NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad Review & Swatches
Tropical Express
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad ($52.00 for 0.16 oz.) included an eggplant purple, gold, soft green, and bright purple. Three shades were quite good and easy to use, but the purple was a total disaster–it was sheer, difficult to build up, a challenge to blend, and all-in-all, a poor representation of NARS’ matte formula.
Tropical Express #1
Tropical Express #1 is a medium, eggplant purple with warm undertones and a satin sheen. It had excellent color coverage paired with a firmer, thinner consistency that wasn’t powdery yet had enough slip that it remained fairly blendable on my lid. It wore well for eight hours on me before it started to fade a bit.
Top Dupes
- Chanel Tisse Cambon #4 (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Sephora Amethyst (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- City Color G*psy (P, $6.99) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Sephora Girlish Appeal (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Viseart Prune (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Alluring (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Vanity (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Too Faced Provence (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
- MAC Brazenly (LE, $17.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Sydney Grace Awake (P, $5.00) is more shimmery, brighter (85% similar).
- More dupes -- click to see the full list!
Formula Overview
$19.00/0.04 oz. - $475.00 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "rich, high-impact color" that is "lightweight" and has "increased blendability." Like most larger ranges, there are winners and losers, and some of how they perform can be related to the type of finish. The mattes are soft, slightly dusty in the pans (or not at all) with medium to opaque, often buildable, color coverage. The satin and metallics tend to be smoother, more blendable, and more pigmented with less effort; NARS does the these lower shimmer finishes particularly well, which just looks "melted" on the skin as they lay down so smoothly and have a great shine.
Most shades applied better on my lid than swatched on my arm, which has been something seen across NARS' eyeshadows for years and didn't change with the recent update to their powder eyeshadow formula. On average, they lasted between seven and nine hours on me without primer. They did apply well over primer and stayed on well for 14 hours with minimal fading.
Worth noting: the updated formula and packaging resulted in a product decrease from 0.07 oz. per pan to 0.04 oz. The single eyeshadows received a more noticeable price drop (from $24 to $19) but the duo eyeshadows could be priced better (from $36 to $35).
Browse all of our NARS Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.
Tropical Express #2
Tropical Express #2 is a bright, medium gold with strong,w arm orange undertones and a metallic sheen. The pigmentation was opaque in a single layer, while the texture was soft, lightly powdery in the pan, but it adhered evenly to bare skin and blended out easily. It stayed on nicely for eight hours before it started to fade on me.
Top Dupes
- Anastasia 5th Ave (LE, $12.00) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Hourglass Champagne Gold (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Keep It PG (PiP, $5.00) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Zero Clue (LE, $5.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Lucido (LE, $5.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Chanel Blazing Gold (LE, $29.50) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Bad Habit Daphne (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Overheated (LE, $38.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Burberry Gold Shimmer #2 (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Guerlain Petrouchka #2 (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- More dupes -- click to see the full list!
Formula Overview
$19.00/0.04 oz. - $475.00 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "rich, high-impact color" that is "lightweight" and has "increased blendability." Like most larger ranges, there are winners and losers, and some of how they perform can be related to the type of finish. The mattes are soft, slightly dusty in the pans (or not at all) with medium to opaque, often buildable, color coverage. The satin and metallics tend to be smoother, more blendable, and more pigmented with less effort; NARS does the these lower shimmer finishes particularly well, which just looks "melted" on the skin as they lay down so smoothly and have a great shine.
Most shades applied better on my lid than swatched on my arm, which has been something seen across NARS' eyeshadows for years and didn't change with the recent update to their powder eyeshadow formula. On average, they lasted between seven and nine hours on me without primer. They did apply well over primer and stayed on well for 14 hours with minimal fading.
Worth noting: the updated formula and packaging resulted in a product decrease from 0.07 oz. per pan to 0.04 oz. The single eyeshadows received a more noticeable price drop (from $24 to $19) but the duo eyeshadows could be priced better (from $36 to $35).
Browse all of our NARS Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.
Tropical Express #3
Tropical Express #3 is a soft, light-medium sage green with subtle, warm olive undertones and a metallic sheen. The eyeshadow had rich color payoff that applied evenly and smoothly to bare skin. The texture was lightly creamy, soft but not powdery, and blendable on my skin. It lasted well for eight hours before I noticed any fading.
Top Dupes
- Colour Pop Up and Up (DC, $5.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Sleek MakeUP Fauna (PiP, $9.99) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Buxom Made of Jade (P, $12.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Humid (P, $17.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- NARS Hellcat (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- Huda Beauty Emerald #3 (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, brighter (85% similar).
- Colour Pop Game Changer (LE, $5.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Makeup Geek Fantasy (P, $9.99) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Chanel Empreinte du Desert #3 (LE, ) is darker (85% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Aurum (P, $8.00) is lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- More dupes -- click to see the full list!
Formula Overview
$19.00/0.04 oz. - $475.00 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "rich, high-impact color" that is "lightweight" and has "increased blendability." Like most larger ranges, there are winners and losers, and some of how they perform can be related to the type of finish. The mattes are soft, slightly dusty in the pans (or not at all) with medium to opaque, often buildable, color coverage. The satin and metallics tend to be smoother, more blendable, and more pigmented with less effort; NARS does the these lower shimmer finishes particularly well, which just looks "melted" on the skin as they lay down so smoothly and have a great shine.
Most shades applied better on my lid than swatched on my arm, which has been something seen across NARS' eyeshadows for years and didn't change with the recent update to their powder eyeshadow formula. On average, they lasted between seven and nine hours on me without primer. They did apply well over primer and stayed on well for 14 hours with minimal fading.
Worth noting: the updated formula and packaging resulted in a product decrease from 0.07 oz. per pan to 0.04 oz. The single eyeshadows received a more noticeable price drop (from $24 to $19) but the duo eyeshadows could be priced better (from $36 to $35).
Browse all of our NARS Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.
Tropical Express #4
Tropical Express #4 is a medium purple with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. It had sheer coverage, did not build up well, and had a drier, almost chalky texture that was difficult to blend out in an meaningful way. It wore well for six and a half hours before fading (from what I could tell).
Top Dupes
- NARS Sultan (P, $19.00) is more shimmery, brighter, more pigmented (90% similar).
- Viseart Grande Pro (Vol. 1) #20 (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Try Me (P, $5.00) is more shimmery, darker, brighter (85% similar).
- Coloured Raine Vibez (PiP, $6.99) is darker, more pigmented (85% similar).
- Coloured Raine Purp Smurf (PiP, $6.99) is darker (85% similar).
- MAC X-Punk (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Juvia's Place Zulu #9 (LE, ) is darker (85% similar).
- More dupes -- click to see the full list!
Formula Overview
$19.00/0.04 oz. - $475.00 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "rich, high-impact color" that is "lightweight" and has "increased blendability." Like most larger ranges, there are winners and losers, and some of how they perform can be related to the type of finish. The mattes are soft, slightly dusty in the pans (or not at all) with medium to opaque, often buildable, color coverage. The satin and metallics tend to be smoother, more blendable, and more pigmented with less effort; NARS does the these lower shimmer finishes particularly well, which just looks "melted" on the skin as they lay down so smoothly and have a great shine.
Most shades applied better on my lid than swatched on my arm, which has been something seen across NARS' eyeshadows for years and didn't change with the recent update to their powder eyeshadow formula. On average, they lasted between seven and nine hours on me without primer. They did apply well over primer and stayed on well for 14 hours with minimal fading.
Worth noting: the updated formula and packaging resulted in a product decrease from 0.07 oz. per pan to 0.04 oz. The single eyeshadows received a more noticeable price drop (from $24 to $19) but the duo eyeshadows could be priced better (from $36 to $35).
Browse all of our NARS Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express #1 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #1 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #2 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #2 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #3 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #3 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #4 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #4 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express Eyeshadow Quad
NARS Tropical Express #1 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #1 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #2 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #2 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #3 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #3 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #4 Eyeshadow (2018)
NARS Tropical Express #4 Eyeshadow (2018)
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