Last month Stila introduced their special $10 Stila Girl Travel Palettes. It was the first in a series of five to be released one a month until December.
The first one is called Road to Radiance Across the U.S.A. The cardboard palette has a mirror on the inside of the lid and contains four eye shadows and a convertible color.
The theme for this palette seems to be pink & lilac:
Four Eye Shadows:
- Snow Bunny (shimmery champagne)
- Southern Belle (mauve)
- Valley Girl (pink)
- City Chick (alloy)Convertible Color:
- Hibiscus
The pigments are light a bit light, so I had to build up the color a bit. Eye primer did help and they’d probably be a bit darker if applied wet. Also, I’m not sure if this is the same formulation as their regular shadows, but the application felt a bit chalky (there is talc in the ingredients list). I didn’t use the convertible color much but I’m not a huge fan of cream blushes and it felt a bit drying on my lips. I do like the darkest color eyeshadow and Snow Bunny makes a nice highlighter/accent.
Overall, I’m not sure if I would purchase this again. The shadows are not as pigmented as I would like and I don’t have a need for the convertible color. I might get one of the three remaining yet-to-be-released palettes depending on the shadow colors, though, so I guess I didn’t dislike this enough to not buy any more!
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