Obsession Du Jour: YSL Peach Faubourg #30 Rouge Volupte Lipstick

I finally found my HG Coral/ Peach lipstick!

As you all know I have been OBSESSED with coral/ peach. I have been searching high and low for the perfect one (I will update you on all my different findings).

However, I have FOUND the Holy Grail. This is the end all, be all to my search. It is the perfect mix of peach and coral with the creamy almost soft neon color to it. It is not too orangey but not pink, perfectly peach!

I should have known all along it would come back to my beloved Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte. This is Peach Faubourg #30. This calls for a back up and I NEVER buy back ups!

The package was bling blinging...

NARS Cruising Lipstick Swatch on top and YSL Peach Faubourg Swatch on the bottom.

Messy lip swatch

The picture does not really do it justice as it was taken on my crappy blackbery and just messily swiped on my lips. The color is a bit more vibrant in real life!

If you are looking for a version of Coral Peach with a soft creaminess to it reminiscent of a sophisticated orange creamsicle this is it! This is excatly what i have been looking for. It looks like PeachyKeen from China Glaze in Lipstick form.

Like all other Rouge Volupte's so perfect, so creamy, and so opaque.

HOME RUN YSL!

Obsession Du Jour 5.5.09

I needed to somehow brighten up my dreary, gray day here in NYC. The weather has been awful, non stop rain (and mist) for days now, it's reminding of rainy London but WORSE because no one even has a fun accent here!

Anyway, I put on my instant day brightener lipstick, YSL Rouge Volupte #7 in Lingerie Pink.
It is a true light bubblegum barbie pink and I Love it!

With Flash.

Without Flash.

What item of makeup instantly brightens up a gray day for you?

Dissapointment Du Jour 4.21.09

I got my Sephora stash a few days ago, inside was YSL Rouge Volupte #4 in Honey Beige. You all know my undying love for YSL Rouge Volupte. I was so excited to try this out and I had high hopes for it, unfortunately the color did just not suit me. It is a bit too orangey brown, not pale nude enough for me. I hate anything that has any type of orange in it on my lips. I like a very pale lip, whether it be nude or pink.

Swatch

In the pictures I took it looks quite nude, but that is due to the poor lighting. This baby is going back to sephora. I will be sticking to #2 and #7 for a while, they are amazing enough to not bore me for, oh... about a month or so! ;)

Apologies for the awful photo quality, this was taken with my blackberry at my desk at work before I return it to Sephora today.

I am sad to see it go back but onto bigger and better nudes!

Nude Lip Du Jour; YSL VS MAC

Showdown of the Nude Lip.
YSL Nude Beige #1 Rouge Volupte VS infamous MAC Bare Slimshine.
MAC Bare Slimshine
YSL Nude Beige #1 Rouge Volupte
Hand Swatches, YSl on left, MAC on right.
Results:

YSL Rouge Volupte is a lipstick, it is SUPER creamy, feels moisturizing. It is a matte finish. This is very very pigmented. This is more of a concealor looking nude (comparable to myth and fleshpot by mac but not AS concealor looking as those two). I feel that this is a cooler nude. YSL lipsticks have a delicious melon smell to them. I would be careful of wearing this color and lipstick if your lips are not perfectly moisturized. If they are dry dont go near this. $34.00

MAC's Bare is a Slimshine which means its glossier, a mix between a lipstick and a gloss. It feels moisturizing while still being quite pigmented. This is definitley a great everyday color. It is a nude without being too nude and concealor-y. It has peachy/warm undertones. Slimshines have a nice vanilla smell to them. This is more of a forgiving, easy formula just to slather on whenever and wherever. $14.50

Winner:
YSL Rouge Volupte.
This is the absolute perfect nude for me so far, yes it is pricey but I will never be without this.
Perfect, creamy, moisturizing, pigmented and flattering.

What is your holy grail, can not live without nude?!