So I have been watching so many YouTube gurus reviewing the new Milani lip products. Of course I was intrigued and there were so many I wanted to try. So I marked it on my calendar the day I would be able to go to CVS and hope to see a new display. I also made a list of which colors I wanted to pick up. Does anyone else do this?? Just a freak like me? Ok....moving on hahaha
First up is the Power Lip
There are a total of 8 shades and I picked up 7. Claims are they are long lasting, moisturizing and a stain. The colors I have starting from Left to Right: 08 Creamy Cafe, 05 Macaroon (fav!), 07 Mango Tango, 04 Pink Lemonade, 02 Cabaret Blend, 01 Red Control and 03 Raspeberry Tart (second fav). The one color that I did not get was Strawberry Sugar. This was a very light pink which do not look good on me. I'm sorry that I did not get any arm swatches or lip swatches. These were the last for me to photograph and my camera just didn't want to cooperate anymore. I can confirm that these are very long lasting and do stain. Moisturizing....eh...the consistency is sticky for sure. Not uncomfortably sticky but noticeably sticky. I find the deeper colors like the Cabaret Blend and Red Control are the stickiest out of the one's I have which does irritate me a bit because I don't like feeling like I have liquid glue on my lips when I press them together. It's like the new Wet n Wild Fergie Vicious Varnish lip glosses. I'm doing a review on those too but I can't stand those and I want to love them so badly!
The applicator is a white, plastic fiber brush. When you first get this you have to "break up" the bristles to soften them up. If you don't do this and try to apply the gloss on your lips, it is very uncomfortable and streaky. Once you have run your finger over the bristles they do soften a little bit but it makes a big difference when applying. There is no smell or taste...that I get from using these which bums me out cause some of the names are so delicious that I want them to smell like their names. They apply on glossy and do stay glossy for a few hours. I can get usually about 4-5 hours if I don't eat anything. Even drinking from a cup or straw doesn't diminish the glossiness.
FINAL THOUGHTS: I really do like these and highly recommend them if you don't mind a bit of stickiness while you are wearing them. These retail at CVS for $6.49 and that is the same price on Milani's website.
Next up is my FAVORITE of all time! It is the Lip Intense Liquid Color. This folks is no joke! It IS intense! They only come in 4 shades and I of course bought all of them! Color shades from left to right: 01 Red Extreme, 02 Pink Rave, 03 Fiery Coral and 04 Violet Addict. The applicator is your normal doe foot gloss applicator but the color pay off on these are amazing! You can color your lips with the first initial use out of the tube without having to dip back in to get more color. But it is the smell that I love...it smells of cake batter! Like mixing a fresh batch of cake batter in a bowl. The taste though isn't as appealing, it's not awful but it isn't very delicious as the smell LOL
Above are arm swatches in the same color order as I listed above. You can see how vibrant the color is and this was just one swipe of the applicator. The second picture is what my arm looked like a minute after doing the swatches and tried to remove WITH a makeup remover wipe. I scrubbed my arm red and the stain residue left was going no where!
FINAL THOUGHT: if you like bright, bold colors and not afraid to rock a WOW lip, I seriously recommend picking up your favorite shade...or ALL of them. I didn't regret purchasing these at all. My favorite shade on me is Pink Rave and Violet Addict. The color I will least likely wear more often is Fiery Coral. Although from my arm swatch it looks very similar to Pink Rave, on the lips it is more barbie pink than coral. It has been compared to MAC's Candy Yum Yum which is a very bold color but I have a hard time rocking that shade of pink. I picked these up at CVS also for $6.49 each.
No new lip collection is complete without some new Lip Glosses right? These are the Brilliant Shine Lip Gloss. There are a total of 14 color shades to choose from and I only picked up 4. More on my reasons why later. The applicator is similar is size as the applicator for the Lip Intense but it is more flat on both sides which works fine for grabbing product and applying to the lips. These I can also get one total coat of gloss from the first initial product right out of the tube. These also smell like cake batter but these have a better taste than the Lip Intense. I'm sorry that I didn't get any arm swatches...I will have to try and add these at a later time but my camera was being a biatch. The color shades I bought from left to right: 12 Red My Lips, 06 Ravish Raspberry, 09 Sweet Grapefruit and 01 Bare Secret.
All four shades that I picked up are a Creme, no shimmers at all. Quite a bit of the shades I saw had some or a lot of shimmer in them and I am not into shimmers. My favorite lip texture is matte and this is why I don't tend to buy glosses. Which is shocking that I bought these Brilliant Shine and the Power Lip since they are clearly labeled as a gloss. The texture is smooth and very comfortable. I like topping these glosses over a good color lipstick that doesn't slip or fade. Normally I will top these over the Milani Color Statement Lipsticks (I will have to do a separate review of all the colors I own).
FINAL THOUGHTS: I truly do enjoy these! My favorite shades are Bare Secret which is a very perfect nude for me and Ravish Raspberry. There are so many colors to choose from and if you like shimmer, you'll definitely find something that will suit you. I bought these from CVS for $5.49.
Moving onto other Milani non-lipstick products....
Starting with eyes, this isn't a new product I don't think but it's new to me. I've had many girls rave about this and now I know why. The Shadow Eyez crayon (is it a crayon or is it a pencil?) in Almond Cream. This thing is super creamy and works wonderful as an eye shadow base to even out the color tone on your eye lids. I prefer this over the Maybelline color tattoo in Nude...something hahaha. Mine is all dried out and in a drawer somewhere which was disappointing. I have another crayon by Jordana in a very similar color but I did not enjoy that at all. The Jordana one creases badly and I have a monolid...what does that say??? But this one I enjoy so much. I can't remember how much I got this for but on Milani's website it retails for $6.99.
Below is the new Eye Tech Perfection Liner which is "ergonomically" shaped. You may recognize a similar eye liner from NYX. I have not tried that one so I can't honestly give a comparison. But being honest, I was not going to buy this at all. I am very loyal to my Maybelline Line Stilleto eye liner which I have backups of my backups. Let's just say I will never freak out from running out of eye liner. I have bought the other eye liners from Milani and I truly were not impressed with any of them. So my mind was made that I would not give this a second thought. Last week CVS had the BOGO 1/2 off Milani so I decided to give this a try since I was trying everything from Milani. Let me just say...this did NOT disappoint. This is a liquid eye liner with a felt tip point. The point is so sharp and precise. This isn't an eye liner you have to shake up the product inside like the Maybelline Stilleto so you don't really know when you are running out. Not like I could tell with the Stilleto either but I felt like I knew when the sound of the metal ball inside sounded differently. It's all mental folks. But I truly LOVE this eyeliner...go figure right? I have used this everyday for a whole week and I don't have any issues with this. I have very oily eye lids and I always get the gross, gunky goo in the corner of my eyes a few hours after putting on eyeliner. If I don't put a primer on my eyelids, the eyeliner will smear everywhere within an hour. I find that if I forget to use my Urban Decay primer on my eyes, this eyeliner will smudge and transfer on my eyelids. But with my primer, this stuff is bullet proof! I do a wing liner everyday. The wing stays in tact all day and all night until I remove my make up. I seriously love this and I think this replaces my holy grail Stilleto liner. I got this at CVS for the half off price so I can't say for sure how much this was originally or how much I paid for this. Milani's website shows the retail price as $7.49.
It was difficult to photograph this next time only because it is very basic and really nothing special about the packaging other than the gold handle. This is the new Brow Shaping Clear Gel. I will do a separate post about my love/hate relationship with my brows which I feel I have a better grip on them now than I did a few years ago. I have never used a brow gel, I have used clear mascara like the one from Maybelline. Those never did anything for my eyebrows. I felt like they made them greasier when the oil breaks through mid day on my face. But this gel from Milani I like. It puts the hairs in place without making them hard and crunchy. The brush applicator is smaller than a normal mascara wand which is great so you don't end up getting product all over your skin beyond your eyebrow (I hate that!). I feel like it just puts the nice finishing touch on my brows. More on that another day. I got this at CVS for $4.49 which is a very good price for a brow product.
Last but not least is the new baked matte blush. The shade I picked up is Delizioso Pink. There is another shade in Bella Rosa which I saw at CVS also but I seriously did not think I would use it because it was very bright reddish pink. It just looked too intense for me and I am just starting to discover using blushes so I passed on that one. I bought this for $8.99. I have seen some of them for $12.99 before but Milani's website sells them for $7.99 if you don't want to overpay. I do not own any of the other baked blushes which has some shimmer to them. I don't do shimmer...anywhere! A lot of girls rave about those other shimmer shades but I can't spend the money on them. This one the pink is very soft and subtle but buildable. I love this color on my skin tone. It gives just a nice flush of color on the cheeks. This does come with a cheesy brush that is packed underneath the blush but I never keep those brushes so I tossed it before I thought about posting this on here...sorry!
I hope this post was informative and enjoyable. I apologize again for the very little or non color swatches. I promise to improve on this as I post more often and do more reviews. I'm a bit rusty right now and on the hunt for a good quality camera. For now, enjoy life and makeup :) Thank you for reading.
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