NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Palais Royal Review & Swatches

Purchased by me (Affiliate links)

The moment that I saw the NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Palais Royal, described as a Sangria shade, I knew that I wanted it. However, in the past I had noted a rather pronounced drying effect when using many of the NARS Lip Pencils and lipsticks, and was therefore a bit reluctant to try it. However, I was thrilled to find that the Satin Lip Pencils were moisturizing rather than drying on my lips.

NARS Satin Lip Pencils are described as, "a selection of high-impact, fashion-forward shades in a rich, creamy satin finish that stays on all day."

Satin Lip Pencil dresses up lips in statement shades that seduce with rich, color-bright pigments while drenching them in decadent moisture. A modern, long-wearing, vitamin-enriched formula in a jumbo pencil format to provide great wear and intense color with a satin finish. Use for lining, all-over lip color, or pairing with another lip product.

Features:
High-impact intense color
Convenient, easy and precise application

Suggested Usage:
-Apply pencil directly to the lips.
-Define, then fill in the entire lip area or use as a liner only and fill with any NARS lip product.
-Layer over Velvet Matte Lip Pencil for a more intense, edgy lip look.

Palais Royal is a dark blue-based berry red with just enough vamp in it to make red-lip and vampy-lip lovers happy. I find it beautifully pigmented, but it can be sheered out or built-up. While it can attain a great deal of opacity it has a glossy translucency when worn as a wash of color. I find that I get about three to four hours of wear before it wears away to a nice stain. The formula is quite soft and silky and can have a tendency to settle into lip lines, but I have found that wearing it over a lipliner prevents this from happening. In fact, I love to vamp it up my layering it over my beloved Surratt Automatique Lip Crayon in Mahogany because it is an extraordinarily stunning combination, it lasts most of the day, and their is no settling into lip lines. My only real complaint is that I don't like sharpening lip pencils of this sort (I find it wasteful), and would prefer a retractable bullet instead.

NARS Palais Royal & Surratt Automatique Lip Crayon in Mahogany (Reviewed here and here).

Key ingredients:

-Pomegranate Fruit Extract and Vitamin E: Make lips feel nourished, pampered, and protected.

-Collagen Peptides and Hyaluronic Acid Complex: Helps lips look plumper and more hydrated. -Pomegranate Fruit Extract and Vitamin E: Make lips feel nourished, pampered, and protected.

-Collagen Peptides and Hyaluronic Acid Complex: Helps lips look plumper and more hydrated.

 Ingredients:

Overall assessment: Simply gorgeous and perfectly on trend for the season!

$25.00 for 0.07 oz. From NARS, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Sephora, SpaceNK,
Purchased by me. (Affiliate Links).

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