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NARS Milos, Fearless, Gold Viper, Insidious Nail Polish Review

NARS Reformulated Nail Polish

Today I’ve got NARS Milos, Fearless, Gold Viper and Inisidious nail polish to share with you. NARS recently reformulated their nail polish formula. I was surprised because I already thought their formula was awesome. I wasn’t sure how they were going to improve upon such a great formula. However, I like the new formula even better. I LOVE their new brush! It’s a wider brush and I can get my entire pinky nail in a single pass.

PR sample.

Availability
The new formula will be available July 15, 2014 at NARS boutiques and 
narscosmetics.com.
You can expect to see the new formula at Sephora on August 1, 2014.

Price
$20 each

NARS Reformulated Nail Polish

I’ve actually got 4 new NARS nail polishes to show you – Milos and Fearless from the newest release, and Gold Viper and Insidious from 3.1 Philip Lim for NARS.

NARS 3.1 Phillip Lim Gold Viper, Insidious
3.1 Phillip Lim – Gold Viper, Insidious
NARS Fearless, Milos
New Shades – Fearless, Milos

 

Shade Descriptions
Milos – rich gold
Fearless – bright pink violet
Gold Viper – champagne
Insidious – black bronze. This shade is exclusive to NARS boutiques and narscosmetics.com

NARS Milos, Gold Viper, Desperado, Insidious
Milos, Gold Viper, Desperado, Insidious
NARS Milos, Gold Viper, Insidious, Desperado
Milos, Gold Viper, Insidious, Desperado

I also pulled out a classic NARS shade, Desperado, which happens to be my favorite gold that I purchased a few years ago. I used this in the manis I created.

Old brush compared to the new brush

You can see the difference in the old brushes vs. the new. The new brushes are wider and easier to use to apply color.

NARS Reformulated Nail Polish

 

Additionally, the bottle design, while similar, isn’t identical. The new bottles allow the square top to easily come off and reveal a smaller round top, similar to the butter LONDON bottle design. This makes it easier to apply nail polish.

NARS Gold Viper
Gold Viper
NARS Insidious
Insidious
NARS Desperado
Desperado
NARS Milos
Milos
NARS Fearless
Fearless

I created some simple nail art. My right hand doesn’t look as nice as my left hand since I’m right hand dominant.

Gold Viper Base, Desperado and Insidious Stripes
Gold Viper Base, Desperado and Insidious Stripes
Gold Viper Base, Desperado and Insidious Stripes
Gold Viper Base, Desperado and Insidious Stripes

Base – Gold Viper
Stripes – Insidious and Desperado

Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes holding a bunny paige heart
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes
Insidious, with Desperado and Milos stripes

Base – Insidious
Stripes – Desperado and Milos

 

I’m really impressed with the new nail polish formula. I loved the old, but with the new brush, it’s even easier and smoother to apply. I could almost get away with 1 coat with Insidious! The pigmentation is great in the new nail polish.

Desperado is an antique gold with brassy tones. It’s really rich and works nicely with Insidious, Milos and Gold Viper.

Insidious is a nice alternative to black, though in low light you’re going to think it’s black or a warm-toned black.

Gold Viper is a pretty pale gold metallic, almost like a foil to me. It’s a great base shade for nail art.

Fearless is a very pretty berry creme.

I love these new colors! If you’re

Milos is a lovely light sparkling gold. It’s so pretty!

If you’re looking for luxury nail polish with smooth formula and excellent pigmentation, look no further than the newly reformulated NARS line. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

What do you think of the new NARS nail polish? Do you like any of the shades I showed you today?

Pros

  • Great pigmentation
  • Nice new brush
  • Great shade range (43 new shades, 9 in the 3.1 Phillip Lim, plus whatever else comes out this year)

Cons

  • On the pricey side

 

70 Comments

  1. Can’t wait to try these, and I’m wondering how you did the nail art? With a stencil?

  2. I love your nail art
    Let’s not talk about nail polish on my non dominant hand .I consider buying Julep wand just for that

  3. I love the shades ! I have a few nars nail polishes I got for my bday but I can’t justify the price

  4. I don’t usually pay much attention to nail polish reviews, but ever since I saw that dragon egg craft from your instagram all I can think about is “how would this nail polish look as a dragons egg?…”.
    I plan on making some and seeing if I can put a hook on the top to use as Christmas ornaments, depending on the size of the Styrofoam.

  5. Oooh, I like those new brushes a lot! Sally Hansen has similar brushes, and that’s the reason why I used to love buying them all the time before I got better at painting my nails. That brush is very newbie-friendly!

  6. I like Milos! I wonder if I’ll like the new brush tip, it reminds me of the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polishes.

  7. I love your design, girlfriend. I ‘m not sure if I’m skilled enough to pull off such a look. And yessss to the wider brush. Long nail bedded sisters like me are EXCITED!

  8. YAY! This is the first I have read about the new formula. I’m so excited to try these! I love the new brush! Your nail art looks beautiful, BTW!

    1. I am so impressed with their new formula. I thought the old formula was great but this blows it out of the water. NARS did a fantastic job.

  9. They are pretty, and I like the brush, but I Nars is now with the Chanels, Diors and even DL’s of the polish world for me – it has to REALLY jump out at me for me to spend the $$ on it. But honestly, these are lovely and I love the nail art you did!

    1. Honestly, this formula is amazing. So if the color is great / unique, it’s one I will snap up without hesitation because of the formula.

  10. I am partial to Insidious…such a unique shade. I love what you did with these shades! I often prefer wide and very flexible brushes so I’m having a tough time adjusting to this one. Any application tips?

    1. Go slow with the application. I went slow and had to do very minimal cleanup around the edges. Since the brush will splay depending on how much pressure you use, I used very light pressure. I really love this brush

  11. Thank you for this nice review!

    Lovely shades!I specially love the Gold Viper and tha Milos!

    Love the Nailart on your nails!

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