On my quest to find the perfect blusher this was another one that came highly recommended from lots of friends and various celebs in beautymagazines. Stila's Convertible Colour is a multi-use make-up item, designed to use either on the cheeks or on the lips, and is a cream based product rather than the traditional powder or liquid cheek stains.
The Good
This comes in an adorable coloured metallic compact, about 6cm in diameter, with the lid embossed with the Stila logo and lots of pretty flower, and has a mirror inside the lid. Each compact contains 4.5g of the product. I love the packaging with these - really convenient to carry round to be applied on the go - the mirror means this is easy to do and the product is applied with your fingers so no need to be carrying round a brush with you. So far so good!
These come in 12 different colours all named after flowers - I have Poppy (a dark red, very striking and not for everyday) and Lillium (a soft pinky colour).
Application is easy - simply dab your finger onto the cream and then smooth onto the apples of your cheeks, blending carefully. The colours are very highly pigmented so you only need the tiniest bit. To apply to lips, I apply this and then a slick of clear lipgloss or Vaseline over the top as they have quite a matte finish. The cream blends in easily and has a slightly waxy feel and gives a lovely natural looking flush.
The Bad
I don't find that these have much staying power at all - the colour will be gone in a couple of hours. This seems to be down to the waxy consistency but I would expect more given the price of this product. I assume this poor staying power is the reason why Stila have come up with such a great design to apply it on the go! I also find that this doesn't work too well on my lips, even with a coat of Vaseline over the top it seems to dry them out a bit and the colour which works so well on my cheeks looks a little odd on my lips. Stila also bill these as being able to use on your eyes - personally I'm a bit loathe to use a pink colour as eyeshadow, but I've tried this with a more brown shade and it was a disaster - the waxy consistency made the product clump around the creases in my eyelid - not attractive.
Stila Convertible Colours cost a massive £23 each - really not worth it when you take into account the fact that they have to be reapplied so often that they don't last long (about 6 months) You can buy them from branches of Space NK, Liberty, or online from www.hqhair.com
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Advantages: feels moisturizing, nice colours, nice packaging, convertible colour! Disadvantages: expensive if paying full price, wears off easily, quite small
Nov 10th, 2008
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