NARS Nordstrom

I just made an amazing purchase during the mascara sale. The artists Narada hooked me up with some great samples of tinted moisturizer and he knew what shade I needed without even testing it out on me. I am wearing it today and it is perfect! Great place for amazing makeup.

Ladies and gents, behold the power of NARS! If you are like me, at all; you too have been sucked into MAC nation, at some point in your life. Every one of us that has had the pleasure to wander through a Macy’s cosmetics department has immediately been drawn to the makeup artists at MAC. Usually with fashionably bold painted faces, and some sort of cool music blaring from the center of the display. We’ve all fallen into status quo, but eventually you have to be a trend setter and go above what everyone else is doing… enter NARS! Haute! Haute! Haute!
I knew nothing of NARS until I stumbled across Narada Johnson’s Facebook picture, him looking diva-​ish in a sea foam green mask. So today I took the plunge. I woke up prepped my face with a cleanser and headed to the mall. With my dry spots outs and my blemishes saying hello to the world I approached the NARS counter at Nordstrom, St. Louis Galleria. Narada, as pleasant as could be greeted me with a hug and was visually excited to make me a believer of the infinite beauty treatment; little did I know in 60 minutes I’d be wishing I could buy the entire counter. Narada is the best, so please pay him a visit just to check it out!
– Step one: The briefing. Basically Narada told me what he was going to do from start to finish. He inquired about my skin type: oily, dry, etc.
–Step two: The fun begins. Cleansing the face and moisturizing, already coaxing me into this amazing facial treatment formulated by Shiseido, Hydrating Freshening Lotion. My new love potion!
–Step three: Finding that perfect foundation that will not just cover up but actually lift and brighten and bring your face to life, while smoothing and correcting. Sheer Glow Punjab is my shade and my concealer Honey is my ticket to round out my pretty face. My blush is Sin but Orgasm did look lovely.
–Step four: Eyes, Narada walked me through the tips and tricks of how to apply, set and play up a day look to a night look. Working with Sugarland and New York, I went from morning meeting at the office, to evening meeting at an intimate table for two! As Narada dabbled and patted, he used Loose powder Eden to finish and set along with warming up my face with Bronzer Laguna.
–Step five and six: Lips and lashes. Narada showed me several shades of this fabulous lip wear. It was glossy, but velvety. Not the typical sticky and tacky gloss some of us are accustomed to. As for my lashes, after a quick curl and a few applications to enhance volume and length, I was set. They almost look false, but they are not!
I made my purchase and smiled from ear to ear, headed for home. Here I am 6 hours later, intentionally waiting to test my face. I look exactly the same, the makeup is set. My eyes sultry and shimmering, my face just the way it was set. Typically after about 2 hours I feel like my makeup is melting off and soaking into my skin. As I touch my face I feel no excess residue, and upon pressing a tissues against my face I see nothing! This by far is just fantastic! My skin feels amazing, soft and hydrated.
Even if you are a skeptic, just visit Narada and let him make you a believer! I’ve been through the NARS website several times and I can’t wait to return to find the best shades and products for my future seasons of makeup changing. Today I fell in love! **NARS**