YSL Rouge Pur Couture Vernis a Levres Glossy Stain*
£22.50 each
Yves Saint Laurent brings us a revolutionary new lip product which leaves us lingering over the question; is it a stain, is it a lipstick or is it a gloss? Vernis a Levres Glossy Stain has all the oomph and rich pigmentation of a lipstick but with the texture and shine of a gloss and the staying power of a stain. This glossy stain embodies all the best bits of a lipstick, gloss and stain to give us a boundless glossy colour that melts onto the lips and delivers long-lasting shine.
Vernis a Levres Glossy Stain comes in an extensive 20 different shades, from classic reds, berry browns to Springtime corals and pinks. The slanted applicator is soft and cushiony with a tapered end for perfect precision when applying. The formula is extremely lightweight and despite being ridiculously glossy and shiny to crazy proportions, it isn’t at all sticky – the one thing I hate about lipgloss and makes me the lipstick lover I am today. A discovery that surprised/disappointed me about this product was its weightiness. As fickle as that may be, I expected them to have all the heaviness and expensive clunkiness of your average Rouge Volupte lipstick, but they feel so light and flimsy, which weirdly disheartened me.
Top, 03. Brun Cachemire – a rich reddy-brown, this gloss didn’t sit very well on my bare lips making them look patchy and messy. With your average gloss, you can give your lips a casual slick of colour, this product is a lot thicker in consistency and packs a lot more colour so application has to be perfect. I preferred having a backdrop to this stain, so I applied Sleek’s Cranberry lipstick first and then liberally applied the gloss over the top. I loved the finish look that this gave to my lips – so deep and intense, and it lasted a fairly decent length of time.
Bottom, 17. Encre Rose – a blue-ish baby pink, this gloss is so pretty and worked absolutely perfectly on bare lips. You can see how pigmented it is, with the colour being totally buildable if you wanted it sheerer or even more intense. If MAC Saint Germain lipstick was embodied in a lipgloss, this would be it! I would say however that the ‘precise applicator’ may not be that precise as you can see from the wibbly-wobbly outline round my lips, but maybe this was just my heavy-handiness…
I would definitely recommend having a look at the impressive range of shades and see if this new hybrid lipstick-gloss-stain is something that appeals to you. I really like the fact that you get all the glossiness without the stickiness and you are guaranteed a really intense coat of colour.
Have you tried the new YSL Glossy Stain?
I NEED these so badly – they look gorgeous. They are on my wishlist this week! x
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Ooh the Rose one is to die for! I haven't tried or seen this range yet on Australia but I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for them. Oh and the packaging, pure YSL opulence!
I haven't tried them, but they look amazing, especially the Rose colour!
Sophie x
I absolutely love the red! Such a beautiful colour.
I love how unnecessarily big the packaging is 🙂 the berry colour is so lovely 🙂
What a great colour pay off ! xx
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I like the pink shade x
Nice colours u picked,was unsure of how they perform so I settled for the Rouge volupte lippies. Thanks for sharing will check these again
number 17 looks gorgeous!
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I must have that pink for summer! looks amazing! x
The rose colour looks beautiful X
I love the look of the Enre Rose shade it looks lovely!
Jade x
These look amazing! Both colours look gorgeous! 🙂 xx
Those colours are really pretty! I particularly like the darker gloss even though I generally gravitate to the lighter ones. Very pretty! ♥
I'm even more desperate to try these now! The colours you picked out are so lovely!
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Both colors are so pretty. I especially like the Encre Rose for Spring/Summer and the Brun Cachemire looks amazing for a very dramatic evening look. Might have to check these out myself!
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Lusting after these so bad! I think I might need #17.
Wow, these look gorgeous! I adore the YSL range of lipsticks for their packaging as well as colours, so this range would be a welcome addition. Great item and review, thanks x
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I love the pink, it's gorgeous!
20 shades is impressive! I was uhming and ahhing over these yesterday so it's nice to read a review, love the colours you've picked.x
WOW! they look amazing x
These both looks gorgeous on you! -xx
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Brun Cachemire is pretttttttttttty!!!! i love that one
love the shape of the brush it looks fantastic xx
I'm loving the pink lipgloss, YSL lip products are amazing! I own 2 lipstick so far. x
Brun Cachemire looks gorgeous on you but I've heard a lot of bad reviews about the gloss stains which is a shame.
I recieved number 18 as a birthday present on Sunday and I love it, I wouldn't call it a stain though, still beautiful though! x
THE RED ONE <3
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love them both! Seriously tempted to get one 🙂 x
Wow i love these, they look quite different but awesome
You have some awesome colours there 😀 😀
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They look amaze!!!!! No. 3 is going on my wishlist!! 😀 xo
Encre Rose is amazing!!! stunning vibrant colour!! love the amount of glossyness as well!!!
I tried this at work the other day in a red shade and thought it was brilliant, I usually find lipstains drying but this is far from and I love th elook it gives on the lips!
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Oooooooo they look pretty
Such gorgeous shades! X
i love the light pink one! it's like wearing bubblegum.
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I like Encre Rose because I'm a big fan of pink lips 🙂
I really want to try these out! Heard to many things about them, they are on my to-buy list :)!
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