NARS Radiant Cream Compact Foundation- Swatched

NARS Radiant Cream Compact Foundation was one of those fashion week backstage previews we caught glimpses of  and was used in many of the Fall 2013 shows. It finally launches on August 1st.

NARS calls Radiant Cream a foundation  that "combines the supple feel of a cream foundation with the weightless feel of a liquid".

Deauville

The foundation does have  a wonderful  feel to it on skin. It's light, not heavy or greasy on skin yet is creamy and lightly hydrating. It sets quickly, but is blendable/buildable and is not overly dewy but not at all matte. It's in the middle.

The coverage here , to me,  was on the light side.  I prefer medium to full coverage so while I loved the formula  the coverage  wasn't enough for me, even though NARS calls it medium to full.   Now to show  everyone's skin is different  contrast that to the Mom, who after trying it said that it was really, really nice , smoothed her skin and  thought it had good coverage.  So there you go. I do agree that it makes skin look good. A little brightened, a little more even.

Radiant Cream Compact is  easy to work with  and unusually for a cream foundation can be used wet or dry. In trying it both wet and dry I didn't notice too much difference in coverage , maybe a little less when used  wet.

Deauville, Siberia

Ingredients vary slightly from shade to shade NARS tells me but I have the ingredients for Deauville here, which should be indicative of most of the colors.

INGREDIENTS: DIMETHICONE • AQUA (WATER) • HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE • DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL • GLYCERIN • DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER • PARAFFIN • NYLON-12 • PEG-400 • PEG-10 DIMETHICONE • CERA MICROCRISTALLINA (MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX) • SORBITAN SESQUIISOSTEARATE • SODIUM HYALURONATE • SODIUM HYALURONATE CROSSPOLYMER • PHENOXYETHANOL • ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE • CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE • POLYSILICONE-2 • DISTEARYLDIMONIUM CHLORIDE • CERAMIDE 3 • PALMITIC ACID • PENTYLENE GLYCOL • TIN OXIDE • TOCOPHEROL • TOCOPHERYL ACETATE • ASCORBIC ACID • RETINYL PALMITATE • MARIS AQUA (SEA WATER) • SPILANTHES ACMELLA (SPILANTHES ACMELLA FLOWER EXTRACT) • ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN • BARIUM SULFATE • DEHYDROACETIC ACID • ALGAE (ALGAE EXTRACT) • ALUMINA • POTASSIUM SORBATE • CITRIC ACID • BENZYL ALCOHOL • [+/- (MAY CONTAIN): MICA • CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE) • CI 77491 (IRON OXIDES) • CI 77492 (IRON OXIDES) • CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES)]

NARS Radiant Cream Compact Foundation comes in 20 shades .  Siberia is the lightest and is quite light. A bit too light for me in Summer but for those who are very pale this is for you. Deauville is 4th in the shade list and is a  bit deeper but not dark. It is still considered "light" and works on my semi pale self.

Available on Aug. 1st for $ 38 at Sephora and NARS online. Sept. 1st at NARS counters.