Review: Stila Cheek Duo in Strawberry Cream Pop

I happened to come across an internet advert with this product picture on and it sold me straight away! I was suckered in by the packaging once again (aren’t all of us?)! There were two shades and I chose the lighter pink with a more neutral bronze.

The packaging is in the old Stila cardboard style, which has been re-promoted for their twenty year anniversary. It has a circular shape and the design is pink and white carnival stall themed with ice lollies surrounding the Stila brand name. When you remove the lid, it reveals two semi-circle pans with the two powder shades in. You can use any brushes you like to apply the products and the formula is very pigmented, soft and powdery. You get 7.4g of product altogether and the shade Strawberry Cream Pop has a light shimmery bronze shade and a light Barbie pink shade.

This duo is supposed to give you a natural glow with a pop of pink. The formula should be soft, powdery and blend like a dream.

The packaging is lovely and the main reason for me purchasing this product! The lid is not as secure as I would like, as it slips off and you would have to be careful of putting the product inside your handbag/make-up bag. The product itself is soft and it is quite powdery, which is fine for me, but I know some people aren’t as keen. It does blend quite well, but I find it is not as pigmented when you apply it with a brush (depending on which brush you use). The bronzer shade is very shimmery and not your typical bronzer shade, but it does still give your cheeks a natural glow. The pink blush is beautiful and it just adds that natural flush to your cheeks. Both powders do last a while on your skin, near enough all day, but the blush does last a little longer as it is the most pigmented of the two shades.

Overall this is a really lovely powder cheek duo and I’m glad I own it. I probably wouldn’t re-purchase it though because I am really into the bronzer/blush blends like the Miners one I own.

STILA ICE-CREAM COLLECTION CHEEK DUO

Price - £16 Rating - 3/5

Recommend - Yes Re-Purchase - No

Available at - Stila.co.uk, BeautyBay.com

Are you tempted to purchase it this summer?

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