Ahh, I don’t like to play favourites with my press samples but I do get very excited when the YSL seasonal collection lands on my doorstep. The gold packaging is just so damn pretty and everything looks so luxurious you can’t help but gush! The weather has been crappy over here (we decided to skip Summer) so I am more than in the mood to start dressing (and making-up) for Autumn, perfect timing really!
I just got these TODAY and think they’re amazing so couldn’t resist a few swatches to tide you over before I get on to the full reviews.
Rock & Baroque Rock & Baroque is the Autmn/Fall YSL collection this year. What I have featured here is not the entire collection, just a few bits I picked out for myself. Rouge Volupte Perle Silky-Sensual Radiant Lipstick Rouge Volupte Perle is the brand new lipstick collection currently consisting of 6 shades to join their permanent range. One of the shades is a limited edition colour for ‘Rock & Baroque’, No106 Mesmerizing Purple. These lipsticks are quite glossy, but also pigmented despite the majority of the subtle shades in the collection. However they are still glossy lipsticks so you won’t get the same coverage you would from a matte lipstick, they’re just not as sheer as you might expect them to be (the Mesmerizing Purple is actually pretty deep! Not for the faint hearted.). They’re also very subtly shimmered. The shades I have are No102 Coral Sun, No104 Stella Pink and the limited edition shade No106 Mesmerizing Purple (which looks more brown than purple in the pics but trust me, it’s a gorgeous blackish purple in reality!). Peche No1: L’Elcat Collector Powder for the Complexion This is a powder you use on top of your base to give a glow and a halo of radiance… It’s not to take place of your powder (you can use it on top) but you possibly might want to use this instead of a bronzer for Winter. It’s just a radiance boosting finishing product for all over the face. YSL have also got the Manicure Couture range for Autumn which is gorgeous! You can buy two mini duos for £24 and can use both to do either your tips or entire nail so you’re not limited to one look! I love the black and gold design (or is it dark purple and gold?), which is No1 Belle Du Jour. Photo: Google Images
New Basic Products YSL are also bringing out a couple of new shades of their current basic range for September. Blush Variation Variation Blush in No19 Venetian Rose
A new shade of the Blush Variations, mixed together I felt it gave a pearly pink shade, but haven’t tested it on my face yet so don’t take my word for it. I’m sure the bronze will show more when applied properly.
Ombre Solo Lasting-Radiance Smoothing Eye Shadow
A new eyeshadow range that promises vibrant colour with fabric like texture. 13 shades in total (two of which to come out in September, the rest are out now!).
I chose No1 Midnight Black, No2 Cashmere Brown, No3 Persian Blue and No8 Fawn.
I’ve only swatched these so far but I love the sparkle in them! Very subtle but still enough to be glamorous without looking trashy. Midnight Black looks a little green in the pics but in reality it is a truer black. Fawn doesn’t show too clearly on my hand but that’s because it matches my skin tone too well and I suspect will make a great nuetral peachy eye shade (which is why I chose it!).
Teint Radiance Radiance Enhancing Foundation
And lastly, they have a brand spanking new foundation! Due out in September, this foundation is aimed to be natural looking but with good coverage, making you look naturally flawless. It contains super fine mica so it catches the light and works with your skin tone while its light silicone formula allows it to sit softly on the surface of the skin without drying, wearing away or being affected by perspiration and sebum, resulting in a fresh looking face throughout the day.
I got a shade 10 Cinnamon (there are 11 shades in total) as I own a couple of YSL foundations already and 9 or 10 are the best matches for my skin tone (for your reference I am a MAC NC42 and Giorgio Armani 8). I’ve just tried this on and have to say, it’s very natural looking! But not weak on the coverage either. It’s so light weight on the skin it really feels (and looks) like you have no base on as it mimics the skin texture amazingly – it just makes you look like you have great skin! I have dry skin generally and whilst this isn’t dewy like I’d usually go for, it’s not too matte either and there’s definitely a glow. Although I would probably need more than the suggested 2 pumps to get the coverage I prefer – maybe 4 pumps in total?
You’ll have to wait for my full review on this before I’m happy committing to an opinion, but so far I have to admit I’m quite impressed with how comfortable it is to wear – really feels like my skin has nothing on! The colour is a teeny bit too red but that’s because I’m a ridiculous inbetween colour (with literally every foundation, not just YSL). Have high hopes for this foundation.
So that’s all the new goodies you have to look forward to from YSL! First impressions? Full reviews coming sooon, let me know if there’s anything you want reviewed straight away and I’ll get testing on that first.
Lx
