I absolutely trust Yves Saint Laurent's color palette! It's truly beautiful, and when I wore this to meet friends, they complimented me on how naturally pretty my lip color looked! I think it looks gorgeous on both warm and cool skin tones if you apply it with a nice gradient. I have super sensitive skin, so I'm usually very picky about lip products since I mostly just wear lipstick. But this one... I hope they keep making it until I die... as long as trends don't change in a weird direction. There's a reason YSL is so popular... I wish I had bought it sooner!
I want to keep this all to myself!
- Application:
It applies smoothly and naturally, neither too bold nor too sheer.
For someone like me with frequently dry lips, if I apply this without lip balm, it definitely cracks and dries out after a few hours. You really need to pay attention to lip moisture! It's also a problem that it comes off easily if I use it with lip balm. The color is really pretty, but...
It's also disappointing that it's so thin and easy to break.
(I took off one star because of the dryness!)
My skin type: Dry/Sensitive
If you apply a light layer of non-greasy lip balm, wait a few minutes, then lightly apply this, it seems much less drying! The fact that it comes off easily is just... unavoidable, I guess.
Without lip balm, it does stay on well! But that's only for people with naturally good lip condition... For someone like me with deep dryness, I apply it frequently, accepting that it comes off. That's how pretty the color is...
- The photos show (from the hand outward):
1. A different YSL line
2. Shade 302 (this product)
3. Shade 301
If you look closely, 302 seems to have a slightly warmer tone! When actually applied, 302 has a warmer color than 301.
