Trying Out Kiko Milano

 

Since February has apparently been a major month for me in terms of trying out new products, I decided to continue the trend and pick up a few items from Kiko whilst in Amsterdam. I was so overwhelmed by the variety of products whilst I was there, and despite the fact that they had the new campus collection in stock, I decided to start at the very beginning with some classic Kiko favourites, and do a haul and first impressions for you guys. 

 

 

As per usual for me, the majority of my chosen products are all lip related. I knew I wanted to try a particular Velvet Matte Satin Lipstick in the shade 601 (nude rose), which is a gorgeous nude shade perfect for everyday wear. I wore this for the first time yesterday and found the colour ideal for college (your lips but better kind of vibes). I was seriously impressed by the moisturising formula of the product, and I absolutely love the rose gold packaging. 10/10 for first impressions.

 

The other lipstick was one that Harry bought me as part of my Valentines gift, and I presume that it was limited edition as I can't find it on the website anymore. The product is a lipstick from their endless love collection, with valentines packaging, beautiful pink and red shades and an interesting take on the normal lipstick shape - a heart. I got the shade 06 'passion plum', which looked to be the most realistic and wearable shade for me, a dark pink nude. I love the slight sheerness to this product and will be wearing it all the time; the only slight downside for me is that the heart applicator makes it a little bit more difficult to apply.

 

Time to reveal the shocking truth - I've never owned a lip liner. I always intend to buy them and end up going for a gloss or a lipstick, but when I visited the Kiko store I bought one of their Smart Lip Pencils in the colour 'light Sienna', a pretty brown nude that goes well with so many of my nude lip products. I genuinely can't believe its taken me this long to invest in a product like this - its so buildable, and made my lip colour on Saturday night last a whole lot longer. I originally lusted after one of their creamy lip liners, but none of the shades drew me in so I went for something different. 

 

I was almost on my way out of the store when I noticed the crayon lip glosses, which were too intriguing to not pick up, since I love the look of glosses but often not the sticky texture. I bought one of these for my sister as well, and she gives them rave reviews. My crayon glosses are in the shades 02, a beige sparkly nude and 04, which is darker and more brown. I am yet to try these, so I'll report back!

 

Whenever I hear about this brand, I always hear people gush about the long lasting eyeliner sticks, so I went in there with the intention of grabbing one, and grab one I did. I'm very much into golds and browns lately eyecolour-wise, so after many swatches instore I eventually went for 06, a warm shimmery golden brown that I know I'll get a lot of use of, especially when paired with my Make Up Revolution eye foils.

 

So far I'm highly impressed with this brand, in particular the sleek and sophisticated packaging and the reasonable prices. I know I'll definitely visit Kiko again in the future, what would you recommend I go for next?

 

Have you ever tried this brand?