NARS Mata Hari Review

NARS Mata Hari blush £22.50

Now this post might seem contrived after my previous post about living in London on a budget, but I've owned Mata Hari for a good while now, so thought it deserved a review.

Since spring has sprung (apparently), I've been stashing away my trusty neutral blushers and opting for something a little brighter. NARS Mata Hari is a typical NARS product, housed in rubberised matte packaging, however it does tend to get dirty and attract dust easily (I wiped mine down before photographing it but I couldn't get rid of the bits of cleansing wipe that had attached itself onto mine). The texture of the blush is typical NARS too, finely milled and the colour disperses well on the skin.

At first, I shied away from NARS Mata Hari as it looks bright in the pan, but with a light hand it produces the prettiest flush.

On the NARS website Mata Hari is described as a "Pink with a race of crimson" and I'd generally agree but it does lean cool in tone. Unlike quite a few of the blush offerings from NARS, Mata Hari is a matte shade so you don't have to worry about it enhancing large pores if it is a concern of yours. However, like most of the blushers from NARS I have owned, it is very pigmented, so I only touch my brush very lightly in the pan and apply, and build up the colour if I see necessary. For this reason though, I can see it suiting a wide range of skin tones.

As you can see from the swatch, the blush complements fair skin perfectly and although it looks bright in the pan, it has a slight mauve undertone that lends itself to a more muted appearance when applied lightly.

Overall, after a slightly apprehensive approach to this blush when I first bought it, it is becoming one of my staples for spring. What do you think of NARS Mata Hari?