Yves Saint Laurent Glossy Stain Review

Hello there!  On my travels I found myself wondering the beauty aisles of the airport duty free section.  I almost never purchase anything but after a particularly stressful work related trip I decided it was time to treat myself.
I've actually never bought high end make-up for myself before so it was quite an exciting moment for me to start what I hope will be the beginning of a small collection.  Seeing as one of my favourite purchases recently has been the Topshop Gloss Inks I thought I'd go for the high end version, in this case, the YSL Glossy Stains.

After testing out multiple shades on the back of my hand I decided to settle for, what I thought, was a very natural shade of red.  Something to give my lips extra colour, but not so bright that I couldn't wear it every day.  My theory was that this would make the purchase more justifiable.  I picked shade no 9 Rouge Laque.

I managed to take the two flights home with out breaking open the packaging and it wasn't until the next day when I decided I wanted to wear it to go shopping that I finally tested it out.  Oh boy had I been wrong about the colour!  It was super bright!  A gorgeous shade of eye-popping red nonetheless, it was not the natural every day colour that I had imagined it to be.  I must have majorly smudged out the tiny amount I had tested on my hand.

Luckily I loved it anyway.  The packaging is gorgeous although I have to admit I expected it to feel a little weightier.  I suppose that makes it more handbag portable.  Application was fairly easy with the soft applicator but I did have to make sure I swiped any excess lip gloss off the brush otherwise the stain could get a little difficult to control.  The main question for me was, would it last?  Well about an hour into wearing it my fiancé commented on how it was still really glossy.  It looked great until about an hour after that once I had been eating and drinking.  It was still there but it was a bit patchy.  I imagine that's to be expected though and the majority of the glossy stain was still in place which is quite impressive.

Would I buy this again?  I definitely would love to try out some more shades.  I am put off by the price so would probably wait until I was at the airport again.  If money was no object I reckon I would have about four of these in different shades right now!