Milk Makeup Silent Disco & Mermaid Parade Eye Pigments Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Silent Disco
Milk Makeup Silent Disco Eye Pigment ($24.00 for 0.34 oz.) is a blackened plum with warm, brown undertones and flecks of plum and pink sparkle. It had semi-opaque pigmentation, but it was hard to control the coverage and evenness on the lid except if I used a fingertip to sheer it out (but then it looked blotchy as this type of color often does at sheerer coverage levels). The larger sparkles seemed to impede the application and made the product lift from the area whenever I tried to even it out. It did not build up well, as it made the dried down texture uneven and chunky-looking. It lasted decently for nine hours but some larger pieces of product started to flake off.
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.
Top Dupes
- Sephora Go Wild (345) (P, $9.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Dose of Colors Hot Mesh (P, $20.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Dior Hypnotique (881) (P, $31.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Dior Olympe (871) (LE, $31.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Smashbox Headline (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Drama Queen (DC, $6.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Nightfall (P, $25.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Dior Early Bird #5 (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Higher Power (LE, $25.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Extragalactic (DC, $20.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Ingredients
Isododecane, Mica, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Silica, Polyethylene, Synthetic Fluophlogopite, Polyester-4, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Trihydroxystearin, Synthetic Wax, Phenoxyethanol, Water, Propylene Carbonate, Tin Oxide. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Chromium Oxide Greens, Carmine.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Silent Disco
PPermanent. $24.00.
Mermaid Parade
Milk Makeup Mermaid Parade Eye Pigment ($24.00 for 0.34 oz.) is a bright, medium emerald green with subtle, warmer yellow undertones and cooler, greenish-teal shimmer. When applied in a single layer, it was incredibly pigmented and appeared cooler overall, but the more I blended it out, the yellower the base looked. I was surprised that it looked decent even sheered out, as it did not appear uneven. The texture was creamy enough to spread across the lid but pigmented enough that it remained opaque until I wanted to diffuse the edges. It wore well for twelve hours and still showed no signs of creasing or fading.
Top Dupes
- KVD Beauty Leafar (LE, ) (90% similar).
- City Color Beach Cottage (P, $6.99) is lighter (95% similar).
- Sephora Keytar (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Sweet Tooth (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- By Beauty Bay Breeze (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Dynasty (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Current (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Rivalry (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- KVD Beauty Iggy (DC, $21.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Glaminatrix Imp (P, $8.77) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
Isododecane, Mica, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Silica, Polyethylene, Synthetic Fluophlogopite, Polyester-4, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Trihydroxystearin, Synthetic Wax, Phenoxyethanol, Water, Propylene Carbonate, Tin Oxide. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Chromium Oxide Greens, Carmine.
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Wow, very shade dependent results. Purple is always a problem and I think more problematic in cream form. I can’t think of a single one in my stash that I’m super fond of. The mermaid shade isn’t for me, but it’s beautiful!
The purple hue definitely was helping matters, lol!
It’s so weird seeing this much of a formula inconsistency in a product shade range.
I really think it has more to do with the finish (finer pearl vs. larger sparkle) 🙁
Mermaid looks positively dreamy!
It was!
Silent Disco looks a bit scary, it looks crumbly, like something that can scratch the eye ball, ouch. Think MAC Higher Power looks and performs much better
Silent Disco wasn’t a fave!
Mermaid Parade! Oh, how beautiful this is, and it has a cute name to boot! Love it! ?
But…wth is up with Silent Disco? If not for its chunky glitter, this one could have been awesome.
Mermaid Parade is stunning!
This is just so crazy to me. I know how hard it is to score an A+ for your reviews! And then the moment sparkle is involved that quality is thrown out the window.
The sparkle seemed to make it harder to get smooth, even coverage and then caused clumping, which then led to possibilities of flaking 🙁
Wow, what a difference in grade from one color to another!
I know!
Oh how disappointing! I just received silent disco because the other two that I tried worked extremely well and I loved the formula! Hopefully it’s something that I can work with, but at least I know what to watch out for now, and it’s not like I can’t exchange it.
Let me know how it works for you! Here’s hoping it is better for you 🙂
Mermaid Parade is so pretty?
It is!
Wow – the quality is all over the place with these. Mermaid Parade is more of a summery shade, so it’s good that it rated so well.
It has been 🙁
Mermaid Parade is really pretty!
I bought a purple shade (I guess, Peep Show) in October from the SoHo Birchbox store. It swatched so, so beautifully on the back of my hand, but as soon as I tried it on my lids, it dried down crusty, creased horribly, and fell off in chunks. I’ve tried it with UD primer, a glitter glue, and a few samples… nothing keeps this stuff on my eyes.
Oh no! 🙁 That is one I struggled with (I reviewed in previously) – Peep Show – and it was the worst I tried out of the five.
Too bad about Silent Disco!
I know! So sad.