YSL Spring 2010 Collection

So far what I have heard about the newest collection from YSL centerd lip products (from multiple beauty blogs) and highlighters (from magazines). Many of the newer products from this company have been based around Paris and hopefully this collection follows that trend. "This season the YSL woman represents allure and passion. She is Faubourg St. Honore chic, an enigma of contrasts: intimate, sensual, and decadent. She is forever...PARIS."

Time to look at the newest collection...

Y-Mail Complexion Palette - Limited edition. This unique limited edition palette is a true collector's item. Inspired by the YSL Y-MAIL Handbag Collection, this adorable complexion palette comes packaged in a YSL "handbag" of its very own. Available in two shades: #1 highlights the face with three light pearly shades and #2 highlights the complexion with three luminous silky shades.

Touche Eclat Radiant Touch - Light, luminosity, radiance. The award winning, must-have, take anywhere instant highlighter that banishes shadows, erases signs of fatigue, and leaves your skin looking radiant. Touche Eclat is 8 hours of sleep in a pen - the one item no woman can be without. Touche Eclat is ideal at any time of the day over bare skin, under or over foundation, creme, or powder. Use this best-selling pen-brush around the eye area, the hollow of the chin, the contour of the lips, and the sides of the nose. Just slip it into your bag to ensure a brillant glow, anytime, anywhere. Suitable for all skin types.

- #1 Luminous Radiance - suitable for all skin types

Ombre 5 Lumieres - 5 Colour Eye Shadow. An new interpretation of the Yves St. Laurent palette. Four matte, satiny, or iridescent eye shadows shades coordinated around a single color theme can be applied alone or mixed together freely for subtle tone-on-tone color. Create your own desired look and intensity.

- #9 Parisian Sky - pale blue/silver/pale pink/plum with a highlighter down the center of the compact

Mascara Singulier - Exaggerated lashes. Dramatic styling. A daring new intepretation of beautiful eyes. Glamorous volume, bold length, voluptuous curl and dramatic styling: MASCARA SINGULIER dares to do everything. A unique innovation by Yves Saint Laurent, the mascara brush combines the technology of a traditional brush with the structure of a moulded brush, to increase the performance of the formula: structured in an elliptic way, the multi-dimensional bristles ensure "Haute Couture" precision and dress the lashes evenly from root to tip. By coating the root of the lashes with mascara like a stroke of eyeliner, the brush creates a unique and intense new type of separation. Volumizing micro-spheres thicken the lashes, with Pro-Vitamin B5 to protect, nourish, and reinforce the lashes' structure. Like hair extensions, nylon micro-fibres extend the lashes. A high performance "curling wax" helps style the lashes for an ideal curve.

- #1 Deep Black - pure black

Rouge Volupte Lipstick - Silky sensual lipstick. An object of every woman's desires, Rouge Volupte's luxurious and lush outer packaging reveals a creamy lipstick that leaves your lips nourished, feeling smooth and soft, and looking glossy and irresistable. Presented in a romantic and elegant gold metallic case, with a mirror on top for quick and easy application throughout the day, and an intricate carving of the Yves Saint Laurent logo to reveal the shade. Now in four new, perfect-for-spring shades.

- #27 Rose Paris - mid-tone bright rose

- #28 Beaubourb Brown - mid-tone neutral brown

- #29 Opera Rose - mid-tone rose

- #30 Faubourg Peach - mid-tone peach

Golden Gloss - Shimmering lip gloss. Dress your lips in a veil of shimmering gold with Golden Gloss. The gloss forms a mirror-effect on the lips which sparkles with mother-of-pearl. A complex of nourishing oils (Nigelle and Cameline Oils) protects the lips while providing total comfort. The magic and shimmer of gold captured on the lips is now available in two tempting and sweet new shades for: #19 and #20. Choose your favorite colours now!

- #19 Golden Petal - shimmering golden rose

- #20 Golden Macadamia - shimmering golden neutral

La Laque - Long lasting nail lacquer. A nail lacquer that is both elegant and practical in its elongated glass bottle. Available in two soft new limited edition shades to complement your spring wardrobe, it guarantees reinforced hold, wonderful shine, fast drying and protected nails.

- #41 Beige Chiffon - pale beige cream

- #143 Mauve Silk - pale lavender

Looking at the promo pic for this collection, I can already rule out the eye shadow compact introduced with this collection. The model's eye shadows are bright blue and I know that this is not a look for me. However, I agree with all the hype that I have heard about the highlighters and the lip products. The Y-Mail Complexion Palettes are fantastic and the little YSL bag that they come in is just to die for. The Golden Gloss in Golden Petal jumps right out at me and so does the Lipstick in Rose Opera. I also really like both of the nail polish shades introduced with this collection.

photo courtesy of YSL