Stila Cosmetics spring 2008 preview

[Janice]

Stila has unveiled plans for Spring '08, and it's looking oh so rosey!

Along with several new products there are also 14 new eyeshadow duos making a debut. It goes without saying that Stila has one of the best formulations on the market with their eyeshadow. Smooth, silky and richly pigmented they glide on with ease and stay pretty all day long.



Other new products making a debut:

• Cherry Crush Lip and Cheek Stain

Billed as a new generation in stains, this stain is for use on cheeks and lips. Shade is buildable in intensity and reacts to your individual pH so everyone's color is unique!

• Major Major Lash Mascara

A classic mascara just got bigger and better with a new teddy bear brush for building thick and dramatic lashes. For almond shaped eyes Stila suggests focusing building the mascara on the outer lashes. For a wider eyed looked focus building the center lashes, applying on both top and bottom lashes.

• 2 Spring Eyeshadow Quads (Marrakesh & Montemart)

Stila's award winning shadows now come packaged in two ultra chic quad compacts. One in rich warm, earthy tones and the other in cool soft lavenders. I've had a chance to preview these and the colors are really fantastic.

• 10 new Matte eyeshadows

Stila has formulated a new matte eyeshadow, their promise is a crease free shadow with smooth application. Matte shades on the eye are all the rage right now, nothing lends more to a perfectly polished look than a sophisticated shade of matte.

• 14 Eyeshadow Duos

I'm super excited about these, priced at $20 a duo you're receiving two stunning shades inspired by the latest trends. You can use these wet or dry depending on your desired intensity.

• A new Liquid Eyeliner

Another new product I'm super excited about, the nib applicator on this new liner really looks like it provides easy application. Liquid liner tips are really the make or break factor for the product, if it's difficult to apply with the attached applicator... odds are I'm NEVER going to use it again! Though this formula is water based - it's water resistant, fade resistant and budge proof! For a perfectly Stila cat eye use kitten eyeshadow from lash line blended to slightly above the crease, then apply liquid eyeliner to the lash line and finish with Major major lash mascara.

• Contouring Trio

This is contouring palette is sooo cute! The palette has LED lights built in around the mirror to aid with application on the go. Contouring made simple and easy with three shades of depth for endless customization to suit your individual needs.

You can find all these products in your local Sephora starting January 23rd! You can also purchase directly from stila cosmetics. Update - Stila products popped up on Ulta.com, let's hope our local Ulta's will start stocking the brand. How convenient!

Happy Holidays Specktra Beauty News Readers!

Stila Cosmetics spring 2008 preview | Specktra Beauty News

[Hilly]

Gorgeous stuff!!!! Love, love, LOVE it all!!!

[ZoZo]

nice collection, thanks.

[glam8babe]

i like the look of these

[Juneplum]

pretty! i like the montemarte quad by default cos it has the name of one of my favorite places in france

[liv]

The duos look so pretty! It looks like the quads have smaller shadows than the regular ones. =[ Can you confirm this, Janice? Kind of weird, since I thought Stila was all about mixing and matching with the refillable palettes they sell separately.

The Cherry Crush stain and eyeliner look interesting too, I've always wanted to try liquid liner, but the brushes that they usually come with are a no-go for me.

[Janice]

Quote:

Originally Posted by liv

The duos look so pretty! It looks like the quads have smaller shadows than the regular ones. =[ Can you confirm this, Janice? Kind of weird, since I thought Stila was all about mixing and matching with the refillable palettes they sell separately.

That's correct, the entire compact is about 4" x 4" and the pans are smaller than the huge ones we're used to. While I'm sure us makeup mavens could figure out a way to pop these out of the palette I don't think these Spring '08 palettes are intended to be refillable. You can see both of the palettes, as well as some other new Stila products in this image of the Stila grand prize basket we recently gave away in a forum contest.



HTHS!

[liv]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janice

That's correct, the entire compact is about 4" x 4" and the pans are smaller than the huge ones we're used to. While I'm sure us makeup mavens could figure out a way to pop these out of the palette I don't think these Spring '08 palettes are intended to be refillable. You can see both of the palettes, as well as some other new Stila products in this image of the Stila grand prize basket we recently gave away in a forum contest.



HTHS!

Ooh, I knew those looked familiar! Snowkei will have to tell us more about them when she gets her package. =] Thanks Janice! These will probably be better for travel, since the 4-pans they make now are a bit larger (because of the large pans)

[cno64]

Ooh, I like the looks of some of those shadow duos, especially the kind of taupe one, upper center.
I know it sounds a little weird, getting excited about taupes, but that color works soo well for me!

[mac-cakes]

I need to have that liquid liner. It looks like that will be the answers to all my liquid liner issues

[darkwater_soul]

I'll be honest, I played with the contouring trio at work today (Sephora) and I couldn't get the powders to blend well at ALL. The flash (top color) blended away too much, will the deeper matte was chalky and looked dirty, even with the sheerest of application. My suggestion is powder your face well beofre applying these, and build very sheerly. I ended up washing and using my old standbys, Zen from NARS and the lightest luminizing powder from LORAC, which has never failed me. But those duos look DREAMY.

[sweetmelissa]

Wow, what great info! Ty so much! I want every single one of those shadow duos, as well as the stain, marrakesh quad, and probably some matte shadows. Of course, I will probably get it all eventually, but those are just what's on the top of the list, lol.