Review: Yves Rocher Pure Light Foundation

 

When I saw it in the store first time, this foundation did not attract my attention. One reason is that it's housed in a very light plastic bottle. I prefer foundation to be packed in a glass jar since I feel it can preserve better the ingredients in the foundation. The other reason is because I did not believe this foundation can offer any coverage from its name. I prefer foundation to offer some coverage. To be a foundation cannot be called foundation if it offers coverage less than tinted moisturizers. Nowadays more and more tinted moisturizers and sunscreens offer light coverage which work better than some light foundations.

For some reason I ordered this foundation online one day. I read YR claimed this foundation gives a luminous and second skin effect. As a person with dryer skin, I always wish foundation can give me some luminous and glow finish instead of dull matte look. Therefore I decided to give it a try.

The foundation really gives a beautiful luminous finish on the skin. I did not detect any sparkles in the foundation. It is moisturizing on the skin and it looks moisturizing on the face. Your skin looks full of hydration and very healthy.

The coverage is actually quite good as a light foundation, it's between light to medium. But you do not see any powder traces on your skin. Your skin looks better and healthier. I agree with what it claims, it has a second skin effect.

The foundation comes with a pump and the bottle is very light which makes it very travel friendly. Though I prefer glass jars instead of plastic jars. For those people who prefer to bring foundation everywhere for touch ups, it can be your best choice.

YR light luminous foundation gives skin a hydrating feel (see above swatch). 

Yves Rocher Pure light foundation ingredient lists:

Review: Yves Rocher Flawless Finish Fluid Foundation

When it comes to foundation with flawless finish, the top three foundations come to my mind are Cle de Peau cream foundation, Clarins Everlasting Foundation and Estee Lauder Double Wear. They truly offer full coverage that make your skin look flawless. However sometimes they can be drier than other foundations and they can look like mask on the skin.

However YR Flawless Finish Fluid Foundation does not have that mask-y feel to it and it opens my view on flawless finish foundation.

 


When I first tried this foundation I was surprised by how thin and liquid-y it is comparing to my other foundations with high coverage and long staying power.

The foundation is slightly runny. It is super blendable. I did not use any accessories such as brushes or sponge to apply. I use my fingers to blend it same way as I apply sunscreen. The foundation looks good on the skin. It does not cover as well as my other high coverage foundations which can be doubled as concealers.

The foundation looks very natural on the skin. It does not give any matte look like other high coverage foundation, instead, it gives a beautiful glow on the face. It evens out the skin tone really well.

In order to see how it performs, I apply this foundation without any concealer. I do set it with a very think layer of translucent powder.

It looks nothing special on my skin during the first half hour. However after 6 hours of applying this foundation, I found it looks very beautiful on the skin. This foundation does not transfer or spread. The longer it stays on the skin, the more beautiful it looks.

Like I said before, it does not make or conceal the flaws on the skin. I was a little bit disappointed with this foundation at the first time. However it seems to "diffuses" the flaws on the skin. The imperfections somehow hind somewhere but you know you do not put tons of products on. It's a very weird feeling to me since I always expect foundation claims to have flawless coverage should hide and conceal all my imperfections with a 'light mask' feeling on my skin.

Overall, YR Flawless Finish foundation does help your skin look flawless in another way, rather than masking everything up.

Ingredients lists: 

Revew: Yves Rocher Replumping Serum Foundation

YR Replumping Serum Foundation is a foundation infused with many natural skin care ingredients. It gives skin benefits while wearing foundation. The foundation is in a half-serum and half-foundation formula.

When I tried to pump the foundation out first time, there's no foundation coming out. It was a transparent liquid with slightly oily feel running out of the bottle instead. I suppose it to be the serum that has skin care benefits. It takes me to pump around 3 to 4 times until the foundation comes out.

The foundation was not liquid-y, it's has a light serum feel to it which I think it is because of the skin care serum in the foundation. It is very moisturizing on the skin that I feel myself wearing a skincare product instead of a foundation.

Though YR did not claim this foundation to be with great coverage, I feel it is the YR foundation with the best coverage. With one layer of this foundation, the coverage is medium. It does not look cakey if you put more layers on to build up more coverage and you never feel it's heavy on the skin.

The staying powder seems to be OK, it says around 6 hours on normal to dry skin like mine. If you sweat easily, you might need to blot it.

It has a light scent like all YR's foundations. Fortunately the smell does not linger. However if you are sensitive to scent you'd better to try it and test it out in the store.

Overall, it's a above medium coverage foundation infused with lots of skin care ingredients for normal to dry skin people.

Review: Yves Rocher Derma soothing day moisturizer--a dupe for Clinique moisture surge intense skin fortifying hydrator gel-creme

Yves Rocher Derma soothing day moisturizer is definitely a dupe for Clinique moisture surge.

YR's moisturizer is housed in a small portable jar with a pink lid. The jar looks small though it contains 50 ml.

The moisturizer is supposed to be a day time moisturizer without spf. I checked the ingredient list and did not find any sunscreen ingredients so I think you can use it in the night time as well.

I do not understand why some products claim to be day cream but with no SPF in it. I mean why bother it if it's just a moisturizer which can be used anytime anywhere?

The texture of Yves Rocher's Derma Soothing day moisturizer is gel to cream. It's lightweight, yet moisturizing.

 

You can see from the picture above, the textures are similar between the two. Clinique is a little bit (just a very tiny little bit) watery than YR. But when you apply it on the skin, you can not feel the difference. They are both light weight, hydrating and they do not irritate your skin at all.

Both of them claim to be suitable for sensitive skin, however, they do have some very light scent to it. Clinique is with a chemical scent while YR is floral. But the scent is really not detectable and it disappears immediately once you blend the cream into your skin.

All in all, if you like the texture and the feeling of Clinique moisture surge and do not want to spend more than 50 dollars for a jar of 50ml gel cream, give YR a try. At the price tag of $27 CAD it cannot go wrong--especially when it's 50% off!!

Yves Rocher Matte trio eye shadow first impression review and swatch

Review: Yves Rocher Flawless Finish Corrector

 

Yves Rocher claims this corrector is with ultra-comfort texture which I disagree with. The texture is very hard and thick. It's almost not easy to blend with fingers. I have tried lots of concealers with harder but creamer texture that I can apply it easily with fingers.

The corrector is not easy to blend because of its texture. I have to use a foundation brush to make it looks even on my skin. The texture reminds me of some old Japanese cream concealer which melts and becomes smooth when I touch with my finger. But YR's corrector remains hard, unless I warm it with my finger for longer time. 

The corrector is very dry and heavy on my skin and it settles into creases. I would not recommend you to conceal it under eye. 

The coverage is great but I found that it transfers and spread a little bit.

I really need to figure out some other ways to apply this corrector. Maybe I can bring it with me as a touch up concealer since it's very small and portable. 

With the price tag and little amount I don't think it's was a good buy for me.

 

Review: Yves Rocher Comfort Cream Foundation

This is probably the only foundation with the largest amount in my foundation collections. As you can see from the above picture, it contains 40 ml. When foundation become more and more expensive with less amount contained inside(some of the foundation are around 20 ml only ), Yves Rocher's cream foundation seems to be with very good value, especially when it's 50% off.

The foundation is stored in a heavy glass jar, which makes it a fancy look. The packaging and the texture of the cream foundation reminds me a lot of Kanebo Lunasol Skin Modeling Cream Water Cream Foundation.

 



The texture of the foundation is creamy and watery. It's a cream, but not as heavy thick as some other cream foundation I had. It's definitely not as heavy as bb cream or mousse foundations, it's a little bit like Revlon Color Stay Whipped Foundation texture.

You can see the texture of the cream foundation from the photo above. 

The cream foundation feels very light on the skin. You don't feel yourself wearing any makeup. It's hydrating, blendable and it does not settle into creases. 

The coverage is medium. It does unify the complexion, and conceal "small" imperfections and red blotches. It you have more flaws, you may want to add concealers on the top. 

As to the finish, the foundation give the skin a luminous and youthful look. It does not have any shimmer inside of the cream foundation, but the look is really luminous and healthy. 

 


Since the foundation is store in a jar, it's not as easy to get the product out as the foundation with a pump. It can be unsanitary as well.  However because of the texture of the cream foundation, the application is very easy. You can apply the foundation on with fingers or anything else, the finish is always beautiful.

It's not oily but hydrating. Nonetheless I suggest people with normal to dry skin to use because of its luminous finish. I think combination to oily skin people would find it too shiny for them.

Overall, it's a very good foundation which gives you beautiful finish and decent lasting power with no difficult makeup techniques required.

The ingredients list with expiration date.

Review: Yves Rocher Hydrating Cleansing Milk

(photo courtesy: yvesrocher.ca)

I seldom buy facial cleansers for I always get my cleansers in GWP. This cleansing milk comes with my online order with Yves Rocher as well.

I did not have high expectation with this cleanser as it's a gift. To my surprise it works very well.

It removes light makeup. I am not sure if it cleans water proof long lasting makeups. But it does a good job in removing the traces of makeup.

This cleansing milk does not strip the moisture on my skin, it leaves my skin hydrated.  My skin does not feel dry or tight if I do not put moisturizers on my face immediately after shower. As it claims on YR's website, the cleansing milk leaves skin soft and hydrated and it smooths skin well.

I highly recommend this cleansing milk to everyone.  It cleans well and make skin comfortable.

Victoria's secret super model on the go palette blush swatch vs Yves Rocher blush swatch

VS super model on the go palette.

     matte bright pink blush 

 
Yves Rocher matte blush

SWATCH OF VS AND YR BLUSH, THE TOP ONE IS CLINIQUE blushing blush iced in iced lotus

To sum up, VS and YR are dupe to each other....depending on when and where you buy  the blushes.
   

Review: Cle de peau Palette Vintage 2009 version- --Yves Rocher loose powder foundation 100 very light (dupe)

I do not remember why I bought CdP 2009 limited vintage palette. I remember it costs 140 CAD plus tax. A very crazy price. 

However I must say that I like that CdP palette very much. It not only highlights well, but also gives a beautiful, healthy and youthful glow. Do not turn yourself off because of the sparkle, it gives you a subtle golden sheen. 

The texture is ultra creamy, the powders in the palette are the most finely milled ever. It does not sink into the fine lines under eyes and it's not dry at all. 

There was a circle of bronzed color in the centre of the palette. As you can see it's gone already. It works well as eye shadow and bronzer. 

I have been looking for many highlighters and shimmering strips with the same finish, however there's no such beautiful glow and subtle high light color like CdP palette. 

One day I stepped into Yves rocher's shop to look for foundations, I found powder with the same finish as CdP palette vintage. Yves Rocher's loose powder foundation is not a foundation to me. It's a highlighter. So don not be fooled by its name. Since it contains only 4 g and the price is 29 CAD plus tax, it can be the most pricey powder foundation ever. 

You can see the above swatch. They look like twins! 

So save your money on CdP holiday palette. I bought only one time in 2009 and never repurchase again. I do not think any powder worth that much money.