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NARS Man Ray for NARS Holiday 2017 Color Collection: Fetishized and Intensely Blush

October 6th, 2017 by Karen 12 Comments

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Fetishized

Is it 1983? Am I in a Duran Duran video (OMG, I WISH!)? Fetishized and Intensely are totally worthy of stylish ’80s video dudes, which says a lot. Simon Le Bon would be raiding John Taylor’s makeup bag, and Simon would be all, “Hey, can I borrow your bright NARS blush?” And John would say, “The reddish coral one? Sure. You should try layering it with the tangerine one. Grab that too, and while you’re at it, could you please hand me my fuchsia lipstick?”

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Intensely

I gotta have blush that applies smoothly, and both of these totally do. They’re from the NARS Man Ray Holiday color collection, and they pack POW.

The really intense coral-red one that looks like a ruby red grapefruit is called Fetishized, and the bright matte tangerine one is Intensely. They look almost tropical, don’t they? Almost summery? — which is surprising for a holiday/winter look, but not surprising, at the same time, since the Man Ray color collection is all around bright, pigmented and joyful.

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Intensely and Fetishized swatches!

I tell my friends all the time that you don’t need to be scared of bright colors. You don’t! I mean, yeah, OK, you can go crazy and draw zebra stripes down the sides of your face if you want to time travel back to the ’80s, sure. Lawd knows I’m tempted to, especially when I wear either of these blushes with Off Limits, the fuchsia lipgloss from the collection.

Oh, my gosh… There’s something about a bright cheek and a glittery fuchsia gloss together that totally reads 1985 to me, and I mean that in the best possible way.

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Fetishized on my cheeks and Off Limits on my lips
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Intensely on the apples o’ my cheeks, and Zambeze on my lips

Anyways, what I was trying to say is that these brights *can* look totally natural. For these pics, after doing one layer using a light touch, I cleaned off my blush brush with a paper towel, loaded the brush with a small amount of face powder, then gently ran that across the tops of my cheeks.

The face powder mixes with the blush and fades it out a little, creating a natural-looking flush (or, as natural-looking as you can get when you’re wearing bright reddish coral on your cheeks!).

Fetishized and Intensely are $30 each and available starting today, along with the rest of the NARS Man Ray Holiday 2017 collection, at NARS boutiques and the NARS website.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. tgif!!! Have a fantastic day, my friend. 🙂

NARS Man Ray for NARS Holiday 2017 Color Collection: Fetishized and Intensely Blush / Originally published October 6th, 2017

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  1. Emery says

    October 6th, 2017 at 6:22 am

    Wow I totally thought Intensely would have looked terrible when I saw the pan but the orangey tone looks great on you!

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  2. Kim says

    October 6th, 2017 at 6:36 am

    I’m such a sucker for pink and orange together. One of my fave, old Clinique GWP makeup bags is orange with pink trim. 🙂 You know I’m with you on the Duran Duran and, of course, immediately thought of the stripe of blush. I think you need to do that, just for fun. And to entertain the UPS guy. It’s been a while since he’s seen anything cray when you answer the door, I think. HAHAHA!

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  3. Chris25 says

    October 6th, 2017 at 10:12 am

    I really like Intensity.
    Chris25 recently posted … Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Lipstick in Material Girl

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  4. lizzie says

    October 6th, 2017 at 10:29 am

    Do you have any information or release dates on that larger eye palette? I’m itching to get my hands on it and would love to hear your review.

    Reply
    • Karen says

      October 6th, 2017 at 10:36 am

      Hi Lizzie,

      Sure! That’s the Glass Tears Eyeshadow Palette, it’s $49, has six LE shades, and is available now the NARS website (here’s the link).

      Reply
  5. Shannon says

    October 6th, 2017 at 12:21 pm

    omg i TOTALLY want to see you go all-out-80s with these blushes!! It’s almost Halloween, anyways… use it as an excuse to play dress-up! Pleeeez 😀 haha.

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  6. Barb says

    October 6th, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    I love the Duran Duran intro and I’m really loving these colors too!

    Have a great weekend!

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  7. Erin says

    October 6th, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    Both look great on you!
    Erin recently posted … iUNIK Vitamin Hyaluronic Acid Vitalizing Toner

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  8. Kim says

    October 6th, 2017 at 6:42 pm

    Intensely reminds me of an oranger NARS Gina.. my fav blush of all time.. I’m a NC42 and Karen you gotta try Gina if you haven’t already

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  9. Georgia says

    October 6th, 2017 at 8:33 pm

    Intensely reminds me of Boys Don’t Cry – which I still have a love! It will last me forever – so I don’ think I need this one.

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  10. Eleni says

    October 7th, 2017 at 3:15 am

    I need Intensely!! Love love love that shade and don’t own anything similar to it 🙂
    Eleni recently posted … Victoria Beckham x Estée Lauder – Review & swatches of my picks from the collection

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  11. Isabella says

    October 7th, 2017 at 3:52 am

    are you going to feature the lip products from this group?

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