Milk Makeup Simmer Sculpt Cream Contour Stick Review & Swatches
Simmer
Milk Makeup Simmer Sculpt Cream Contour Stick ($24.00 for 0.19 oz.) is a medium-dark, rosy brown with subtle, warm undertones and a semi-matte finish.
- Semi-sheer to medium coverage, buildable to semi-opaque opacity
- Lightweight, thin, creamy; didn’t dry down fully but not tacky
- Applied well over bare skin and over base products
- Average-wear (7.5 hours before fading evenly)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$24.00/0.19 oz. - $126.32 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be buildable, blendable, and have a matte finish. They had a very smooth, creamy consistency with moderate slip that made it easy to pick up with fingertips or a brush for application. It took about 30 seconds for it to dry down to a more semi-matte or natural-matte finish, but they never seemed fully matte or fully dried down for me.
The pigmentation was medium and buildable and easy to blend out on bare skin and on top of base products without lifting them up. I found the sculpting sticks slightly more blendable over base products than the brand's bronzers, which have a similar formula otherwise. The cream contours lasted around seven to eight hours on me before fading visibly.
As a note, I'm not overly familiar with Milk Makeup as a brand, but I know that if you purchased any of their sticks a few years ago, be prepared for a much smaller size in current offerings. It's likely that for most people there's more than enough product before it'll go bad, but they definitely used to give you more for your money! I think the physical product size is small enough that it does make it more fiddly to use and not as ergonomic as it could be.
Browse all of our Milk Makeup Sculpt Cream Contour Stick swatches.
Ingredients
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Coconut Alkanes, Silica, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax/Cire de Candelilla, Kaolin, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Wax, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil/Huile Végétale Hydrogénée, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Bis-Stearyl Dimethicone, Sorbitan Tristearate, Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate, Fragrance (Parfum), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499).
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Correct depth and tone for me. However, it seems just a bit too sheer to get the needed effect.
I love this. I’d grab it but my oily skin can only handle powders. To find a true cool brown that doesn’t lean at all warm or have some green tinge lurking is difficult. I would say because of your swatches it is the reason I bought MAC Film Noir blush without seeing it. I could tell it was without that green that sneaks in many cool browns. Thanks for that great swatch !