The NARS Powder Blush in Orgasm is one of the longest running beauty cult favourites that currently exist, it’s a beautiful peachy pink powder with a soft golden shimmer. So it only made sense for NARS to see this as a fantastic opportunity to release a bunch of other shades off the back of the original Orgasm colour. There was Orgasm Rush, Orgasm X and I picked up Orgasm Edge as I already loved the original Orgasm and Orgasm Edge was a matte version of it. You can find the NARS Powder Blush in Orgasm Edge at Mecca for $53AUD or Sephora USA, Macy’s or Nordstrom for $34USD.
Right off the bat, if you were really looking for a matte version of Orgasm then I didn’t find it in Orgasm Edge. You can see in the swatches that for me it appears a lot more orange toned with a lot less pink in it. On the one hand I was disappointed as I thought I would be getting a peachy pink matte blush, instead of a more peachy blush. However it is still a really beautiful blush on its own merit, so it’s not that much of a loss from that perspective.
In terms of the product itself, it’s a beautiful buttery texture and glides on smoothly. Pigmentation is pretty strong with this one so I’d go in with a lighter hand to begin and gradually build it up. It can give off a beautiful soft flush of colour to those with a lighter skin tone, I can’t speak for those with a richer skin tone.
Overall, it’s a great NARS blush on its own, but nothing close in my opinion to the original Orgasm. If anything I found it to be closer to another cult favourite, Milani’s Luminoso, which is also one of my favourite blushes. If peachy matte blushes are your thing, then this is a top quality one to consider.
Leave a Reply