Trying My New Drugstore Makeup Purchases! | Julia Adams
L'Oreal Paris$9.99True Match Super-Blendable Foundationshade · 2.5n & 4N (mixed)- “I'm using the L'Oreal True Match Super Blendable Foundation in two shades mixed”▶ 0:24
Physicians Formula$12.49Butter Glow Concealershade · Light to Medium- “I'm using some of the Physicians Formula Butter Glow Concealer in the shade light to medium”▶ 0:40
Essence$5.99- “This Essence one is like pretty cotton candy pink. Like it's very vibrant”▶ 1:31
- “There's three shades in here and you mix them all together”
- “I was kind of hoping it would be a Givenchy dupe, but it's so like neon pink”
- “This is a really nice blurring powder, but I think because it's so pink, once it meshed into my wet concealer, it kind of darkened just slightly”▶ 1:56
- “It did not brighten my under eyes. If anything, I feel like it just made them look a little bit more sallow”▶ 2:05
NYX$18.07Wonder Snatch Lifting Setting Powdershade · Sugar Serve- “It's shimmery”
- “It's actually not bad for like a powder that has a bit of a glow to it”▶ 6:12
- “It's interesting because it does blur, but also it keeps the glow”▶ 6:31
- “I was a bit nervous to put it right here where I have some pore texture, but it is blurring it a surprising amount for something that has a glow”▶ 6:42
- “Very unique powder”▶ 6:55
- “I can tell that powder is not holding up with my skin type”
- “I think people with drier skin types would really enjoy this one”▶ 7:04
Maybelline$9.99Cloudtopia Long-Lasting Cheek & Lip Mousse Blushshade · Toasted Sky- “When you feel it in the little pot, it feels like you're swatching a cream. Like, it does feel a little bit more wet, but once it touches your skin, it does kind of activate and it gets really silky”▶ 4:13
- “The experience of applying it to my cheeks feels exactly like I'm blending out the Fwee ones”▶ 4:54
- “It feels more glowy. It's not as matte and blurring, I would say, in the finish, but the blendout is really nice”
- “And this color is so pretty. Like, I will be using this a ton. This is my favorite type of color”▶ 5:06
- “I like this one quite a bit. I much prefer it over this Quo one”▶ 5:16
- “Maybelline definitely takes the cake so far when I'm comparing these two”▶ 5:29
- “My favorites coming out of today's video are these two products. The Milani bronzer as well as the Maybelline Cloudtopia Lip and Cheek Mousse. This color, the formula on my lips and my cheeks. So cute”▶ 17:13
- no stillMakeup Revolution$11.00Light As A Cloud Bouncy Blur Blushshade · Sunset
- “This one felt more stiff, more dry, so it took more time to blend out and it also like immediately disappeared once it was applied”
Milani$12.99Baked Blushshade · Sparkling Rosé- “The blush is making me nervous for the highlighter for sure. Look how vastly different the finishes are on there. This one's like very texture enhancing, whereas this one's pretty blurring”▶ 7:30
Milani$12.99Baked Bronzershade · 01- “I wore it yesterday, and I really enjoyed the color, the finish, everything about it”▶ 7:19
- “It looks very light in the pan, but once it goes onto your skin and sinks into like your foundation and all the previous layers, it darkens a lot”▶ 8:14
- “It's a little bit surprising how pigmented it can actually get”
- “My favorites coming out of today's video are these two products. The Milani bronzer as well as the Maybelline Cloudtopia Lip and Cheek Mousse”▶ 17:13
- “And this bronzer is just so nice. I'm such a sucker for baked products, you guys already know”▶ 17:25
Maybelline$8.99Sculpting Stix 2-in-1 Precise Eyeliner & Angled Brushshade · Hazy Taupe- “I used the Maybelline pencil yesterday and it was so nice to get a quick liner”▶ 9:51
- “And it's so handy to have this really nice brush on the other side. I really like it”▶ 10:09
- “I've always been a massive fan of the Maybelline liner, so I was extremely excited to try these”▶ 10:15
- “And that color is really fun, too. Just something soft just enhances the eye in a subtle way”▶ 10:19
Essence$4.99Satin Blend Gel Eyelinershade · Rich Burgundy- “Wo, that is so nice and blendy. And I'm smoking that out”▶ 10:57
- “That is such a soft pencil. Ooh, very easy to work with. That took like a minute to achieve”▶ 11:10
- “I feel like it does pull a lot more red on my eyes. I like that pencil a lot. It was so easy to use”▶ 11:32
- “If you love smokey eyes, like this pencil would be one of the better ones to grab”▶ 11:37
CoverGirl$12.99Eye Enhancer Wrap Tubing Mascarashade · Maxotion Black- “This is a tubing mascara, so something very easy to remove”▶ 12:00
- “I can tell this formula kind of wants to clump my lashes up, but the wand is doing a good job at keeping them separate”▶ 12:22
- “It's mostly coating and lengthening my lashes”▶ 12:28
- “It looks good, but I do prefer a bit more of a voluminous root to my lashes”▶ 12:30
- “It did weigh my lashes down quite a bit”
- “This completely took away all the curl I put into my lashes”▶ 13:03
- “Not horrible, but if I'm being honest, I wouldn't grab it again”
- “I'll give it a few more chances and I'll wait till the formula thickens up as well”▶ 13:07
peripera$9.81Ink All Black Carashade · 02 Volume Curling
Revlon$12.99PhotoReady Instant Blur Linershade · Murky- “If you have been loving the Nenina Park lip look, this is such a great product to kind of achieve that look”▶ 13:16
- “Very soft and blurring”▶ 13:26
- “This is a great product if you don't super love defined lips, but you still want to add like a border to your lip and some contrast”▶ 13:43
- “Swatching it on the back of my hand, I was like, I don't know, but it's quite effective when you actually put it on your mouth”▶ 13:56
- “I don't know how long this will last realistically”
- “This Revlon one is far more sheer and it has a light balmy texture. So, I feel like this is one that will disappear quite instantly”▶ 16:53
- “I don't have full faith in it”
Maybelline$7.99Lifter Linershade · On It- “I also grabbed this Maybelline lifter liner in the shade on it”▶ 14:05
- “Ooh, I love this color”
- “Oh, I like that a lot. A lot. A lot. A lot”
- no stillPeptide Lip Definershade · Vanilla Mint
CoverGirl$8.97Clean Fresh Yummy Blur Matte Lipstickshade · Into the Blur
CoverGirl$8.97Clean Fresh Yummy Blur Matte Lipstickshade · Blur the Line- “The swatches look different to me. It's not bad. It's just not what I wanted at all”▶ 14:51
NYX$12.00Lip Lingerie Lip Liner Stainshade · Naughty Nude- “I'm taking one of the NYX Lip Lingerie lip stains in the shade Naughty Nude and I'm going to line my lips with this”▶ 15:36
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