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Friday, July 27, 2007

Brushed With Greatness Project


Stila brushes by Cavewoman

When I was gathering my Stila brushes for this review, I surprised myself by how many of them I have and use! I surprised myself because at this moment, I only have one Stila product, a blush, and I rarely even use it. But back to brushes, that's what we're here for. Stila's loose powder brush is the floppiest powder brush I've ever seen. I'm not sure why Stila made this brush so floppy, but it feels nice and soft on the face, and I use it more for applying pressed finishing powder than for loose powder. I reach for the flat shadow brushes every day, and they work well with applying a wash of color from lash to brow. The bristles are shaped to fit nicely from the inner to outer eye, and they can hold a good pack of color better than just about any other shadow brush I have. This brush isn't for subtle effects, detail, or crease work. Every day I reach for this brush to apply my base color (usually Isadora Gleaming in Seashell, or MAC Seedy Pearl.) After years of daily use, I did re-glue the ferrule which had come a bit loose from the handle. Back to the workhorse brush cup it went, with no problem at all.

Stila offered a short-handle brush set several years ago, and I took this set to Italy with me. I don't know if Stila offers these shorter sets of brushes now. I don't even stop at the Stila counters. I'm sure that's MakeupAlley blasphemy!

Disclaimer: These products were purchased by the reviewer, Cavewoman.

Labels: Brushed With Greatness Project, Brushes, Cavewoman Reviews, Product Purchase, Stila

posted by Annieytown @ 7:40 AM   4 Inspired Comments

4 Inspired Comments:

At 8:47 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not MUA blasphemy at all! I'm not a Stila fan myself either! I'll be interested to see if any of you girls use LM brushes. I'm very fond of the few that I have.

 
At 7:19 PM, Blogger Christine said...

The smaller Stila brushes are for sale now for $40 for the travel set if anyone still wants them.

http://www.stilacosmetics.com/shop/product/300

 
At 2:45 PM, Blogger Mimi said...

i love them. they're essential!

 
At 11:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't own much Stila make up either but I collect their brushes. They have a really full range and last a long time. I've been using mine daily for 2-3 years and they're still going strong!

I really like their convertible color lip and cheek color. I have a shadow pallet too. The colors are great they just don't have as much pigment as the Mac ones I'm used to.

Thanks for giving their brushes the credit they deserve.

 

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