

*UPDATE: The full size product has a pump. I would definitely have preferred a mini pump bottle but you can’t have everything in this life!! Yes, I’m legit cringing right now if you must know. I won’t lie- I have a teeny tiny problem with this because if you know me, I cringe at the thought of applying “liquid” products to your face aka your skin, and then putting it back in the product. The YSL Touche Éclat Blur Primer has an applicator which you use to apply the product. Without this, your makeup would go on unevenly and would never in a billion years, blend well.

The first step (after your skincare, duhhhh) is primer. YSL recently released the Touche Éclat Blur Primer and Touche Éclat Blur Perfector in pretty gold packaging with names that basically says it all. But we both know it’s just an excuse to get your hands on a delicately packaged high-end delight. Come on, you know what I mean- the moment where you decide you’re gonna reward yourself for doing some random thing like checking off your To-Do list. Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Blur Perfector, $55, available at Yves Saint Laurent.Makeup from YSL is a special treat which rarely disappoints. “That should always, always be the last step.” “Anything you put over Touche Éclat will dull the finish of it,” says Ashley. Just make sure to always use the original highlighting pen last - no matter what fancy new ancillary product YSL comes out with next.
YSL TOUCHE ECLAT BLUR PERFECTOR SKIN
Not only did the formula make our skin kitten-soft (no seriously, we were begging coworkers to feel it, in the least-creepy way possible), it also softened and brightened the area while making our eyes appear well rested. We loved it most on - you guessed it - our undereyes. In addition to filling lines and minimizing spots and pores, he also loves using it to create semi-matte lipstick (“just tap it on top of your lipstick as your final step”), as an eyeshadow primer, and as a makeup setter. This pink has the same soft, cool effect and it looks good on everyone I've put it on - from very dark to very pale tones," says Ashley.Īshley recommends sweeping it all over with a fluffy brush for general airbrushing - or dabbing it on with a sponge for more specific coverage. “Once upon a time, people used pink lightbulbs to soften the lighting in a room. The effect is extremely subtle - it didn’t spackle our deeper wrinkles like some blurring products do, but it did lightly soften fine lines, large pores, and discoloration as well as add a nice matte effect to our skin. The rose-colored, cream-to-powder balm has barely any shimmer - instead it relies on silicones and fine powders to scatter and redirect light. (Case in point: Sephora has already sold out of their first batch.) But it's the blurring compact that really has the potential to become as revered as the original. The two products - a transparent, gold-flecked primer and a blurring compact - will round out the line of light-diffusing perfecters. This month YSL will make their first extension to the Touche Éclat line since their eponymous luminizing foundation.

It’s not about covering anything - it’s about redirecting light and blurring imperfections,” says Dell Ashley, YSL's director of makeup artistry. Touche Éclat is Yves Saint Laurent’s most famous product - and arguably one of the most famous makeup products ever.
