I Found the BEST Drugstore Dupes (2025)
Victoria Beckham Beauty$73.00- “It has the most beautiful luxurious packaging”▶ 0:55
- “The powder itself, this formula is uber uber smooth”▶ 1:10
- “It has a very lifelike sort of finish to it”▶ 1:14
- “It's buildable, very blendable”▶ 1:18
- “One thing I've always really loved about it is how easy it is to control and blend on the skin and the actual effect is very skin-like”▶ 1:27
- “This glides effortlessly”
- “It's really lovely, but it is so expensive”▶ 2:18
- “Will I be using it up? Absolutely”▶ 2:22
- “Both are lovely. It's like there is no denying that the Victoria Beckham is beautiful in my book, but I think that the Infallible is better”▶ 3:38
L'Oreal Paris$15.99Infallible Up to 24H Fresh Wear Soft Matte Bronzershade · 200 Fair- “These two formulas are very, very, very similar, and I actually think the L'Oreal is better”▶ 2:34
- “The 24-hour Freshwear bronzer from L'Oreal has a wider shade range”▶ 2:43
- “What's really lovely about this bronzer is again how easy to control it is”
- “It actually has a little bit more pigment than the Victoria Beckham, but in a way that actually makes it easier to work with in my opinion”▶ 3:09
- “It is slightly more matte. You're actually going to get a little bit more shape with this one”
- “It is so much more affordable”
- “The longevity, which the infallible definitely lasts longer than the Victoria Beckham”▶ 3:11
- “For me personally, I think you are much better off going with the infallible”▶ 3:59
Bobbi Brown$45.00Luxe Eye Shadowshade · Moonstone- “It's pretty. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it”▶ 4:30
- “It's pretty expensive”
- “There are plenty of very luxe wet looking eyeshadows that I would easily recommend over this one from Bobbi Brown”▶ 4:42
- “It is kind of easily dupable”▶ 4:51
- “The Bobbi Brown is actually quite baked and dry”▶ 5:59
- “The moonstone shade has a little bit it's a little bit brighter and it's a little bit icier”▶ 6:46
- “The Bobbi Brown dried up and yeah, just comes right out of the pan, which is always like a bummer when you know you spend a lot of money on luxury products for them to do that”▶ 7:59
Holika Holika$8.00- “I actually think that this is better”▶ 5:20
- “It has a slightly smoother texture”
- “It almost has a little bit more translucence to it”▶ 6:17
- “Because of the smoothness of the formula, the way it washes out on the lids, I actually think it makes for a more easy to use product, more comfortable to apply onto the eyes”
- “It still has a really glossy glow to it”▶ 6:38
- “It's probably going to work better as a topper in a lot of instances in my opinion”▶ 6:41
- “With the Holika Holika, the smoothness of the texture and the fact that the base pigment is slightly deeper than the actual glitters is what in my opinion makes this look more wet on the eyes”▶ 7:22
- “I think that the Holika Holika is just as beautiful and in my opinion even more beautiful”▶ 7:45
- “I reach for this way, way way way more often than the Bobbi Brown”▶ 7:51
- “This tint is actually one of the more affordable products from YSL, which is kind of funny, but I appreciated that YSL was giving us a really, really lovely red shade”▶ 8:35
- “I think it blends surprisingly well for this kind of texture because it is quite a balmy, slightly sticky texture”▶ 8:53
- “It has a slight dewiness to it”
- “It surprisingly, again, blends pretty well for this kind of texture and formula”▶ 9:20
- “I don't have a ton of bad things to say about it other than unfortunately when it goes onto the skin because of the finish and I think because of the balminess, how rich it is, it's not the most flattering on texture”▶ 9:26
- “If you are a completely no foundation person, no concealer, that actually might work great for you”▶ 10:03
CoverGirl$10.99Clean Fresh Jelly Water Tintshade · Cherry Burst- “I think personally that this is the better buy”▶ 10:15
- “It does have this really interesting kind of jelly texture to it, but it is more staining than the YSL”▶ 10:22
- “I think Cherry Burst is a little bit more of a true red versus the YSL”▶ 10:33
- “I personally find that it's just really easy for this to just kind of look like it's coming from within”▶ 10:46
- “It almost has a just pinched real life real flush look to it”▶ 11:03
- “It really just looks like you are really blushing from within”▶ 11:11
- “Even with the foundations that I was wearing, and they are a little bit thicker in consistency, this did a beautiful job of melting into them”▶ 11:22
- “When you just kind of pat it into the cheeks and it kind of becomes one with whatever foundation you have on, it's very lovely”▶ 11:41
- “Because it's like a jelly translucent kind of product, I think it could actually be a lot easier to work with”▶ 11:59
- “I think Covergirl did a really excellent job with it”▶ 12:30
- “To me, the decision is very easy to just recommend the jelly water tint from CoverGirl”▶ 12:41
Lip Butter Balmshade · Brown Sugar- “I like them, but I don't think they are like the end all be all lip balms out there”▶ 13:13
- “I think they're quite slippy”▶ 13:19
- “If I want a longlasting nourishment on my lips, I need a touch more grip and a little bit more plushness. This doesn't necessarily have the plushness that I'm looking for”▶ 13:24
- “It smells. It's like one of the most divine things I've ever smelt”▶ 13:36
- “I love this shade. I think there are things to like about it for sure”▶ 13:40
- “I also think that Summer Fridays kind of hypes up the ingredients in the product without it necessarily being warranted”▶ 13:45
- “My lips just don't feel they're not they're lacking. They're lacking and they don't feel protected anymore once it wears off”▶ 18:12
Clean Fresh Squishy Glaze Lip Butter Balmshade · Fresh Plum
Laneige$22Glaze Craze Tinted Polypeptide Lip Serum Treatmentshade · Peach Glaze
Unleashia$16.00Sunset Dazzle Gloss Balmshade · Malibu- “This, I think, has less of that milky pigment”
- “The way they formulated the pigment is not going to sit in the lip lines. It's not going to kind of exaggerate the wrinkles in your lips, but it still has the really lovely glossiness”
- “If you're wanting to lean more glossy, I would go with the Unleashia”▶ 17:28
- “You see how it just kind of fades and just makes the lips look really lovely. It doesn't look dry. It looks very plush and pretty and my lips look hydrated after it wears off”
Charlotte Tilbury$44.00Hollywood Beauty Light Wandshade · Spotlight- “I still think that this is one of the best liquid highlights out there on the market”▶ 18:28
- “It's so reflective. It just looks expensive”▶ 18:33
- “It has this really lovely blur to it but it also has that epic kind of shine”▶ 18:39
- “It is like a glossy highlight, a very glossy natural highlight amped up and then it sets down”▶ 18:46
- “The liquid formula is really really lovely. It's very dialed in and I think it has deserved all the hype that it's gotten and I really like it”▶ 18:52
- “For me, it lasts long as well and it doesn't kind of mess with the other products on your skin”▶ 19:03
- “It looks like you have a glossy reflective highlight on, but it is completely completely set”▶ 19:14
Pretty Smart$29Pretty Shiny Cream Highlightershade · 55 Center Stage- “This is a very, very, very similar shade to Spotlight from Charlotte Tilbury”▶ 19:41
- “When you just tap it on, it gives you that same lovely reflective glossy look that then has that dry down and it blends beautifully”▶ 19:58
- “I think that this is just as good”
- “This also does a really really good job of spreading, blending, and not exaggerating texture”▶ 20:58
- “It is a very, very good one”
NABLA$29.00
Maybelline$12.99- “I think is absolutely just as good”▶ 22:00
- “It actually holds a curl better than the Nabula does”▶ 22:07
- “With the Colossal, you need to let it dry out for like a week in my opinion or you need to really remove the mascara from the wand before you use it because it will go clumpy if you apply too much”▶ 22:22
- “For me, I would still rather take that extra step and use the colossal bubble, take off a little bit of the excess, and then get this really volumized kind of fluffy butterfly lash look”▶ 22:39
- “I think that the Colossal Bubble from Maybelline is actually better”
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