After a decade leading the cushion foundation category across Asia, YSL Beauty is bringing its expertise to a new launch, the YSL Skin Affair Soft Glow Cushion Foundation. Designed for anyone who wants a polished complexion without the fuss, the formula delivers a lightweight texture and soft focus radiance in 31 shades. It’s fronted by Global Ambassador Dua Lipa, who wears shade MN7 in the campaign for a luminous, sun kissed base.
The real appeal is how easily it moves with you. It can be your first step at home, but it really shines as a touch up throughout the day. “The finish is lightweight but buildable, so it always looks like skin, but with a soft focus radiance,” says YSL Beauty Global Makeup Artist Sam Visser. Coverage ranges from a sheer, tint like finish to something fuller, and the formula is packed with skincare, including 3% squalane for lasting hydration and glow, plus polyglutamic acid, niacinamide and jasmine petals harvested at dawn from the YSL Beauty Ourika Community Gardens in Morocco.
Then there’s the packaging, which is every bit the accessory. The quilted compact comes in a pearly pink finish with an oversized Cassandre logo, and opens to reveal a sponge preloaded with formula and a black puff finished with a gold Cassandre ribbon. A refill is also available, saving 54% in packaging weight compared with buying a new compact, and selected stores will offer a pearly pink silicone keychain case as a gift with purchase. Struggling to find your match? YSL Beauty’s new Shade Match technology, developed with NEWTONE, offers a 10 minute in store consultation at selected counters.
The YSL Skin Affair Soft Glow Cushion Foundation (RRP $120, refill $95) is available now at yslbeauty.com.au, Adore Beauty, Myer and David Jones.
