Dual-layer acrylic and electroplated mirrored finish

YSL’s brief was built around a single hero object scaled up: the brand’s new lipstick, enlarged into a stand-alone display prop and paired with an oversized heart sculpture — mirror-electroplated cap, logo-engraved mid-section, dual-layer transparent body.
Working from the client’s reference sample, the first challenge was reproducing three distinct visual layers in one structurally sound prop, without a single bubble or seam breaking the illusion under retail lighting.
Rather than moulding the lipstick as one solid form, we proposed a modular build: an electroplated mirror cap, a heat-formed acrylic logo ring, and a cast resin base holding a high-gloss silver cylinder — with a matching snap-fit seam between cap and body so the whole prop ships flat and assembles clean on-site.


Though produced as a limited run, every custom acrylic display prop moved through acrylic forming, electroplating, resin casting, and 3D printing in parallel, with each module dry-fitted and surface-checked at the factory before shipping — the same disciplined process VM Display brings to every custom cosmetic display prop project.



The completed props delivered the precision YSL’s brief demanded — a dual-layer lipstick prop with true jewel-like transparency and a mirror-crisp logo, standing beside a heart sculpture with the strength to hold its pose independently, no visible seams or support in sight.

A structured workflow that keeps the brand in control from brief to delivery.
References, dimensions, quantity and finish confirmed up front.
Full renders and technical drawings shared for client sign-off before any physical work.
A single sample is produced and documented for feedback and approval.
Approved units manufactured, quality-checked and flat-packed for shipping.
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