NARS Duo Eyeshadow – Hula Hula Review, Swatches and Photos

Pros:

• High quality shadows
• Very pigmented, smooth and buttery
• Comes with a mirror

Cons:

• Can produce fall out if not careful

Price: $72AU / $33US

Rating:

Where: Mecca Cosmetica and Kiss and Makeup.

There is something about NARS eye shadows that just keep drawing me in, and unfortunately causing me to build a bit of a shameful collection.

The formula here is amazing, buttery, soft, pigmented and glides on with very little effort. I find that the Duo eye shadows seem to be much higher quality than the Trio shadows NARS has been releasing seasonally. I’m very much addicted to these shadows.

These two particular shades in Hula Hula are very wearable colours, the brown shade does have some rather large gold flecks scattered throughout it, and so you may want to reserve this shade for the weekend if you’re more a subtle shimmer / matte sort of person at work.

The only real drawback for me is not so much the fallout comment I made above (that was more for people newer to makeup application) but that fact that you only get two shades. Generally when I apply my eye shadows, I use 3 shades, one for the lid, one for brow bone and one for crease. So as a result when I’m rushing to apply my makeup (which let’s face it, that’s all the time) I tend to reach for my palettes, as everything is right there in front of me.

As a result these babies don’t get as much love as they deserve from me, but maybe I’ll try and get up a bit earlier (when pigs fly) in the mornings to give these a bit more attention.