I am an absolute sucker for all of the liquid Stila eyeshadows. The Glitter & Glow Liquid Eye Shadows are some of my most favourite products in my makeup collection! So when I saw that Stila was releasing their Little White Lies collection I was super excited because not only does it add more fun colours to the Stila liquid shadow range, but it also incorporates something new – an ivory duochrome shift!
The theme behind this range is that each shade appears to be a white/ivory type colour, but each shade shifts to a different luminescent shade depending on how the light hits your eye. Worth noting though is that these are shimmer liquid shadows, and not glitters. I know glitter isn’t in the name, but I’m so used to the Glitter & Glows that I just assume everything Stila puts out is chockful of glitter!
As with all of the other Stila liquid shadows, these come with a paddle foot applicator for easy application. While I found that application with the paddle foot is quite good (as with all of the others), I did find that with the light nature of these shadows that applying them with the paddle foot was great, but I often wanted to blend out the edge with a fluffier brush.
I’ve shown a slightly off focus shot for the swatch photo so that you can see how the shift looks. If I photograph them straight on they mostly just look ivory or a toned-down shade. I do find that Lilac Legend and Fuchsia Fiction are very, very similar in tone. They’re a bit different in a swatch, but on the eyes they come across very similarly.
Stila Little White Lies Liquid Eye Shadow – on eyes
For this look I put Lilac Legend on the inner corner of my eye. I love applying these in this manner because it adds a special pop of brightness and luminosity to an otherwise singular colour eyeshadow look.
Mint Myth is my favourite out of the three I tried for this post. In this eye look I applied it over my bare eyelid on the inner corner, and then I layered it on top of eyeshadow on the middle of my lid. You can see how it takes on a different shift of colour depending on what the liquid shadow is over.
Fuchsia Fiction was an interesting shade. I saw a lot of blue in the shadow (even though it’s quite pink), and when it’s layered over top of a bit of red it definitely goes stronger in pink with a lot of icy blue reflects.
Final Thoughts
As with all of the other Stila Liquid Eye Shadows… these are a knockout! I love these so, so much. The duochrome reflect with a white-ivory base is absolutely beautiful. I do wish these were straight up glitters, but that’s because I’m always dying for new liquid glitters. As it is, these are a lot of fun to play with and perform as good as all of my other Stila liquid shadows – they stay put all day and apply beautifully. Love!
Two of the liquid eyeshadows were sent to me for consideration, I purchased the third one. Post contains affiliate links.
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