YSL TOUCHE ÉCLAT FOUNDATION REVIEW | BEAUTY

It’s Wednesday dolls, which means it’s time for a new post. I hope you are all well and your week has been productive so far!... it's almost Friday so hang in there.  Today’s post is a review on the high-end brand Yves Saint Laurent’s Touche Éclat Foundation which retails for £30/€40. Today I’m wearing and reviewing it in the shade B80.

“The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.” 

― Yves Saint-Laurent

  Let's start with a brief history lesson.

YSL first launched the Touche Éclat highlighter twenty years ago and it quickly became a legendary beauty product and is a lot of beauty fanatic's all-time favorite high-end highlighter.YSL's concept with the foundation version was to give customers the same illuminated look except this time for their entire face, essentially enhancing their natural complexion and radiance using natural light.  

The Touche Éclat is lightweight/medium coverage foundation, it feels pure on the face, silky texture, and erases imperfections. This foundation aims to target the dark areas of the face and enhance the wearer's natural features while defining their natural contour.

  Beige 80 Swatch

For the longest time, I  have looked for a foundation to replace my Mac Studio Fix Fluid NW46 foundation. I've tried and reviewed Bobbi Brown and now I've tried YSL. I love Mac don't get me wrong, but Mac foundations can be a tiny bit too heavy and slightly off shade (although Mac foundations always look on point in pictures). I did a lot of research online and decided to get a week's tester for the Touche Éclat. The beauty counter girl matched me to B80 which was a perfect match for me at the time. I used the tester for a week, got a lot of compliments and so I bought it a while later.  

Pros
-Oil free/Water Based

-Beautiful Packaging
-Lightweight on the face
-Buildable coverage
-Silky feel and radiant on the face
-Small amount goes a very long way on the face
Cons

-Pump over-dispenses product
-Lacking variety in darker shades (3 dark shades)
-Lacking SPF
-Can get too luminous after a few hours on oily skin type.
- Not adaptable to slight skin tone changes

My Thoughts?

My first impression of Yves Saint Laurent's Touche Éclat was that it was a really comfortable foundation to wear, Touche Éclat is without dispute weightless and radiant on the skin. One can choose to use it as a slight touchup on the face or build on the coverage by adding a little more at a time to certain areas. I truly do like this foundation, but my affection for the Touche Éclat Foundation ends at a "Like". Now you must be wondering, why?

In theory, this is a great foundation, but the YSL Touche Éclat has elements about it that might put me off re-purchasing it EVER!. 

1. There was only three dark shades in the collection which to me is ridiculous in the year 2015, black people are NOT only three shades. This is what frustrates me about certain makeup brands and their usual excuse "darker tones don't sell, so we have to cut the line short". 
2. Another thing is how glowy it gets after a few hours....not oily... glowy!  The foundation is supposed to be luminous, which means highlighting your face after wearing it is just pointless! So unless you are someone that just wears foundation and gets out their door then this isn't the foundation for you. 
3. Thirdly Touche Éclat is missing SPF, This means if you have hyperpigmentation like I do slightly around my mouth then it's not great choice for you.
4. Lastly, My skin tone changed slightly over the summer and I don't think the Touche Éclat foundation adapted as well as Mac or Bobbi Brown would have. 

So in conclusion I do like the Touche Éclat Foundation but it personally needs adjusting for me to ever consider buying another bottle.

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