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Essence$4.99- “If you were to blind test this brow glue and test it next to the highest of luxury brow glues, you would not know a difference”▶ 2:50
- “It has a little brush on the end, which is very dense and picks up every little hair that you have”▶ 3:21
- “No white residue, no white cast, no sticky or ickiness, no crustiness”▶ 4:04
- “It just feels really natural and lightweight”
- “This is better”
- “The drugstore product is definitely better than the higher-end product for sure”▶ 4:31
Wonder Snatch Concealershade · Neutral Beige- “I have really become enormed with it”▶ 5:00
- “I do have one big issue with this, and it's the lack of product in here, which is only 3 mil, which is teeny”▶ 5:09
- “The color is really good”▶ 5:29
- “I love the finish. So, it's a very soft matte finish”▶ 6:17
- “I don't need to set it with powder because I find it to be really really self setting”▶ 6:30
- “I don't get any significant creasing with it”
- “It's definitely a dupe for this, which is the Natasha Denona High Glam Concealer”▶ 7:02
- “I think you could put them next to one another and blind test them side by side and I really don't think that you would notice a difference”▶ 7:15
Maybelline$12.99Super Stay 24H Skin Tint + Vitamin Cshade · 34- “I have always loved it”
- “This dropper. So annoying”
- “It has denatured alcohol in here, which you know, not an issue for the majority of people, but if you have super sensitive skin, you may not appreciate it”▶ 8:41
- “It just blends literally seamlessly”▶ 9:29
- “This gives me quite a luminous finish to the skin, but I don't find that it's overly dewy at all”▶ 9:50
- “I love how it sets down, how it just seems to blend itself on the skin and just gives me, I would say, a good medium coverage”▶ 9:59
- “It actually claims to resist heat, sweat, and humidity”▶ 10:12
- “I would choose the Maybelline over this”
- “If you have oilier skin, I think you'd really appreciate this foundation for sure”
CoverGirl$12.99TruBlend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous Bronzershade · Toasted Butterscotch
Catrice$7.00Velvet Pudding Blurring Blushshade · Raspberry Fudge- “This is probably the best drugstore one that I found”▶ 13:59
- “It is so easy to blend out”
- “It literally blends itself”
- “This claims to give a soft focus finish and it claims to be very buildable, which it is”▶ 15:08
- “It's very blurring”
- “You get all the benefits of a powder blush, but you don't get any of the drying that I sometimes get with powder blushes because I've got dry skin”▶ 16:10
- “I find smoothing, blurring, flattering, and literally does not budge all day”▶ 16:24
- “For five, it actually will blow your mind how good this blush is”▶ 16:33
Essence$5.99Cream Eyeshadowshade · Oyster- “These are just magnificent”
- “One of the most high-end feeling products that you can put on your eyes”▶ 17:03
- “It's definitely a dupe for the Charlotte Tilbury, which is Oyster Pearl”▶ 17:24
- “The Essence is definitely more creamy, whereas I find the Charlotte Tilbury to be a little bit more moussey”▶ 17:36
- “The finish is bordering satin metallic”▶ 18:13
- “That will stay looking gorgeous all day long”▶ 18:23
- “They feel creamy. They are easy to work with. They blend themselves and just give you an eye shadow look that honestly makes you look like you spent ages on your makeup”▶ 18:26
Maybelline$13.99- “It's just my all-time favorite drugstore mascara”▶ 19:00
- “It's a tubing mascara, and it's phenomenal”▶ 19:04
- “It clings onto every single teeny tiny lash”▶ 19:20
- “It's still giving me supreme length”▶ 19:44
- “Once it's on, it's not budging at all”
- “This is the easiest mascara to remove that I've ever used in my entire life”▶ 20:00
- “I definitely feel like I get more length from the Maybelline”
- “I would choose the Maybelline over the Hourglass any day”▶ 20:54
L'Oreal Paris$12.99Lumi Le Glass Highlighter Stickshade · Glassy Pearl Eclat- “This absolutely is a dupe for this from Dior”▶ 21:08
- “The L'Oreal came first”▶ 21:14
- “I don't think I could pick a favorite with these two because I love them both. But the L'Oreal is just my go-to”▶ 21:32
- “I think for more mature skin, I think this emphasizes texture a little bit less than using a powder highlighter”▶ 22:01
Morphe$17.00Cloudlight Soft Glow Veil Finishing Powdershade · Sunrise
Morphe$15.00Liplock Glossy Lipstickshade · Caught Rose- “This has definitely been a product that has grown and grown on me the more I've used it”▶ 24:21
- “They claim that when the glossiness wears off, you are left with a color left behind”▶ 24:49
- “I can confirm that my friends will say that that is absolutely true”▶ 24:59
- “They are pretty much the same thing”▶ 25:14
- “I'd say that the Dior are a little bit more tacky than what the Morphe are”▶ 25:22
- “They feel so balmy, so hydrating”▶ 25:25
- “They last so well because they have that adhesive type formula in there and they just look gorgeous”
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