Haul from Stila’s 50-75% Off Warehouse Sale

17th August, 2010

A long time ago I remember buying that Sephora 10th Anniversary can thingy that contained Stila products that did not match my skin tone (I didn’t know that back then) and I immediately hated it. I had gotten that Convertible compact (too light), a mascara (just didn’t like) and a lipgloss (hate the brush applicator so I tossed the whole thing). I never used the compact, but I did use up the mascara. I still have my kajal pencil in Onyx which I love love love and that was all I loved about the kit.

Since then, I haven’t been interested in Stila at all except for their kajal liners. I had only bought the kajal pencil in Topaz since then and that’s it. Sad, right? Well, I wasn’t feeling Stila like that. *shrugz*

Stila had come out with that Barbie collection and when I saw that black Barbie with an afro I wanted that kit so bad. I didn’t want to spend the money on it because I didn’t want the lip glaze or the mascara. I just wanted the eyeshadows and the blush…with the can of course. Love the can!

How did I end up with this kit? Well, Stila had their Warehouse Sale two weeks ago 50-75% off. I took a look at the inventory on their website and saw that this kit was more than half off so I purchased it right away. I purchased it along with some other items like the smudge pots – both more than half off. I got one in Pomegranate and one in Purple Pumps. Another thing I really wanted for a long while, but I wasn’t trying to pay full price for since I have a lot of MSFs, was that Illuminating Finishing Powder in Bronze and that was half off so I purchased that too and got more than half off.

Here is the Barbie Loves Stila Foxy Doll set…that came with a Stila can (which I love and it comes with a little doll bio book which is too cute- I have 2 now), a Lash Visor Waterproof Mascara in black (I think – haven’t tried it yet and won’t for a while because I have too many mascaras to try out), a Lip Glaze in Foxy (looks good, nice color and consistency, but I still hate the brush applicator – makes a mess if you’re not careful), and a trio palette with Foxy Barbie Doll on the cover that protects two eyeshadows (one is pearly white shimmery color and the other reminds me of a less shimmery MAC Patena) and a blush that looks like the color of my Pomegranate smudge pot. Retail Price: $40.00, Sale Price: $18.00

Be careful, these pans fall out!

Swatches! The first swatch on the left is the blush from the trio palette.

Here are all of the other stuff I purchased…a lipstick in Jo (which I will test out this fall – it’s like a darker Stila pomegranate color which is lovely -reminds me of MAC Spiced Tea LE- and it swatched out creamy-sheer),

That Pomegrante Smudge Pot is gorgeous!!! Pure love! Retail Price: $20.00, Sale Price: $8.00 each

I really like this Illuminating Finishing Powder in Bronze and glad I finally got it. I f ind that it’s not too shimmery for my skin tone and it goes on well for an all over face color. So I just dust this over my face lightly with my kabuki and I’m all done. It picks up on the kabuki very well because it’s kinda of soft and not hard as a brick like my Revlon Colorstay Mineral Finishing Powder. This product gives me a nice glow and sheen over my dark skin (NC45/50, MUFE Mat Vevel #70, Laura Mercier Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizer in Mocha). It’s lovely.

As for the packaging, the top clicks on which is nice, but I have to be careful I don’t flip the powder over without the top on or the powder will fall out and smash. Eeeek. That was my mini review. Ha! Retail Price: $32.00, Sale Price: $9.00

Again this is Jo lipstick and it reminds me of MAC Spiced Tea a lot, but it’s more dark red. The packaging is in cardboard or it’s what it feels like to me ??? Retail Price: clearance, Sale Price: $7.00

Swatches!

I added in smudge pots swatches in Violet and Starry night to compare with Purple Pumps because at first I thought I had a color like Purple Pumps, but I guess I do not!

These smudge pots are hard to get off…after continuously taking a hard tissue and rubbing the colors off I wa sonly able to remove Bronze (face powder) and Jo (lipstick). Me likey!

Just as a side note about Stila’s customer Service, well the person who picked up sounded like she was answering the phone at her house. She just said, “hello”. I was like, “OK. Is this Stila?” and on and on. She claimed she couldn’t make any additions to my order once I had placed it and I didn’t want to put a second one in or I would have had to pay for shipping. So to avoid the headache with her, the second order and paying for shipping I just forgot about it and just looked forward to the things I purchased. That’s all.