This quickly became one of my favourite eyeliners. It's intensely black, super pigmented and it manages to stay in the waterline even at the end of the day, though it is a bit faded. It transfers easily into the waterline, while for the top lash line it's not as creamy as Maybelline Colour Tattoo, but the line it draws is intense and is very long lasting. 

The pencil has a smudger in the back and a sharpener. So far the pencil hasn't broken, as such twist up designs often do.

A highlighter for those that like a strong glow. It's very pigmented and despite looking beige-champagne in the packaging, on my pale cheeks it ends up golden. On warmer, deeper tones than mine, it should look great, but this is not my colouring. It's intense quickly on the cheeks and the shimmer is more on the larger side compared to my other highlighters, but it's not chunky. 

I believe this is the most popular shade of these baked blushes. I imagined it very differently, a classic peachy-pink, so I was surprised when I first saw it in the shop at how orange it is. That time I picked Petal Primavera instead and have since set my eyes on Dolce Pink, both are pinker. Luminoso is an apricot-orange shade. On my pale neutral skin tone there isn't even a hint of pink, but such shades usually look peachy-pink on deeper skin tones, which is also how it looks on Milani's pictures.

 

Pigmentation is strong and as it's such an intense shade, I need a light hand. However, even with a small amount, the glow is visible, as it has very fine shimmer - at a lot of the glowy blushes that are very pigmented, so I can only use a small amount, the glow is barely visible, so it's nice to see that's not the case here. When these blushes are new, the powder is very loose and it flies everywhere. In time that layer gets used up and it's a nice smooth blush after that. Staying power is excellent, as it lasts all day on my cheeks. 

I've tried a few lip oils by now and this is another nice, nourishing formula. They aren't as impressively glossy or long lasting as the Catrice ones, but they beat regular glosses. Their main plus for me, is that they are scented. The yellow passion fruit coconut version has a warm, tropical scent and the red raspberry peach has a sweet berry scent. They also have a sweet taste. Both shades are clear or in a thick coat have a gentle tint. 

I have a LE version of this spray, Flora, which is scented. This one has no scent, but it’s otherwise the same. It does the job of prolonging the staying power of makeup and it can be used as a priming mist too. It's not my favourites, as that honour goes to Revlon's Colorstay Lock and in the second place is Urban Decay's famous All Nighter Spray, but this one isn't far behind those two and I like the ingredients of Milani's most, as it has niacinamide. The spray pump is not the best, as I wish the mist were more fine. There are several large drops when I spray it and it takes some time to dry, but like I said, it does the job of keeping the makeup looking fresh for longer. 

 

Read more Milani reviews here.

 

*All are PR products.

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I have a similar post on the blog already, though it's not about favourites, it's about my matte liquid lipstick collection from a few years ago. Some formulas got their place in this post too, but I don't use those that are too old anymore, regardless they are worth mentioning since they are great ones. Also I originally put Lancôme Matte Shaker liquid lipstick in this post, but I later discovered it's discontinued. Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in 07 Nude-ist is very similar to the shade of the shaker (Vintage beige), which I recently repurchased, but formula-wise Lancome was a bit better.  

MAYBELLINE Super Stay Matte Ink 

Finish: matte

Quantity: 5 ml

Price: €6.99

Pigmentation: 5/5 Comfort: 2.5/5 Staying power: 5/5

Review: 15 Lover and 20 Pioneer

These are aside from Revlon's Overtime the most long lasting lip colours in my collection. On most days they can look like freshly applied after 12 hours, provided you don't eat a lot of greasy food. This also means they need a waterproof remover to get it off completely and they may not feel comfortable to a lot of people. The formula is thick, so even application isn't as easy as with others, though it depends on the shade and these are super sticky for the first half and hour. They almost glue your lips together when you press them, but once the set, they really set like a cement of the lips and don't budge unless you decide to attack them with a copious amount of oil. These feel most like a layer on the lips, but I can't tell you whether they are drying, I can only say that others feel more comfortable. Once they dry on the lips they feel fine and as I said if you need something truly long-lasting, these are the best fully opaque choice I know. I have two shades, the rosy-mauve Lover and the gorgeous cool red Pioneer, both were a part of the original line up which expanded considerably since.

Finish: Velvet matte

Quantity: 7.4 ml

Price: 19 € in Müller, 17 € on Notino, Feel Unique and Look Fantastic

Pigmentation: 5/5 Comfort: 4/5 Staying power: 4/5 for Committed, Charming and Sincere, 5/5 for Adoring

Full review: Adoring | Committed & Charming

These are still my favourite matte liquid lipsticks. At most lip creams the pigmentation is excellent, so that's nothing special, but these apply evenly, dry to a nice matte finish that to me isn't at all dry and they last well on the lips. They have a minty scent and even tingle for a minute, but don't expect any plumping effect. Mine are now quite old (except Sincere), so I rarely wear them, but for years these were my most worn lipsticks. I have four shades: Sincere, a muted pink/rosy-brown combination and one of my favourites shade, Committed, another big favourite, is a muted peachy-pink nude, Charming is a medium rosy-brown shade and Adoring is a deep burgundy.

REVLON Ultra HD Matte Lipcolour 

Finish: Creamy shine, in time semi-matte

Quantity: 5.9 ml

Price: 12.25 €

Pigmentation: 5/5 Comfort: 5/5 Staying power: 3/5

Review: Devotion | Embrace

These are some of the most comfortable lip products I know. They are named wrong because the formula is not matte, instead it has a creamy, almost glossy finish, however with time (I mean hours) as it becomes a sort of a stain, it is matte. They are fully opaque liquid lipsticks with a formula that's not nice on the lips, I've been using these instead of a lip balm for years, though they I replaced them with the newest Vinyl version in the recent year. Embrace is a nude peachy shade with some pink and Devotion is a light-medium warm pink.  

Finish: Glossy

Quantity: 5.9 ml

Price: 12.25 €

Pigmentation: 5/5 Comfort: 5/5 Staying power: 3/5

Review: Birthday Suit & Cherry on Top

This glossy formula is equally fantastic as the original matte. They are very similar, both are fully opaque in one coat and very comfortable, like a cushion on the lips. This one is glossy at application, but it as it's fading it's more creamy. Staying power of this new Vinyl version is surprisingly great for a glossy product, but the formula is thicker than a regular gloss. Birthday Suit is light-medium pinky mauve shade and Chery on Top a warm red.   

Finish: Matte or Glossy

Quantity: 4 ml

Price: 11.90 €

Pigmentation: 3/5 Comfort: 4/5 Staying power: 5/5

Review: Always Sienna | Unlimited Mulberry

This is the most long-lasting product here. It survives drinking, eating, touching lips a lot and doesn't transfer. It doesn't feel dry to me and I think I can say that it's overall more comfortable than matte liquid lipsticks in general. It also doesn't leave my lips all crusty and patchy at the end of the day, instead they still look smooth. I had Rimmel's Provocalips, which lasts outstandingly as well, but that one was already too hard to remove and this is in my opinion slightly better version of such a product especially (but both are great if you're looking for something that just lasts). It's in two parts: the colour which is sticky from the start, so you need to wait for it to dry and then there's this glossy coat that seals the colour. It stays shiny for a while, but after hours it's a natural matte type of finish, almost like the lips are naturally stained. I have 380 Always Sienna which is a marsala reddish brown and Unlimited Mulberry which is a natural mauve pink. 

Finish: Glossy-creamy

Quantity: 4.4 ml

Price: 10.89 €

Pigmentation: 4/5 Comfort: 5/5 Staying power: 3/5

Review: 210 Pretty Kiss & 270 Wine Trip | 230 Naught Mauve

Despite the "tint" in the name, these can be worn fully opaque with two coats and are super comfortable on the lips. Together with Vinyl these are the best opaque formulas I've tried for dry lips. It's less thick than Vinyl lip polish and feels more like a creamy-oily texture than a creamy gloss and in time they leave an even stain, but you can also apply them as a stain if you wish and Naughty Mauve can look especially natural. The cushion applicator reminds me of Lancome's Shakers and it's surprisingly not as clumsy as I thought it will be, so there's no mess around the lips. So far I'm still looking for a shade that I would really love, but I have three of these: Pretty Kiss, which is a light beige shade that on me is already kind of warm beige-brown and it has a metallic finish, Naughty Mauve, which fully opaque looks medium brownish-rose and Wine Trip, a deep, vampy reddish-brown shade.

Finish: Matte

Quantity: 5.5 ml

Price: 6.19 € in DM, from 1.80 € up on Spletična, 3.49 € on Notino

Pigmentation: 5/5 Comfort: 4/5 Staying power: 5/5

Review: 500 Fire Starter

As far as matte liquid lipsticks go, this is one of my favourites out of the ones that are sold in our drugstores. Maybelline's last forever on the lips, but these are more comfortable and still perfectly matte, pigmented and last enough to get you through most of the day. I have only one shade, Fire Starter, which is a classic warm red.

Finish: Velvet matte

Quantity: 5 ml

Price: 10.99€

Pigmentation: 5/5 Comfort: 4/5 Staying power: 3.5/5

These are one of the more comfortable matte formulas out there and while I think TheBalm's are better, these are another ones with a perfect matte finish and an excellent pigmentation. Staying power is the only thing isn't quite as good as at some others, but here you get comfort instead of colour that's practically cemented on your lips, so these are also easy to remove. 13 Marvelous Mauve, a medium pinky-mauve, is one of the most popular shades and Strawberry Kissed is a similar warm pinky red.