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Stila is Saved! Iconic Beauty Brand Not Going Anywhere

Email thisPosted May 19th 2009 at 2:00PM by Courtney Dunlop

Photos courtesy of Stila

The beauty world -- editors, makeup artists, loyal Lip Glaze-addicted customers -- was pretty much freaking out a few weeks back when the future of Stila looked dire. Bankruptcy rumors swirled and mad dashes to Sephora to stock up on favorites like Kitten Eye Shadow ensued. Then came the news that an investment firm had swooped in at the last minute to buy the brand, but a question hung in the balance: Would the new CEO be cool enough to resuscitate the iconic brand?

Photo courtesy of Stila

For what it's worth, my bet is on yes. I caught up with Stila's new owner (the CEO of Patriarch Partners, LLC) to see what her plans are for the brand, and there's something you should know -- Lynn Tilton is a cool chick. I expected a bean counter in a conservative pantsuit and instead was faced with Lynn in a short black Versace dress and lace-up leather boots. (Already a good sign.)

"I'm not your typical CEO," she told me. Lynn has some bold ideas on how to redirect Stila, including focusing less on traditional retailing -- a move she knows will upset the big stores. Lynn says, "I'll make some people mad, but I don't care. I want to cater to the customers, not the retailers." That means amping up Stila's e-commerce site and spearheading infomercials with instructional makeup tutorials. "Stila will be about educating women on how to be beautiful," she explains.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal's A Lipstick Girl

Email thisPosted Dec 5th 2008 at 10:00AM by Laura Kenney

Filed under: Events: On the Scene, Cosmetics, Celebrities with Style

There are two distinct camps of lip color aficionados: Gloss gals and lipstick lovers. Me, my thin, perpetually dry lips force me to heart gloss. Maggie Gyllenhaal, she loves herself some lipstick.

We caught up with the young mom at Duracell "Power A Smile" Campaign kickoff in New York City, a charity program that spreads the love to kids who will be spending the holidays in hospitals. The Stella McCartney-clad MG dished on what powers her smile (note: No gloss. Ever.). "I like lipstick and it's kinda the only makeup I usually wear when I'm not working. I use Stila's Lipsticks on my cheeks as well as my lips, and I've recently been really into Julie Hewitt's Lipsticks." And her pearly whites? "I use a regular toothbrush, Tom of Maine Toothpaste and I go to the dentist."

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Tags: Duracell, Julie Hewitt, lipstick, MaggieGyllenhaal, Power A Smile, Stila, TomOfMaineToothpaste

Rock the Vote with Stilla

Email thisPosted Jul 17th 2008 at 3:20PM by Tiffany Neal

Filed under: Cosmetics, Daily Obsession

We've never needed an excuse to buy any new beauty products. But just in case you're a little more budget conscious than us, Stila's new lipstick not only will have your lips looking fresh, but will also play a role in the 2008 Presidential election.

Stila's new red lip color, Rock the Vote, goes on sale starting today and will retail for $17. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds from the first 500 lipsticks purchased will go to the efforts to "mobilize young people to get involved in the political process."

But that patriotism doesn't stop there folks. In addition to the lipstick, Stila will have a "Rock the Vote" icon on its site that will allow people to become registered voters so they can make that all-important decision on November 4th.

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Tags: beauy, lipstick, makeup, rock the vote, RockTheVote, stila

Stila review: long wear lip color

Email thisPosted Jun 5th 2008 at 10:23AM by Cat Lincoln

Filed under: Cosmetics, Product Reviews

The nice folks at Stila sent us some samples so we could try their products first hand. We spread the bounty across two bloggers Kristen Seymour and Cat Lincoln, who will share their reactions with you this week.

Our second Stila product for review was Long Wear Lip Color. We've admitted before that we're lazy about reapplying lip color, so we were excited to try one that purported to be a soft-on-the lips hybrid gloss, with serious staying power.

We rotated the three colors over the course of a week:

Serenade -- golden red (weekend brunch color)
Coquette -- pink mauve (tasteful day wear)
Rendezvous -- brown reddish (dramatic night out)

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Tags: cosmetics, lipstick, long wear lip color, LongWearLipColor, review, sheer, stila, vanilla flavor, VanillaFlavor

Stila review: Perfecting concealer

Email thisPosted Jun 4th 2008 at 10:37AM by Kristen Seymour

Filed under: Cosmetics

The nice folks at Stila sent us some samples so we could try their products first hand. We spread the bounty across two bloggers, Kristen Seymour and Cat Lincoln, who will share their reactions with you this week.

Stila's Perfecting Concealer is a semi-matte concealer designed to hide "under eye circles, scars, redness, and other imperfections."

We were really excited to try this out because, even after getting a full night's sleep, we tend to have under eye circles, but now that we're no longer 18, some concealers and foundations end up making our smile lines (because we do not have wrinkles -- our face is simply used to smiling and being happy) more obvious.

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Tags: acne, blemish, concealer, cover up, CoverUp, dark circles, DarkCircles, makeup, perfecting concealer, PerfectingConcealer, review, scars, skin care, SkinCare, stila, stila cosmetics, StilaCosmetics, under eye circles, under eye shadows, UnderEyeCircles, UnderEyeShadows

Stila review: kajal eyeliner

Email thisPosted Jun 3rd 2008 at 10:23AM by Cat Lincoln

Filed under: Cosmetics, Product Reviews

The nice folks at Stila sent us some samples so we could try their products first hand. We spread the bounty across two bloggers, Kristen Seymour and Cat Lincoln, who will share their reactions with you this week.

We are heavy eyeliner users, both figuratively and literally, so we've experienced the full gamut of textures: waxy, smudgy, crumbling and smooth. Based on this broad experience, we feel confident in our definitive pronouncement that Stila Kajal Eyeliner is the silkiest pencil we've ever used.

Now before you think we're a pushover for free stuff, let us say that super silky can be a good and bad thing.

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Tags: black, brighteners, eye make up, eyeliner, EyeMakeUp, green, kajal, remover, review, silky, stila, white

Stila review: Lip glaze

Email thisPosted Jun 2nd 2008 at 11:53AM by Kristen Seymour

Filed under: Cosmetics

The nice folks at Stila sent us some samples so we could try their products first hand. We spread the bounty across two bloggers, Kristen Seymour and Cat Lincoln, who will share their reactions with you this week.

First of all, we are huge fans of lip gloss -- it's seriously one of the easiest ways to make yourself look just a little more put together at the last minute. Stila's lip glaze is a best seller, and they call it "an essential addition to any beauty bag."

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Monopoly: Sephora Edition

Email thisPosted Oct 28th 2006 at 12:02PM by Elise Carter

Filed under: Style in the News, Cosmetics

As reported by Fashion Week Daily, beauty superstore Sephora is teaming up with the makers of a classic board game to create a Sephora edition of Monopoly.

Players will collect and spend Beauty Bucks, can end up in jail for heinous offenses like "bad hair days", incur fines for streaky self-tanner, and buy Sephora bags and Sephora storefronts for their purchased property in lieu of "houses" and "hotels".

I'm not yet sure which brand name has snagged the advertising rights to the properties that will replace "Park Place and Broadway", but some of the beauty advertising gurus such as Nars, Stila, and Murad will have their names on Cheek Street, Gloss Gardens, and Cleanser Crossing, respectively.

The new Sephora edition of Monopoly retails for $45.

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Tags: beauty superstore, board games, Broadway, classic games, cosmetics, Fashion Week Daily, makeup, Monopoly, Murad, Nars, Park Place, self-tanner, Sephora, Stila

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