Maybelline Lifter Stix Multi-Use Face Stick ($12.99) is a new lightweight foundation stick which launched with the Maybelline Spring 2025 Collection that can be used to contour and sculpt your face. Available in $18 shade selections you can easily swipe these on as an all over foundation or use them a darker shade to contour with.
As you know I’m a huge swipe, blend, and go girl! I love that stick foundations seem to making their way back into the makeup world for the Spring 2025 season. The Maybelline Lifter Stix isn’t the only new foundation stick on the market Milani also dropped a new Conceal + Perfect Blur Out Skin Tint which I’m loving a the moment. Although, I don’t think they’re really trying to bring back foundation sticks but more about doing a Fenty Beauty Match Stix kind of dupe I guess.
Let’s take a look at my review and swatches of the new Maybelline Lifter Stix Multi-Use Face Stick below.
Maybelline Lifter Stix Multi-Use Face Stick in a nude plastic barrel with a clear top which allows you to view the shade easily. It swivels up and down easily and holds 0.21 oz of foundation for around $10-$13 depending where you purchase it. The foundation doesn’t have a traditional flat top but has dome shape like the Wet n Wild MegaGlo Makeup Stick Blush. I think this shade is rather nice as it fits the contours of your face a lot more easily than a flat stick does. In comparison, Milani’s Conceal + Perfect Blur Out Skin Tint is a bit larger in size and priced a little higher as well. You get 0.28 oz for $17. As far as texture and formula I thought Milani’s was the better formula.
Maybelline hasn’t really fully disclosed the finish they are going for with these sticks but I thought it was a drier matte. Milani’s version is also matte but felt a bit more creamier and less dry. I also thought that Milani’s version had more pigment.
Maybelline’s formula is a drier cream formula that does drag a little on your skin as you apply it. That being said, I didn’t feel it adhered to drier areas on my face nor did it cling to those areas. It had a nice, soft finish. I do wish it was a bit creamier but I think that dryness does help it to last longer as I felt this wore quite long for a sheerer stick foundation at around seven hours. It isn’t terribly pigmented so don’t expect super coverage from it. You can build it nicely but if you’re used to wearing more full coverage you won’t get it from these sticks. This is a lightweight, sheerer foundation that brightens, eases dullness, and will hide smaller imperfections.
I got the shade 25 and I did have to guess at my shade as Maybelline doesn’t really explain what sort of undertones the shades have. I’m normally a light medium neutral but this is a classified as one of their “warm” shades. The neutral shades sort of skipped around as they have 20 which seemed to light for me and 30 which seemed too dark so I went with 25. It’s not a perfect fit but I can make it work. The shade is a light medium beige. Not my ideal undertone but oh well! As I mentioned above this provided light coverage to even out my complexion, brighten it a little bit, and eased dullness. But I wouldn’t rely on it for heavy duty coverage. I’m find with the coverage provided as I don’t like nor wear full coverage foundation and this is the perfect breathable, light, natural look I like. Plus it’s easy apply! Swipe, blend, go!
I do think that maybe makeup lovers will like this more as a contour stick versus a foundation one. It’s ok for a quick, light makeup look but I do think Milani does a nice formula. This needed to be a little more creamier. I’ll happily use this now but I doubt I’d repurchase it in the future.
Maybelline Lifter Stix is available now!
Where to buy
- Easy to apply. Swipe, blend, go.
- Natural, lightweight coverage.
- Wears long.
- Bit dry, drags on application.
- No info about undertones given on Maybelline’s website. Guessing game to select a shade match.
