Post by Michelle
NARS has a new lipgloss and I’m obsessed. I guess, from the comments I’ve read on this site, that a great deal of you are as obsessed with NARS as I am. You have every right to be. I’ve never heard of anyone who had any complaint about any of their products. Just when I think I’ve tested every color, I stumble upon something I’ve never tried before and fall in love all over again! The new color is called Striptease and it’s an awesome shimmery beige color. It’s the perfect color for the spring/summer months. Almost nude, and with just enough pearly shimmer to make you walk through your day as if you’re at the hottest club in town. For an extra naughty giggle, Sephora.com is paring it with their Deep Throat blush, a complementary peach shade and one of their best sellers! Don’t you love it when the makeup company picks out matching shades for you? (And actually does a good job with it!) It’s avaliable for a limited time only. $45 Nars Deep Throat Blush & Striptease Lip Gloss Set
That sounds like the perfect shade for me. Thanks.
Am I the only woman on the planet who is uncomfortable with a man selling makeup named after one of the most degrading movies ever to be made? Deep Throat, really? And no one blinks? Orgasm, sure, that’s cute, in a wink-wink adult way, but it’s really upsetting that so many women are just like, “Oooh, HG color! Adorable!”
If we’re going down this road, we may as well name an eyeshadow “Money Shot” or “Ass Orgy”.
I find this oversight on the part of so many women who seem so intelligent really upsetting.
In a way, I agree with JAF, however, if the makeup works, who really cares about what it is called (unless its called something like shit). Just get over it, so what if it’s called orgasm, it makes it sound sexy, but it’s not taking it too far (like your example of ass orgy) so what does it really matter?
But that’s what I’m saying – Deep Throat *is* taking it too far. What connotations do you ascribe to the phrase “Deep Throat?” Is that what you like to think of when you apply color? It’s hugely disrespectful (not to mention highly uncreative) to name makeup after this movie/act. While I feel like Elizabeth Hasselbeck (and I generally think her arguments are simplistic and poorly constructed), I’m not going to buy Nars products. This is how misogyny gets lodged in our – women’s – brains and we begin to internalize it. To that I say “No more”.
i’ve always gotten a kick out of it, just because of the implied “flush” of the act, along the same lines as “orgasm.” personally i detect enough kitchy *wink wink nudge nudge* in it to not be offensive. but i certainly wouldn’t want my mother to borrow it and see the name!