Yves Saint Laurent Mascaras

Yves Saint Laurent, the founder of the well-known brand, made a head start on his fashion design career at age seventeen. His earlier designs caught the attention and approval of Vogue Director, Michel de Brunhoff in 1953 and was published in one of the issues. Yves Saint Laurent then became involved in a fashion school and became a dedicated assistant of Christian Dior until 1957. Later on, Yves Saint Laurent went on his own and established his own brand in 1962.

Pierre Berge, Yves Saint Laurent's partner, helped in all the operations of the Paris-based couture house. There, Yves Saint Laurent launched a groundbreaking line of elegant and female tuxedo suits, boots that reached the thighs, safari jackets, and smoking suits--all signifying the liberation of women and the androgynous themes. Yves Saint Laurent also released collections inspired by women like Betty Catroux, Catherine Deneuve and Loulou de La Falaise as well as creations inspired by the Ballet Russes, Chinese, Pop Art and Picasso.

After several years of operations, the Yves Saint Laurent brand was sold to Sanofi in 1993 and then to the Gucci Group with Tom Ford as the designer for ready-to-wear apparel. It was during the management under the Gucci Group that Yves Saint Laurent got caught in a whirlwind of both success and criticism. Developments led to the closing of the YSL couture house in 2002, although the Gucci Group still keeps the name of Yves Saint Laurent alive though the sale of its products.

Yves Saint Laurent Mascara

Yves Saint Laurent has a line of mascaras including the Everlong Mascara and the Everlong Waterproof Mascara. Both Yves Saint Laurent mascaras are for lengthening eyelashes. On the other hand, the Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Aquaresistant is waterproof.

Other Yves Saint Laurent mascaras are the Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effect Faux Cils that make lashes rich and curly for long time periods. The Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Infini Curl, on the other hand, is said to thicken and curl lashes at the same time.