I Found the BEST Drugstore Dupes (2026)
IT Cosmetics$34.00Do It All Sheer Tint Face Balmshade · Fairest Neutral- “This one has a really lovely, almost water-like texture to it. And honestly, I find the feeling of it very lightweight”▶ 1:58
- “This has almost a natural matte finish on my skin. It really collects around my nose and dries everything out”▶ 2:26
- “I would rather not wear makeup than makeup make my skin look dry and crackly”▶ 2:36
MAKEUP BY MARIO$36.00Softsculpt Multi-Use Bronzing & Shaping Serumshade · Light- “It is very serum-like and super sheer and I almost find that this works better as an all-over bronze product or a mix-in because it's very sheer”▶ 4:58
- “This shade light is really lovely and it has a nice kind of olive undertone. It blends really well into the skin”▶ 5:17
- “I think it's just a little bit less pigment for my personal taste”▶ 5:26
- “A lot of bronzing drops are really pigmented and have like a weird shimmer or even worse, they kind of dry down really awkwardly on the skin. This does not do that”▶ 5:37
- “The Makeup by Mario does have a very slight bit of pearl”▶ 6:36
TruBlend Sun & Sculpt Bronzing Glow Serumshade · Very Light- “We definitely have something good on our hands here, people”▶ 5:57
- “The CoverGirl definitely has a little bit more pink to it, but I think it could actually work better for some of you depending on what your undertone is”▶ 6:10
- “From a formulation standpoint, these are very very very very similar”▶ 6:19
- “If you're just looking for a really natural blendable everyday serum bronzer, you like your makeup to feel very lightweight and almost kind of water-based... I think you're going to be a big fan of this from CoverGirl”▶ 6:50
- “This is absolutely one of the better ones out there on the market”▶ 7:21
- “Definitely I think has earned its right to be called a dupe”▶ 7:31
Rare Beauty$25.00Soft Pinch Lip Oil Stickshade · Muse- “It's a really, really nice shade. Just like a nice mauve shade”▶ 7:42
- “It definitely has the pigmentation of a lipstick. Very, very heavy on the pigment”▶ 8:15
- “It is incredibly thin on the lips”▶ 8:25
- “This doesn't have a lot of cushion to it”▶ 8:34
- “For me personally, this is just really lacking the cushion. It's lacking that fill in the lines of the lips kind of feel, fell a little bit flat to me”▶ 8:47
- “I also don't really enjoy applicators like this”▶ 9:00
- “I felt kind of disappointed by this launch. I won't lie to you guys”▶ 9:14
- “The Rare Beauty has a very light fruit scent”
Glow Reviver Lip Oil Stickshade · Mauve Mentality, Jam Packed- “This is a pretty spot-on formula to the new lip oil sticks from Rare Beauty”
- “I didn't enjoy the applicator. It just got a little bit messy, and they were just a little too thin for my preference”▶ 9:56
- “They again had a lot of pigment. They had that little bit of a lip oil feel and that glossiness, but were still quite thin and almost again like a serum lipstick texture. Not a ton of cushion”▶ 10:00
- “The Elf fruit scent is very intense. That's one thing I don't like about the Elf versus the Rare Beauty”▶ 10:28
Maybelline$9.99Lifter Glaze Hydrating Lip Oil Balmshade · Acai Glaze, Peach Quench, Pink Drip- “I love these so much”▶ 10:56
- “These are definitely stiffer than the Rare Beauty, stiffer than the Elf, but they still have great pigment”▶ 11:09
- “They have a really addictive kind of vanilla mint smell, which is again very reminiscent of Dior”▶ 11:16
- “I prefer these to the Dior Lip Addict like lipstick lip balms. These are better in my opinion”▶ 11:24
- “They have more of a grip on the lips. It feels like they're more secure. They give you that pretty lip oil kind of shine, while still having nice buildable color”▶ 11:37
- “They fill in the lines of my lips. They make the lips look a little bit more plush”
- “In my opinion, it is no competition that the Maybelline is the better buy”▶ 12:08
- “Potentially skip both of those options and just try these instead, if you guys want my pick”▶ 12:11
TruBlend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous Finishing Face Powdershade · 500 Sugar Cookie- “And we have done it, guys. This is so freaking beautiful”▶ 13:37
- “Covergirl has done it. This is absolutely luxury quality”▶ 14:07
- “It is very very little pigment. It is incredibly finely milled. It's also very densely pressed, so you don't pick up a lot of product when the brush goes in”▶ 14:14
- “It does have a very slight kind of warm undertone. Gorgeous. I am blown away”▶ 14:29
- “It is expensive-looking. It looks like really really expensive makeup when I am using these together”▶ 14:41
- “I think my Kosas is still the holy grail just because there's more shades”▶ 15:00
- “Absolutely fantastic, in my opinion, from Covergirl”▶ 15:10
- “The fact that this is so affordable in comparison to the Hourglass, I just got to tell you I think that this is fantastic”▶ 15:18
- “I'm really, really glad that we finally had a hit from Covergirl as far as the skin enhancer line”
Rare Beauty$21.00- “I love this brow gel. This is a consistent favorite for me”▶ 15:40
- “The wand does a really good job of fluffing up the eyebrows and giving them that fluffy look while also being like set in place and locked in”▶ 15:46
- “It makes my eyebrows look fluffier without there necessarily being a chance of flaking, of kind of casting really white”▶ 15:53
- “This is just formulated and packaged so perfectly that it just applies beautifully every single time”▶ 16:13
- “It looks really, really good consistently every time I'm using this product. I'm just a huge fan of the Rare Beauty clear brow gel”▶ 16:29
- “The Rare Beauty to me feels thinner. Like, it feels a little bit more lightweight in the brows”▶ 18:50
- “I think for ease of use, the Rare Beauty is still a little bit better”▶ 19:04
Maybelline$11.99- “I want you to look at that wand, guys. That is essentially the Rare Beauty wand, and that is one of the best wands you will find”▶ 17:05
- “This is absolutely fantastic”
- “The Maybelline doesn't have a great stopper. So, you get a lot of product on this wand all at once”▶ 18:05
- “When it goes on and disperses, it looks really really really really similar. They both have that fluff. It's the in-place gelled look”
- “I think the Maybelline is slightly thicker”▶ 18:57
- “This is one of those, in my opinion, a tentative dupe”
- “This was definitely one of those products with like the dupe with the asterisk”▶ 19:06
One/Size$34- “It's meant to kind of melt all of your powders in together, and then give you this really pretty kind of glassy finish”▶ 19:24
- “Really, really pretty. It absolutely will set the makeup into place and give you a little bit more of that glow”▶ 19:51
- “It gives you that MAC Fix Plus kind of melting quality, but then it has that film former that goes a little bit more glassy. So, it's a really nice product”▶ 20:02
- “This is $18. 18 bucks, that's that's not cheap. That is not cheap”▶ 20:17
- “Hard Candy has really, really won my heart as of late. I think that they do some absolutely excellent products”▶ 20:26
- “It has a lot of those like really hydrating kind of ingredients that give you that kind of burst of water glassy effect on the skin, but it also has the film formers as well that then lock and kind of create that barrier to make everything last longer”▶ 20:45
- “Formulation-wise, they're incredibly, incredibly similar. They both give you that glass glow”▶ 21:00
- “If in general you find that your makeup looks really cakey by the end of it after you've set and done everything, this will immediately bring that moisture back to your skin”▶ 21:13
- “The Glass on Lock from Hard Candy, I feel like the experience and how it looks directly on the skin right after application is closer to the One Size”▶ 21:48
Milani$16.99- “I think the Make It Last Moisture Boost from Milani is a great alternative to the One Size”▶ 21:42
- “I think that this really going to give you guys that powder melt feel”▶ 22:08
- “This does feel like that nice balance between being that glowy glassy look and also setting down and eventually, you know, actually making the skin and all the makeup on it kind of lock in”▶ 22:13
- “This is a great product, by the way. I really, really do like this”▶ 22:32
- no stillRhode$20.00Peptide Lip Treatmentshade · Shortcake, Guava Spritz
- “The Rhode has a nice kind of vanilla scent to it”
- “I see a little bit more purple with shortcake”
Essence$4.99The Super Peptide Glossy Lip Treatmentshade · Pinkified- “I think Essence has done an absolutely incredible job with this”▶ 22:59
- “This actually has a decent amount of peptides in here”▶ 23:04
- “The texture is uncanny as far as the similarities. It's plush. It fills in the lines of the lips beautifully. It feels nourishing. Like it actually feels like it's doing something”▶ 23:09
- “The Essence has a very pleasant sweet smell as well. So neither of them have an awkward, really abrasive, gross smell to them”▶ 23:41
- “I definitely think that you can go with the Essence formulation-wise”▶ 24:07
- “I think that the super peptide from Essence is an excellent excellent dupe of the Rhode”▶ 24:19
- “The fact that this actually has a decent amount of peptides to blow my mind when I was checking out all the ingredients list”
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