This foundation comes in a classic looking glass bottle with the standard black Nars logo and black lid. It doesn't come with a pump but one can be purchased separately if required.
This sets reasonably fast, and I find is applied best with a brush then finished off with a beauty sponge. It gives a solid medium coverage, which I boost the coverage with in my blemish prone areas with a little powder foundation. The name Sheer Glow made me think that this would be a super dewy foundation; not the case. It feels set to touch but has a bit of luminosity to it- it really does give the impression of healthy glowy skin. I also like the way this sits on my skin throughout the day, it lasts well, and doesn't settle into my pores (although it can settle a little into fine lines). I also don't find that this gets cakey at all, it just looks very 'skin' like.
I really do think that this lives up to the hype, it is one of the nicer foundations I have tried (although I wouldn't quite give it HG status). It is one of the few foundations that I would repurchase when I run out.
After seeing so many good reviews about NARS Sheer Glow I decided to try out as I wasn’t super happy with the foundation I was using at the time, wanted to try something different etc. I went to Mecca Cosmetics in Christchurch the lovely lady matched me to my colour (which I am happy with) got a primer to try and also purchased the powder. I also purchased a pump for an extra $5 (which I hate doing!) I just think all foundations should come with pumps, it makes sense to me! I went home, with my lovely little bag of goodies having spent $130 I really couldn’t wait to try it out so I took my face of makeup off when I got home and mixed the a little of the primer together with the foundation as recommended, applied with my slightly damp beauty sponge (as recommended) and it was reasonably good coverage and gave my skin a nice glow, afterwards I applied the powder (also in a nice wee black compact, quite thin so was a little disappointed as I knew it probably wouldn’t last me too long). And after applying I did like the look my skin had a nice glow and blemishes were covered just enough. But it didn’t last long.. I’ve applied several different times, with different techniques, primers too and I really just don’t get what the fuss is about? I find although the foundation, you would think to be more suited to normal/dry skin (my skin is probably more combination/oily at the moment but hoped with the powder it’d last me through the day. The foundation seems to make any dry patches I do have more noticeable and sinks into my pores even though wearing primer. After only a few hours I feel like I need to reapply powder. After using Revlon Colourstay for months which does last a whole day I am disappointed with the staying power of this foundation. The only thing I like about it is the colour, the fact it is washed off easily, the packaging and the lovely lady who served me at Mecca. This foundation would be a disaster for me in Summer. Sadly, I won’t be purchasing again as I need something that is going to last me most of the day, and a product that won’t shift around leaving my face looking like an oily mess. Personally wouldn’t recommend for combination/oily or dry.