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Stila Lip Glaze
by redhead78 Despite the fact that I tell myself I don't wear much makeup (which I don't on a daily basis, honestly!) I seem to have not only a makeup bag which is full to busting, but also an 'overspill' drawer which houses either products that I've been bought as gifts and never tried, or things I've bought myself in the past and which have bee ... relegated after future purchases of something similar. At the moment I'm desperately trying to declutter our house (declutter=getting rid of lots of my husbands junk!) and so, to play my part in the process I decided to go through my drawer and see if there was anything that I could get rid of - who knew people would buy used makeup on eBay???? One item I found lurking at the bottom of the drawer was a tube of this Stila Lip Glaze which I've had for years. Since I found it I've been using it again and I can't really understand why I relegated it to the drawer. I can only assume that I bought it before I discovered my Mac lipgloss which rapidly became my favourite and took the number one spot in both my makeup bag and handbag. But now that I've found this Stila one again I could well be tempted to buy another in future...well, put one on my christmas list maybe! As it's so long since I bought this I have no idea where it came from but in those days I did buy most of my beauty products from a large city centre Boots and a quick look on their website shows that they do sell Stila Lip Glaze so I will assume that I bought it there. As it is quite a well known brand of cosmetics it is quite widely available though and, obviously, with the days of the internet it is very easy to get hold of, although this is one product that I think would be difficult to buy online due to colouring issues, but more of that later. The Boots website, and several others, have this selling for £15 currently so at that price I'm pretty sure I would have waited for a triple points weekend to make the most of my purchase. It's available in a staggering 29 shades so there should definitely be something to suit every skin tone and taste. The lip glaze comes in a pen type style. It's in a clear plastic tube with Stila Lip Glaze written across it in black and also some details for the company. I hesitate to say contact details as it's really just a list of cities they have offices in. On the base of it there is a little sticker which tells you the name of the shade (star fruit in my case) and that's pretty much it as far as product design goes. I like it though, it's simple and yet stylish and has a quality feel about it. The lid pulls off easily to reveal an applicator brush which you use to apply the glaze. To get colour onto the brush you have to twist the bottom of the tube and this pushes colour up, coating the bristles of the brush. The brush makes it easy to apply the glaze accurately and it's not so small that it ends up taking you ages to apply it. One thing I don't like about this method of application is that it's very difficult to control the amount of glaze on the brush and several times it's looked like nothing was coming up through the tube only for me to find out that when I put the brush on my lips there was actually loads of glaze hiding in the bristles and consequently my lips ended up coated really thickly. Once the glaze is on the brush you have no choice but to use that amount really and numerous times I've ended up having to actually blot my lips (not what I would expect to have to do with a lip gloss) and so have wasted quite a lot and for such an expensive product this is very disappointing. As I said, the glaze is available in 29 different colours ranging from barely there nudes through the entire pink spectrum through to browns and purples. Most of them are named after fruits (eg berry, guava, mango, watermelon) or other food products (vanilla, bubblegum, praline) and the one I have is called star fruit. Online this looks like quite a pale pink colour with quite a lot of brown in it, but in actual fact it's actually quite a vivid bright pink (not one that I would ever choose nowadays), hence why I said earlier that it's probably a product you're best buying in person rather than online, unless you already know which colour you want. On application the colour of star fruit is actually nowhere near as bright as it looks like it will be judging from the colour of it in the tube, which is a relief as I tend to prefer much more neutral shades with makeup, especially on my lips. It adds quite a lot of colour to my lips but it's a natural looking colour which just makes them look healthy and rosy rather than fake and caked in product. You do have to take care with this glaze to apply it evenly as it does give coverage bordering on that of a lipstick rather than a lip gloss, so if you apply it unevenly it is really visible. I really like how this glaze makes my lips look really shiny and normally with things like this that would mean that your lips felt sticky and gooey, but not with this one. Immediately after applying it they do feel slightly tacky, but after a few minutes this wears off and they're left just feeling glossy. I find that once applied it lasts a couple of hours on my lips before I have to think about giving them another coat, which is quite decent for a product like this and is also quite useful as it's not like a lip gloss that you can just sweep across your lips without really thinking about it - I, personally, have to pay attention when applying this and use a mirror to make sure it's applied evenly and accurately. Overall I'm really happy with this lip glaze and can't understand why I relegated it to the overspill drawer. Although I would hesitate to buy another purely based on the cost of it, I would definitely have it on my christmas list should some generous person want to buy it for me as a gift. I like that there is such a good range of colours, I like the way it makes my lips feel and look - giving colour and shine without giving a sticky feeling or a really heavily made up look and I like the simplicty of the packaging. What I don't like is the lack of control with the applicator brush and the fact that you can't apply it very quickly and easily, it almost needs applying like you would a lipstick. For these reasons I don't think it quite deserves the full five stars but it's a well earned 4 from me. Read the complete review |
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Stila #9 All-Over Blend Brush
by xxfoxyredxx I own alot of make up brushes, particulary Stila ones. This one I bought a long time ago for a bout a fiver in T.J Hughes way before it closed down now though I have found this same brush retailing at about £24.00 (Google online if interested). The Brush Itself: Its a very long this one 4 x 5 x 6 inches and with a ... weight of 0.2 ounces so its lightweight. Its got a slim black handle with '9' (Thats the brush number from the collection which is massive) Stila Brush written up the side of it in silver writing then it has the a longish brush which is soft and made of natural black goat hair which is attached to the black handle via a silver section which is really secure. It a nice looking brush this one and even though I use and wash mine often (with a bit of baby shampoo and then i leave it to dry naturally which takes less than half an hour) it still looks a good as the day I first bought it. What Is this Brush For?: Well this is an all over blending brush for the eyes. You can use it for applying a single colour, for blending a smoky eye or to simply get two colours to meet and blend well. This is simply a fabulous brush. The brush itself is as I mentioned very soft however it is slightly fluffy as well so not great for precision eye work which isn't what its designed for anyway and like I say this is a blending tool. I like to use this when I've applied a colour to my bottom lid and then a lighter colour to the top meeting the brow bone with an eyeshadow brush and gently swipe this on the eyes between the colours so I get no harsh lines. The end is slightly pointed so I can use that to touch up things as I go as well. All in all this is a fabulous brush. I wouldn't personally pay about £24.00 for it I have to be honest but if you can find it as cheap as I did then its brilliant. For me its the just the price that lets it down however if money isn't an object and this is the kind of brush you want then you won't go wrong with it, its all round greatness! This review is also posted on Ciao under this same username. Read the complete review |
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Stila Perfect & Correct Foundation
by 2012Saver I recently tried this foundation after having the Stila range recommended to me by a friend. I have been a fan of Clinique foundation for years but I was open to trying something new, just to see if I could find a better foundation than the one I was already using. I bought this Stila Perfect and Correct foundation in my ... local Boots For £28.50 For 62g. The foundation comes in a cylinder shaped tube with a pump at the top that you press to get the foundation out. The bottle is made of see through plastic and you can see the product inside. The inside of the tube contains the foundation which is swirled with a white substance. Stila call this an 'advanced emollient system'. The foundation comes in 8 shades. I chose the 'fair' as this is what matched my skin tone best. When you pump the foundation out of the bottle into your hand, the foundation blends with the white cream and it comes out all one colour. The foundation is a liquid cream and can be applied with fingertips, sponge or brush. The foundation itself is easy to apply and blends easily into your skin. I applied it with my fingertips as this is my preferred way of putting on make up. I found that this product gave me extremely light coverage only with one coat of the foundation. It literally tintd my skin and did not cover even the most minor of blemishes and reminded me more of a tinted moisturiser than a foundation. In order to have my desired level of coverage I had to build it up and apply a couple of layers. As you can imagine, this meant I got through one tube of this foundation in around 2 weeks, which for the price of £28.50 was not a good thing!! The foundation did leave my skin with a nice finish, it was matte yet had a nice glow to it, and the foundation did last all day without needing reapplied. It also left my skin feeling soft and smooth which was probably due to the white emollient. One other thing I did not like about this foundation was that it had a slight smell to it. It wasn't pleasantly scented it was more of a waxy kind of smell, and I could smell it on my skin most of the day which put me off a bit. As you can probably guess from my review so far, I only bought this foundation once and was soon back to my good old trustworthy Clinique. I would only recommend this foundation to someone with excellent skin who does not need much coverage, and also who had money to burn! Thanks for reading my review and I hope you found it useful. Read the complete review |
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