ILIA cheek to cheek multi-stick ($ 34.00 for 0.15 oz.) Is a medium, peach-colored orange with warm undertones and a bright sheen. It had a sheer to semi-transparent cover that could be built up to medium size if desired, which was consistent with the brand’s description of the formula.
The consistency felt smooth, more like a firm balm in a tube that became moderately pliable as soon as I picked up the product with my fingertip. Brushes worked but required more effort to remove the product from the surface. So I would recommend using a brush to mix but apply the product with your fingertips or directly on your cheeks / lips.
It had a more gel-like texture that allowed it to apply evenly, spread out well with no lifting of basic products, and diffuse onto my cheeks with little effort. It had a semi-transparent to medium coverage as a lip product, which was a bit thin and more prone to imperfections and showed less wear and tear after two and a half hours. As a cheek color, it stayed with me for seven and a half hours.
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Formula overview
$ 34.00 / 0.15 oz. – – $ 226.67 per ounce
The formula is designed to provide a “gentle color wash” for cheeks and lips that can be applied with “fingertips or a tightly packed brush”. The product is best for someone who is primarily looking for a cream that will blush over a lip color as the latter can work but is short-lived and thin and doesn’t always sit well on the lips (tends to have texture / hold too emphasize) flakes). It’s by no means an ultra-hydrating lip balm, but it worked well as a cream blush.
These types of multitasking products can often be used in several ways, but often they work well for a primary function. In this case, it’s like a blush. The consistency was smooth, dense, and balsamic that needed to be warmed up slightly with the tips of your fingers or pressed against your cheek. The finish was damp without being overly sticky, but it’s never completely dried out, so those in need of something more transfer-resistant might want to look elsewhere.
It was moderately pliable with a gel-cream feel so it spread well on bare skin and didn’t tend to lift base products. It was easy to apply and diffuse to achieve a “soft color wash” as described. Upon request, they were somewhat buildable to medium-sized. The product wore between seven and eight hours before visibly fading.
As a lip product, they were best applied out of the tube as this gave more even coverage and minimized the capture of imperfections. The coverage varied from pure to medium and had a higher coverage when applied from the tube. They lasted two to three hours as lip products.
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ingredients
Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil *, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil *, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter *, Cera Alba (Beeswax) *, Euphorbia Cerifera Cera / Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shandel) Butter *, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Cera / Wax, Sesame Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil *, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch *, Citric Acid, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), [+/-: Iron Oxides (Ci 77492, Ci 77491, Ci 77499), Mica, Red 27 Lake (Ci 45410), Red 6 Lake (Ci 15850), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Yellow 5 (Ci 19140)]. * Organic ingredients. Ingrédients Organiques. This product is certified gluten-free.
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