Dermatologist Compares Dollar Tree vs High-End Skincare
- “This Dollar Tree product, it feels like straight up water”▶ 1:38
- “My skin doesn't feel any less dry or tight after the initial wet feeling of putting the product on”▶ 1:40
- “Once that goes away, my skin pretty much feels the same as it did before”▶ 1:48
- “I need to layer other moisturizers on top”▶ 1:53
- “I don't think this should be called a dupe for the Drunk Elephant product”▶ 1:56
- “The packaging looks similar, but that's pretty much where the similarities end”▶ 1:59
- “I consider them to be pretty different products”▶ 2:03
Drunk Elephant$54.00
- “Overall, I prefer the peptide blend in the Ordinary's product, but the Dollar Tree version isn't bad”▶ 3:22
- “The Dollar Tree copper peptide is on the ingredient list, but it's completely clear”
- “The clear color of these products makes me wonder if the concentration is significantly less”▶ 4:02
- “The only one I thought was okay was the peptide serum”
- “This would be a good pick for someone who wants to try peptides, but they can't afford the more expensive stuff right now”▶ 7:44
The Ordinary$32.00
- “I had high hopes for this one, but it was one of my biggest disappointments”▶ 4:13
- “This does not feel elegant and this does not make me feel like a princess”▶ 4:25
- “It just kind of sits there on my skin and it doesn't really want to rub in or absorb”▶ 4:29
- “Looking at the ingredients list, I can see why”▶ 4:23
- “You've got petrolatum, mineral oil, and dimethicone. It's waxy”
- “It's just not a dupe”
- “The packaging looks similar, but that's pretty much it”▶ 4:54
Drunk Elephant$66.00
- “The Dollar Tree version is really hard to spread unless it's warm”▶ 5:55
- “And nobody has time for that”▶ 6:00
- “I just want to apply it and go”
- “It wants me to save even more money by not letting me use it in the first place”▶ 6:01
- “And it'll last forever since it doesn't transfer well onto my skin”▶ 6:06
- “This was disappointment number one for me because before I tried it, I thought, how hard can it be to make a Vaseline stick? And the answer is it must be hard”▶ 6:10
Vaseline$5.99- “One thing I love about the Vaseline stick is that the formulation is super spreadable”▶ 5:38
- “It's easy to use as a lip balm”▶ 5:42
- “It's super easy to apply to dry patches and it doesn't tug on your skin and lips when you use it”▶ 5:49
- “The Vaseline one is like Goldilocks. It keeps its shape, but it transfers really easily onto the skin without tugging”▶ 6:19
CeraVe$21.99- no still
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