Giella Custom Blend Cosmetics
Today I was visiting one of my favorite blogs, Glamour Magazine’s Beauty Insiders. Stephanie posted about Giella Custom Blend Cosmetics and mentioned how Giella Poblocki, owner of the brand, was able to custom blend colors to re-create a limited edition lipstick that Stephanie loved.
This had me thinking about all of the lipsticks that I have loved from long ago that looked marvelous on me, but were eventually discontinued. Those were the lipsticks you held onto for dear life and only brought out on special occasions so that you didn’t wear it down too fast. I’m sure there are many of you who have a discontinued lipstick or two in your makeup bag right now and know exactly what I am talking about.
So I popped over to Giella’s site to find that her entire company is about blending your own cosmetics and for discontinued lipstick, lip gloss and even nail polish, you can send your product in and they will match it exactly! And they’ll even return your original tube or bottle to boot!
So for now on, when I purchase a limited edition (or eventually discontinued) lipstick or lip gloss, I will worry no more about the day that tube will have to see the trash knowing that Giella will be able to re-create my prized possession.
Check out her site: www.giella.com
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4 opinions for Giella Custom Blend Cosmetics
Teri
May 5, 2007 at 4:54 pm
I hate to be a downer about this, but it is pretty easy to match discontinued lipsticks and such if you know what pigments to use. The color in the tube will match, but unfortunately it may not look the same when applied. It has to do with the chemistry and compound of the lipstick plus the color to make it unique. For example, if your shade went on sheer, and you ordered a color match, you might get very full, unexpected results. Now, I must say that I have never used anything from Giella, but I have used a few custom blending services in the past, and they never lived up because the lipstick/lipgloss formula was different.
Valerie
Sep 6, 2007 at 8:13 am
I am glad Teri, was honest about this, I too have done custom colors and have not been totatlly happy. Now, I see the texture also matters. I am still going to try custom for foundation. So, who knows I guess I am just still hopeful. Not to mention I still have that tube of lipgloss I am looking to have replicated.
rachel
Sep 18, 2007 at 5:33 pm
I have used Giella products, I had to go back after the first attempt and waiting in the hot climate known as Henri Bendels and the texture and quality of the stuff she uses is no where near as good as that of prescriptives, however she can make the more exotic color but just like the mac nailpolish I wanted recreated the polish was so thinned out. The lipstick half the time depending which counter girl you get is either being sloppy, doesn’t keep track or you can get a great match and like what happened with my friend and myself go to re-order and then get a color that is not the same as the original or the match so then you have to waste time and go back. Prescriptives is just a tad more pricey but the texture of their product is much better but there range of pigment is limited Giella has a broad range but poor quailty you have to constantly re-apply and re-apply with prescriptives you have to re-apply but only every few hours as they mill of their product is much finer.
J.R.
Jan 9, 2008 at 5:31 am
Yes Giella herself is a nice, professional individual HOWEVER one of her staff of which Giella stands behind is prejudice. If you demand exact matches and you do not look like a barbie doll > shop elsewhere as Katrina who puts on her smile even when taking back incorrect match after incorrect match, when you complain about her to Giella who ALWAYS makes herself available, her help provide a lot less help. I myself pointing out the gross incorrect matches and received new product that was still not correct, had to send it to her via mail and 7 lipsticks later *as I kept all the incorrect matches as they are in the same color family and I can mix them* I still do not have an exact match, on top of which I was treated horribly by her staff because I came in baggy clothing and was not wearing my expensive jewelery as I never do whilst in the city, meanwhile her little helper who obviously makes many mistakes and does many re-dos and smiles and smiles could not afford my cheapest ring, nor should anyone judge a book by its cover, or weight, but apparently a counter girl determines just who Giellas clientèle are.
I was intending to sue both the store HB and Giellas company, but it is not fair to cost Giella (who is very nice woman) any hardship, other then loosing a very good customer and the pr and referrals I in the past gave. I prefer prescriptives for making lipsticks as the service is not prejudice and it costs the same and the product is higher grade. However, the only thing that sets Giella apart from other custom blends is her particular brand of micas etc for eyeshadow no BUT THEN AGAIN WHO CAN have products made while not there in person when trying to make a shadow color. Disgusting to have such a prejudice representative of ones brand although I personally know that Giella at least in a professional capacity is not of the same low manner as her counter girl Katrina. Whom I might ad is the sole person mixing all of the above mentioned lipsticks she does not copy down formulas right…she is extremely superficial
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