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This Peanut Butter and Jelly Makeup Look Is Making Us So Nostalgic

It’s as easy to create as the classic sandwich.

Our makeup sticks truly go together like peanut butter and jelly. We love mixing and matching them for an effortless vibe. Lately, Milk Makeup’s Director of Artistry Sara Wren has even been pairing our buttery-brown makeup sticks with the jammy purple ones for a look inspired by her favorite after-school snack: PB&J. “Turns out the tones can be super flattering on a wide range of skin tones, and they look just as yummy as the sandwich,” she says. 

Best of all, Sara’s PB&J makeup look is as easy to put together as the classic sandwich. Ahead, she shares the simple steps for achieving the deliciously nostalgic, super-quick look with four different Milk Makeup sticks. We have a gut feeling you’ll crave wearing it every day.

1. Contour

After prepping and priming her base, Sara reaches for Sculpt Stick in Stoked to create a seamlessly sculpted base for her peanut butter and jelly makeup. She likes to coat a dense brush with the creamy, cool-toned brown pigment before running it underneath her lips and along her cupid’s bow to add instant volume to her pout. With the same brush (or a small dense eyeshadow brush), she sweeps the sculpting shade down either side of the bridge of her nose, starting from the front of her eyebrows. “This creates symmetry and dimension when you apply the rest of your eye products,” Sara explains. You can also add Sculpt Stick onto the tip of your nose and across the center of it. 

Next, Sara likes to brush Sculpt Stick away from the outer corners of her eyes as you would when applying winged liner and swoop the product downward toward the hollows of her cheeks. “I love these placements for contour when I want to create lift and symmetry to the face,” she says. The eye-to-cheek placement, in particular, makes cheekbones appear higher and more defined while giving eyes a foxy effect. 

Then, blend everything out with a fluffy brush, like our Blending Brush


2. Jelly Lips

Of course, Cooling Water Jelly Tintin Splash is essential for any PB&J makeup moment. This viral bouncy blush and lip stain is basically the best thing since sliced bread, bringing the perfect juicy translucence to the look. Sara opts to use it on her lips for this, dabbing it onto center directly from the stick. This creates a long-wearing base to your jelly lips. 

Then, she smudges Lip + Cheekin Quickie on top to intensify the jelly color. You can dab the pigments with a clean fingertip to meld the products together. Last but not least, she adds Odyssey Lip Oil Glossin Voyage onto the center of her lips. 

Crunchy or smooth; strawberry or grape—no matter what your peanut butter and jelly preferences are, PB&J makeup is a fun, easy way to use your favorite Milk Makeup sticks. 

3. Peanut Butter Blush

To amp up the peanut butteriness of her PB&J look, Sara subs inMatte Bronzerin Dazed as blush. She packs the warm brown pigments onto a dense brush and drapes the color over her cheeks and the bridge of her nose in a W shape. 

Meet the Author

Devon Abelman (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer who focuses on the intersections and intricacies of beauty, culture, astrology, and mental health. She is passionate about shining light on under-the-radar BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ beauty creators as well as Korea’s impact on global beauty trends. In her spare time, Devon can be found dressing up Scorpion, her XXXL blind-and-deaf rescue dog.

All information is created for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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Devon Abelman (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer who focuses on the intersections and intricacies of beauty, culture, astrology, and mental health. She is passionate about shining light on under-the-radar BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ beauty creators as well as Korea’s impact on global beauty trends. In her spare time, Devon can be found dressing up Scorpion, her XXXL blind-and-deaf rescue dog.

All information is created for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.