Review: NARS Christopher Kane Limited Edition Colelction 2015 Illuminating Multiples ‘Quantum’ & ‘Violet Atom”

I’m a huge NARS powder fan! Powder blush, powder highlight, powder eyeshadow … all that! But these are my first cream products from NARS and I must say I am very impressed. If you aren’t familiar with the Illuminating Multiple, they are huge cream sticks that can be used on your cheeks, lips, or eyes. The Illuminating Multiple comes in different highlight colors and delivers a sheer, shimmering finish on the skin. I would probably just use this around my face in places I would normally highlight. I probably would not use this on my lips or eyes because the color is so sheer it might make my dark eyelids look oily instead of shimmering. For someone with fairer skin, the color would skin through just enough for you to achieve that ‘no makeup, makeup’ look.

“Violet Atom” is a shimmering lilac shade that transforms color depending on the lighting. It looks less lavender on my skin than it does in the tube and it catches the light beautifully! This is the one you want to choose if you want that summer “shine-bright-like-a-diamond” glow! I tried to capture the color and shimmer as much as I could in the video and in pictures, but this is a product you really just need to see in person.

“Quantum” is hot pink in the tube, but sheers on the skin to give a nice ‘flushed cheek’ look! This one is not as shimmery and is pigmented enough for me to use as a blush if I wanted. This one doesn’t catch the light as much as “Violet Atom”, but it is still gorgeous! I would say this is probably more like the original The Multiple formula, less shimmery and more pigmented.

Both sticks were consistent formula-wise, however, I have no other Multiples so I can only compare them to each other. One swipe of each barely shows up on me. I needed at least two or three passes to build up the color enough for it to show up in the video. Even with the three swipes it didn’t feel heavy or greasy on my skin, but I was still more aware of this cream formula being on me than an ultra-light powder highlighter.

I don’t know if this was just because these were brand new, but on the first swatch swipe the product came off a little flaky on my skin leaving little crumbles of product on the back of my hand. I could easily just blend the crumbles in with my finger so it wasn’t a big deal. I also found after the second and third pass this didn’t happen, so maybe that was just a side effect of a brand new stick. If anyone else has experienced this with other Multiples, let me know in the comments!

These two Illuminating Multiples, along with the rest of the NARS x Christopher Kane collaboration, will be available April 15th at narscosmetics.com and at NARS boutiques. It will be available at other retailers such as Sephora on May 1st. Each Multiple will retail for $39. For a list and pictures of the rest of the items in this collection, check out my post here. To see my review of the Single Eyeshadow, “Outer Limits”, click here.

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