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Stila IT Gloss
by aminathebanana My mum bought this lip gloss a while back and I quite liked the look of it. However, I hadn't tried it out yet so I still had the nice job of testing it out. I don't know how much the lip gloss is, because my mum bought it for me for my birthday. I tested this lip gloss to find out: how long it stayed on, and how it felt on my ... lips. I put the lip gloss on in the morning, when I woke up (10:15am exactly) and wore it throughout the day, without licking or wiping my lips. I didn't reapply it after eating. At 10:15pm, exactly twelve hours after applying the lip gloss, I checked to see if it was still there. I could see some faint shimmers, but I was pretty disappointed. It started to rub off after about an hour of wearing it, but I could still feel the stickyness of it throughout the day. When I applied it to my lips and rubbed my lips together, it did feel a bit sticky and gloopy. It wasn't that comfortable on my lips throughout the day, either. It just felt really heavy, sticky and gloopy, and when I opened my mouth there were little strings of the products going from one lip to the other. The colour of this lip gloss that I used was really nice but I just didn't like the lip gloss itself. Read the complete review |
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Stila Smoky Eye Palette
by ickleannie I spend most of my working life wearing a uniform not surprising really seeing as I am a nurse. As a result when I go out for the evening I really like to glam up. I like to experiment with makeup and have tried several different looks and colours over the years. Recently however it is almost impossible to either flick through a magazine ... or turn on the television without seeing a celebrity female with the most gorgeous looking smokey eyes. Ok so I am realistic I am never going to be able to achieve Cheryl Coles smouldering looks however I decided that I would do some digging to find out what sort of products the celebrity make-up artists were using to be able to create such a look. I have to say most of the individual products were well out of my price range (well nurses don't do their jobs to get rich). While on my quest I happened upon an article which escapes me now which recommended a product called Stila Smokey eyes talking Pallete. Which promised to help the user achieve the perfect smokey eye. It is this product that I will now review. I looked at several websites and found that the price variations for this product were from the sublime to the absolutely ridiculous. The average cost would set you back between £5 and £15. In the end I turned to good old Ebay were I managed to buy my pallete for £4.95 including postage so always happy to get a bargain I happily parted with my cash. I should also point out at this point that the product comes in different colour variations I chose the original colours which would contain browns and neutrals. Promising myself that if the item actually worked I would purchase other shades in the future. My makeup arrived a couple of days later and in perfect condition. The product itself comes packaged in an outer box which contains the pallete within. There is also an instruction booklet between the two so when opening ensure that you don't throw it out accidentally as it is stuck to the underneath of the outer package and I nearly did exactly that!! The main product comes in an attractive silver box with a 3D graphic of a "smokey eye" which opens and closes as you move it a bit like one of those old fashioned flicker pictures. On the outside are the words Stila featured in prominent black writing. On opening the box there is a thick plastic flap which protects the four coloured eye-shadows within.You get a base colour, a lid colour, a crease colour and a liner. The top of the lid has the voice chip which when pressed tells you in audio how to achieve the perfect smokey eye. I eagerly prepped my face with the usual cleansers and toners ready for applying my new makeup. I skimmed over the instruction booklet which shows in easy steps with pictures how to achieve the perfect smokey eye. For instructions I was delighted at how easy it was to follow them. Then I pressed the button which gave me the audio instructions. For want of a better expression the female used sounded like Mickey Mouse on speed!!!! And I really struggled to understand what it was she was trying to tell me to do. In the end I gave up with this bizarre and irritating voice and just used the paper instructions instead. If you are intending to use this product I would suggest investing in some different size make-up brushes as I have found that this is the best way to apply the product. I now routinely have three different sizes which I use specifically for applying this makeup. To apply this product first start with the base colour and apply the colour all over the eyelid and up to just below the eyebrow. Be generous with this as it is quite a pale colour however it acts as the glue so to speak which the rest of the products sit on. I tend to use quite a wide eyebrow brush for this step. Next move on to the lid colour and apply all over the eyelid edging out just a little bit at the corners although not to much. The third step is to apply the crease colour. This is the part that I had the most difficulty with originally as if you use two much it looks like you have gone twelve rounds with Mike Tyson instead of achieving the perfect smokey eye. This is the contrast colour and with a bit of practice you will know just the right amount to apply. I use a thin brush to apply this product sweeping all over the crease of the eye. Again sweep out to the corners and create a slightly thicker edge this is what causes the dramatic effect. When it is blended right you are some way to achieveing a celebrity inspired look. The final step is to apply the liner. I take an ultra fine brush here and wet the end very slightly, then use a small amount of product. Use a little to start with and apply more if required. The liner can be applied to below both the bottom and top lashes and can be darkened or lighter as preferred by the wearer. And that is that how to achieve the perfect smokey eye look. Which can be either subtle or dramatic as desired. I have to admit that to achieve this look took me a lot of practice. However I now routinely make my eyes up like this and have had several compliments. I now also have several different colour pallettes and colour coordinate with my outfits. This is a product that can be used by anyone with a little perserverence and practice. The downside to this item is the price variation so shop around to achieve the best deals. The other is that really irritating audio which if clearer and slower would make this such a novel product however which is not really required at all. The instruction booklet thankfully makes up for this. Overall I have been absolutely delighted with this pallette and would have no hesitation in recommending it to all. Well worth the money. www.stilacosmetics.com Read the complete review |
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Stila Travel Palettes
by tigger1992 Stila Travel Palettes I bought this product from look fantastic, because it looked like colours that I always wear and because I have not tried this American brand of cosmetics before and it looked good. *Packaging and about the product* It comes in a really really pretty case/compact that has a cartoon image ... of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. The colours and detail of the packaging are really vivid and look very sharp. It does look super cute and it would make a great present. But one thing I didn't like about this product is that when it came in the post I thought it was going to be bigger than it actually was. But when it came it is only 11.5cm by 6.5cm which is really tiny, which was a bit disappointing. In the palette there are four eyeshadows in the shades, matryoshka (top left), Nadia (top right), Chill (bottom left) and Mink (bottom right) - which are 4.3g. And the larger circle at the bottom of the compact is a convertible colour dual lip and cheek cream in the shade lily - which is 2.7g. It also has a mirror on the inside of the compact opposite from the products. *Eyeshadows* I really like these eyeshadows, they are all shimmery/metallic looking which is great and they are all really quite pigmented and have a good colour pay off, unlike some shadows which are not really pigmented at all. They are really easy to blend to create softer or subtle looks and they all work really well together, for example, I like to use the colour matryoshka which is a gorgeous shimmery beige/pink all over the lid and then I use the shade mink which is a deep brown with gold shimmer in it, in the outer corner and blend inwards which creates a pretty metallic brown smokey eye look. Also they do not really crease that much and when I put my body shop mattifying primer on then it does not crease at all and it also lasts for all of the day too. *Lip and cheek cream* I do like this product as well, and it looks really great in the palette as it complements the eyeshadows really well. It is also shimmery and it looks great on lips as it is quite a natural sheer colour and it is not too heavy, but it does not have great staying power. But other than that it is great, although I don't think I would want to use it on my cheeks as it has a glossy/oily feel when applied. *Overall* It is a great little palette even thought it is tiny (I didn't know it was a travel palette when I ordered it) and it has a great range of complementary eyeshadows and a lip/cheek cream. Great colours for autumn too. *Price/availability* I bought this from lookfantastic.com, which is a uk site and as this is an american brand I could not really find this on a lot of other uk sites. But you could buy it from an american site. It cost me £10 which is really cheap and it said at the checkout that the palette should have been £65 which is crazy for a small palette - so that is a saving of £55! Which is great, and they also have a tokyo one on the site. Conclusions Good points *Easy to blend shadows *Shadows stay put for ages *Great shimmery shades *Very cute packaging *Good colour payoff *Mirror on inside *Good for traveling or for touch ups *Other 'city' palettes such as tokyo *Bad points *Expensive when not on sale *No applicator brush/tool inside *Not widely available to my knowledge Thank you for reading my review Read the complete review |
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Make Up / Moisturize and protect your lips from harsh elements with Stila Lip Gloss. Unlike other glosses, Stila's has a creamy, silky, out-of-this-world texture. |
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