Too bad, life as a student made me throw all the imagination away. Although I couldn't afford to purchase Stila, my sister managed to win a contest in a magazine and received a pot cheek colour as the prize...that was one of our most precious thing.
Then, Stila went on sale. A big crazy sale! A sale of a lifetime I might say. I went crazy too! :D I'm glad it was not only me gone mad...but many of girls out there too.With my craziness, I past it on to my friends...and basically, my visits to Stila were by purchasing items for them.
One time, on the first batch of Stila craziness sale, I help a dear friend who is getting married to ensemble her hantaran, a make up set from Stila. The challenge that I had was to match the cosmetic with her skin tone without her being presence. I need to find suitable shades for her, finding a full set of make up in a tight budget she gave! As soon as she told me about her theme color (black n red), my mind flew to the backstage palette which have a beautiful red casing and a very black rose tie that you can do as a choker, a bracelet or even accessory for bags, just use your creative imagination! To top it all, the palette also come with a mini kajal eye liner also with perfect shade for my friend.
It was mad crazy that day, I had to run back and forth from office to Stila KLCC as I had to finished my work at the office. Lucky for me, I met Miu :) Miu was the one who helped me to get the backstage palette. I couldn't thank her enough. *smiles*
Mission accomplish after a few days assembling the make up set. We even got Stila red box to go with the set :) My friend was smiling till her ears when we got the final item, the red box. After the hantaran mission, I persuaded friends to not miss the once in a lifetime sale. And I successfully did it.. I brought them along to the Stila counters, and some of them just ordered items straight from me. Seriously, I don't mind picking up stuff from them. I had a lot of fun doing that.
Each time of stock arrivals, I couldn't wait. My adrenalin runs mad crazy. Of course, I have not forgotten myself, I bought stuff that I really can use.
What makes the stila crazy sale even a worth is that I make friends.
Like Miu, I have been reading her blog couple of times before, and because of Stila, we emailed each other before I bumped into her at Stila KLCC. Vina, been seeing her at the Stila counter a few times before, and now, we even texting each other for updates.And also not to forget Cai and Voonie. And of course, the two super helpful and nice Stila KLCC s/a, Vincent and Lilian...from a stranger to Stila, now I am one of Stila fan whom got a ring from the s/a every time there's new stock come. Among all the precious item I bought from Stila, my personal favorite would be the make up case. A big worthy!
The departing of Stila to US is sad, it means, we are not going to see her anymore at the malls, but it sure have leave us with smiles as for those who never own a Stila, like me, now has a haul of it at home, and like I said, we have make even many friends along the sale.
Thank you, Stila!
love,
harim ;)
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Kitty Pyrde
Kuala Lumpur
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Miu: wow your bf is dam cool wei!
These are my entire Stila haul until now. Maybe not so many compare to others …but still it’s the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my life…bought bundle of cosmetics products in a short time. Let’s get started on how I got infected in Stila fever. Surely from ‘stalking’ Miu’s blog: D Actually needs to thanks Miu coz if not I’ll never know and feel the enjoyable moment with Stila forever. At the very beginning, I just read as usual and have no feeling at all to buy Stila as I’m not a Stila fans. Never know about Stila also…very outdated one…hehe..Until one day after I read thru Miu’s entry titled ‘Stila CosmeticsParkson 1 Utama’…I was like ‘wowww’…should go and have a look coz I always go there…compare to Pavillion or KLCC. The 1st time I go to Stila counter is on Saturday when they restock early in the morning. I went around 10.30 and OMG there was already a long q. At 1st I've already gave up waiting but thought that it might be the 1st and also the last time I would buy Stila stuffs, so I just q patiently. The most unbelievable part is I saw Miu in the line…but not enough courage to say hi; p After q almost 2 hours, finally I got chance to take a look at some displayed stuffs. As it was my 1st time, I became very blur on what to buy. I just bought 1 ‘Pomegranate’ lip glaze. Can u imagine? Only bought 1 small stuff after waiting 2 hours in line. People must think I’m crazy or idiot. hahaha.
After went to the warehouse sale I can already declare myself as a poor bankrupt girl.I just sit still at home until 1 day I pass BU counter and then stuck there again buying things..hahaha…crazy cuna. Not enough until there, suddenly I fall in luv with Kitten Gloss and Scarlett Palette after saw them in Miu’s entry..again?No matter what happen I’ll never regret that I’ve bought so many Stila until now…really worth it. Right now I also dunno what to say to Stila. Perhaps “pls go go away (coz u make me broke)” or “pls don’t go ( coz I really luv ur products)”…huhu…so in these 2 or 3 months I cannot go shopping anymore..sob..sob. NO new clothes, NO shoes and NO accessories. Say NO to shopping =( I can’t imagine what’slife could be after all my Stila finished. Especially the lip glazes…wahhh…I’m really in luv with it. Dunno how to describe the feeling already. After all what can I say is
“STILA, pls don’t leave me. I’ll be missing u so much!!”
Cuna
Once upon a time....tat was a gal...ehmmm..wat a stupid beginning....ok..the story begins with my Stila workshop...i mus admit tat i fall in love with Stila after attended the Stila workshop end of last year....i commited myself the very 1st Stila product--->Lipglaze Christmas set...and i get to know Lilian, the Stila KLCC counter manager....sometimes u love the brand not bcos of the product but oso the ppl who servive u rite?And of cos, i love Stila's packaging, the inspiration of the product and the gorgeous illustration!
The most valuable thing that i get from Stila Haul is i get to know Miu, Harim, Von Von and other frens...Its really fun to have a bunch of frens to share common interest...i wont forget the night that v waited few hours in Stila KLCC and grab Stila products like barbarians wen Wendy (Stila staff) brought out the boxes....=.=
The craziness din jus stop here...i went crazy @ ebay...imagine i log in ebay everyday and search Stila products from day to midnight....and google Stila products wenever i am free....and the most happiest thing is i manage to win Sleeping Princess Palette and Cancam Palette!!!! and guess what...i was bidding these 2 items @ Daiso, The curve....=.= as i has promised my bf to watch movie with him, and i really cant let go the 2 items tat i been eyeing for so long...i lured him to Daiso, and i hide myself inside Daiso (for more than 40 mins) and bid Stila palettes via ebay Mobile..thank god that the connection was awesome that day...
and of cos i continue my madness with ebay....and manage to grab another 3 more eye shadow palettes - Blanc palette, Red carpet palette and Runaway Look palettes...yeah...call me INSANE.....imagine how precious my Stila eye shadow palettes are...flying all the way from US to Malaysia to meet me ....although the shipping cost really cost me a bomb....but it wont stop my passion to own all of it...becos I LOVE STILA!!!
It is sad tat Stila is no longer available in Malaysia soon...but the love and passion towards Stila will never fade easily...and i know for sure..STILA will be back to Malaysia sooner or later :)
Long live...STILA!!!
Xoxo,
Cai @ Wing
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miu: gratz! your hubby has the same look my bf givin me!
Since then, I’m so in love with Stila.The fact that it’s so fun to use n the packaging is lovely.My only concern was the price, but as Miu had mentioned in her blog abt the Stila Girlfriend Rewards, I’m just abt to contemplate joining this year ( lured by the “Oh-so-cool” premiums Miu had!!) when the sale started! Sadly, I was in the middle of a very busy semester at my office, and as I’m also doing my Masters, I’m in the middle of submission weeks, presentations as well as final exams!!wargh!!Then Miu came to the rescue!How grateful I am to know her, she helped me get all the Stila that I wished for, so that I can study in peace..:D She helped me get the convertible eyecolor in Stone(!!which I fell in love instantly)cherry crush( head over heels with this!),PPG lipglaze and cherry mint plumping glaze(wow!terrific!) as well as the hard-to-get stila collectibles ( umbrella,pink pouch, tin cans and the train case!!). Mucha Gracias Miu!!Miu rocks!
As of today, I’m no longer that busy so whenever I got the chance, I’ll go scout the counters myself just to feel the thrill of the craze.My Stila collection is evergrowing rapidly that my hubby are alarmed: he doesn’t mind me buying, he even helped sometimes wif the purchase or looking for the stila stuff that I wanted.But he had never seen me so crazy like this before!Here’s my hubby’s pic wif my latest collection..look at his face!Poor darling.
The best thing is, Stila made me know many new ppl who shared the same interest wif me, especially Miu, Shirley and Harim, as well as made me rediscover the joy of putting on makeup and emerging wif new looks each time!
Stila have a huge fan base here in
Je t'aime, Stila!
Serene
Miu: omg girl that's a lot of brushes!
I’m 20 years old now and I’m still a student, but I started liking stila’s stuff since the year of 2006 when I was only 16 years old. My first ever cosmetic item is a lip gloss from Stila and it was the stila lip shine which is rosey shine. At that moment, I already actually fell in love with colour (packaging as well….=P) and so my parents got me that. Imagine that it costs Rm60 and I was like thinking that it was super expensive but still, I love it…XD
Well eventually after that, my love for their stuffs did not stop right there, however, I never gotten to buy any of their things after that because since I’m a student, I’m under a financial constraint becauseeven my one whole month allowance at that time would not allow me to buy a lip shine, a lip glaze or even any of their items…hahaha…but still, that did not stop me from continuing to visit their stores once in a while when I’m there shopping with my parents…
So actually I never bought their things during those 3 years all the way until last year when I decided to stop by at their stila counters in Stila mid valley or at stila klcc and then I started buying their lip glazes because I was so in love with their technology of that lip gloss and I love the clicky pen…hahaha….XD yup, I really liked that so I ended up buying like 3 lip glazes….lol….so far, I only used and finished using one…I just can’t stop valuing it too much….XD
Besides that, I also really liked buying their glitter eyeliners because I love the shimmer in it and somehow to me, that was a more affordable item than their other stuffs though I really love nearly all their items. So anyway, I love both of their colours:- the green gold and silver lilac glitter eyeliner and of course I have them both…^^
Oh yeah, not only that, I really have a thing for their makeup removers too so I decided to buy both their face and eye makeup removers but unfortunately no matter how much I also love and spazz over their smoky eye palettes & brushes, there was no way I could afford buying their things already because buying those few items which I mentioned on the above were enough to make me broke because before buying those items, I bought other few items from other brands and obviously, I’m under a financial constraint since I’m not given much allowance a month….BUT…..nevertheless, I still continued lurking around on their stila website as always just to check out what’s new and dreaming on having them all (in my dreams) and also going to their counters at least once or twice a month just to check out their items but unable to buy them….sighs…
But last December, just1 or 2 weeks before I went to Australia when I went to stila klcc, the holiday collection was on sale, and when I saw the smudge pot trio collection, I went completely crazy about it because it’s smudge proof, as in, it would not smudge all over eyes even if I put it on my eye for a whole day (due to myself having oily eyelids)…Therefore, after 15 minutes, I came to a conclusion that I must get it because I already thought it’s CUTE!!!=P hahahaha….So yeah, I bought it and until now, seriously there’s no way I’ll ever regret buying it because their smudge pot is super duper good!!!!
And NOPE…..so far, I’ve tried other brands’ eyeliners but up till now, none made me satisfied at all….Hence, this is a MUST buy whether for those with normal to oily eyelids….^^ hahaha….
Anyway, after that, I really stopped buying already because I was so broke and I had to continue saving back my money so I held myself back all the way till last month, on the first week of april when I suddenly stopped by at metrojaya mid valley to check out some stila stuff but unfortunately, the store already closed down which I didn’t know why but I still decided to go check out their store in isetan gardens and luckily the store there was till there…hahahaha….
I asked them what happened to their store in mid valley and they told me about them closing down and all and I was like WHAT??!!!!NO WAY!!!!=(
Of course I was upset about it but they told me about the closing sale so I was like superbly excited and I started checking out their stuffs. Because very few people only knew about their closing down sale at that time, the counter was like completely empty with people, therefore, the SA was so free to help me apply the smudge pot eyeliner on my eyelids…wow right???good treatment for a start…lol…XD She even helped me check out what shade of the sheer tinted moisturizer SPF30 which suits me and I also started asking the other SA whether that was the right shade for me. Funny, I know because they were just so free too. Oh yeah, luckily I also checked out their brushes and I manage to get my hands on some except for the big brushes and the double sided brushes….
***Right now, as of today, I still think of myself for being stupid because I forgotten to check out stila counter at klcc that day because I know that if I did check it out that time, I would have gotten all those brushes already…..=S ah, too bad but never mind, still, no complains about it…***
~~Anyway, back to the story~~ I was already so happy that time that I gotten some of the things that I wanted but still somehow it seems that it wasn’t enough because there are still so many more of stila stuffs which I haven’t gotten, therefore, in the next week, after telling my friends about it, we went over there again for their restocks and there goes my money on their items again but nevertheless, I was still happy somehow because I managed to get my hands on their illuminating treatment powder which I was craving about it earlier but couldn’t get it because it was out of stock.
My friends and I went home feeling grateful and happy and so somehow on that day, I decided to google on stila cosmetics Malaysia and I stumbled upon MIU’s blog. From that day onwards, there was not once where I don’t visit her blog because I totally fell in love with her stories as she blogs on her stila haul and informing people about news of restocks and everything else. Hence, her blog was the key information now for me getting news on stila’s next restocks besides having myself calling the SAs’…
Well, actually my first few stila hauls were a happy and peaceful one but unfortunately the PEACEFUL moments do not happen to me in my following stila hauls in KLCC in the following week where I first met miu and vonvon there. It was a Wednesday where actually the stocks were suppose to be released on that evening, however, thanks to the parkson management, it ended up being relased the next day. Imagine I’m a student staying in subang jaya taking a train all the way there with high hopes to get the things which I want but ended up waiting the whole day and ended up with nothing to return home. I also ended up getting scoldings from my parents but I still did not give up hope and continue my journey there on the next day, Thursday. Thank goodness I managed to get most of my stuffs and even getting some limited edition stuffs which were nice!!!^^
Anyway, I went home feeling happy again because although I had to go through one hell of an experience the day before but it ended up worth it when you managed to get those things….=) Anyway, after that crazy stila haul, I still went on visiting Stila KLCC and gardens counter once or twice a week to continue checking on their stila restocks and of course getting more great stuffs…OBVIOUSLY, I also spotted miu, vonvon and many other people there a few more times…hahahaha….XD
IN CONCLUSION…..
Eventhough right now I know that I’ve spent quite some money on their things but seriously if not because of this sale, I wouldn’t be able to even have all those items which I love so much in my stash right now and I wouldn’t be able to gain more friends right now like I did from those crazy hauls…..=) so I’m still really HAPPY about it…
**STILL, I’M SO GONNA MISS STILA SO MUCH SO LET’S ALL PRAY AND HOPE THAT STILA WOULD BE BACK AGAIN SOON!!!^^**
Forever A Stila Girl
yayy!!!
ReplyDeletethank u babe!
thank u thank u..
huhu...
:D
oh..i love all of ur collections!!!!
ReplyDeletehahahah. anak belasah make up, mak bapak dapat gi tgk wayang.
ReplyDeletethanks Miu!!! (hugs!)
Stila Lipglaze!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks babe for choosing me as 1 of the lucky winner. wahhhh u wanna give watermelon lip glaze for free meh?? it's so kind of u.hehe ;)
ReplyDeletei not printing money!!!
ReplyDeletecongratulations to everyone :D
love your pics n story!
semangat betul!!!!
when it comes to Stila...we all go crazyyy n semangatttt as we can!
ReplyDeleteSTILA ROCKS!
MIU TOO!!!!!!!!
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