With the Stila Clearance sale going on in Malaysia (Stila is leaving to return to the USA – no news on what’s happening in Stila USA) I thought it would be a good time to highlight some items I like from Stila and if you are lucky you might be able to pick them up at heavily discounted prices – call it a consumer service hehe… 🙂
Stila is not tops on my list of favourite brands but there are some things I like that I will be sad to see go and some things that some people really liked and made Stila the brand it was and still is.
Stila Eyeshadows are velvety smooth
I like Stila shimmer shadows. The matte shadows are a bit meh in my mind but the shimmer ones are lovely and velvety smooth. The picture is from my review on Stila eyeshadows and I know you are wondering why I got Starlight when it appears as if I already have Starlight! The answer is simple – I goofed up the labelling of the colours 😛 Starlight in the picture is actually Cloud and what I called Cloud is a lovely lilac shade that has no name. Starlight is a gorgeous pink-beige with shimmer that makes a beautiful base or highlight shade. Highly recommended. Now don’t you all go clean out the counters of this color! 😉
Stila Lip Glaze is sticky but glossy
The Lip Glaze by Stila has to be Stila’s most iconic prodct. The clicky pen with brush lipgloss inspired a whole host of similar style lipglosses – more so after it was highlighted that the Stila Lip Glaze was a favourite of Cameron Diaz. I saw a similar Revlon clicky pen with brush lipgloss in Hong Kong that we haven’t gotten in yet – possibly soon.
The lip gloss is thick and glossy without too much colour pay off as I previously noted but lots of girls love it. I must admit it gives a lovely sexy shine to the lips 🙂
Stila Convertible Lip and Cheek Colour : 2 in 1 practicality
I no longer own Lillium – its been sent to a better home as I was not giving it the attention it deserved. Stila’s lip and cheek convertible colors are part of Stila’s appeal for practicality. The colour blends easily and works both for lips and cheeks. I saw a couple still on sale so you can still snag yourself one to see what the hype is about.
Stila eyeshadow palettes rock my boat!
I must have a little caveat here. I am referring to Stila’s 6-7 pan eyeshadow palettes, not the 4 pan ones. I find the 6-7 pan eyeshadow palettes contain many shimmery colours and the texture is mostly soft and buttery smooth. However, the 4 pan shadows like the talking palettes tend to be a little harder though still decent.
That said, I don’t think there are anymore 6-7 pan eyeshadow palettes to be had unless you place a booking for the Stila Precious Pearl palette. I have an old Confections palette with the iconic Kitten eyeshadow and a pastels palette too that I hog like crazy. I’ve been eyeing the Kitten palette in the display case but they keep telling me its not for sale – I wonder who they are keeping it for 😛
Other noteworthy Stila products are the smudgepots and tinted moisturizers, both of which I have not tried. Now is a good time to I know but I’m passing on them.
So these are the products I liked from Stila. I was never into their blushes – I found the colours a little dull. I also never tried their Hi-Shine lipsticks though I tried their older ones which I found too dry. I do have a baked eyeshadow trio I really like that I have not reviewed but I don’t think its available at the counters anymore. If you can get it and like shimmer, grab it! I’ll review it some time soon anyway because its still readily available online at decent prices 🙂
I hope this helped you … or maybe encouraged you a little to check out Stila before they fly away from here 🙂
Stay beautiful,
Paris B
Connie says
April 9, 2009 at 1:56 pmIf they have the Sun Palette then I want! The Pearl palette a lil too cool for me 🙁
Even after discount the empty pan palettes are still pricey! RM50 for the 6 slots and RM30 for the 3 slots. EH!!
BTW, I read that the I Nuovi D36 blush pan is about the size of Stila’s eyeshadow pan. Do you think it will fit in the MUFE palette too? I wanna get the I Nuovi blush but I can’t stand the packaging! Lol
ParisB says
April 10, 2009 at 9:56 amHey Connie
They won’t sell me the sun palette 😛 As for I Nuovi you know what? I LOST MY BLUSH! 🙁 So I can’t quite help – I detest the packaging too so I hope they revamp quick!
jojoba says
April 9, 2009 at 4:03 pmi agree with connie. even at full price, teh MUFE palettes are a lot cheaper than Stila’s! No wonder Stila’s going out of business! And I think Stila in general doesn’t have products that are worth shouting about. They are mostly average. I have some loved products but even those aren’t EXTREMELY good. Get what I mean? I like trying them because they are interesting. But honestly, they aren’t great…
ParisB says
April 10, 2009 at 9:57 amHey Jojoba
Yep! MUFE palettes are the way to go for me when it comes to Stila eyeshadow pans 😉 Stila is cute and some products are decent – I like their eyeshadows but thats because I like shimmer and sheerish shadows as opposed to the bright pigments other brands offer 🙂
Cerise says
April 9, 2009 at 4:46 pmYeah, what Jojoba and Connie said is totally true. Stila products are waaay too expensive. Take a look at the Stila Lip Glaze, for example. RM 85 for a mere 2.4 ml of gloss. And I hate the applicator. When the gloss finally came out, I thought it was 2015 already. Even a Dior Addict High Shine Lipstick costs RM 84 for 3.5gm. So between Stila and Dior, what do you think people will choose? No prizes for guessing.
ParisB says
April 10, 2009 at 9:58 amHiya Cerise
LOL… but its a great price right now on clearance! 😉 I think Stila is highly marked up here but in the USA where it originates, the pricing isn’t all that bad. Over there, luxury brands like Dior are much higher priced – we’re just lucky to get Dior at lower prices 🙂
Shay says
April 9, 2009 at 6:00 pmI got Stila stuff from BeautyCrunch. They’re very cheap there.
I don’t like the lip glaze too. Its really too thick and sticky and makes my lips look like a mess.
I only love their hi-shine lip colour in Louise which is already discontinued.
ParisB says
April 10, 2009 at 10:00 amHi Shay
Beautycrunch is awesome but they don’t ship internationally which is boo! I guess thats one more reason for me not to get more Stila hehe…
may says
September 11, 2009 at 3:23 amWhen I was studying abroad, I used a forwarding service so that I could shop from Beautycrunch. I used a company called Shipito. You can buy anything from any U.S. retailer and they will foward it on to you anywhere in the world and it doesn’t cost too much to do it. Worth a look.
Sue says
April 10, 2009 at 12:04 amGee.. I was never attracted to Stila coz of its packaging. -_-” Until I got my Global Glow set from Beautycrunch and they changed my POV. And now they are waving good byes to us already! -_- Geez.
ParisB says
April 10, 2009 at 10:00 amHi Sue
The cardboard packaging does put people off but you have to admit that their designs are girly and cute 🙂 There’s always the USA – they aren’t going out of business just yet 😉
plue says
April 10, 2009 at 9:08 ami have diamond lil, la douce and starlight! 😀
jade is a pretty colour too! i think kajiki(the duo) has it?
i din bother with stila’s gloss as they are sticky. dun like >_<
and din like lilium as much! but gerbera rocks!
ParisB says
April 10, 2009 at 10:01 amHey Plue
Awesome colors you got! I love them – but I guess thats why I got them right? 😉 hee
FA says
April 10, 2009 at 10:42 amI really really love their clickly lip glazes but it dries up my lips like no nobody’s business! 🙁
Calz says
April 10, 2009 at 3:41 pmHi can anyone comment on their brushes? 🙂