Nars Sheer Glow Review

Funny story about this foundation is that I used to hate it...
When I was about 13 years old, I was shopping with my mom in one of the department stores at the mall, either Macy's or Lord & Taylor's I believe. We were walking through the makeup counters when I noticed some girls setting up a makeup chair and a poster about a Nars makeup event. When I paused to read it, they asked me if I wanted to sit down. We had nowhere else to be so I was thrilled when my mom said yes. 

At that point, my makeup routine consisted of a little bit of L'oreal Mineral powder, some lipgloss and a tad of mascara so I was super excited to be in the hands of professionals. The artist prepped me with Nars skincare (the Aqua Gel Moisturizer was AMAZING) and asked me a little about my preferences. She decided that the Sheer Matte formula would be the best thing for me and applied it, along with their primer and powder. I also remember that she did light purple eye shadow with subtle black cat liner even though I wanted her to use a sparkly bright blue turquoise shade called 'Tropic'. 

The finished product looked very nice but I was extremely hesitant about the price even though my mom offered to get it for me. Eventually I agreed and we took home the primer and the foundation. But by the time we got home I was an oil slick and everything was sliding off. When I tried it on my own the next morning it lasted better but it still wasn't amazing to we returned them. Now I know that the artist didn't leave enough time for the skincare to soak in and it made the foundation have nothing to stick to, but back then I was clueless and I figured I would never try it again. Fast forward to a few months ago, and now I love it.

without/with Nars Sheer Glow in 'Siberia'

This foundation has a beautiful medium, buildable coverage with a natural satin looking finish, it has a skin like 'glow' but it is not sparkly or intense. Marketed to normal/dry/very dry skin it is supposed to be hydrating and weightless. It is definitely weightless but it clings to dry patches so I personally wouldn't recommend it for 'very dry' skin unless you are really good about exfoliating. It comes in 17 shades and it's good for yellowy-golden skin tones that are usually hard to match, like indian skin. Nars suggests to apply this foundation with your fingers, which I have done, but it looks much better and more flawless with my Beauty Blender. It dries down and sets itself which I really like, but I still finish it off with a dusting of my Hourglass Ambient lighting powder just to be safe.  

Unfortunately you have to purchase the pump separately, but I think it's only about $6. The most buzzed about dupe for this foundation is the Neutrogena 'Healthy Skin Foundation' but I strongly disagree with that. I would say the closest drugstore version might be the L'oreal 'Lumi Foundation' or the Maybelline 'Fit Me' Foundation. 

Let me know if you have tried this foundation out for yourself!