Milani Baked Blush: a Guru Score of 82% from 4 skincare experts

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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✓Yay

"This is actually beautiful. This blush actually looks stunning. It has a really nice glow to it and it does feel a lot softer, a lot more blendable than the bronzer was before. [...] It is sparkling. It does roséish. It's quite nice. That's beautiful. That's kind of like your highlight and your blush in one. I love the way it moves around with the cheek and catches the light. That is quite nice. That's what I would expect from a baked product. [...] It doesn't feel cheap in quotes."

Allie Glines

829k subs

✓Yay

"Love this blush on my 67-year-old skin. It applies so easily and I don't need a highlighter with this blush. The color is great no matter what I'm wearing. I love Dolce Pink too. [...] I'm a beginner at makeup and find this one really easy to work with and beautiful. Love the shades Berry Amore and Dolce Pink."

All 4 takes from Allie Glines

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"The Milani Baked Blush in Dolce Pink is one of my favorites, especially for a bridal situation. [...] This one is a little more sparkly, [...] but it is so beautiful, and if you use it in the right amount and in the right places on the face, it looks absolutely ethereal. [...] You just need the smallest amount, especially if you don't want to overdo the luminosity, which sometimes I feel like you can with this blush. It's so pretty, though."

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"In the best makeup steals category, the Milani baked blushes won an award. I don't know if these have won before, but I'm assuming they have. These are iconic baked blushes, and they're so pretty. I'm going to wear the shade Luminoso today because it's been a while and I haven't worn Luminoso in forever, so I'm going to apply it to the apples of my cheeks."

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"Which one is also amazing? The Milani. Oh boy, Dolce Pink. Oh, Dolce Pink, and Luminoso. [...] It's just every time I see it on someone else, you know how that happens sometimes? You use it on yourself and you're like, cute, cute, and then you see it on somebody else and you're like, wait, yes, why have I been sleeping on that?"

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"Love this blush on my 67-year-old skin. It applies so easily and I don't need a highlighter with this blush. The color is great no matter what I'm wearing. I love Dolce Pink too. [...] I'm a beginner at makeup and find this one really easy to work with and beautiful. Love the shades Berry Amore and Dolce Pink."

Alexandra Anele

1.44M subs

✓Yay

"The OG Luminoso. God, what a throwback. Then they reformulated and it's never been the same. It's still pretty, but it's just not what it was. It's not what it was. So this is just bringing a little bit more of that peach and gold to the cheek, plus that beautiful luminescence. Isn't that so pretty? It's gorgeous. It does have slightly larger golden flecks in it than it used to, but it's still pretty. Oh, that was way too much [...] on my nose. That was a lot."

All 2 takes from Alexandra Anele

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"The OG Luminoso. God, what a throwback. Then they reformulated and it's never been the same. It's still pretty, but it's just not what it was. It's not what it was. So this is just bringing a little bit more of that peach and gold to the cheek, plus that beautiful luminescence. Isn't that so pretty? It's gorgeous. It does have slightly larger golden flecks in it than it used to, but it's still pretty. Oh, that was way too much [...] on my nose. That was a lot."

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"I decided to mix it with this Milani blush, which is a little more on the coral side and has a bit more warmth. Truthfully, with all of the drugstore products I had, they were ever so slightly on the pink side compared to what she had going on. I was doing a general, Lindsay Lohan inspired look. She's a little more pink in some of the looks and a little [...] more peachy golden in others, so I combined the two for the look."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

✓Yay

"Check out this blush from Milani. Their blush is really good."

All 2 takes from Dr Dray

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"Check out this blush from Milani. Their blush is really good."

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"Milani has a blush that is supposed to be kind of like the Nars blush. So far so good."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Milani Baked Blush?

A baked powder blush from Milani, designed to give the cheeks a soft wash of color with a bit of glow.

Is Milani Baked Blush worth it?

Yes. All 4 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 82%.

What is Milani Baked Blush's Guru Score?

Milani Baked Blush holds a Guru Score of 82%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.