- Hey fam it's Courtney,
welcome back to my channel.
Today I am bringing you
a Milk Makeup review.
I'm gonna review ever single
makeup and skin care product
that I have tried from the brand
and tell you what I
love, what I didn't love,
et cetera, all the stuff
that you need to know.
This is not a sponsored video,
but I did want to make this video
because I love their products so much
and it just was kind of like a avalanche
where I started out with just one thing
and it moved onto another
and then all of a sudden
I was like, wow a bunch of their
products are in my daily routine,
I use like a ton of their products daily,
so I really should be talking about them.
So I first tried Milk Makeup in 2016,
but I didn't really fall
in love with their products
from Milk Makeup until 2018.
That was when I tried the
Supernova Highlighter Stick
and got hooked, I just
think it's fantastic.
So first up is the Milk
Makeup Hydro Grip Primer.
I am so in love with this primer.
It is a very hydrating
primer for my dry skin,
this let's me wear
foundations that are more for
oily skin, that are
usually more drying for me.
But this does a great job of
sort of hydrating my skin,
getting rid of any like dry patches
and just kind of like
holding everything in place
for like 16 hours or something.
It does a great job.
As someone who has very finicky dry skin
and I used to use Hourglass
Veil Mineral Primer
as like my go-to primer for everything,
this has replaced that.
Additionally I got my friend Mickey,
you know, the WWE makeup
artist, hooked on this primer
because he loves it.
He thinks that it's great
for all of his clients.
So this is fragrance-free,
gluten-free and silicone-free
which I know very important
because I know a lot of you
like to avoid silicone's.
So next on my list is the Milk Makeup
Blur Matte Liquid Foundation.
I wear the shade Porcelain.
This foundation wears like iron for me.
It is way more full coverage
that my personal taste
because I prefer light to medium coverage.
So what I do is I thin this
out with another product,
typically with the Danessa Myricks
Prism FX Hydrating Lotion.
I mix the two together
on the back of my hand,
then I put this on my face
and then I buff it out with my
Urban Decay Optical
Illusion Blurring Brush.
And that gives me beautiful skin
that has all of the coverage that I need.
I can customize it to
make it have more coverage
under my eyes if I have bad dark circles,
I can sheer it out so that
my real skin comes through with my cheeks.
I just really love it.
Additionally it wears for
like 16 hours with me,
especially when I pair it with
the Milk Makeup Hydro Grip
Primer, it is excellent.
This is what I wore in my
summer gothic lookbook video.
This is what I wore last week
and the week before when I was helping out
at the Cocktails and Couture Makeup Show
because I needed my makeup to last
from 10 a.m. until midnight and it did.
It was flawless, it looked great,
and it's partially
because of this foundation
and that primer.
Oh and this foundation is
oil-free and silicone-free,
and of course it's vegan
because everything from Milk is vegan.
Next on my list is the Milk Makeup
Flex Foundation Stick, I love this.
Again I wear the shade Porcelain
and this will give me about I would say
12 hours of wear, slightly more,
depends on what I'm going for.
I usually pair it with with
the Milk Hydro Grip Primer.
Right now I bounce between
using this foundation stick
and the Milani Foundation Stick
as my go-to daily wear.
I really love that I can
customize the coverage for this.
This will give me just a nice sheer,
like a sheer amount of
coverage where I apply it
and it lasts and it looks great.
So I adore it.
It's silicone-free,
fragrance-free, gluten-free,
soy-free, all that.
Next is the Milk Makeup Flex Concealer
in the shade Porcelain,
and this has become my favorite concealer.
For years, and years, and
years I used NARS Chantilly,
but then of course NARS
started testing in China,
so I dropped NARS off of my
list of brands that I use,
and I moved onto Kat Von D.
Well then Kat Von D had issues with her
anti-Semitism and racism,
and anti-vax stance and so I dropped her
because I'm Jewish.
And so I was looking for a
concealer and I was like,
"Well let's give the
Milk concealer a try."
and I'm so glad I did.
The Flex Concealer works
wonderfully for me,
the reason I love this so much
is that I can apply it under foundation,
on top of foundation, on top of a powder,
on top of a liquid, it doesn't
matter what I put it on.
It's not gonna get cakey,
it's gonna look great
and it's really pigmented
so it covers up everything.
It like hides a vast multitude of my sins
and you can of course mix it
with the Milk Hydro Grip Primer
if you need it to last even longer.
Next are the Milk Makeup
Lip + Cheek Sticks.
I only have two shades,
I have Rally and Werk in
this little one right here,
and these are okay.
I really like this as blush,
I do not like these on my lips at all.
But I do like them on my cheek
and especially I think this
is a very flattering color
for my complexion and this one is a Rally.
They're really, really easy to blend out.
I think they're really pretty.
Gluten-free, soy-free, et cetera.
I have two of the little
Milk Glow Oil Sticks.
I like these much better.
Again I really only
like these on my cheeks,
I don't like them on my lips.
I have Halo and Glimmer,
and I think they're really,
really pretty especially Halo.
Halo is like this gorgeous
little pink on the face.
So I definitely think that these are great
especially if you want like a really easy
little blush on the go,
and I love their portable size.
Oh and these are fragrance-free,
silicone-free, et cetera.
I have three of the minis
of their highlighters,
I have Turnt, Lit and Blitzed.
I think these are gorgeous,
I do wish there was
a wider range of shades,
but these are all natural
looking highlights.
So if you're look for just like
a natural look from within kind of glow,
these are your colors.
This is the Milk Bronzer,
I have the shade Baked.
I'm not really a bronzer person,
I like the texture, I like
how easy it is to blend out,
but I don't really like
bronzer much on me.
So I'm happy having it,
but I don't use it much.
Next will be the Milk Tattoo Stamps,
I have several of these in
all different kinds of shapes.
I really like these but
I basically just use them
as like little accents around the face
and sometimes I find that they can be
just a little bit finicky to use
because of the depth.
You just need to be really careful
with like just carefully tapping that on,
don't press down too much,
you're gonna end up getting
like the rim around the design.
Next are the Holographic
Sticks and I love these.
These are the first products that I really
fell in love with from Milk.
This is Supernova and this is Stardust.
I love Supernova as like my everyday
sort of highlighter shade
because I like to look that extra.
I like the ethereal,
like sort of holographic
lavender violet glow.
I think that's beautiful.
I've actually gone through one of these
and I'm on, this is my third one wow.
I thought I was on two
but no I'm on three.
So I really, really like this product.
So this is the Milk Makeup Blur Stick
and I used to really love this product
to kind of fill in pores
but ever since the Milk
Hydro Grip Primer came out,
I haven't really touched it.
In the past I would use
this as like on like a
low makeup look day to just kind of like
blur my pores and imperfections.
I think it's okay for that,
I think it works but I really
haven't touched it much
because I've fallen so much in love
with the Hydro Grip Primer,
it just doesn't get any love.
Next is the Luminous Blur Stick,
I can't find where mine
is at in my collection.
That's the one that's basically
just like the Blur Stick
but it has like a golden shift to it.
I don't really think that
looks flattering on me,
I would look better
with like a silver shift
or something else that,
or maybe more like a champaign shift
but I just felt like the
gold was a little bit
too weird on my skin tone.
So not for me.
Next we have Milk's KUSH Mascara.
I love the KUSH Mascara.
I am currently using up a bunch
of the sample size tubes that I have
before I go out and buy
another full size tube
because I just finished my full size tube.
But the reason I love this mascara
is because it doesn't flake on me,
and it's supposed to have like
little heart-shaped fibers
that give you nice volume,
and I think it really does do a good job
on giving me volume as
well as some length.
So I really do enjoy this formula.
This is the KUSH Mascara Primer.
Well I enjoy the KUSH Mascara Primer,
I find that when I try to pair it
with the KUSH Mascara I
end up with clumpy lashes.
What I have been doing with it lately
that I like a lot better is I put this on
and then I put on a colored mascara
and it really helps my
colored mascara to pop.
Next would be the KUSH Growhouse Serum,
I love this stuff.
Okay so the KUSH Growhouse Serum
is to make your lashes and your brows
grow in extra longer and thicker,
and I can at least tell
you with me using them
that my lashes because
you know I get lash lifts,
have gone from using a size
one bar to a size three bar.
So it's gone up twice in size, in length.
Now the past two months
I have not been great
about my self-care and
taking care of myself
and remembering to use it
so my lashes I think
are looking wimpy again
so I need to get back to doing it.
But this is one of those products
that I have seen real results with
so I'm gonna continue to repurchase,
and it's taken me a long
time to even get halfway
through the tube and that's with me
basically using it twice a day,
and I put it like on my finger
and then I gently like
rub it into my lashes
and I gently rub it into my brows
and I do that twice a day.
If I try to just paint it on
directly and then I blink,
I end up getting it in my eyes
and it makes my eyes burn.
So don't do that, use a
different method for application.
Oh and I did wanna mention that Milk make,
if you buy the Growhouse
Serum from Milk's website,
they're gonna give you 120
day return policy with it
because they want you to feel
confident about buying it
that you'll get results.
So it'll take at least four weeks
before you see results
and that's from using it
dedicated twice a day
and you should have I think maximum
like the maximum growth
results you're gonna get
at the end of 12 weeks.
So I think that they're return
policy is really nice for it
and it's a really good reason to buy
directly from Milk rather than Sephora.
Here's the KUSH Fiber Brow Gels,
and I adore these.
I have two shades, I have Cypher
which is a cool toned black
and then I also have Diesel
which is a warm toned black.
And both of them work
really well for my coloring
'cause my natural hair color
is sort of like a deep, dark brown,
but it does have a actually
a little bit of warmth to it
and I always dye it cool
because I prefer cooler tones
and I have a cool tone complexion.
So I can use either of
these and I like that.
Primarily I feel like
these give my brows volume
because my brows are very sparse,
and it gives it a little bit of hold.
I haven't experienced these flaking.
Next we have the Long Wear Gel Pencils,
I have two shades, PTO and BOSS.
PTO is like a holographic lavender
and I really like it
for the lower waterline
and BOSS is a black.
I have have had problems with BOSS
when I use it on the upper waterline.
I've had problems with it
running down a little bit
onto like my lower waterline
and like pooling down here,
but the holographic color
doesn't move at all.
So I feel like these are good liners
depending on the shade
or how you apply them
or obviously what your
personal body chemistry
is gonna do to them.
I have five of the Milk Makeup Lipsticks.
I really love these lip colors.
The formula is, I find it
very hydrating for my dry lips
and then it sort of sets
as a matte lipstick,
but I don't find it drying,
I don't find myself licking my
lips like they're irritated,
and so I bought five colors.
What are the colors I have?
I have Low Key, Hype, O.G.
Red, New Whip and C.R.E.A.M..
Next would be the KUSH Lip Glaze.
I love this stuff, I use it as a lip mask.
I have like three tubes of it in the house
because I love it, Ray
loves it and Dave loves it.
So all three of us use it all the time
and you can also use it as like
a gloss topper if you want.
But really I treat it like a lip mask,
I put it on my lips at night
and then I feel like I wake up
in the morning with hydrated lips.
So next on the list would be the skincare,
and I'm gonna talk about
the Vegan Milk Moisturizer.
I love this, oh my God I did not expect
that my skin would love this so much.
I've actually even used this
product as a night cream
and it's been hydrating
enough for my dry skin.
And I don't typically do that
because I like to do other things,
I like to do a peptide night cream.
But still I was very impressed
by the hydration from it.
I really love the balm texture,
my skin absolutely loves it too
because it's like, it somehow
is deeply, deeply hydrating
but it's not sticky, it
doesn't leave a residue,
it absorbs so fast into
your skin you're just like,
"Whoa where'd it go?"
But your skin is hydrated and soft
and I love that so much.
It's silicone-free, gluten-free,
and of course vegan.
Next we have Cooling Water,
and this is something that basically has
caffeine and sea water in it.
It's supposed to help
depuff under your eyes.
I have noticed for the
past couple of months
because I've been under a lot of stress
and going through a rough patch
and not getting great sleep
that I've had bags and
dark circles under my eyes.
So I'll take that and go like
I don't know three or
four times back and forth
under each eye and I'm not gonna say that
it immediately makes my skin shrink up
and oh my God I don't have bags anymore,
but I feel like it does improve
how it looks under the eyes.
And I think it's probably from
the caffeine kind of helping to get
the circulation going a little bit better.
So I use that and I really like it.
Next is the Brightening Watermelon Serum.
This stuff is fantastic.
I love, I love, I love, I
love putting this on my face.
It's like nicely hydrating
and I love the packaging.
Can we talk about the packaging?
I love the fact that I don't
have it in here right now
but I'm gonna insert a picture over here.
But I love the stick
format for the packaging,
especially for a serum
because a lot of times I feel like
especially if I'm paying for
a really expensive serum,
I'm gonna end up with
seepage between my fingers
and it's going to waste.
So one of the reasons I
love the Milk Makeup's
solid formula for the skincare
is I just rub it directly on my skin.
There's no waste and then I use my fingers
to like massage it in
or whatever I'm gonna do
and that's it.
So I think that is absolutely fantastic
and I love that and just ugh.
I wish more brands had
useful packaging like that
because I hate it when I feel
like I'm wasting a product,
especially if it's
expensive like skincare.
So this makes me feel really
good about my skincare.
Next would be the Matcha
Green Tea Cleanser.
I love this, it has like these little
microbead, free scrubby things in it.
So you just take that stick
and you like kind of damp
your face in the shower
and then you just, you
know use the little stick
all over your face and
then I use my fingers
to like rub it in and I always will
rub my face for 60 seconds
when I'm cleaning now
just to help make it softer.
That's one of the things I read about
on Reddit skincare addicting
that you should always do
is cleanse your face for 60 seconds
to I think break up any sebum
that might be in your pores
and stuff like that,
and I'm telling you at
least for me, it works.
I think it makes my skin look better.
Next is the Matcha Toner.
Okay so this is the product
that my friend Mickey
told me, "You need to try
this, you're gonna love it."
And I was like, "I'm not
really a toner person.
"Like the only toner product that I use
"with any regularity was
probably Pixi's Glow Tonic."
And so he said, "No, no just
trust me, give it a try."
So I bought like the
little tiny, mini sample
of the Milk Makeup Matcha Green Tea Toner,
and I tried that and I had like a like
a little white head right here,
and it disappeared over night.
I don't know if it was
a coincidence or what,
but that was enough for me to go,
"Okay I'm gonna buy a full size
"and start using this
in my skincare routine."
And so now I'm using toner
in my skincare routine daily
and I love it.
So this one has green tea,
kombucha, and witch hazel in it,
and my skin seems to find
that very I guess soothing,
and it's, I think my skin is
looking great but you know
I am obviously bias.
Next on my list is the
Matcha Detoxifying Mask.
I love all of the (giggles)
I really do love all of Milk's matcha line
and this mask is super easy to use.
I just get my face damp,
it's not dripping wet
but it has to be like a little bit damp,
and I put it on my face and then I wait
you know 10 minutes and then I wipe it off
and my skin looks fantastic.
I really, really appreciate masks
that are easy to use and less messy
because a lot of times I feel like,
I like the masks that peel off,
but they have to peel off completely
and then other times I feel like
a lot of masks just, they don't ever set
and then when you go to take them off,
I end up with getting them in my hair
and it drives me nuts.
So this is not one of those masks.
And last but not least on my,
last but not least on my list
is the Hydrating Face Mask.
I love this chubby stick formula.
I love this chubby stick packaging,
I love the formula.
This is so easy to apply.
Just like the Detoxifying Mask,
I just slightly make my skin a little wet,
like just get it slightly damp,
put this on, set a timer for 10 minutes
and then I wipe it off.
I'm left with pretty, hydrated skin.
And this is like silicone-free,
fragrance-free, et cetera.
Now that you've heard me
gush about Milk Makeup's
makeup and skincare I did want to talk
about one of the products that I
absolutely just do not like.
Okay so last but not least on my list,
I think I missed this on accident,
was the Milk Makeup Eye Pigment.
I tried the color Peep
Show and I did not like it.
I felt like it was glittery and chunky
and it just didn't look flattering on me
and I wasn't a fan of that formula.
So that was back in 2016,
I'm assuming the formula is
different and better now.
All right so that wraps
up my Milk Makeup review.
Let me know your thoughts
in the comments below.
As you can tell I am a
super huge Milk Makeup fan.
I love their skincare, I
love their makeup products
and I think that they're gonna get,
it seems like they're
coming out with a lot
of really great products that are
gonna continue to innovate.
I hope to see more of their
skincare sticks come out
and also I just love the
fact that you can get minis
of almost all of their products.
I bought all of my
favorite skincare products
from Milk in the mini format too
so that I have like a travel bag
all ready packed and ready to go.
So I really appreciate that as well
and I love that I can buy minis
of like the Hydro Grip
Primer and stuff like that.
So yeah I just love everything about Milk
and how they're doing almost
everything with the brand.
I love that they're 100% vegan,
I love that they're cruelty free,
I love that they're
Leaping Bunny certified,
can I get a hell yeah?
Hell yeah!
So anyway now that I've bowed at you
let me know your thoughts
in the comments below.
If you're wondering what to watch next,
check out my winter skincare routine,
it obviously very heavily
features Milk Makeup
because I love them so much.
If you're wanting a
tutorial, look over here.
I've got a brandless
tutorial to share with you.
Thanks so much friends and
I'll see you next time.
