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.

When I saw the promo shots of the Stila Vivid & Vibrant collection I was so excited! Vivid, vibrant jewel tones in a formula I adore? AND matched with eyeshadow duos?? I was so enticed! There’s a whole range of colours, but I’ve got the blue and purple shades and I’ll be covering those two in this post (and I’m eyeing the green and the red for the future!).

With the Vivid & Vibrant collection, Stila launched eyeshadows duos as a near perfect reflection of the shades to the Shimmer & Glows (we’ll get to those shortly!). The left side of the pan is a very shimmery somewhat metallic version of the colour, and the right side is a glittery version of the same colour. Each side is basically the same colour with a different finish to give you a bit of variety when applying your shadow.

The swatches show just how deeply pigmented the colours are, ESPECIALLY the blue. Holy smokes, I was not prepared for that kind of colour payoff. I had initially thought that the finishes couldn’t be THAT different from each other, but you really see how the right side has more sparkle and glitter than the left (shimmery) side does.

For the look above I used the glitter shade in Sapphire all over the lid and used the shimmery one in the outer corners and crease. While I tend to prefer a matte formula in that area, I was surprised with how nicely it ended up looking. When you’re going for a full on glittery eye, sometimes it just works to go full on shimmer too!

Zoomed out a bit for the full effect – look at that eyeshadow colour! One thing you need to note though that is that while these are incredibly pigmented and are easy to blend… they also have insane fallout. There’s so much pigment to the shadow that even after you’ve applied your shadow and cleaned it up, you will still notice that, throughout the day, some pigment will still fall onto your cheeks and need cleanup. I was a bit surprised because I’m not used to dealing with fallout after application, but I also wasn’t surprised because while the powders are easy to blend, they are slightly clumpy which means that these might work best with a glitter adhesive. That being said, the fallout wasn’t so intense that I’d stop wearing these – they’re so freaking lovely!

While I’m a massive fan of the Stila Glitter & Glows (see my collection here!), I can still appreciate a good Shimmer & Glow every now and then. The formula is fundamentally the same as the Glitter & Glows – they apply smoothly with the paddlefoot applicator and pack one heck of a pigment punch.

Vivid Sapphire, much like the eyeshadow, is a frigging knockout shade. Solid, opaque pigmentation in a single swipe. Vivid Amethyst is a bit more subdued and you will notice a touch of translucency to the product – layer this twice to get full opacity.

For the look above I applied Vivid Sapphire Liquid Shadow all over the lid and then used the Amethyst Eye Shadow Duo in the outer corner. Blues and purples pair so easily together so this was a super quick and easy look to do.

Final Thoughts

For those wanting intense pigmentation, shimmer, sparkle and COLOUR in their shadows (liquid or powder), you really needn’t look elsewhere. I will say some of the fallout on the powder versions was a bit annoying, but I’m willing to suffer a smidge when the colour is that vibrant! The Shimmer & Glows were especially gorgeous – I was impressed not only by the colour of the two shades, but also by the longevity. I have a beast of a time with any kind of cream or liquid shadows (no matter how much or little eye primer I put on, they almost all crease on me), and these? They didn’t crease on me. I wore them a full work day and saw no creasing! Now THAT’S impressive!

The Stila Vivid & Vibrant Collection can be purchased at sephora.ca or sephora.com.

The products featured in this post were sent to me for consideration. Post contains affiliate links.