TESTING FLORENCE BY MILLS... Waste of $$$??????

hey guys so today's video is so exciting I am finally bringing you guys a review on the brand Florence by Mills this is a Milly Bobbi Brown's cosmetic brand and I am so excited to try this I truly love Milly Bobbi Brown I think she's so pretty so inspiring such a good role model for the younger generation I just love her positivity and she just radiates like happiness and empowerment and I just freaking love her and I'm obsessed with stranger things it's one of my favorite shows of all time I freaking love it so when I saw that she came out with her own makeup line I got really really excited especially since this brand is a little bit more on the affordable side you can get it at Ulta or at boots like in the UK I think boots that's like the Walgreens over there right but I like that it's a little bit more affordable it's not like NYX or wet in wild it's not that affordable but it's definitely not high-end prices which I really love especially since the majority of her fan base are young girls who probably can't afford really expensive makeup I also really love that all of their products are very natural everything is about like the barely their makeup the no makeup makeup days and you guys know I'm all about it of course I love a full face of glam but I can also really appreciate a more minimal natural brand especially for a younger audience so I'm very excited to test out all of these products I purchased all of these myself off of Ulta and I didn't get a whole face of makeup I tried I'm actually missing like half of my order but it doesn't get here till next week and I'm gonna wait I'm not so I don't have like powder primer or bronzer highlight and I think that's it there's a couple things that I'm gonna be using for my collection that aren't Florence bimal's but I did try to keep this video on the more affordable side so everything that I'm using on my face that's not Florence bimal's is still pretty affordable okay so I'm actually gonna get started with some skincare products which is why I don't have my brows on I'm gonna test out the mine glowing peel-off mask I love the names of all these products let me tell you something whoever is in charge of her branding chefs kiss I love this packaging I love the lavender I love the names of everything and I like that when you open the packaging they have like little quotes on the inside like this one says spread love because it's good for our hearts it is good gotta be honest I'm not crazy about peel-off masks but this had really good reviews on also and I was like wait a minute I think I want to try that look how pretty this packaging is I love it okay I just grabbed my little elf spatula mask brush I love using this for base masks Oh mmm that smells like a delicious spa oh wait it smells exactly like lavender is that an ingredient in here oh wait literally called lavender it says this iridescent purple peel-off mask helps us reset our skin after a tiring week purifying charcoal draws out dirt and oil while witch hazel and lavender oil keeps skin cute and happy just wait until you peel it off it says it's for all skin types dermatologist tested cruelty-free vegan and all that good stuff I hope it doesn't hurt to peel it off cuz that's definitely my least favorite part of a peel-off mask the pain but Milly wouldn't Millie wouldn't do anything to hurt me so I'm sure it's fine I'm just so skeptical about peel-off masks like are they good like do skincare aestheticians is that the word do they recommend I don't know I always get nervous feel like I'm ripping off my soul I got this oh so good though Wow [Music] all right is the face mask on my face it says you're supposed to apply a thick even layer to clean skin done avoiding here it was hard oh my god that masks dry for 20 to 30 minutes and gently peel away use one two times a week okay I'm just gonna sit here for it 2-1 minutes and then we'll peel it off okay so it's been about 25 minutes my face feels tight and I definitely apply it a little bit too much in this area right here cuz it's not like fully dry but I think it's time I think it's time to take this off okay oh hi have you guys seen the tightest mean no how is it we're gonna tell you I don't know but here we go this just this can't be good for you you know I'm saying this can't be healthy okay start somewhere oh here we go oh my gosh this is not hurting actually I don't think it's fully dry like right here it still feels wet oh boy took my finger off okay let's try again this actually does not hurt which is amazing a peel-off mask that doesn't hurt us thank you Jesus I figured this was gonna stay on my face a little bit wow that was so pleasant honestly guys that was so easy to remove Bravo Bravo I have yet to try a peel-off mask that doesn't hurt me like I'm not even kidding this is the first one and honestly my skin feels really smooth it looked like it took things out of my pores for sure I feel like my nose could have been cleaner like it could have extracted more from my nose I'm not super happy with my nose area but the rest of my skin looks really smooth and it feels really soft okay so really quickly I'm gonna throw on some brows clean this up a bit and I'll be right back okay so I did my brows and I also apply some eyeshadow primer off-camera because I'm about to dive into the eyeshadow palette but before I do there is another skincare product I want to try and I don't know what happened to this I don't know if my box got crushed on the way here but this was the only product in my box that was destroyed well not destroy it but that was like smushed like this but this is the swimming under the eyes gel pads and I personally love testing out under-eye like gel paths they're so hydrating and so cold and I really like putting them on like right before I do my makeup and these are so cute because they're little whales little whales I love this this is so adorable if I was a teenager in today's day and age like 13 this would be my type of brand I love this I mean I haven't tried the products yet but I love the branding and the packaging it just has so many cute little quotes and phrases and everything is so toots so you're supposed to put on the whales tails out but this is supposed to make your under eyes feel re-energized they are soaked in a soothing essence that hydrates and brightens up our beautiful faces with plant extracts oh this starts falling all right Oh oops I poked a hole in my whale my nails aren't very pointy okay so while these are sitting on my face for 10 minutes I'm gonna quickly apply some lip oil so I can also prep my lips before I go in with my lip product since my lips are so dry at the moment this is the glow yeah live oil like oh yeah oh yeah so cute but this is a lip oil that has african mango butter and para christe's flower that keeps you looking fresh and cute it's super super shiny but it's probably something that just sinks right into the skin and it honestly feels super hydrating I have to do my moustache Wow okay so we have a full on skin prep situation happening I'm into it I have poked 87 holes into these whales oh my gosh look it's the tail lifts coming up okay before I jump into the eyeshadow palette I am gonna apply some brow gel to my brows I used my Anastasia brow Wiz but I haven't sent my brows yet so I'm gonna use the Tintin tame brow gel in brown it's one of those really skinny brushes which I don't typically love but oh this is too late for me that's for sure it has a warm tint to it crap I feel like oh no huh I applied too much I applied too much okay I'm gonna try to apply less on this side okay this is what I was supposed to do less is more oh I'm getting like chunks of the product in my brows and it's not the same color so it doesn't look good okay I'm gonna grab my brow gel really quick one second oh my god I have a d-stroid these wails okay I'm just gonna add some of my brow gel oh no this is making it worse oh boy why would I think this would fix it why if all I was gonna do was make it wet and then make the brown powder underneath get mushy and create this beard okay I don't like this I honestly think it's because this shade is too warm for me it's a little bit too light so it looks really weird on top of my brow pencil this is probably better for those of you with like thicker brows or you just need a little bit of something to comb through your brows to give you a little bit of color and a little bit of fullness then I think you would really like this but for me I don't like this as for the under eye pads I think they're really good I think they're really fragile they do break easily I was like trying to move them around and I just kept tearing into them so I don't love that but they did feel really moisturizing and when I took them off I rubbed the excess product into my skin and it just sank into my skin and it feels really nice I feel like it did hydrate my under eyes but now I'm gonna go into the love live eyes shadow palette and this is a limited edition eyeshadow palette in memory of her friend Liv who passed away oh my god I didn't know this this is so sad who passed away after a fight with pediatric cancer this palette contains five horrible shadows and soft creamy hues inspired by Liv that is so freaking sad Wow I think that is so pretty that she did a pilot for her friend that's so beautiful this is what the palette looks like on the inside and now that there's a mirror I like this like really pretty holographic iridescent type of packaging it's so nice and again I love the little quotes like it says live everyday like you mean it Mills I says warrior it's so freaking cute I'm gonna go ahead and just do you know a very simple natural look I mean what else could I do with these colors I'm limited today guys so yeah I'm just going to do a quick little look and throw on these shades [Music] [Music] okay here's the thing this is bad okay this this is bad I have to be completely honest with you guys I'm struggling you honestly have to sit there and blend for a hot minute just so that the colors can show up and even then they don't really show up like this color looks pretty deep in the pan it's just like not there it's like it's like not coming out where's the pigment and I mean yeah don't get me wrong I usually use shimmers with some fix plus some watch her of some sort but even dry usually not this bad and oh my gosh I hate saying that after what I read on the back of this packaging I feel so bad I'm so guilty saying that I don't like this palette because I want everybody to buy it but I don't like this part I don't think it's good guys it's a very special palette sir and I love the meaning behind this palette but I just think for $24 there are other palettes at Ulta that are a little bit better than this I mean the only person I really see benefiting from this palette is someone who's very young just starting out and makeup then maybe this would work for you but even the color selection isn't gonna be for everyone I would say this palette only works for you if you have a very light skin tone because like I said these colors don't go very deep I just though I'm not a fan I love everything about it except the Icehouse okay so really quickly I'm gonna pop on some eyeliner this is the color pop call me eyeliner I'm gonna add a little bit more in just a second but I'm gonna start on the face before I finish up the eyes okay I'm gonna prime my face with the essence fresh and fit awake primer [Music] [Music] okay now I'm gonna test out be like a light skin tint like a light skin tint that's so cute and I got mine in the shade LM zero five zero and let's see if I was right I'm gonna take my love of the foundation brush from it cosmetics and this looks like it's my shade ish oh yeah that's pretty good and let's see the smells interesting what is that scent I know it's not my childhood sometimes we want to glow and we just can't this non-greasy skin temp gives us all the glow we need but it's still sheer enough to let our natural beauty shine through made with plant-based oils and nourishing moisturizers to make her skin look and feel smoother like a little dew drop oh my god that's so cute first of all okay that's what I think I smell the natural stuff I is getting darker I think this is getting darker on my face or am I crazy I definitely think what I smell is just like the natural plant derived products because it has like that natural scent to it it's not chemically or florally or like perfumey but it definitely has a scent if that makes sense I don't necessarily love it I gotta be honest okay this definitely has more coverage than I thought it was gonna have I don't know why I picture something like the glossy a skin tint have you tried that it is whatever though I mean it's nice but zero coverage that's literally water but anyway I thought it was gonna be similar to that but this actually has pretty good coverage for it being a skin tent-like for it being a tinted moisturizer I will say you have to take your time really blending this into the skin I notice because at least on my dry skin it looks like it's just sitting on top of the skin until I start to really push it in and really buff it in so this is what it looks like on my skin I personally think it looks really nice I think my skin looks natural it looks nice and dewy but not too dewy and honestly has like the perfect finish I would say the only thing I don't love is that it looks a little heavy around my nose like in the little creases and I don't really love that I mean that does happen to me with a lot of foundations but I tend to steer clear from those that bunch up around my nose and in between my brows and this is looking a little bit heavy there but not too bad I'm gonna test out the concealer now this is the see you never concealer and I have mine in the shade FL zero to five and at first I was a little bit bummed because this is a squeezy type of concealer and I prefer concealers that come in a wand but then I got really excited because I saw this metal contraption at the top and I love concealers that have this because they just feel so cooling on the skin especially like in the mornings so I'm just gonna add a little bit underneath the eyes I just like rubbing this on my eyes so I'm just gonna take that this is supposed to be a weightless like coverage concealer that helps even out the skin tone without setting into dry spots it has caffeine and a cooling metal applicator so our skin will feel the love this is a super lightweight concealer and honestly feels like I'm just blending out water if you're someone who likes full coverage you will not like this concealer it has a very lightweight feeling I'm gonna apply a little bit more [Music] it's so easy to blend because it's so lightweight I would definitely prefer more coverage just for my undereyes specifically but it's not too bad I'm gonna quickly set my under eyes using my Maybelline fit me powder okay so really quickly I'm going to finish up the eyes I'm gonna apply a little bit more of that eyeliner and then I'm gonna go in with mascara and I'm gonna be testing out the built to lash mascara for lashes that look almost too lush to be real Wow it's a plant based mascara that has rose wax and a bunch of good ingredients it's supposed to lengthen and give you volume and it's not supposed to smudge or give you flakes [Music] who this shade angel is freaking beautiful definitely the best shade in the palette wow so pretty [Music] [Music] okay so I like this mascara I feel like I'm a little bit on the fence with it you do have to work quickly next time I use this I am gonna just do one eye completely and then move on to the second eye because I actually feel like this formula starts to dry up a little bit quicker than I'm used to so if I start to pass the brush over my lashes too much it will get like dry it'll have like little dry clumps on them it's not necessarily getting clumpy as much as it's getting like dry and then it just looks weird so I feel like you do have to work quickly with this formula but I do like that it separates every single lash like it doesn't clump any of your lashes together I feel like it really does a good job of separating them and combing through each individual lash and this is like the perfect daily mascara it doesn't give you too much length and volume is a little crazy it's honestly perfect for those days where you're not wearing too much eye shadow it does make your eyes stand out and it makes your lashes look really feathery okay so I'm actually gonna apply some blush to my face before I go in with bronzer because there is no florence bronzer and i want to use these cream blushes so these are the cheek me later cream blushes I love the name and I really love testing out cream blushes so I'm super excited I got the shade stellar Sabrina which is a deeper rosier color then I have glowing G which is a more like ma V neutral shade and then I have a shy XI so I think I'm gonna be mixing two colors today because this is a little bit too deep and this is a little bit too light so I think I'm gonna combine the two today and I love that on the inside of the box that says we are all a little weird horrible okay so I'm gonna take my little damp sponge this one is from thrive cosmetics but any sponge works I love the one from flower Beauty if you're looking for an affordable one okay so I'm gonna take the deeper one and I'm gonna stamp my sponge in here and I'm just gonna on the back of my hand I should have done the lighter one first whatever I'm just gonna I'm just gonna go right into the lighter one now and I'm also gonna put that on the back of my hand and I'm gonna mix those two colors together feeling the formula like on the back of my hand it's not too dewy it actually has more of a satin finish so I feel like you might like this even if you have oily skin because it doesn't feel oily on the skin at all [Music] okay I definitely applied it to foreign let me try to clean this up a bit it always throws me off when I do my blush before my bronzer I feel like I use my bronzer as a guide for the rest of the products on my face just gonna add a little bit more bring out those rosy cheeks I'm applying both of these shades but I'm mostly using a shy sheet I love it it's not too dewy but it still gives you this really pretty glow to the face okay really quickly I'm going to apply my color pop on the cusp highlight [Music] and then I'm gonna apply some physicians formula but a bronzer [Music] okay and now it's time for Zilla and let me tell you the lip oil has completely sunk into my lips now and my lips feel great I will say the area around my nose is getting cakey I don't like that also another thing I don't like this mascara that just tells you on the back no flakes no smudges there's flaking all over my face I'm getting like little flickies all over my under eyes and it's bothering me it really bother me but anyway let's move on we are almost done really quickly I'm gonna pop on my Catrice lip foundation pencil in the shade I take you to the chocolate shop [Music] and then I'm gonna pop this gloss on top this is the get glossed lip gloss and the shade at Magnetic Mills love this packaging is like frosty bottles so cute ooh that is pigmented holy crap I thought it was gonna be a little bit more sheer but I like it it doesn't have a scent it's definitely scentless but you can smell like the naturalness in it if that makes sense my color is really really pretty we are pretty much done with our look the only thing we are missing is the zero chill face mist and it's a natural skin super rich and yummy nutrients it has seaweed dime extract and a bunch of other good stuff and you can use this before your makeup or after your makeup hopefully the mist on this is good we will see I love the packaging I don't keep saying that I'm sorry actually doesn't look like it's gonna be too bad well my freaking AC is on well let's try it isn't even getting me okay I turn the AC off to test this out well I'm impressed dismissed although it's not the finest out there it's super fine I didn't get any thick water droplets on my face Wow Milly yeah and what I'm not into however is the scent this definitely has rose like a mofo in here doesn't it because oh my god that smells exactly like Rose Rose extract is like the second ingredient and I am allergic to that so that's lovely oh my gosh do you see this do you see this my mascara is flaking everywhere but okay guys so that completes this video this was a full face kind of of Florence by Mills I was really excited to test out these products I really loved her and there was a lot of things here that I really liked I really liked this face mist hopefully it doesn't irritate my skin but I really loved how it made my skin look feel and I like the mist I also really like this lip super hydrating and nourishing same with the eye mask underneath the eyes I like how hydrating was the only thing I wish it wasn't so fragile and thin and I wish it didn't like slip down on my face but I like how it made my skin feel and same for the face mask believe it or not even though I don't like peel-off masks this didn't hurt to remove these blushes are probably my favorite thing that I tested out today I just left my skin so dewy and pretty and I really like the colors there were a few things that didn't tickle my pickle however I would say my least favorite out of everything that I tried is the palette unfortunately I'm also not a huge fan of the brow gel it's not that some of these were bad it's just that they weren't great but yeah guys those were my first impressions on everything obviously I have to test everything out a few more times work with them a little bit more see how I feel but I'm in the middle but I would like to know how you feel about some of these things leave me a comment down below letting me know if you have tried anything from Florence by mills what are your thoughts what are your opinions I'd love to know in the comments below but that completes this video guys I hope it was helpful I hope you learned something today maybe I hope it was entertaining I don't know but that completes this video guys thank you so much for watching I love you guys so so so much please subscribe if you haven't already and I will see you in my next video bye but I also really appreciate a preachy let mask dry for 20 to 30 minutes damn No lord have mercy not again

Channel: KathleenLights

Views: 1,752,607

Rating: 4.7540059 out of 5

Keywords: kathleen lights, kathleen fuentes, colourpop, lightslabel, first impressions, florence by mills, makeup review, full face of makeup

Id: VMsROzgjnm4

Length: 25min 48sec (1548 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 20 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/HarryXXV]

Kathleen reviewed Florence by Mills, a new skincare/makeup brand by Millie Bobbie Brown (Eleven from The Stranger Things)

Pros:

• Cute packaging... cute packaging
• Very natural
• Peel-off mask didn't hurt as much as other peel-off masks.
• Eye-mask was hydrating.
• The blush gives a cute satin-y look and looks suitable for oily skins.
• She likes the lip gloss and the lip oil.

Cons:

• The skin-tint, while it had more coverage than expected, was heavy and bunches/cakes easily.
• The eye mask was very fragile and slips.
• The eyeshadow palette was bad with little payoff.
• The mascara was flaky and dry.
• The eye brow gel was...okay.

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Overall, she likes the aesthetics of the brand but is in the middle about the brand as a whole.

[u/Brandanaquits]

I think the eyeshadow palette is probably good for it’s intended purpose. This whole line seems to be geared toward tweens who are just starting out with makeup. A super neutral palette that’s not too pigmented seems like the right thing for that demographic. I know when I was 13 I was a hot mess with makeup so it’s probably kinder to give them something that’s hard to mess up, if that makes sense! But I do agree with her that there needs to be one for darker skin tones since it’s not pigmented enough to show up on anything but pale skin.

But overall it doesn’t surprise me that this brand got a mixed review.

[u/pandorasaurus]

I would have loved everything about this set if I was 13 when I started dappling in mascara and lipgloss. I’m just so conflicted about the price. If I were a mom, I think I would have a hard time justifying this for a tween who is just starting to show interest in makeup. The price point is clearly banking on the relevance of Millie.

[u/transitionshade]

i don´t like how she always cheats and uses products from other brands, i would prefer to see the finished look without any other brand being used.

[u/stellablack75]

I do like Kathleen a lot, but I am tired of seeing BGs reviewing products and product lines that are clearly not meant for them. This line is for teens and tweens to start a gentle skin care and makeup routine, not for people over 25 who are makeup and skin care connoisseurs. I also can't imagine that KL's audience has a large teen and tween following either. The purpose of product lines like this is to get teens and tweens on a good path with care and grooming, not to create some intricate eye look and get rid of undereye wrinkles.

[u/[deleted]]

I get I’m not the target demo but who wants to buy a brand fronted by a kid?

[u/[deleted]]

I don’t know if it’s just another brand with a celeb kid’s name slapped onto it or she actually put an effort into creating something big It just seems like merch to me