I'm bummed...

[runtagua]

I'm really bummed that stila isn't as available as it used to be. At first I thought this wouldn't really affect me that much. Until I went to the cosmetics dept at Nordies the other day and made 3 laps around the damn thing and came up dry! I could always count on the stila counter for something... I never went home empty handed.

Is anyone else annoyed that they've all but pulled it from the US market? I guess it would be different if Sephora carried the entire line.

 

[misswillow]

Try being in a far off land

We had limited access as it was - either retail in less than 10 stores around the whole country, who don't even stock everything and have grossly inflated prices (as in often 2-3 times US RRP), or through stilafairy. Now we don't have her, and we're probably going to have to resort to using a buying service to get the Fall collection (where you pay them a percentage of the cost plus postage etc etc - very expensive). I just wish stilacosmetics.com would do international orders

 

[ChynaSkye]

yeah... Stila is not associated with Estee anymore so the company (from my understanding) has pulled back into a smaller market with Sephora.

 

[misswillow]

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Originally Posted by ChynaSkye yeah... Stila is not associated with Estee anymore so the company (from my understanding) has pulled back into a smaller market with Sephora.

They will apparently have their full range at selected Bloomingdales, about 1/2 their range at Sephora, and of course online. They've closed down all their pro stores.

 

[sweetmelissa]

I find it a bit annoying too. It doesn't effect me a lot since I have no Nordstrom or Stila close by anyway and I typically ordered everything by phone and/or online. But now...no more stilafairy to order by phone

Also, Sephora's selection of Stila is limited as you mentioned and so if there is something that I actually want to see in person before purchasing, it is unlikely that I will be able to do so even if I do travel out of my way to do so.

Bleh...what is Stila doing? Trying to go out of business?!