Hotel Lobby

Milk Makeup Hotel Lobby Eye Pigment ($24.00 for 0.34 oz.) is a light, champagne gold with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. The texture was creamy enough to spread easily across the lid but did not feel overly wet or slippery, so it applied with rich, opaque coverage. I felt like this shade was very, very pigmented and a little went a long way (out of all five that I tried). I had no trouble applying this on the lid with a brush, but it worked well as an all over lid color applied with fingertips. On me, the color was still going strong after twelve hours of wear.

The formula is supposed to be a “highly pigmented cream eyeshadow” that is “long-wearing” with a “soft, silky texture” that will dry “quickly without creasing” but is still “easily blendable.” I bought five shades (there are 11 in the range) and had good luck with three of them and found two to be more troublesome to use. It seemed like the more pearly shades were easier to use than the ones with larger sparkles. I wasn’t sure if the squeeze tube format was going to work, but it was fairly easy to dispense product without getting too much at once but product can get dried out and clog the opening.

The texture was smooth, creamy, and emollient enough to spread easily across the lid. They dried down quickly but I did not feel too rushed (I would still work one eye at a time, though). I noticed that they felt a bit heavier on the lids and had a tendency to cling and emphasize any texture on my lids (most noticeable on the inner portion of my lids). They lasted between nine and eleven hours on me with one of the more glittery shades crumbling over time. I applied mine using a flat, synthetic brush (like MAC 242) as well as fingertips, though I personally prefer brushes so that is what I reached for most of the time.

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Gig

Milk Makeup Gig Eye Pigment ($24.00 for 0.34 oz.) is a rich, coppery brown with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. It was intensely pigmented where a little went a long way. The consistency was smooth, creamy without being too wet, and it spread easily across the lid and into the crease. I could buff the edges lightly with a dense, crease brush without a lot of work. It would worked sheered out as an all-over, one-and-done kind of eye look as well. It wore well for twelve hours without creasing or fading on me.

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Peep Show

Milk Makeup Peep Show Eye Pigment ($24.00 for 0.34 oz.) is a medium, purple-taupe with silver and purple sparkle. This was the most glittery shade out of the five I tried, and the only way I could get it to work decently applied all over the lid with fingertips but it dried down and made my lids look wrinkled/very textured. It had semi-sheer coverage that lasted for nine hours without creasing but had large chunks of product/glitter drop while I wore it.

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Milk Makeup Hotel Lobby Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Hotel Lobby Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Hotel Lobby Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Gig Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Gig Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Gig Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Peep Show Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Peep Show Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Peep Show Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Hotel Lobby Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Hotel Lobby Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Hotel Lobby Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Gig Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Gig Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Gig Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Peep Show Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Peep Show Eye Pigment

Milk Makeup Peep Show Eye Pigment