Stabilo and Kiko Milano have launched a co-created collection of lip products that brings the silhouette of the Stabilo Boss Mini highlighter into the make-up category. The range contains five lip shades, each named around the language of writing, individuality and self-expression.
The two brands present the project as a meeting of colour-led identities. Stabilo is known for its highlighters, while Kiko Milano is described in the announcement as Italy’s number one make-up brand. According to the companies, the collaboration reflects a shared belief that creativity is a form of self-expression and that colour can give people confidence to show who they are.
For Stabilo, the launch is a visible step in its transformation from a brand rooted in writing instruments toward an emotional, lifestyle-oriented identity. Michele Molon, CEO of Stabilo International, said the collaboration takes the company’s colour and self-expression story beyond paper and shows how established brands from different worlds can challenge conventions. He linked the project to the next chapter of Stabilo.
Simone Dominici, CEO of Kiko Milano, said the partnership is intended to push colour and creativity further and to inspire the company’s community to highlight individual personality. Kiko Milano presents the tie-up as a way to carry that philosophy across categories with a partner that shares its focus on colour and creative consumers.
Five shades built around a familiar shape
At the centre of the collection is a reinterpretation of the Stabilo Boss Mini shape as a lip product, creating a link between highlighting on paper and expressing personality through make-up. The five shades are FINE PRINT in brown, AFTERTHOUGHT in mauve, DON’T QUOTE ME in orange, ON MY RADAR in red and PINK(ER) in fuchsia. The names play on phrases associated with writing, notes and personal expression.
The palette is positioned as an invitation to explore colour and individual style, with the quality and attention to detail that both brands say they are known for. The collection adapts the recognisable Boss Mini silhouette into the lip category, making the highlighter reference part of the product’s visual identity.
Distribution across five European markets
The collection will be available in stores and online in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom. It will also be sold through Kiko Milano’s directly operated e-commerce platforms in Europe and the Middle East. The plan lists five European store-and-online markets and adds Kiko Milano’s directly operated e-commerce platforms in Europe and the Middle East.
For Stabilo, the project extends a writing-instrument heritage into beauty, while for Kiko Milano it adds a partner with a strong colour identity. The companies are presenting the range as a way to translate a familiar visual cue from stationery into a different consumer ritual: choosing a shade, applying it and using colour as a personal statement.