YSL La Laque Couture #52 Bleu Galuchat, #53 Taupe Graine from Fall 2014 Leather Fetish Collection, Review & Swatch

Hi there everyone, I hope you are all doing great. As I know I am enjoying my holiday while trying to blog in between. I started struggling with a few technical problems such as: forgetting the charger of the camera, not having all my stash available, melting lipsticks, sweating after putting on foundation for an FOTD etc. etc. The list is long but forgetting the camera batteries charger must have been the hardest on me. If you come across some iPhone photos, such as the one below, now you know what I am going through...

Today it is about the two textured nail polishes YSL released this fall with their Leather Fetish Collection. The texture is supposed to look like leather on the nails. Although I am not so fond of textured nails, I got these because I was curious about the first textured nail polish I would get my hands on from YSL. Since they repackaged and reformulated their nail polishes a few years ago, I started collecting them. YSL makes one of my favorite nail polishes, color and formula wise, so I was eager to try the "new thing" out.

YSL La Laque Couture #52 Bleu Galuchat is a deep blue with a hint of teal and light blue glitter particles. The polish is thinner than the particles and this way the texture is formed. I would call the resulting texture close to OPI's Liquid Sand formula, one with glitter. 

I applied two coats of #52 Bleu Galuchat for the swatches, which was perfectly opaque. Infact I might get away with just one, but with two coats, texture shows itself much better. The glitters look so pretty under the sun and this one didn't stain my nails, which is always a good thing for a blue nail polish. I think it is a lovely shade for fall.

The second shade is #53 Taupe Graine which is a deep neutral brown with silvery shimmers. The shimmers in that one are more fine but the nail polish is thinner, so it gives a similar effect to Bleu Galuchat. Taupe Graine needs at least two coats, you can see that even with two coats, with the middle finger (no pun here) shows some transparency once sun hits on it. 

I found Taupe Graine looking more like leather on the nails but it can be because of the color. I liked how the shimmer particles shine under strong light and these the nail polish is converted to something unique. No issues again with removal nor application.

Although both of the shades can as well be worn with a top coat, I wouldn't do that simply because it kills the uniqueness of it. You can see more swatches at Ommorphia, also with a top coat. Silverkis also tried these with topcoat and reported that gel top coat doesn't work with these all that well, so you would like to go for something classical like Seche Vite.

Final thoughts: All in all unique and interesting, something I will wear this fall when I feel like I need a change. My Favorite is #52 Bleu Galuchat because I like blues more than browns on the nails and the formula of that one is slightly thicker, hence covers the nail better.

What are your feelings about textured nail polish? Love it or leave it?