Review: Styli-Style Glitter Punch Gel Lip Stains

The products featured in this post were given to Nouveau Cheap directly from the brand. For my full disclosure, please see the bottom of this blog post.

I'm a longtime lip stain lover, but in all of my years of wearing lip stains, I can't seem to recall ever seeing a lip stain with glitter. Yep, glitter. In a lip stain! If you're a lip stain lover, you must keep reading to see these for yourself.

Styli-Style Glitter Punch Gel Lip Stains in Cabaret and Peep Show

(retail: $6.49 each, 0.077 oz)

Available in six shades, these lip stain pens have a twist-up brush applicator, which is another thing I have never seen from a lip stain.

Keep reading for my full review...

Review: New Styli-Style Lip Paint in Tres Chic

Remember back in October when I gave you that sneak-peek at the new products from the recently relaunched drugstore brand, Styli-Style? Well now that Styli-Style is back with so many new products (click here for a store locator or to purchase online), I'm delighted to be able to bring you a series of product reviews, thanks to an assortment of products that I received directly from the brand.

So I'd like to kick things off with their new liquid lipstick called Lip Paint.

(NOTE: for those new to this brand, if you see items on deep clearance at Big Lots, Rite Aid, etc. right now, please know that those are the older products that used to be available at drugstores, and not the newly relaunched products.)

Styli-Style Lip Paint in Tres Chic
(retail: $5.99, 0.14 oz)

This liquid lipstick is cruelty-free and made in Poland. There are six shades in the Lip Paint range, which you can view here.

Keep reading for my full review...

Spotted: the new Styli-Style display

Remember my post from a little while back about the relaunch of Styli-Style? If you missed it, click here for photos and details about all the new products headed out way. 

In that post, I mentioned that the new Styli-Style products were set to start hitting stores at the beginning of November. Reader Fatima just spotted the new display at her local Sears and was nice enough to share:

image credit: Fatima for Nouveau Cheap

It looks like every single product I featured in my first-look post is in this display. Also, I hope this pic helps those of you who have been spotting OLDER Styli-Style displays (the ones that are still lingering in various drugstores) be able to tell the difference between the old and new displays.

Thanks so much, Fatima, for the great sighting!

PS: I just received an assortment of new Styli-Style products and will be swatching/reviewing them very soon. Please check back if you're interested.

The return of Styli-Style (new products and old favorites)

I'm so excited about this that I can barely type the words fast enough! Let me back up and explain that I'm a longtime Styli-Style fan, and when I first started this blog back in 2009, I used to mention their eyeliners a lot (they're super-pigmented, come in great colors and they have incredible staying power). But since 2009, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's noticed that Styli-Style has all but disappeared from most drugstores.

It is with much excitement and delight that I inform you that Styli-Style is BACK with a new owner and lots  of new and innovative products (tinted blotting sheets and glitter lip stain/gels, anyone?) and I've got all the details for you today.

Styli-Style is happy to announce the re-launch of the entire brand available to the public as early as the beginning of November in select stores! We have kept a few fan favorites and have added many new and exciting items! Our brand new website will launch in about 6 weeks. In the meantime, we have a beautiful landing page up at www.styli-style.com.

After a momentary fade from the spotlight, the Styli-Style brand is now under new ownership and re-launching as the go-to brand for amazing quality eye pencils and broadening our scope to include a complete lip category and some face items. The criteria for most of our products is, “Can you draw with it?” (the word “Styli” deriving from the word “stylus”), which gives way to the inner artist in everyone.

Styli-Style products are available throughout the USA in Rite Aid, Harmon, Sears and select beauty supply stores, as well as internationally, including (but not limited to): Italy, Canada, Switzerland, Mexico, Chile, New Zealand and the Netherlands.

Keep reading for a peek at the new Styli-Style, after the jump...

Spotted at Rite Aid: TONS of new makeup & nail colors by Revlon, Sally Hansen, Physicians Formula and more (pic heavy)

I've got A LOT to tell you in this drugstore report, so please be sure to read my comments in between the photos. Let's get right into it, shall we?

First, the new Revlon PhotoReady Makeup that everyone's been talking about. Finally I find it and guess what? No BOGO this week. Waaah!

If you want more info on this new collection, be sure to check out Okay Philistine's awesome review here.

I also found the new Revlon ColorBurst Lipsticks (yummy411 has waaaay better pics of both the PhotoReady and ColorBurst displays--click here to check 'em out).

Rite Aid is having a BOGO 50% off on all Revlon lip and nail products so I just HAD to get two of the Revlon ColorBurst lipsticks (retail: $8.99). The quilted packaging totally sucked me in. Here are the shades I got (review to come):

Left: Raspberry (shimmer), Right: Soft Rose (creme)

I believe that ColorBurst is Revlon's response to Maybelline's wildly successful Color Sensational line. As you know, I'm pretty much Color Sensational's biggest fan (just do a search on this blog for "Color Sensational" and you'll see). So seriously, I will be able to tell you if I think that these are as good as Color Sensational. I'll test them out this week and get back to you on that. :)

Next up I spotted a brand spanking new display (not even one bottle missing yet!) of the new Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear shades, which left me pretty much speechless:

Pacific Blue (third from the left) is SOOOO much prettier in person. And do you see that duochrome violet? And the lovely multi-colored bar glitter shade on the right? Sigh. I wanted to buy them ALL, I tell you!

Look at that gray! It's called Wet Cement and I neeeed it. Also, that shimmery teal was calling my name. But even at just $2.99 a pop, there were other makeup products I wanted to get so I walked away with just one bottle of polish. But boy is it pretty:

Purple Pizzazz is a finicky little sucker that doesn't photograph well. But let me tell you that is is one of the loveliest purples I have ever laid eyes on. It's got a subtle pink shimmer to it that makes it look like it's lit from within.

I'm in love! OK, on to the next Sally Hansen display I spotted:

I only took a close-up of the left side of the display because I ran out of time:

Is it just me or does that violet duochrome look exactly like the Xtreme Wear one? Anyway...

I spotted the new Revlon Age Defying Moisturizing Concealer, which looks promising if you need some extra moisture in your under-eye concealer:

I also spotted some new Almay Intense i-colors, which promise "5x the intensity". I don't know, to me these looked like the other i-colors, but you never know:

Now check out these new Physicians Formula products! First, we have Healthy Wear SPF 50 (yes, 50!) makeup. They have a powder foundation and a tinted moisturizer AND, each product has a "take $5 off instantly" coupon attached (retail on the foundations is steep at $14.99, so this coupon REALLY helps):

It is SO hard to find a good drugstore powder foundation (my FAVORITE kind of foundation) and I have been loyal to my Prestige Multi-Task Wet/Dry powder foundation for years and years. But this one just blew me away so I had to buy it to try it!

I will review it shortly so please check back. In the meantime, check out the packaging--it totally reminds me of a Clinique Happy gift-with-purchase or something like that. I like the little pink ribbon that you can pull to open, and of course I love the hot pink sponge applicator. The orange and pink really get your attention, that's for sure!

Next we have three new Physicians Formula Mineral Wear Talc-Free Mineral Makeup products (each of these had a "take $4 off instantly" sticker attached to it, which I LOVE):

There is a three-step concealer kit, a correcting powder and a dual-chamber illuminating powder.

The three steps in the concealer kit are "Conceal" "Erase" and "Highlight". Also, I love the swirly pastel colors in the Correcting Powder, and if you look at the pic on the display, the accompanying brush has pink, blue and yellow bristles! How cute is that?

I am absolutely intrigued by this Illuminating Powder Duo. I wish I could afford to get it but I just had to try the Healthy Wear product given my love of powder foundations. If any of you try this one, be sure to let me know what you think, ok? :)

Next we have new Revlon "Illuminate" collection:

This collection contains new Age Defying Spa Face Illuminators, four new shades of ColorStay Mineral Lip Glazes, two new shades of Revlon Perle shadows, two new cream shadow palettes and two new shades of Revlon eyeliners.

To me, these Perle eyeshadows look like matte colors with a lot of silver sparkle mixed in. I really hope, given my experience with those new HiP shadows, that this doesn't equate to a lot of fallout. The Lip Glaze shades are super pretty, but obviously this entire display is geared toward the spring and I'm just not into springtime colors yet.

The two eyeliners look promising and their names PERFECTLY describe the colors: Electric Blue and Sparkling Silver.

And lastly, I just had to share these new POWDER EYESHADOWS from Styli-Style. Yes, I said POWDER eyeshadows. I don't know about you, but I have never seen a powder eyeshadow from Styli-Style before!

You get a full size eyeliner pencil and a little eyeshadow duo in a slide container both for just $6.99. Don't ask me why I didn't buy one of those (oh, I know why, because I bought the PF foundation, SH polish and two Revlon lipsticks!). But this seems like a great deal and I am SUPER curious about the staying power of a powder shadow by Styli-Style. I mean, look at the claims on the display!

I don't really have issue with powder eyeshadow "smearing", but I'll take waterproof any day!

If any of you have tried ANY of these products, I would love to hear from you. And if you haven't tried any of them, of course you know I would love to hear your thoughts as well!

Review: New Styli-Style 24-Hour Power Line & Seal Twist Eyeliner

If you're a loyal reader of this blog, then you know that I'm a huge fan of Styli-Style eyeliners. I've got to say that with my oily skin, I've yet to find a liner that stays put as well as Styli-Style liners (Revlon ColorStay liners and Prestige Total Intensity liners come close.). I've got very oily skin--especially in the summertime--and Styli-Style liners don't run or smudge for me, even on my lower lids, which is the real challenge.

So you can imagine my excitement when I saw these new Twist liners the other day at CVS, because I love love love automatic, no-sharpening-needed liners (like ColorStay). To think that the Styli-Style formula is now in an automatic pencil is a true dream-come-true because this is the one feature I always hoped for from Styli-Style.

I picked up the color Topaz (retail $6.49) which is a shimmery brownish bronze:

Now when I applied this liner to my eyes, I instantly knew it was going to be a winner. You get a smooth, thin line that you can smudge or keep clean, and there's no tugging or pulling. What I really love is the color! It's a beautiful cross between brown and bronze and there's just enough shimmer to make it interesting.

Here's the best part: I put this liner on at 9am and here's a picture taken at 4pm. Keep in mind I was driving around a lot and it was about 95 degrees on this day:

OMG, seriously? I am sooo used to seeing at least a bit of smudging (if not a lot) on my lower lid by this time of day, but there was NOTHING. This liner simply did not move. All day.

Honestly, look how crisp and clean these lines are! I can hardly believe it myself:

Ladies, I have found my Holy Grail eyeliner.

Now of course I cannot guarantee that this liner will work this way for you, but what I can tell you is this: If all other long-wear liners don't work for you, you simply must give Styli-Style Twist a shot. I think you might be very pleasantly surprised.

I am headed back to CVS this week to pick up one in every color.

For a list of colors or to purchase online, check out the Styli-Style website. But I should warn you, I think they mislabeled the color I purchased, "Topaz", because I don't see it on the site. But it is available at CVS.

Have you tried these new Twist liners? I'd love to know your thoughts.

Styli-Style eyeliners...how could I forget about these?

Long before my love affair with Revlon ColorStay eyeliners, and waaay before I found Prestige Total Intensity liners, Styli-Style pencil liners were my go-to long-wear liner of choice.

Even though they seem to be getting harder and harder to find (and their displays seem to be getting smaller and smaller) I still have much love for these drugstore wonder pencils because of the following:

1) They come in a gorgeous (and quite large) array of colors
2) They're relatively inexpensive (about $6)
3) The staying power is truly incredible

I used to purchase these at Long's Drugs before they changed over to CVS, and I've noticed that the CVS display has gotten increasingly smaller over the past year. But the good news is, the Styli-Style website is very much up and running and they do have an online store (although not all colors are for sale in their store, which is a little odd). Regardless, I can say that if you're in the market for a long-wear pencil eyeliner that comes in a fantastic assortment of colors, it's worth your while to hunt these down.

What first prompted me to purchase a Styli-Style 24-Hour Power Line & Seal pencil (the traditional pencils in the pics above) was my quest to find a good dupe of the MAC "Teddy" Eye Kohl pencil liner. Teddy is one of those colors that you can wear with anything--it's a medium brown with shimmer and it's a good compliment to my hazel eyes. I think I wore Teddy non-stop for about a year straight, until it just became too expensive for me to keep repurchasing. So that's when my quest began, and I luckily found the Styli-Style pencil in "Bronze 111". Bronze 111 is a close match for Teddy and if I wait for a BOGO sale, I can buy 3 Bronze 111 pencils for the price of 1 Teddy. Oh, and the staying power of Bronze 111 is about 10x better than Teddy. Enough said.

In the pics above, I've also swatched "110 Tanzanite" which is a very shimmery medium lavender, and "130 Deep Purple" which is a less shimmery, deep royal purple-ish violet. Both of these pencils are stunning on the eyes and it constantly amazes me that colors like this are available at the drugstore. Most drugstore eyeliners, for the most part, are pretty flat and one-dimensional, but Styli-Style pencils really come in shades that rival high-end brands in color and performance.

Lastly, I wanted to mention that I also have a few of the Styli-Style Flat Eye Pencils which are fantastic. The one pictured above is "404 London" and it's a dark, almost black, cross between forest green and olive green. The best thing about these flat pencils is that you can draw the thinnest line possible with a pencil (I'm talking as thin as a liquid liner) and you get the smoothest line possible because of the wide tip. And unlike NYC flat pencils which can get pretty mushy, Styli-Style's Flat Eye Pencils are nice and firm. When you run it across your eye, you barely have to move your hand and the pencil just goes in a perfectly straight line every time. You can really get down there in your lash line for the smoothest, finest, straightest line ever. Also, the staying power of "404 London" is absolutely incredible.

Final Analysis: You get more than your money's worth with Styli-Style eye pencils. A brilliant array of shades to choose from, colors that rival high-end brands, and a quality product that really does last until you take it off.