Yves Saint Laurent Youth Liberator Serum foundation

Hello everybody, I haven’t posted any foundation review in a while so here we go. It is a high end foundation but I promise next foundation review will be from drugstore for sure.

Price: I’m not going to lie; it is a very expensive foundation. I bought it in Sephora when they had 20% sale. The original price was 60,50€ with the discount 48,40€.

Smell and packaging: the glass bottle is beautiful luxury looking. It has a pump which is a big plus for me however you cannot unscrew it so once you cannot pump it out you are done. It doesn’t have any strong smell, it smells little bit like foundation mixed with light floral scent.

Yves Saint Laurent Youth Liberator Serum foundation

Shades: in European Sephora 6 shades are offered (poor selection), in US it is sold in department store Nordstrom with 10 shades in offer. I got B30 Beige which was the lightest in offer. It applies lighter than what it actually looks like when it’s set so definitely go to test the colours and wait for approx. 10 minutes to see if the colour oxidise on you or not.

Texture and finish: it is light cream foundation. It gives semi-matt finish. Personally I expected to be more luminous. The foundation looks very natural on the skin which means that if you have dry patches, scars, big pores, “3D” acne, it will be all visible (you will definitely need to exfoliate your skin before an application).

Application: according to the packaging, you should shake the bottle first (I recommend doing it with all the foundations in order to mix well pigment and liquid base). I applied it with the brush (for ex. Sigma F80) and with hands as well. It blends very easy, one of the easiest foundations to apply I ever tried.

Yves Saint Laurent Youth Liberator Serum foundation in colour B30 on NW20 skin (in MAC)

Coverage: it gives medium coverage. It covers small imperfection, evens out the skin tone. I didn’t try to increase the coverage as the medium coverage was enough for me. Just to remind you the foundation is not to be used to cover everything that’s what you have concealer, corrector for.

Longevity: this is the main weakness of the foundation. If you have even slightly oily skin the foundation will break off at some places and you will see lot of shine where you get oily. Even if you powder the zone in question it will still get oily and that is only after 4-5 hours of wear. If you use mattifying base under this make-up, it will last 6 hours (but that is an additional cost...).

Final verdict: I was actually quite disappointed with this foundation. It promises to smooth out the skin which is not true; everything is visible on the skin, wrinkles, big pores or scars. Also, it doesn’t last long alone at all. This foundation is basically for somebody with very good skin that doesn’t wear make-up longer than 5 hours. I think you can find lot of similar foundations in drugstore without paying 60€ (for ex. Maybelline Fit me foundation).