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YSL welcomes the Lunar New Year with the limited edition Beauty Blossom Collector Blush Palette

January 27, 2014 Paris B 28 Comments

In early January 2014 I spotted a very exclusive, limited edition blush palette from YSL Beaute pop up on Makeupstash (always an excellent resource for latest news and reviews) and despite the fact I have been feeling blah about Spring 2014 releases and despite not being a sucker for packaging, I fell hook line and sinker for this one.

What it is, is a specially packaged YSL Bush Radiance No. 6 in a golden compact decorated with Chinese plum blossoms which brings us to the name – Beauty Blossom Collector Blush Palette.

The Chinese character reads ‘chun’ – Spring (It’s one of the very few characters I recognise 😛 )

This beautiful compact is also released in time for the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations which fall on 31 January this year and I don’t think it could have been any more apt in design and execution. The Chinese New Year is a celebration of red and gold and the YSL Beauty Blossom Collector palette sits well amongst all this gaudiness.

Lest you wonder if YSL Beaute has quietly sneaked back into the country, the answer is no. As of now, YSL Beaute isn’t available in Malaysia yet although it might quite possibly change in the near future. Who knows. I got this through Mag of Makeupstash who very quickly helped me snag one of the only 100 pieces available in Singapore and even gifted me a Gloss Volupte Extreme Shine in #207 which is a festive season worthy red. Yes, I have swatched the palette and yes you will get the swatches and low down on it 🙂

Is the YSL x Facebook Devoted to Fans Eyeshadow Palette truly unique and limited edition? How did I end up with one?

July 23, 2012 Paris B 62 Comments

Happy Monday Ladies! <- so oxymoronic on so many levels! 😛

I usually like to start off the week with something light and easy (like a makeup review if you have noticed) but when I rather belatedly spotted this unique collaboration between YSL and Facebook, I couldn’t help it. I had to know what you thought of it!

ysl devoted to fans facebook palette photo

The very limited edition YSL x Facebook Devoted to Fans palette (just 1650 units worldwide!) is a quad with colours “inspired by Facebook” and created as a tribute to their Facebook fans and a nod to taking their Facebook fans seriously. The cover has the YSL logo with the blue now commonly associated with Facebook making it no doubt what sort of “fans” they were devoted to.

The photo above is mine and that is by all accounts, the YSL Devoted to Fans eyeshadow palette. But is it really the YSL x Facebook Devoted to Fans palette? How did I manage to be one of the lucky 1650 people to own what is an iconic piece of brand history? Ahh… now that’s a story! 😉

End of an icon: Yves Saint Laurent to become Saint Laurent Paris

June 24, 2012 Paris B 40 Comments

The biggest news to rock the fashion world this week is the very dramatic potential change in name of one of fashion’s biggest houses – Yves Saint Laurent, popularly known as YSL. The new creative director Hedi Slimane has announced that the iconic name will be no more come the Spring 2013 show in September this year.

ysl slimane change name

Yves Saint Laurent will then be known as Saint Laurent Paris.

I’m not the most fashion savvy person out there, but even I am aware of the history behind the name of one of fashion’s most famous designers who came up in the House of Dior and was once the Head Designer in Dior before being fired. Reading the history of Yves Saint Laurent is interesting and pretty sensational 😀

But history aside, this change of name is really something quite big although I’m not quite sure that SLP has the same ring to it as YSL, does it? What say you?

Save and Splurge: The IT bag edition

January 15, 2012 Paris B 13 Comments

ysl muse 2 oroton luca satchel

Left: Oroton Luca Satchel Right : YSL Muse 2

IT bag. What does that mean anyway? I never quite understood.

But one of the IT bags that is quite the rage is the YSL Muse 2. For an IT bag, I personally think it quite nondescript. There is absolutely nothing on the Muse 2 that says YSL. No logo, no engraving, nothing. The only bit that does say YSL is a stud at the bottom of the bag. So if you know it, you know it. If you don’t, then c’est la vie! 🙂

Naturally, I love it 😀 But I also spotted a similar design in the Oroton Luca Satchel.