I finished MORE popular products & I have thoughts… what’s actually worth your money?
MaryRuth's$29.99
Isopure$34.97Clear Protein Powdershade · Tropical Punch- “I love the fact that this is a fruit-based one. Absolutely. It tastes like juice”▶ 2:46
- “This was just okay to me. It's like two separate vessels and it like you take it off, it comes together and like mixes inside the cap, which I think is pretty cool. But, it didn't knock my socks off”▶ 3:41
- “This will more than likely not be a repurchase for me because I did end up going back to the Theta”▶ 3:49
Lemme$29.97- “These are really very good. The thing that I don't love about a melatonin is that it'll give you that like next day hangover or it'll give you like weird dreams. These do neither”▶ 4:09
- “You can take one, be knocked out, wake up and go about your day just fine and you will be knocked out with this. But not like in a scary way”▶ 4:18
Growplex$37.99
- “I really did see a difference after taking these. Call it placebo, call it what you want, but I remember like a few days after taking this, I was like, 'Wait, I like feel overall better.'”▶ 6:34
- “I felt calmer, but never drowsy”▶ 6:54
- “They have like this really nice like citrusy smell to them and they're so easy to digest”▶ 6:58
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Parfums de Marly$325- “It's definitely like floral and I'm pretty sure this is like a rose scent, but it is like the most pleasant non-old lady longlasting like beautiful summer girly pop”▶ 8:31
- “It's so much more mature, but so gorgeous”▶ 8:57
- “I have to reby it. Like, hello. Such a good staple to have in your collection”▶ 9:04
Rare Beauty$28
Danessa Myricks Beauty$36.00- “This is Bible for a reason. Y'all see the way I scraped this off the bone? Girl, what? So good”▶ 10:40
- “Like you can wear this with no makeup and like mix it in with your sunscreen. You can wear this with makeup. You can wear this as a foundation if you have like really good skin. You can wear this as a primer, which I usually did”▶ 10:43
- “10 out of 10 would recommend anything. Danessa, honestly, 10 out of 10 recommend”▶ 11:01
The Lip Bar$16.99
MAKEUP BY MARIO$26.00- “Baby, I emptied this so bad. Do y'all see the way I dug in here? This was so good”▶ 11:36
- “It was just such a good color for my skin tone personally”▶ 11:40
- “It had like a cooling effect for me personally because I'm not worried about no lip plumper”▶ 11:44
- “Loved this down and it lasted a really long time and I've tried other formulas similar to this”▶ 11:49
Morphe$11- “This tip is so fine and little and tiny that I just found myself reaching for it a lot”▶ 12:06
- “I liked the color payoff cuz it wasn't too much, but it was just enough and it like gave me a foundation to like go in with my marker to do the hairike strokes”▶ 12:11
- “This is a reby for me. I have a new one in there. So, love her”▶ 12:19
Miche Beauty$23.00- “It says that it's a gentle clarifying shampoo for dry and itchy scalp. And that's exactly what I would use it for”▶ 12:31
- “I used this to the bone, baby. I might even open this up and put a little water in there. That's how much I really really like liked it”▶ 12:41
- “It wasn't overly stripping, but it definitely wasn't like a moisturizing shampoo. I'll tell you that. But love this down. Would absolutely repurchase this”▶ 13:03
Olaplex$34- “They made this one so that you did not have to do it on clean hair, which I absolutely love because the original formula... Girl, that's not happening for me”▶ 13:19
- “I really enjoyed it”
- “It's really, really good. And it's really good for a preoo because it gives you a lot of slip and it does all the other things that this is going to do”▶ 14:00
Nasara Organics$26.50- “I do really love this. I already have a replacement”▶ 14:33
- “This does a pretty good job. Like your hair isn't going to be slick, but it is going to be like moisturized and like managed I guess you could say”▶ 14:46
- “I have gone through like at least two or three bottles of this. I really like it and it's black owned and a small business”▶ 14:54
Rogaine$49.97
Dr. Groot$26.00- “The problem is that it's really expensive and you get barely any product. It is a half an ounce”▶ 16:16
- “I ran out of this almost immediately. So, I can't even really tell y'all what the tea is because I feel like I was using it for two seconds and then it was gone. So, I would not repurchase this”▶ 16:42
Be Bodywise$25.50- “It took me a while to get fully through this. It's another roller ball situation, but I remember liking this”▶ 17:17
- “But would I repurchase this? Yeah. I think out of all the ones we just talked about, Ro would be the one I would repurchase”▶ 17:35
- “But if you see it on TikTok, they not lying. It's good, I guess”▶ 17:41
Cécred$56.00- “Again, I am not a fan, but it's because I'm not using it in isolation. It's not that I'm not a fan. Like, it's fine. It's just that I'm not seeing the results the girls are seeing”▶ 17:52
- “I think that when you don't use anything for hair growth and you just use this, you would see such a big difference. But for me, that was fine”▶ 18:02
- “If they sent it to me, would I use it again? Hell yeah. I'm trying to see what the girls are seeing cuz I think because it's so highly reviewed, I must be the problem”▶ 18:11
- “I know for a fact that this really made a difference in my hair growth because I was using this way back when I didn't use anything else. And I remember seeing such a big difference in my edges”▶ 18:25
- “But I did actually see a difference in specifically like my hairline when I was using this. I will say that. But it is expensive. But I did think it worked pretty well”▶ 19:02
- “If it's between this and sacred I'm going to invest my money in the Vegamour”▶ 18:55
SheaMoisture$12.99- “I really liked it. As you can see, I went and used the whole thing and I got a lot. I mean, I have a lot of these oils, so the fact that I've gone through a whole one says a lot”▶ 19:35
- “I think it's, like I said, great for oiling your scalp during your protective styles or what have you. Love”▶ 19:45
The Ordinary$14.70- “I liked her a lot. I heard a lot of people saying that like in order to like regrow your hair, it has to come from a healthy scalp... It was good. I felt like it was very revitalizing to my scalp. like it felt good to use”▶ 19:57
- “But can I say that it like changed my life? No. But I did like it”▶ 20:11
- “I wouldn't be mad at you spending your money on it because it is a little bit more affordable as opposed to like the Veamore or the Sacred”▶ 20:27
Beekman 1802$39.00- “This is always the first step of my skincare. I do this across my face. It is so moisturizing. I cannot say enough good things about it”▶ 21:35
- “Like it feels like a serum and a toner at the same time and the ease of application because of the spray. Love”▶ 21:45
- “This will probably be like a forever rebuy for me personally”▶ 21:51
Tower 28 Beauty$34.00- “I do like her. I have been in a moment of skin purging... I really have been liking this because it just kind of feels like a moisturizing hyaluronic kind of feel to it”▶ 22:14
Sunday Riley$85.00- “I think it's good, but it is a little not harsh, but like if you have very very sensitive skin, I wouldn't recommend because it is a lactic acid treatment”▶ 22:34
- “Because of that, it can feel a little spicy to me when I was putting it on. I eventually got through the whole thing. This would not be a reby for me right now because of where my skin is at”▶ 22:53
Clarins$92.00
DHC$28.00- no stillGood Molecules$11.97
- “If you want something that will actually help with your dark spots, like that is more affordable. Get this. Get this. Get this. Get this. I have been recommending it for years. I love it. I have been through several of them”
Peach & Lily$39- “This is really good. It's really, really good. Very moisturizing”
- “You just put it in your hands, tap it on the skin, cuz you know, essence is just supposed to like help the rest of your skin care like really work much better. You know what I mean? And I really liked it, I will say”▶ 25:14
Glow Recipe$34- “This just was not doing it for me at all. Like it just kind of felt like I was spreading something over my skin. Like it was nice. It left my skin looking really pretty, but I just was like over it”▶ 26:02
- “This was a miss for me”
Cetaphil$13.49- “I think that this lotion is good for the girls and the gays that have sensitive skin, eczema, rosacea, whatever may have you”▶ 26:27
- “This one is really really good at just like doing its job and just like moisturizing your skin. No spills, no nothing. Just like it does what it needs to do”▶ 26:34
- “I think this is really good especially for like when my eczema is acting up. Really very good”
- “I love this stuff. I've been through a million of them. It completely replaced any other thing that I use to wash my bikini. It's gentle. It's not stripping”▶ 26:57
The Ordinary$13.50
- “This is one of the only body washes that I've ever used that actually leaves a scent on me after leaving the shower”▶ 27:36
- “But this right here stunning, delicious. Left your skin feeling good. You could smell it when you got out of the shower. I would absolutely repurchase this with my own money”▶ 28:02
L'Occitane$60.00
Murad$48- “I specifically love using this when my eczema is acting up. I found that it really was effective outside of my like prescription things that I use for my eczema”▶ 28:33
- “I like to bring this with me when I'm on trips because it's like travel friendly and that's usually when my eczema is at its worst”▶ 28:49
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