Friday 23 July 2010

Stila Convertible Colour in Orchid

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I received this in a swap I did with Soulful Suga recently. I don't think I've ever owned any Stila before but I'd always been interested in the convertible colour so I was really pleased to get it.

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The swatch at the top is the colour blended and the bottom shows a couple of layers unblended. To me this is a deep pink berry type colour. It isn't quite as creamy as say an Illamasqua creme blush or the Edward Bess compact rouge but it's easy enough to blend it out. A little goes a long way so it's best to start with a very small amount and build on it as required. I can see it would be quite easy to overdo this and look a bit clownish!

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I've included a couple of angles so hopefully you can get a proper idea of how it looks on the cheek (there's also a picture of it in yesterday's post as the 'other' colour I was wearing!). It definitely comes out as a pinkish shade rather than red on my cheeks. I also managed to keep it quite sheer with blending as you can still see my freckles underneath. I've really enjoyed using this colour and I think I'll be reaching for it quite a bit. It's also lasted very well, I put it on this morning and it's still going strong. My only gripe about this product is the packaging. It's quite tricky to get it open, even more so than the Illamasqua blushers. I can see you could easily wreck a manicure trying to get into it.

Do you own any of the convertible colours? Do you like them or have any particular recommendations of other colours to try?

8 comments:

  1. It looks gorgeous in the pot... I love the color swatched! Great post thanks for sharing !! x

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  2. I used to own a lot of Stila products but you can't seem to get them that easily in the UK anymore, although there are a few websites like www.love-makeup.co.uk that sell it quite cheap.

    It looks really lovely on you!
    xxx

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  3. Thanks Renay!

    Thanks Ms Wedgie. I think Stila has stopped selling in the UK. As you say it only really appears in places like love makeup, www.Cheapsmells.com and Brandalley. I don't really understand why, I believe they are still selling in the States.

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  4. It looks really pretty on you!

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  5. Yes, sadly Stila pulled their distribution here last year. I did order Petunia convertible colour from Beautybay.com recently though, it's a lovely pinky peach & I love the texture. Orchid really suits you though!

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  6. Thanks Get Gawjus!

    Hi Anita! It is a real shame that Stila have pulled out the UK. I will have to have a look at Beautybay.com to see what shades they have :) x

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  7. This is pretty!! I have Lillium which is also quite pretty (you should go check it out too!) ;-)

    Michelle

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  8. Thanks Michelle. Off to look a Lillium now...
    Jane x

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