YSL Beauty has some of the prettiest limited-edition packaging with their holiday collection this year! I picked up the Golden Oasis Couture Face Palette ($85) along with the new shades of Loveshine Plumping Lip Oil Gloss ($40) and Candy Glaze Lip Gloss Stick ($43).
Golden Oasis Couture Face Palette
The Golden Oasis Couture Face Palette comes in a stunning limited-edition mirrored compact with six cheek colors. Three of the colors are shimmery highlighters, three are blushes with two shimmers and one matte. I think out of all the recent blush launches the YSL Make Me Blush formula is the best for the soft blendable texture and colors. Original review here. Having multiple shades in a palette is a beauty lover’s dream come true. You can see all the shades in action here.
A few of the colors are really similar to individual shades I own. The peachy shimmer resembles Restless Rose and the rose pink shimmer is really close to Nude Lavalliere.
Shades in this palette include a soft peachy gold shimmer, pale gold shimmer, pale iridescent pink sparkle, rose shimmer blush, deep magenta matte blush and warm copper gold shimmer.
The highlighters are very shimmery so if you can’t wear high shimmer shades, I recommend opting for a different face palette.
I really love this one. I think it really does have everything you need for a holiday look and I love that you can also wear the shimmers on the eyes.
New Holiday Lip Colors
There are two new shades of the Loveshine Plumping Lip Oil Gloss in 100 Sparkling Dream and 12 Honey Moon. I tried these earlier in the year and reviewed them here. I love the colors + shine but the plumping factor is extreme and the sting and tingle is overpowering for me. I decided to try these again anyways since the colors are SO beautiful but I still cannot wear them comfortably on the lips. I will say though that if I layer them on top of a lipstick, the lipstick underneath acts as a buffer and making the plumping gloss more bearable to wear. All shades swatched in this video here.
As a Candy Glaze lover I could not be more thrilled they launched new shades in this particular formula (original review here). 21 Shimmer Nude is a beautiful pale opalescent champagne beige shade but pulls very pale on my complexion. 22 Shimmer Rose is the one MUST-HAVE in my opinion. It’s such a stunning soft rose pink shade. It’s currently sold out online but I still highly recommend using the Buy Online Pick Up In Store option – it’s a great way to reserve the products online and pick them up at your convenience. I also use it to make sure my local store has things in stock before heading over in person. By popular request I pulled a few comparisons to other rose tones and other Candy Glaze shades. I really love that Dior Addict Lip Maximizer in 083 Sparkling Rose which is a slightly warmer version of the YSL 22 Shimmer Rose (but in gloss form).
Overall love everything in this collection color-wise. I still cannot wear those plumping lip glosses but the colors are 10/10 stunning. If you pick up one thing from this launch though I do think that Candy Glaze 22 is the best one. I highly recommend adding these to your list for the upcoming Sephora Sale starting on the 31st for Rouge Members!
Available now at Sephora.
