NARS duo Laguna&Orgasm VS. e.l.f. Contouring Blush& Bronzing Powder

Hello girls!

If you remember, in my e.l.f. haul video, I mentioned the fact that e.l.f. Contouring Blush& Bronzing Powder looks a lot like Nars duo Laguna&Orgasm.

As it happens, I have both of them, as I received the Nars duo back in June, as a Bday present from my dear friend& subbie, Donna :)

I promised to take the pics of both of these products& compare them for you.


You can see the video review here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGLaZTGy45w

So, here are the pics:

e.l.f. Studio Contouring Blush& Bronzing Powder

Nars duo Orgasm/Laguna

And the swatches!!!

Nars Orgasm blush& Laguna bronzer

e.l.f. Studio Contouring Blush& Bronzing Powder

My conclusion is that they are very similar, yet not the same identical product!

I wouldn't exactly call e.l.f. Studio Contouring Blush& Bronzing Powder the exact dupe for the Nars famous duo.

While the bronzers are pretty similar in colour and pigmentation (both Nars& e.l.f. are very pigmented and if you're pale skin as I am, a little bit of this bronzer goes a long way& you only need to apply it with a really light hand!), I find that the blushes aren't that similar!

Nars Orgasm is much brighter& more pigmented, with the fabulous golden flecks!

e.l.f. blush is less pigmented& more pale of a colour, but you can build it up, depending on the result you want.

Also, I noticed that the e.l.f. is different in textures, especially when talking about the bronzer!

It's hard to explain, but you can easily pick it up too much with a brush, so if you do, make sure to tap off any excess :)

Anyways, I'm really happy with both of these, and I believe both of them are a very good quality products.

Almost identical in the packaging, as you can see from the pics& in my video.

The price wise, here is where the huge gap happens!

e.l.f. is very convenient, I bought this through the e.l.f. Italy website& paid only 4.90 euros.

I know Nars products are more high end priced, I can't tell you the price of my duo, because, as I've said, it was a gift!

Anyways, I'm a huge fan of Nars, and I have a whole wish list of products I'd like to try out!

Knowing that it isn't available in Italy where I live, make my desire to own Nars even stronger lol!!

So far, thanx to my dear friend Donna, I managed to try one of the Nars' absolute best-sellers!

I'm talking about this duo: Nars Blush in Orgasm and Laguna Bronzer, a nail polish in Orgasm, and Nars lipgloss in Turkish Delight.

<3 them all ;)

At the end of this review, I can only ad that I recommend both of these products, e.l.f. because it's so convienient in price, yet such a good quality, and Nars, well, because it's Nars!!!

Who doesn't want to try out the famous Orgasm blush& Laguna bronzer?

Which are your Nars favourites that I think I should try out?

And what about e.l.f.?

Do you think these two products are very similar& did you have a chance to try them out?

Stay fabulous& dream of Nars ;)

xoxo

Sonja