Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) 'Noir Terriblement' 5 Shadow Palette!

YSL have done it again with another palette that I adore, their Noir Terriblement Palette is inspired the the classic tuxedo and even comes with it's own little 'tux' jacket - very cute.

You might think that a palette of blacks would be a bit, well, boring... but there's enough difference in both the the shade, texture and finish of the shadows to make it a worthwhile purchase for me. I actually find that one leads towards more of a brown-y tones black and one more grey-black too.

No flash (dull day, sorry).

I love a smoky eye, which is another classic look, and this palette is perfect for creating one; especially with the white highlighting shade that you can use both to highlight and also to further change the shades of black on your eye, making them more grey if you desire.

On the left I have swatched the shadow with no base, and to the right I have used Urban Decay Primer Potion (a staple in my beauty bag) and onthe white shade, the UDPP is at the top.

As you can see, the depth and shimmer/glitter are both more intense when using the primer, but I quite like that the shadows have a buildable quality to them when using them with no base, as this to me makes them a lot more suitable for daywear, where a full on black smoky eye may not be as appropriate! This also means that you would get a lot more use out of your palette and that can only be a good thing.

I hope you can see the differences in the shades in these photographs, I tried to capture the images in varying shades of light to show that there were slight differences to the shades.

Available for £39 from House of Fraser and other YSL stocking department stores. x

Yves Saint Laurent - Holiday 2011 and New Lipstick Range - Rouge Pur Couture Lustre!

The smoky eye is in full force over at YSL for their Holiday 2011 collection... I am loving the look of the black/grey shade palette and I actually saw this being worn by the YSL lady at the YSL counter in Manchester's Boots store and it looked amazing! Also loving that they have included a matte and glossy black polish, I do love them when used together (see above).

Below the Holiday 2011 products there's also a new lipstick line being released, Rouge Pur Couture which looks fabulous - especially that pink!

Below are some images of some of the collections - what do you think?

           5 Ombres Lumieres Palette - Noir Terriblement!  Face Highlight Palette - Blanc Terriblement!

 Black Matte and Gloss Polishes!

                  Ombres Duo Lumieres - No 39                               Ombres Duo Lumieres - No 41

 Rouge Pur Couture - No.40

YSL Golden Gloss No's 47, 45 and 44.

  

               Rouge Pur Couture Golden Lustre - No.102.         Rougue Pur Couture Golden Lustre - No.101

 Rought Couture Golden Lustre Full Range and No.110

Launches October 19th!