Milani Haul & Swatches

Milani is my favorite drugstore brand of makeup. CVS had their products at buy 1 get 1 50% off this week, so I couldn't resist picking up a few things! I got the Touch of Brown eyeshadow quad, Sunset City sunset duo, Enchantment nail polish, and Fairy Tale nail polish.

I thought the blush bronzer duo looked similar to Nars Laguna/Orgasm duo, so I took some comparison swatches. I also compared them to Milani's old luminous blush, which is often said to be an Orgasm dupe. The Sunset City blush is more golden than the Orgasm blush. But as you can see in the photos, they're still pretty similar.

The polishes are from a limited edition collection called, "Black Magic." It includes nail polishes that are all dark but have different colored glitters. I'm not a big fan of plain black nail polish, so I love the hint of glittery color in these. I'm thinking of picking up the other colors sometime!

eyeshadow quad: 01 touch of brown


top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right shades


sunset duo: 01 sunset city


bronzer & blush combined, bronzer only, blush only


nars laguna/orgasm on the left, milani sunset city on the right


nars orgasm, milani sunset city blush, milani luminous


nailpolishes in fairy tale, enchantment


close up of enchantment


close up of fairy tale


i'm wearing fairy tale right now. it's so pretty!
sorry about the sloppy application, i was excited to try it.
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