First Impressions - Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat - B10

Hello Princesses!

Today I'm going to be talking about Yves Saint Laurent's Le Teint Touche Éclat foundation in B10! I tried out the Youth Liberator Foundation previously and found it to be a bit too dark, so the YSL counter ladies suggested that I try this foundation instead!

What Does It Do?

"THE ILLUMINATING MAGIC LIGHT OF TOUCHE ÉCLAT IN A FOUNDATION
For the first time, the magic light of Touche Éclat is in a foundation. Infused in a weightless fluid, Touche Éclat foundation targets shadowy areas and highlights the contours of the face. With buildable coverage and free of opaque fillers, this foundation's perfecting texture evens the complexion and helps conceal imperfections, enhancing your skin's natural beauty. Available in 17 shades with SPF19 broad spectrum UVA/UVB protection." (1)

The colour of this foundation is quite good for my fair skin, albeit a little dark. This is mostly because the foundation is quite sheer, and my face is naturally darker than the rest of my body. It's quite warm toned, so if you have cool toned skin then you can try the BD10 shade!

Ok so this photo looks like a mugshot, I'm totally aware (resting bitch face syndrome hits me hard) but it shows the coverage of the foundation the best! You can still see the freckles on my nose, pores on my cheeks and acne on my chin, but it covers my redness, gives my skin a very healthy looking glow and just generally makes it look like really healthy skin. 

It's a lot lighter in colour than the Youth Liberator and a lot thinner in texture.

Final Thoughts?

I really like this foundation! It's great for days where I don't want to cake the foundation on but still want to look presentable in a hurry! It's actually quite similar to a BB Cream in the sense that it's quite lightweight yet buildable, but doesn't have very many skincare benefits or high SPF so it's kinda different and that means I need it, even though it's expensive ... right? ^.^

First Impression: Yves Saint Laurent Youth Liberator Foundation - B20

Hello Princesses!

Today I'm going to be talking about my First Impression of the Yves Saint Laurent Youth Liberator Foundation in B20! I'm not sure why I was given B20 when they actually make a B10 shade (maybe NZ doesn't stock it) but I was given this shade last year! >< The jar was quite small so I only got 2 wears out of it and then lost the pottle for a while. But now I've found it so I'll tell you what I think of it! ^.^

What Is It?

"Yves Saint Laurent presents a revolution in foundation: Youth Liberator Serum Foundation offers medium-to-full coverage and skin-firming benefits. It also offers 24-hour hydration and SPF 20 coverage.
This anti-aging foundation is infused with our award winning serum, Forever Youth Liberator Serum. Youth Liberator Serum Foundation combines 24 hours of nonstop hydrating properties to smooth and nourish the skin with our patented Color Tune-Up Complex to correct dullness giving you a newer, brighter complexion. From fair to dark complexions, Youth Liberator Serum Foundation corrects, unifies and evens all skin tones, giving the skin an instantly younger appearance.
Available in 10 universal shades. SPF 20 broad spectrum UVA/UVB protection." (1)

The shade B20 is a little dark for my skin tone unfortunately, it does blend and sheer out to be workable, but it's not the best colour. It provides a great medium coverage and covers pores and minor scars quite well as you can see in the comparison photos! It doesn't have the best oil controlling capabilities, so I would need to blot my face after around 5 hours of wear.

This foundation is infused with the amazing Youth Liberator Serum (that I cannot afford) and it honestly made my skin feel amazing while I was wearing it, and also after I took it off. I love wearing makeup products that make my skin feel better instead of just camouflaging my terrible skin! It also smells amazing which is a total plus!

This photo shows the colour difference a little more, my chest is the same colour as the rest of my body (yes, including my arms and legs!) so it obviously looks really weird to just have my face a different colour to the rest of my body. And no, I'm not interesting in fake tanning or bronzing my entire body to match my face.

Would I Purchase This Product?

Maybe in the lighter colour if I had the chance to try it! B10 looks like it's a touch lighter and yellower than the B20 so it could potentially be ideal! It's an amazing and expensive foundation, but I would be able to justify the price because it has the serum infused in the foundation and it makes my skin look and feel lovely! ^.^

Have you Princesses tried this foundation before? What were your thoughts?  

Sunday Swatches: Foundation and BB Cream Swatches

Hello Princesses!

Today I'm going to be showing your my current collection of Foundation and BB Creams! ^.^ I think my collection is quite big, but bear in mind that only 29 of these products are full sized and the rest are tester or sample sized. I've already got 8 more testers since I photographed these swatches, so I think I might need to do an updated pale foundation and BB Cream Sunday Swatches, because as sure as sunshine I am NOT doing this many swatches at one time again! -.-

Just my luck, after I swatched all the products nicely, I went to grab the camera and squished the end products against my bicep (or lack thereof haha) so they are a little smudged! -.- I didn't have the energy to redo it (it took me 30mins just to swatch them all!) so if there's a product you want re-swatched - let me know!

Top Line:

1 - Phoenix Cosmetics; Pure White
2 - Meow Cosmetics; Snow Lynx
3 - NARS Sheer Glow; Siberia
4 - NYX Stay matte but not flat; Ivory
5 - Meow Cosmetics; Abyssinian
6 - Meow Cosmetics; Manx
7 - Meow Cosmetics; Angora
8 - Bobbi Brown Cream Compact; 00 Alabaster
(I somehow missed this! O_O) Meow Cosmetics; Siamese
9 - Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream; No.13
10 - Missha Signature Real Complete BB Cream; No.13
11 - Etude House Mineral Any Cushion; No.02
12 - LUSH Colour Supplement; Light Yellow
13 - L.A Girl Perfecting Liquid Makeup; Ivory
14 - Maybelline Dream Pure BB Cream; Light
15 - Skinfood Good Afternoon Peach Green Tea BB Cream
16 - Oasis BB Cream; Honey
17 - Maybelline Mineral Powder; Ivory
18 - Natio Natural Skin Foundation; Natural
19 - Dior Diorskin Forever; 040

 Middle Line:
20 - Hanskin Silky Treatment BB Cream
21 - Maybelline Fit Me Foundation; 110 Ivory
22 - MAC Studio Fix; NW10
23 - Rimmel Match Perfection; 010 Light Ivory
24 - Skinfood Peach Sake BB Cream
 25 - It's Skin Baby Face BB Cream; Silky
26 - Laura Mercier Foundation Powder; No.01
27 - Revlon Photoready; Vanilla
28 - Revlon Colourstay; Buff
29 - Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream; No.21
30 - Missha Signature Real Complete BB Cream; No.21
31 - Shiseido Sun Protection Liquid Foundation
32 - Dior Diorskin Forever 020
33 - Kleancolour Liquid Foundation; Translucent Beige
34 - L'Oreal New True Match Foundation; Light Ivory
35 - Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream; Light
36 - Oasis BB Cream; Cream
37 - Oasis BB Cream; Caramel
38 - Rimmel Stay Matte Foundation; Ivory  
39 - Etude House Dear Girls BB Cream
40 - Dior Diorskin Forever 030
41 - Lioele Dollish Veil Vita BB Cream; Gorgeous Purple

 Bottom Line:
42 - Clinique CC Cream; Very Light
43 - Lancôme Bienfait Teinté Beauty Balm; Porcelaine
44 - YSL Le Teint Touche Éclat; B10
45 - YSL Youth Liberator Serum Foundation; B10
46 - MAC Studio Sculpt; NC15
47 - MAC Prep and Prime BB Cream; Extra Light
48 - MAC Studio Fix; NC15
 49 - MAC Match Master; 1.0
50 - The Body Shop Foundation; M02
51 - Estēe Lauder Double Wear; 1N1
52 - Estēe Lauder Double Wear; 1W1
53 - Estēe Lauder Maximum Coverage Doublewear; Very Light
54 - Etude House Cotton Fit BB Cream; No.02
55 - Etude House Cotton Fit BB Cream; W12
56 - Etude House Precious Mineral BB Dation; W12
57 - Skin79 Orange BB Cream
58 - Skinfood Red Orange Jelly BB Cream; No.01
59 - Skinfood Platinum Grape Cell Essential BB Cream
60 - TonyMoly Expert Triple BB Cream
61 - Skin79 Snail Nutrition BB Cream
 62 - Skinfood Good Afternoon Honey Black Tea BB Cream
63 - ElishaCoy Always Triple BB Cream
64 - BRTC Jasmine Water BB Cream
65 - It's Skin Prestige Creme D'Escargot BB Cream



 Oh. My. Goodness.

This post almost broke me. I can't believe how much work went into one photo of foundation and BB Cream swatches!! -.- If you want to check out the BB Cream swatches or foundation swatches seperately, click either of these links! (BB Cream Sunday Swatches - Foundation Sunday Swatches) 

I hope this Sunday Swatches session was helpful for you princesses! ^.^ Feel free to share these swatch pictures - but please put a link to this post if you do share! If you have any requests for swatch posts, just leave a comment down below and I'll do my best to help you out! ^.^