 Hey guys! What is up? Welcome to my channel! So for today's video, I am going to be reviewing a few new NARS releases for you guys. The exposed cheek palette as well as a couple of the explicit color lip duos. So if you're interested in hearing my thoughts and my demos and also comparisons, then just keep watching. Alright, so I'm really fast housekeeping, so I applied to be a part of Sephora Squad. Basically, it's a year-long contract with Sephora as an influencer and, I mean, it's definitely a bit of a long shot for me because everybody and their mother and all of these great influencers have applied. But I wouldn't hurt if I tried, right? So if you guys like my channel and like my content and want to help me out with this opportunity, you can leave a testimony. I will put the link in the description box. It's really fast. All you have to do is leave your email address and then you write like what you like about me, what you like about my content. 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Described as a palette of six universally flattering shades encapsulated in a breakthrough NARS formula that delivers the purest pigments for unrivaled color. Alright, so this is the packaging of this guy. It has this beautiful watercolor. I don't know. Whatever NARS is doing with their packaging, it's amazing. Then you open it up with their heart open packaging and then you're going to reveal the five blush shades and one highlighter shade with the beautiful kind of watercolor imprint on these shades. And then here are the swatches as well. So on my channel, I don't really talk about names because they all confuse me. They all brands do something. We just don't talk names. I just kind of point to them. But you have the beautiful highlighter first and then you have two very neutral toned blushes. You have a really pretty peachy, coral-y pop of color blush and then you have two beautiful kind of pinky almost berry shade blushes. Now really fast within the palette itself, I don't think that any shade is too similar to each other. I think this is a really light, beautiful, peachy, neutral brown shade and this one is much more pigmented. And looking at it, these two also look very similar, but they have very different pigmentation in them. This is pretty light pigmentation and this gets that really good punch of color on your skin. Now the reason why I purchased this, besides the fact that it looked pretty, was because it reminded me an awful lot of the Hot Triss palette that came out for the holiday season. Now I did do a review on this and I will link it down below. I liked it in my review for sure, but I'm not gonna lie, the longer I had it, the less I liked it. Like I still like it. I use them all the time. I really like the finish of these blushes. But I think the longer I used it, the more I realized you really have to build these blushes up. They really aren't that pigmented and I wanted to see if these would also be the same formula. So online I thought these two palettes also looked very similar color-wise. I will say, after swatching them, I don't think they're similar enough to not purchase them. I think they are almost two different vibes, two different color stories, but I did swatch them side by side for you so you can see which colors are similar for the most part. I would say that they are pretty different. So I'm just gonna forward you to the swatching clip that I did for you guys. Okay, so here are the swatches between the Expose and the Trist. So Expose is on top, Trist is on bottom. Expose I ordered from left to right. Trist I ordered based on similar colors. So the highlights are not similar at all. In the Expose you have this really light, almost sheer highlighter. The highlighters in the Trist are more pigmented, more shiny. I kind of liked this highlight better. There is a peachy color in the Trist palette that is similar to the pinky peachy color in the Expose. I would say these two are very similar. The Expose is slightly more pink. And then I would say the deepest color in the Expose palette is most similar to the deepest color in the Expose palette. So there are two shades that are similar and on the cheek, but for the most part I would say it's a whole different vibe. This is much more neutral and wearable if you ask me. All in all, there are a couple shades that may be similar, but I would say the overall vibe of the palette is different. This is much more neutral. This one's a little bit more brighter. I noticed the colors in these palettes be a tad bit more pigmented as we get into this part. I don't know, I just find the Expose to be a little bit more wearable. So if you have the Trist, I would definitely say go ahead and get the Expose if you really liked the formula because you are getting a new variation of colors that are really nice. Okay, so now we can talk about the formula now that I got that comparison out of the way. So the brush you use to apply these is vital. If you use a really soft haired brush, you're going to have problems building up that color. It's going to take a little bit of extra work. So I noticed specifically the brushes from the Morphe Gold Line, which is my favorite series from them. They don't pick up the pigment well. They're almost too soft. You have to use a more compact brush. And I'm not saying you use something with really hard hairs, but I have this Trish McAvoy number 18 blending brush. Bristles are much more compact, which makes it easier to get the color and you get more pigmentation. So this brush worked a lot better than the Morphe brushes. Okay, so editors note here something that I also kind of wanted to clarify as far as the brushes you should use. You'll notice the Morphe, their length in hair was longer, whereas the Trish McAvoy, it was a shorter, more compact hair length. So that shorter compact hair length picks up the pigment better than the longer, more loosely packed brushes. So hopefully that helps if you're having problems building up the color in this palette. So I think that's kind of the main fault within this palette. It's really user error. You have to make sure you're using the right brush because these colors, they don't give you any fallout. Like it's just a weird, silky formula, which I like. But honestly, for a blush, I just find that with blushes that have a more powdery formula, I feel like I have a little bit more control with the amount of pigment I put on the cheek. Whereas this, I'm like just sitting here circling, trying to belt it out. I'm going to tell you how I applied this palette. I kind of applied it differently than I normally would have so I could show you every shade on my face. So I started off with this color right here and I just blended that almost as a bronzer because this is a deep neutral, almost brown shade, a rosy brown. So it definitely pulls a bit more pink as a bronzer, which isn't ideally what I would do. But just to show you how it looked, I did apply as a bronzer and it doesn't look that. It really doesn't, but you can notice that slight rosy undertone to it, but it was really pretty, very subtle. You can definitely build this color up. I like it. Then I went in with this neutral terracotta color and I put that on just one side of my cheek. Oh my gosh, a really gorgeous everyday blush. This is one that I did have trouble kind of building up. So if you're very, very fair and you're afraid of blush, you're going to love this shade. Also, if you use the correct brush, this is a beautiful everyday shade. And then I used this color right here, which is almost like a peachy shade. I was sad about this color because I feel like it didn't have enough pigmentation for my preference. Of course, you can build it up, but I find that kind of annoying to be honest. And then you have these two shades down. So I started off with this color right here, which is kind of like a watermelon-y color. Love this. This is a beautiful everyday wearable, bright pop of color on your cheek. And then this is a shade right here that's going to flatter deep skin tones the best. This is significantly more pigmented than the shade next to it, and it really does add that pop. That's really what kind of added the color to my face. And I could use any brush and that's going to show up just because naturally it's more pigmented. And then of course, you do have this highlighter right here, which I find to be really universal because it's sheer, but it's glowy. So it's going to look good on a lot of different skin tones. And it's a subtle glow. It's not, you know, the most blinding highlights in the world, but I really, really do like it. And it really complements the blush as well. Those two together, the formulas, they look beautiful together. You don't look too obnoxiously glowy. It's not emphasizing your texture, but you look healthy. So overall, the finish is you're going to get a really satiny, glowy cheek, but it's not super glowy. It honestly is the perfect amount of satin. I enjoyed this finish very much. I think it adds a youthful glow to your face without being so obnoxious. So when you use the two formulas together, beautiful, glowy cheek, I really like that. So overall, I would probably rate the blush palette a 7.5 out of 10. As I've grown more familiar with this formula, it's just not my favorite. I just prefer a little bit more powdery, more pigmented blush, but that's just me. If you are scared of blushes and you're not an expert at applying blush and you don't like the look of having too much, honestly, this is a great formula for you. I think you'll like it. As well, if you like a satiny, more glowy blush, this also is a really good formula for you. Just be aware that you might have to build it up and to play around with the different blush brushes that you have to see what works best with this palette. I like it. I like the colors of this more than I like the Hot Trist. So if I was going to pick between the two, I would definitely go with the Expose because I find the shades in here to have a little bit more variation than in the Hot Trist because you have neutral tones up here. You have a peachy color here and you have pinks to play with as well. The packaging is gorgeous. I will continue to use it, but there still are formulas that I personally just prefer, but you might like that formula. So let's move on to the explicit color lip duos that are in this Expose collection. So they're going to come in a cute watercolor box like this and in it you're going to get two little mini lip products. You're going to get a velvet matte lip pencil and then a glossy lip tint. Oh, I almost forgot to mention they are both limited edition and they are $22. There are three available shades. The two that I picked up were Sexy Sheen and Intriguing. They also have Dragon Girl which is a vivid siren red as it is described. So I'm going to show you the swatches really fast. As you can see, Sexy Sheen is more of a pinky mauve whereas Intriguing is more of a rose pink. I would have liked them to have added more of a peachy color just because it would go with my eyes better. The colors they went with are very cool tones. So I'm going to show you my application of the first set of colors, Sexy Sheen. So you start off with the Velvet Matte Lip Pencil and I really like this. It's very soft on the lips. It's not your typical lip pencil. It's very, very thin but it's very quick to apply the color. What I like about this formula is that it's not super drying but it is still matte. And then I went in of course with the Lip Tint which is like a lip gloss. Very sheer, very comfortable on the lips. And then let's take a look at Intriguing which is more of that warmer rosy shade. So of course I started off with the lip pencil. Just put that all over my lips very quick. I really like it quite precise as well for how thick it is. And then I went in with the Lip Tint. Prior to purchasing these I hadn't tried either of these formulas before. And I have to say I really do like the Velvet Matte Lip Pencils. They're very smooth. They work almost as a moisturizing lipstick that's matte. So you don't even have to put the Lip Tints on top. You can just use these if you want a matte look. And then if you want something a little bit more glossy go with the Lip Tints. Personally I think I prefer a lip gloss formula rather than this. But I think for $22 this is a pretty good duo. You can get a glossy or a matte look. Good formula. With the Lip Tint on top I don't find these to be the most long wearing lip. However it's very very easy to reapply. I will blindly just reapply this for a little extra color. But just be aware not the most long wearing. The Lip Tints I personally don't think I would purchase this formula. Especially in a full size. I'd be more happy getting a gloss. But I mean it's a nice addition and I was very happy to try the formula. I don't find these to be unnecessary. They aren't the most unique colors. But if you're a NARS fan and you want just these cute little travel lip colors I think you will really enjoy these. I don't really have anything bad to say other than they're not really that long wearing. But I just feel very neutral about these. They aren't that great but they aren't bad by any means. It just is the type of person you are and what you need. Let's just take a look at this collection. I don't think it was my favorite thing that NARS came out with. But it was nice. I'll describe it as a good release. A good collection but nothing that is knocking my socks off. If that makes any sense. So if you are into the formulas and you're into the colors I would definitely say go for it. The products work fine. But if you have a lot of makeup and you're like me I'm gonna be straight up. You don't need any of this. Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this review of this collection. Let me know your thoughts down below and if you picked it up. I love you guys very much. Thank you for all your support. If you liked this video subscribe to my channel and I will see you guys in the next video which is another cheek palette. I think you guys are going to love it. See you guys later. Have a good day.