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Friday, November 12, 2010

NARS the Multiple in South Beach

Photo courtesy of Birchbox

I received this blush-lipstick-eyeshadow all-in-one multiple from NARS in my Birchbox and after just two days I can already tell that it is going to be doing major overtime in my daily makeup routine. According to the NARS site, the multiple was created in 1996 when François Nars used his Tangier lipstick all over model Carolyn Murphy's face in a Harper's Bazaar photo shoot.

Photo courtesy of NARS

The look was so popular that women started recreating it with their own NARS lipsticks. And so the multiple was born, a multitasking stick that can be used with brushes to apply like a cream blush or just with fingers to smooth on wherever. Its satin-y finish is a nice alternative to powder, which leaves my cheeks looking dry, especially in the winter. And South Beach, "a shimmering apricot" is a universally flattering shade that warms up even my fair, olive skin tone. And really, who doesn't want to emulate the bronze goddess glow that Carolyn Murphy made famous. (My one caveat: use an eyeshadow primer! It will crease on you lids!)

My own NARS multiple induced glow also reminded me of one of my favorite editorials from Vogue US December 2004.  Shot at François Nars' French Polynesian home, it features Daria Werbowy looking totally tan and exotic....perhaps the work of a NARS multiple?

Photograph by Patrick Demarchelier, courtesy of Vogue




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