivory
- Orgasm - peachy pink with gold shimmer

Soft Touch Shadow Pencil - Soft Touch Shadow Pencils provide easy, portable, long-wearing application.  These jumbo-sized pencils have versatile functionality to shade the lid, line, or highlight the eye.  Smooth, creamy texture delivers a smooth, velvety feel to the eye and make for easy blending and an ideal base for layering with a powder shadow for increased color intensity.  Portable application.  Smooth, creamy, long-wearing formula.  Easy and seamless blending.
- Skorpios - iridescent copper

Lip Gloss - Serious shine and sexy color in sheer, semi-sheer, and creamy formulas.  Extremely wearable and versatile shades may be worn alone or over other lip formulas for added dimension.  Ultra-smooth, non-sticky, comfortable wear.  Enriched with Vitamin E to help lips feel supple and hydrated.
- Laguna - bronze

Illuminator - Light the skin from within.  A collection of light-reflecting liquids that glide on to refresh and enhance the collection with shimmering incandesence.  Deceptively sheer, decidedly luminous.  Can be applied all over the face or used as a highlighter.  Can be worn under, over, or mixed with foundation.  Iconic shades.
- Laguna - brown with gold shimmer

This set will work wonders on the complexion of anyone who has a great tan and a warm skintone.  Since neither of these descriptions apply to me, this is a set that I will have to skip over for the time being.    Neither of the Laguna products will work for me, any shade of bronw on my lips completely washes me out and makes me look ill.  The Illuminator might work for me well after I have gotten my self-tanning regime underway.  I also will investigate what other shades are offered in this product, I am hoping for something a bit more pink-toned.  The same thoughts apply for the Hungary Heart shade of Blush, I can't see this gold ivory shade working at all for my skintone.  I already own both Orgasm and Deep Throat and don't need another peachy pink shimmer blush from NARS.  Lastly, the piece that I want the most from this set is the Soft Touch Shadow Pencil, Skorpios will work very well to highlight my blue eyes and I think that I will just buy the single product in this shade the next time that I go to Sephora!
I predict that this set will sell very well for Sephora however most of the shades inside will look awful on skintone so I will not be adding this to my NARS collection.

photo courtesy of Sephora