Way back when (and I do mean way back), there was a certain issue of a Archie comic book that came out that that has stuck with me all my life. In this issue, a large ice cream chain came to Riverdale, jeapordizing Pop Tate’s shop. Pop Tate came up with the brilliant idea to come out with one special ice cream flavor a week to attract back his customers. He used Jughead to taste test the flavors and and when his rating of a particular flavor sent off the flavor alarms, that was the flavor chosen for the week. All was going well until Jughead taste tested the ice cream that which was the flavor of his absolutely favorite food in the world: hamburgers.
Now, I’m sure you are wondering what the hell this has to do with polish. Nars reminds me of Pop Tate’s once a week ice cream flavors, minus the hamburger one. Nars doesn’t have an extensive line of colors and they don’t release them once a week, but it seems that the ones they do come out with have something special about them.
Platoon is an older color that’s pretty hard to get your hands on. It’s a beautiful spring green, despite it’s military title. (Am I the only one that’s noticed that Nars uses alot of military terms in naming their polishes?) This, like all the other colors here, is three coats. Orgasm is probably the best known polish in the Nars line, having won several awards. However, I think you’d find most hard core polish buffs would argue that Zulu, a dark green jelly polish, is the most famous and sought after color. Regardless, Orgasm is a not quite sheer peach with strong gold shimmer.
Adelita is a sheer that would have probably looked excellent over a darker color, but I think it’s strong enough to wear solo. It has great peach and gold flashes. Blue Lagoon is an older color that was recently re-released. I didn’t waste any time picking it up. It’s a great light blue with blue flash. It’s slightly sheer, but 3 coats minimizes the Visible Nail Line (VNL).
Ziggy is a color that I came across by happenstance, never having heard or seen it before. It’s not only a very cheerful color, it has minimal streaking, something that is very prevelant with yellows. It’s also one of the few yellow shades that looks good on me. Bohemia is a light peachy-pink duochrome that turns gold at the right angle.
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So what happened when Jughead ate the hamburger-flavored ice cream?
Thanks for the great post Gabrielle! I’m a NARS hoor but hadn’t seen many of these polishes swatched before. Adelita looks especially stunning!
@AG – ha! The flavor set off Jughead’s flavor alarm so Pop Tate actualy had Hamburger flavored ice cream that that week. Needless to say, the only person it was a hit with was Jughead.
@minahan – isn’t it so weird that Nars polish swatches are so hard to find? I have more coming!
LMAO! Thanks a lot! I always love those Archie Comics twists!
LOL, I remember that Archie story!
@BC – Oh thank goodness someone else read that comic book! I was starting to think that maybe my Archie reading habits might have been sharing too much!
Thank you for swatching all of these! I was on the Sephora site after I saw purple rain on Scrangie & I was wondering what they looked like! Now, I love more of their colors. Kim
First time reading your blog. Cool swatches AND an Archie comics reference? I’ll be back!
THANK YOU so much for all the AMAZING NARS nail polish swatches!!! They are so GORGEOUS and your pics are awesome! This is the first time I’ve read this blog and I WILL be back – GREAT format and love the posts I’ve checked out so far! <3
Back to business (NARS nail polishes, I mean, of course!
)… like you, I have found that NARS polishes are some of the LEAST swatched of all the brands out there! It's so weird to me, too, since their quality is top-notch and their color selection is unique! NARS doesn't produce the "normal" neverending avalanche of nearly indistinguishable shades of red and pink like so many brands STILL do! (But don't get me wrong – I like a TON of different polish brands AND I enjoy many reds and pinks – as long as they're at least a little bit unique, anyway – throw in a duochrome or holo effect, glitter (the more the better!!) or "flakies" and chances are I'll be ALL over it! LOL!
Anyway, I currently have ~10 NARS polishes – Purple Rain is on my fingers currently, my fave NARS polish so far, followed closely by Pussy Galore (despite the extremely nasty name – I'm not a prude, but… SERIOUSLY??! Yuck!), and Temptation – and am always looking to expand my collection, however at $16 a pop, I prefer to see them swatched before purchasing (I live in the boonies so have to order all my NARS online).
After viewing your 3 NARS nail polish posts I now have a lemming for certain colors I hadn't paid attention to previously… Rouge Andalou, Saratoga, Ziggy, Platoon, Blue Lagoon, and Gimme Shelter in particular (I know, good luck to me on finding Ziggy and Platoon, right??! But if I look long and hard enough, I'm sure I'll get my hands on them eventually!
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Question for you – do you have any of the following colors and if so, would you be willing to swatch and post them: Versailles, Schiap, Candy Darling, Edelweiss, Bocaccio, Soho? Also I'd love to see any of the following reds, too: Hunger, Dovima, Jungle Red, Chinatown…
Quite a long list but I'd be THRILLED to see even one of them!
Thanks again for the awesome swatches and reviews!!! XOXO