I've been pleasantly surprised with the liquids, but if you have other liquids in the shades you go for, they aren't SO exceptional as to run out and get one.
Those nars blushes are definitely discontinued. The afterglow blushes replaced though. I agree with you, those were great, the ones in the black square packaging.
I love the neo nude melting balms, I only picked up one shade, 51, I wish I had more but sephora canada never really got them. I was itching to get the 20 shade, the brown, but never had access to it either.
I feel like no one talked about them! I picked up the coral and once I was suspicious they were disappearing I hunted down the rest. It’s strange paying too much attention to makeup releases and realizing what gets skipped over.