The Best & Worst of the Latest Makeup Launches | Julia Adams
Milk Makeup$29.00- “Every time I try to put this on my face it tries to escape from me. It just gathers up, it separates, it looks really thick and it just moves around”▶ 0:55
- “Even if I set it with a ton of powder, it's just beyond hydrating that it just eats up that powder and creates kind of a paste and it just creates extra skin texture that I just don't have naturally”▶ 1:04
- “When I wear this my skin looks worse, unfortunately”▶ 1:14
- “It's just beyond too hydrating and thick that it just creases immediately and falls into fine lines like crazy”▶ 1:44
Essence$5.99- “When I opened this up, it was like a violent pink. I thought that this was going to be such a brightening powder, but it's not. It immediately re-darkens my under eyes and makes my under eyes look really sallow”▶ 2:49
- “The blurring quality is really nice. It has a really soft blur, but oh my goodness, does this ever like create darkness underneath of my eyes? It doesn't do anything you want a pink powder to do”▶ 3:00
Milani$12.99Baked Blushshade · Sparkling Rosé- “This is the most texture enhancing baked blush I have ever tried. It's like the worst, most metallic silver highlighter blended with a very unflattering base color”▶ 3:24
- “It just looks horrendous. It's just way too intense. Even if you try to apply a little bit, it just gets absorbed by your foundation and it just gets really sticky”▶ 3:35
Armani Beauty$69.00- “Armani recently reformulated their cult classic luminous silk foundation and made a foundation that worked for so many different skin types and reformulated it to something that only works for drier or dehydrated skin types”▶ 4:12
- “I don't get any luminous silk vibes at all from this skin finish”▶ 4:34
- “As a foundation on its own, I think it is nice. It's just nowhere near as beautiful as it once was”▶ 4:49
NYX$18.07Wonder Snatch Lifting Setting Powdershade · Sugar Serve- “This is a really nice powder if you're someone who doesn't like the look of set skin. It sets your cream products, but it doesn't take away that creamy glow”▶ 5:03
- “In my experience, this didn't hold up to my oily skin, so that's why it's going in between these two categories, but I do see people really liking this”▶ 5:13
- “The biggest problem here is the price. It is so expensive and you get such a little amount”▶ 5:21
- “Unfortunately, the Wonder Snatch is not so wonderful after all”▶ 5:58
Clinique$39.00Even Better Makeup Broad Spectrum SPF 15shade · Light Medium Cool 3- “I think this is a really nice one if you have a drier skin type. It's really nice and hydrating. It has a softening effect and it sinks right into your skin effortlessly”▶ 6:08
- “Because of my oilier skin type, I just can't get along with this one. Even if I really set it with a good powder, 20 minutes will go by and I look like a [__] again”▶ 6:24
Rare Beauty$30- “When you feel it in the pan, it has a really hydrated, almost a gel-like consistency”▶ 6:42
- “It has a luminosity to it that makes it easier to blend and build up and it has a really nice, natural, skin-like finish to it”▶ 6:58
- “The only issue I have with this product is that it just is far too warm for my skin tone and there isn't a shade that works for me, but that's just for me”▶ 7:19
CoverGirl$12.99- “It is very satisfying to add just a little bit of water and then little perfect tubes come off. It is really fun”▶ 7:37
- “Where it didn't work out for me is that it's just too wet and too heavy for my lash type. So, it just completely weighs them down and it just gives an effect that I just don't like”▶ 7:43
Milani$12.99Baked Bronzershade · Amalfi Glow- “If you don't set your skin thoroughly, this one tends to really grasp onto those areas and it can give the appearance of a patchy look and this also deposits far darker of a color than you'd expect from just looking at it in the pan”▶ 8:07
- “The tone is nice, the finish is really pretty. It doesn't have that heavy metallic look at all. It adds that really nice soft candlelit glow, not like an obvious highlighting glow”▶ 8:33
Essence$5.99- “I really like this one. It feels very similar to the Rare Beauty one actually, but just in a more neutral tone”▶ 8:43
- “It's a soft builder as well, so you don't go in too much product and you have to sit there and panic blend or restart. It's one you can build up at your own pace, which I love”▶ 9:19
Essence$5.99
Too Faced$32.00Cloud Crush Blurring Blushshade · Tequila Sunset- “This is just very matte. Like it has one of the most blurring qualities ever, but with that being said, it does feel more drying than the Fwee pots”▶ 10:07
- “The beauty of this type of formula is that it's easy to reapply and touch up throughout the day, too. It works on your makeup if it's set or if it's wet”▶ 10:20
MAKEUP BY MARIO$28.00Jelly Jar Lip & Cheek Balmshade · Pink Sugar- “I personally have not had a positive experience with it on my cheeks. I have found that it picks up and kind of rehydrates and moves anything I'm wearing underneath, and it's just far too balmy for my skin type and also my makeup tastes”▶ 10:42
- “On the lips, these are really nice. It has a really bouncy plush texture and a rich amount of pigment, too, that doesn't separate or settle into the fine lines”▶ 10:53
Revlon$12.99PhotoReady Instant Blur Linershade · Murky- “If you like that soft blurred edge to a lip, this is a great product to achieve that”▶ 11:30
- “Although it has that super sheer effect, it is quite effective on the lips. It makes my lips look really plump and more juicy without a lot of effort or texture”▶ 11:33
- “My issue with this product is that it's not the most long wearing”▶ 11:47
Lip & Cheek Blurry Pudding Potshade · Ambitious
Maybelline$9.99Cloudtopia Long-Lasting Cheek & Lip Mousse Blushshade · Toasted Sky- “It's a gorgeous toasted brown with like a burnt dusty rose undertone. Oh, it's so delightful. One of my favorite colors for blush”▶ 13:59
- “This formula is really nice to work with. It's a bit more silicone-y I would say and the finish is a lot more glowy in comparison to the Fwee Pot and the Quo Bouncy Cloud”▶ 14:06
CoverGirl$12.99TruBlend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous Bronzershade · Honey Bun- “Oh, is it magnificent. It's just really nice to build up. It's so soft, and the edges are always perfectly blended out”▶ 15:43
- “I can apply this to unset skin or set skin, and it looks amazing”▶ 15:47
- “It has a really pretty diffusing quality while still leaving you with that gorgeous skin finish. Everything is just completely gorgeous and simple”▶ 16:03
Huda Beauty$40.00Easy Bake and Snatch Pressed Brightening and Setting Powdershade · Cherry Blossom & Pound Cake- “This is my new favorite powder. I haven't touched or looked at any of my powders ever since trying this”▶ 16:35
- “It is the most blurring and setting powder I've ever tried. It works so well for my skin type”▶ 16:42
- “It blurs further than the loose setting powder. It's easier to use and to transport since it's such a skinny little compact, but it is amazing at blurring out my skin”▶ 16:48
Maybelline$8.99Sculpting Stix 2-in-1 Precise Eyeliner & Angled Brushshade · Hazy Taupe
Essence$4.99Satin Blend Gel Eyelinershade · 05 Rich Burgundy- “This is a great eyeliner if you like to do all sorts of different things. So this is great to create a classic wing or you can apply it to your lid and blend it out like a cream eyeshadow and it blends out seamlessly”▶ 18:10
- “It does eventually set, so you don't end up having any transferring or creasing later throughout the day”▶ 18:28
Makeup Revolution$12.00Icon Eyeshadow Palette - The Eternal Iconshade · Green- “I love it for the greens mostly, but I love this green because it's the perfect pea soup green and it matches my eye color so well and it's really rare for good green to show up on the market I found”▶ 18:46
- “This texture, if I'm using it all over my lid, it's not my favorite. It's very sticky and grippy and hydrated, but I love that just to create an eyeliner”▶ 19:22
NYX$12.00Lip Lingerie Lip Liner Stainshade · Up to No Good- “The NYX Lip Lingerie Lip Stains are so good. I haven't reached for or used any of my other lip stains in months”▶ 19:54
- “You can get such a precise application with because it has this little ball tip at the end”▶ 20:12
- “The tones are gorgeous. The longevity is there”▶ 20:26
- “This is even all over. So if you want to overline with them a little bit, you can, and it stains to the same level as your lips”▶ 20:48
- “These are hands down the best lip stains I've tried”
Merit$28.00Signature Lip Lightweight Lipstickshade · Gamay- “They have that soft matte lip formula that I just love so much, but this one has a more airy, mousse-y, silky texture in comparison to a few of the other ones I've been loving”▶ 21:23
- “If you love the look of a matte, but you want it to also blur out your lip lines, this is such a good formula to try”▶ 21:34
- “You can also use these on the cheeks as a blush and they're phenomenal”▶ 21:41
CoverGirl$8.97Clean Fresh Yummy Blur Matte Lipstickshade · Into the Blur
Patrick Ta$25.00Major Moisture Smoothing and Hydrating Tinted Lip Balm with Vitamin Eshade · Pink Salted Caramel- “They smell good, they taste good. Each one has a different scent and flavor, which is really fun”▶ 22:22
- “They just have a really nice glossy finish”▶ 22:42
- “These are a very strong competitor to the Rhode Peptide Lip Treatments”▶ 22:51
- “It's a good tinted lip balm with a very, very light tint”▶ 23:11
- no stillperipera$9.81Ink All Black Carashade · 02 Volume Curling
Glossier$26.00Cloud Paint Plush Blushshade · Float and Storm
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