After waiting for what seems like forever, I have FINALLY received my ordered packaged from Milani. I have always seen Milani in the drugstore, and I had always admired their packaging. The golden cases and golden outlines made me not want to put my fingerprints all over it. But, I finally had Christmas money to order them online. They came in this afternoon and I was more than excited to try out the lipsticks and eye shadows I ordered. I had heard spectacular reviews, so I just had to try it out for myself.






I swatched them on the back of my hand and was enormously impressed by the creaminess and the color payoff! The shades are exactly what I was looking for. Taupe and Cappuccino are described as satin matte shades (although, they look just matte to me), and Champagne is described as a shimmer shade. The names of the shades are exactly what they are. Champagne is a lovely shimmery, light pink. Cappuccino is a light brow, a perfect transition shade. Taupe as an incredible dark brown. These shadows will definitely make their way through to my daily routine!




I had enough money for only a couple of lipsticks, so I had to choose wisely. After searching Pinterest for hours (maybe just a couple minutes actually...), I finally settled on the two shades Matte Innocence and Matte Naked. Since I have a pale skin tone, finding nice nude shades that are true to color is a bit tough. I am more than satisfied with these two shades, though.

I've had trouble with matte lipsticks in the past, so I was a bit skeptical to trying these out. I have chapped lips in need of love and care, so matte lippies tend to exaggerate the cracks in my lips. And that's exactly what Matte Innocence did.

After I slid Matte Innocence over my lips, I was mortified. My world started crashing down. Every crack, every piece of dead skin was easily noticeable. I quickly took off the lipstick, not being able to bear the heart break anymore. I ran to my bathroom and quickly and did that life hack of rubbing your clean toothbrush against your lips as an exfoliater. It had worked before, but I haven't needed to do it for a while. After that, I reapplied the lipstick, and, with a sigh of relief, it looked great. Matte Innocence is a perfect nude shade and it goes incredibly well with my NYX Nude lip liner. Then, I applied Matte Naked and it as well matched with my NYX Peekaboo neutral liner perfectly. Out of the two, Matte Naked is definitely my go-to. These matte lipsticks are also very creamy and moisturizing. And that's hard to come by, especially with mattes.