Review: YSL Touche Eclat - Radiant Touch

Item Description: Light, luminosity, radiance. The award winning, must-have, take anywhere instant highlighter that banishes shadows, erases signs of fatigue and leaves your skin looking radiant. Touche Éclat is 8 hours of sleep in a pen - the one item no woman can be without.

Touche Éclat is ideal at any time of the day over bare skin, under or over foundation, crème or powder. Use this best-selling pen-brush around the eye area, the hollow of the chin, the contour of the lips and the sides of the nose. Just slip it into your bag to ensure a brilliant glow, anytime, anywhere. Suitable for all skin types.

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Touche Eclat comes in four shades to suit your individual skin tone.

1) Luminous Radiance (for fair/ light/ medium complexions with pink undertones)
2) Luminous Ivory (for fair/ light/ medium complexions with yellow or golden undertones)
3) Light Peach (for warm and golden beige complexions)
4) Luminous Toffee (for deep complexions)

These are swatches of all the shades, thanks to Karlasugar :) The YSL website swatches look pretty accurate except for the fact that #1 has a pink tone to it.


REVIEW: This is an item I've been wanting to try for the longest time. While I was waiting in line to check out, the rack with miscellaneous travel items caught my eye. I immediately picked up the touche eclat and swatched it on my hand. The only shade available at that Sephora location was shade #1 (Radiant Touch) I did a little thinking.. I remember researching this before and I talked to a few people with the same coloring as me and majority used 2 or 3. I did notice that the color was RADIANT so I figured maybe its a universal color. It was a complete impulse buy. $40 for a .1 oz tube!? That's quite a lot. I don't even like spending that much on a foundation lol. I quickly tried it out when I got home.. and was not disappointed. It has a very creamy, milky consistency. It is light peach with a pink pearl to it. The brush is actually very soft.. and isn't exactly useless like most brushes that are attached to makeup items are. I use 1-2 clicks and dot it under my eyes after I already applied concealer and foundation.. then I either smooth it out with a really soft synthetic fiber brush or I pat it lightly with my ring finger (your ring finger has the least strength and will apply the least pressure) until its blended. I also like to run it down the bridge of my nose and under the arch of my brows to highlight. Some people argue this is not a concealer.. but it does conceal a bit. I applied it on some blemishes and around my nose where its a little pink and it concealed it. Its more of a highlighter. In contrast to Benefit High Beam which is also a pearly pink highlighter, benefit only highlights, it doesn't conceal.. and its also a lot more luminescent than the Touche Eclat. Touch Eclat is a lot more natural. It really does make me look more awake and it does an awesome job brightening so no darkness shows through. I was looking at a tutorial on the YSL site which was very helpful. You can also apply this around your lips to make them more defined. Scroll up for the YSL website link, it will take you directly to the page to watch the demo video. Overall, great product. I'd love to try shades 2 and 3 as well.