NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation (All shades)

Have you tried the new NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation? Suitable for normal, combination and oily skin types, this long-wear foundation is enriched with fruit extracts (raspberry, apple, watermelon) to improve skin's texture over time. There's 33 shades to choose from, and the formula is supposed to provide medium to full coverage and a second skin finish!

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The foundation comes in a glass bottle with a pump, which is always a great thing in my book. The pump dispenses a tiny amount of product, so instead of my usual 1-2 pumps with other foundations, I use 3 pumps with this one.

The formula feels hydrating and a bit oily, but it doesn't feel sticky or heavy on the skin. And the coverage.. oh the coverage!!! A little bit goes a long way, this foundation is so pigmented! I would say that the coverage is medium, buildable to full. But it doesn't look cakey!!

The finish is hard to describe, it's semi-matte but radiant at the same time! It gives my skin a lit from within glow! If you look closely enough, you can see that the foundation is slightly pearly, but it doesn't contain any glitters (whew!).

I like to apply it with my fingers, because it's faster and for some strange reason it looks even better than when I apply it with a damp Beautyblender! The formula doesn't dry too fast either, it's very easy to apply.

NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation in Deauville

My skin is very oily, and the foundation tend to separate around my mouth if I don't set it with some loose powder. I like to use a good mattifying primer too, such as the BareMinerals Combo Control milky face primer. I still need to use 2-3 blotting sheets throughout the day, but it last much longer on me when I use these two additional products.

It doesn't last the promised 16 hours, but with a good primer and a mattifying powder, it last more than 10 hours on my extremely oily skin (which is still pretty good!).

Overall, this is a great winter foundation for me. I can't get enough of that gorgeous finish and amazing coverage!

Let's jump into the swatches! For your information, my skin is similar to NC15 at the moment.

Also, I let the foundation dry for 5-10 minutes, so you can see the true colors better.

Swatches on fair skin (similar to NC15)

Oslo (Light 1) is a bit darker than NW10 and has pink undertones.

Mont Blanc (Light 2) is slightly darker than NW15 and has pink, slightly neutral undertones.

Yukon (Light 2.5) is slightly lighter than NW20 and has pink, slightly peachy undertones.

Gobi (Light 3) is a bit lighter than NC10 and has yellow undertones.

Salzburg (Light 3.5) is slightly lighter than NC20 and has golden, slightly peachy undertones.

Deauville (Light 4) is slightly darker than NC15 and has yellow, slightly neutral undertones.

Vienna (Light 4.5) is tad lighter than NC20 and has neutral, slightly peachy undertones.

Fiji (Light 5) is a bit darker than NC20 and has yellow undertones.

Punjab (Medium 1) is slightly lighter than NC30 and has yellow, slightly peachy undertones.

Patagonia (Medium 1.2) is a bit lighter than NC30 and has peach undertones.

Vallauris (Medium 1.5) is a tad darker than NW30 has pink, slightly neutral undertones.

Swatches on fair skin (similar to NC15)

Santa Fe (Medium 2) is a bit lighter than NW25 and has neutral, slightly peachy undertones.

Sahel (Medium 2.5) is slightly lighter than NC35 and has peach undertones.

Stromboli (Medium 3) is a bit darker than NC30 and has golden olive undertones.

Vanuatu (Medium 3.5) is slightly lighter than NC40 and has neutral, slightly yellow undertones.

Barcelona (Medium 4) is a bit darker than NC35 and has golden peach undertones.

Valencia (Medium 5) is similar to NC40 and has golden undertones.

Aruba (Medium 6) is similar to NC42 and has neutral, slightly golden undertones.

Syracuse (Medium/Dark 1) is similar to NC42 and has yellow undertones.

Tahoe (Medium/Dark 2) is a bit darker than NC42 and has golden caramel undertones.

Moorea (Medium/Dark 2.3) is similar to NC45 and has golden olive undertones.

Huahine (Medium/Dark 2.6) is slightly darker than NW40 and has peachy pink undertones.

Swatches on fair skin (similar to NC15)

Cadiz (Medium/Dark 3) is a bit lighter than N45 and has caramel, slightly red undertones.

Caracas (Medium/Dark 3.3) is similar to N45 and has gold, slightly red undertones.

Belem (Medium/Dark 3.6) is similar to NW45 and has red brown undertones.

Macao (Medium/Dark 4) is slightly darker than NC45 and has yellow undertones.

Marquises (Medium/Dark 5) is slightly darker than NC45 and has golden caramel undertones.

Manaus (Dark 1) is darker than NW45 and has neutral, slightly red undertones.

New Caledonia (Dark 2) is slightly darker than NC50 and has golden olive undertones.

Iguacu (Dark 3) is similar to NC55 and has olive undertones.

Namibia (Dark 4) is similar to NW50 and has red undertones.

Zambie (Dark 5) is similar to N55 and has neutral undertones.

Mali (Dark 6) is similar to NW55 and has cool undertones.

The NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation retails for $60 CAD for 30ml and is available at Sephora.

(I received these products in order to evaluate them and give my opinion, but rest assured that my comments are always honest and impartial. This blog post contains affiliate links.)