ILIA Tender Multi-StickILIA Tender Multi-Stick ($ 34.00 for 0.15 oz.) Is a very light pink with strong, warm undertones and a damp sheen. This read as if it had a very faint pearl, as it looked brighter on my skin than most of the other shades in the range.
It had a pure color payout, which could be built up to a medium coverage if desired. The balm was firmer in the tube, but it softened and became moderately pliable as soon as it came in contact with my skin. The product was applied to both bare skin and foundation as it did not lift the base products. It had a more gel-like feel in action which helped it to spread easily.
This shade lasted well for seven hours as a cheek product and two hours as a lip product. It was very prone to getting caught on my lip imperfections as it was thin and not as pliable as other colors when I tried to wear it as a lip balm.
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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-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, 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. If desired, they were somewhat buildable up to a medium cover. 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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