Review: Stila Countless Color Pigments in Acoustic, Light Show, and Indie

A couple of weeks ago, I was looking through my eyeshadows. And I realized something particularly concerning. I didn't own anything colorful. All of my palettes are neutral. All of my eyeshadow quads were either browns or muted colors. I literally did not own anything with any actual color in it. I was really upset, so I began remedying the situation.

As luck would have it HauteLook.com was hosting a Stila sale, so I picked up a few of Stila's Countless Color Pigments.

I had been looking at these on Sephora.com for quite some time. The packaging is just so cute and colorful, the pans of eyeshadow look like pieces of artwork. The only thing that turned me off from buying them was the price: I couldn't imagine shelling out $22 for colorful eyeshadows that I would only wear once in a blue moon. But I'm really glad that I now own them, they've serves as a great introduction to colored shadows. I've worn green and blue eyeshadow to class now, I feel like I can conquer the world at this point. These shadows aren't matte, but they also aren't truly a satin finish. Instead, they fall somewhere in between. I really like that about them: it makes them very wearable for the daytime. As a note: all of the swatches in this post are two swipes of my finger, no primer.

First, we have Indie! Indie is based around pink colors. Of the three Countless Color Pigments I'm reviewing, it has the lease clear lines between the colors. Thus, it's the most difficult to swatch/create defined looks. But I'm all about my gradient eyeshadow, so it worked perfectly for me.

The bottom color is almost a red-pink, the middle is a blue-pink and is a tad darker than the first color, then the top color is a light pink.

Indie on my human eyes.

This next Countless Color Pigment is in the color Light Show. Honestly, I think it is simultaneously the most pretty of the three that I have and the lease wearable. The colors are just so out there, I think it will be difficult to find ways to wear this that doesn't draw a lot of unwanted attention. Still, I love it.

It has two blue colors: one light blue and one dark blue. Then there's a lime green and a bright yellow. I really like the blues and I wish I could wear them more often, but with my olive skin, dark hair, and hazel eyes, I just don't think blue is a great color for me.

I loved the colors I could create on my eyelids with this color. That being said, Ian, my boyfriend, throughout the day, commented on how he hated my eyeshadow. I think he was half joking and being half serious. I rarely wear eyeshadow that can't be described as neutral, and I think it threw him off a little bit. Poor kid.

Acoustic was my favorite of the bunch, and I think it's the most wearable of the three. And considering that it has a red, that's a pretty crazy statement, but the red turns out to be super wearable.

It's comprised of three colors: a brown, a red, and a skin-tone shimmery color.

I think that it turns out to be the most wearable because the red can sort of fade into the brown, so it doesn't scream, "I'm wearing red eyeshadow!!!"

A nice closeup of my favorite Countless Color Pigment: I honestly just can't stop thinking about how adorable this eyeshadow is. I think I'm going to wear it again tomorrow.

In conclusion, I really liked all three of the Countless Color Pigments, but Acoustic is going to be the most wearable longterm for me. These retail for $22, but on Hautelook.com, I miraculously got them for $6 each. I suggest checking out Hautelook. They don't often have great makeup brands, but when they do, I always make sure to get something.