YSL ROUGE VOLUPTE SHINE

Ever since my first days on instagram (which was a while back)  I was always drawn to the gorgeous packaging of YSL cosmetics, more specifically the rouge volupte shine lipsticks, they always looked so luxurious & I promised myself I'd buy one as a treat eventually so when my summer exam results came out this year I jumped at the excuse opportunity to buy one. Since I've owned it for a while now I thought it'd be nice to actually get round to reviewing it.

Awkward arm swatch of Pink in Paris, shade 13.

At first I was torn between the original rouge volupte lipstick and the volupte shine, I'm usually more of a matte-ish kind of girl, me and lipglosses/shine don't get on too well so I wasn't sure whether I'd like the shine or not. Whenever you're forking out so much money, you don't want to get it wrong, so after hours and hours of online swatches and reviews I decided I'd try the volupte shine instead as they had a newer formula and a more impressive shade range. In the end I decided on the rouge volupte shine lipstick in the shade 13 'Pink in Paris' & its my most prized lipstick in my collection. Its the packaging, I swear.

Since I hadn't tried any YSL cosmetics before I was pleasantly surprised by the fruity scent of the lipstick, very summery indeed and much nicer than no scent at all. As I said theres a massive shade range and the YSL emblem on the lipstick case itself is similar in colour to the lipstick inside so every shades packaging is unique. Shade 13 is a lovely rosy pink (and although I own a fair few pinks, you can never go wrong with it) and it applies beautifully.

Once applied it feels buttery and after one swipe there's a bold colour showing how incredible the pigmentation actually is on these lipsticks and can be built up even more so if thats what you fancy. The colour itself is gorgeous and glossy but not too much gloss for my liking and lasted far longer on my lips than I expected. With eating two meals and drinks since its first application it lasted 6-7 hours which is crazy! and when it had finally faded it left a subtle stain all over the lips rather than looking patchy so it appeared I was wearing a coloured lip balm instead. The fact that I can wear it and not have to worry about it bleeding is a godsend for someone who doesn't look in the mirror every 5 minutes throughout the day to check.

Overall I am in love with the YSL volupte shine lipsticks and can definitely understand the hype around them, not just for their unique packaging but the product itself and I really want to buy another so badly, I think I may wait and see if some offers are on though as on a student budget I can't splurge £25 a time. This one I actually bought on Feel Unique when they had a £10 off £25 offer on so technically this only cost me £15 #bargain, I think thats why I love it even more so.

Thanks for reading, Jenny xo 

P.s what are you're thoughts on the YSL rouge volupte shine lipsticks?

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