ILIA Dreamer Multi-Stick ($ 34.00 for 0.15 oz.) Is a medium-dark coral with moderate, warm undertones and a natural sheen. It had a pure cover that could be built up to medium pigmentation if desired. The texture was very easy to work with as it had moderate slip and glide and spread well over bare skin as well as foundation because it was not lifted.
It was easiest to work with your fingertips, which added some warmth to the product. The balm was firmer in the tube, but gave immediately as soon as it came into contact with my skin (from the heat). It did well as a cheek product for seven and a half hours, but as a lip product it was so-so; it stayed on decently for two and a half hours but was thinner in consistency that wasn’t as flattering on my lips as it was on my cheeks.
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Formula overview
$ 34.00 / 0.15 oz. – – $ 226.67 per ounce
The formula is designed to provide a “soft 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, thin, and doesn’t always sit well on the lips (tends to emphasize texture / to stick) flakes). It’s by no means an ultra-moisturizing 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, and had to be warmed up lightly with fingertips or pressed against the 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 clean 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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