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Recently I have been testing out two new nail products from Milani: Smoothé Base Coat and Glossé Top Coat. Does adding an extra “e” to the end of these make them better? Maybe!

Smoothé Base Coat – “A ridge-filling base coat designed to prime your nails for the perfect color application. This formula was created with a combination of Okoumé AE and Botanical Extract of Bamboo to fight ridged weak and aged nails.”

Glossé Top Coat – “A quick drying, high gloss clear coating that accelerates the drying time of nail enamel while also providing sunscreen protection for your manicure.  This product contains UV obsorbers to help protect the color from fading, and acrylic that provides a hard & chip resistant coating for extended wear.”

The base coat goes on milky white and dries pretty quickly to a smooth velvety finish. I like that it dries quickly and it’s a nice base coat. Nothing THAT amazing, but solid and good.

The top coat is where the magic happens.

First off it is ultra-shiny, as shiny as Nubar Diamont or Seche Vite. It is thick, but not as thick as the previously mentioned ones, and it’s easy to apply. It’s also self-leveling, which is a must for me.

As far as dry time, it is very quick, but takes maybe a couple minutes longer to be dry to the touch than Diamont or Seche Vite. But still you can lightly touch it within 3-4 minutes I would say, then it’s fully dry in about 30 minutes. Continue reading »

Last year around this time I reviewed the new Milani Liquif-Eye Metallic Eye Liner Pencils. I had all of them then except the one I wanted the most, which was Aqua.

Aqua is a gorgeous shimmery blue. A color I always classify as mermaid-esque.

These pencils are creamy and super saturated. They go on so easily and have great staying power.

They are on the softer side, so frequent sharpening is necessary.

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Have you seen the new Milani Liquif-Eye Automatic Eye Liners yet? They are pretty cool!

Right now they come in three colors

• Green – Deep forest green with glitter
• Blue - Vivid medium blue with glitter
• Purple – Dark royal purple with glitter

They are called Liquif-Eye because they are meant to give the same easy smooth application as a liquid liner does. Well I can say they are definitely not like a liquid liner, but they do apply easily and are very creamy and saturated.

They are smudge-proof and last a very long time. In fact even on my hand swatch I had to use a really good remover to get it completely off.

I wouldn’t use them on the waterline because of the glitter particles.

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Have you tried the Milani Baked Eyeshadows yet? If not, you might be missing out on some pretty cool stuff.

These eyeshadows come in both a marbleized finish and metallic finish. The marbleized shadows feature multiple colors made to resemble Italian terracotta tiles. The metallic ones are rich, and have an ultra metallic finish.

Marbleized colors include:

• Drench In Gold – Warm gold
• Mélange – Dark chocolate brown
• Mix It Up – Dark blackened blue
• Medley – Dark charcoal
• Intermix – Medium brown
• Fusion – Medium brown/gold

Metallic colors include:

• Pink Twice - Warm medium pink
• I Heart You – Copper/red
• Blue My Mind – Bright medium blue
• Purrr-fect Purple - Vivid deep lavender
• Teal The Truth – Bright blue teal
• Rich Java – Deep chocolate brown

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Whilst perusing through my local CVS recently, I came across a display of a new product by Milani: Baked Eyeshadows. They come in a variety of colors and have regular and marbleized versions.

They all looked nice, but the marbleized ones especially caught my attention because the colors looked SO amazing and pigmented. I couldn’t resist, so I picked up a few.

I have to say I very pretty impressed with the pigmentation with all of these. They are very pigmented and even dry, look really good. They feel very soft and easy to work with.

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