BEST DRUGSTORE DUPES EVER CREATED
Essence$5.99- “Both of these have the same ingredients. They have niacinamide in it, which is designed to lock in moisture, and they're both just cruelty-free, clean, vegan products”▶ 0:41
- “They do the exact same thing”▶ 0:50
- “One is $36, one is $5”
- “This is a really good product. It's a serum. You can use it at night time. You can use it with your skin care if you need extra hydration or if you just feel like your makeup gets cracky and dry”▶ 1:35
- “They're water-based, so they're super lightweight and they're not going to your makeup”▶ 1:49
- “Save your money”
Essence$5.99- “This is $30. This is $10 and Essence comes in at $6”▶ 2:22
- “I think this one is the least bit tacky, but I think it does a fantastic job and it's actually my favorite out of both dupes”▶ 2:27
- “I like both. I think they both do a great job duping, but this one's my favorite cuz I don't like too sticky”▶ 2:32
CoverGirl$12.99
CHANEL$70
- “The formulas are so similar between these two”
- “If I closed my eyes and used them, I don't think I'd be able to tell a difference really”
- “Very creamy, very pigmented, very bronzy”▶ 9:15
REFY$28.00
- “This makes a good brow gel. You just have to give it a little push”▶ 6:55
- “It works really well for that, too”▶ 7:11
- “I do like that cuz I feel like you can get in with the little hairs whenever they make the spoolie actually so small. So, I ain't mad at it”▶ 7:28
- “And it's $9. You're saving $19”
- “This is an iconic dupe”▶ 7:45
Huda Beauty$38.00Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powdershade · Cherry Blossom Cake
L'Oreal Paris$18.99- “These feel like seriously, they feel like the same product. I'm not even kidding”▶ 9:20
- “They're both very, very, very finely milled”▶ 9:15
- “They feel like the same product. It's shocking. It's a shocker”
- “The only thing I would say is check those grams because it's just depending on how much powder you're using, you may go through the L'Oreal faster and be buying more”▶ 9:22
CoverGirl$12.99TruBlend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous Blushshade · Honey Bun 300- “In formula, I think the CoverGirl ones are a little bit more pigmented”▶ 10:05
- “You do get a lot more product in the CoverGirl ones”
- “You almost get double the amount of product in the CoverGirl one. So, that's a steal”▶ 10:14
- “It does read very similar. It's a beautiful, beautiful ambient lit glowy bronzer”▶ 10:46
- “Do you see how that's so subtle but pretty?”▶ 10:59
- “These are amazing”
Hourglass$48.00
Hourglass$58.00
- “You really are going to achieve like no one's going to look at your face and be like, I can tell a big difference. They're not”▶ 13:28
- “You're going to achieve a very similar look”▶ 13:36
- “They look like they're the exact same size”
- “Look how similar that is. Wow”▶ 14:00
- “What did I tell you? What did I say? I said it was gorgeous and now you believe me”▶ 14:13
Rare Beauty$28- “I will tell you the Rare Beauties are slightly more pigmented”▶ 13:14
- “Do you see this one's a little more copper? That's the rare”
- “The reviews are crazy on Sephora. They're like, 'These Rare Beauty ones break.'”▶ 14:25
- “Any baked product that's in a packaging like this is a drier formula. So, truly a trip and a fall and you're done for”▶ 14:31
- “The formulas are both incredible in both of them. And I definitely think this is worth your $13”▶ 15:02
- “If you're not willing to spend $75 on a palette and you want something like the Patrick Ta palettes and the Maubies, this is it. And it's literally $13”▶ 15:22
- “I keep this in my main main drawer because I use it all the time”▶ 15:28
- “I just love the color story in this palette and so that's why I reach for it all the time”▶ 15:32
- “The formulas are so bomb”
Patrick Ta$44.00
L'Oreal Paris$15.99- “I really like this L'Oreal one, too. Like, it grabs your lashes”▶ 17:22
- “It kind of has more of a tacky dry formula to it to like actually give you some lashes and like build up”▶ 17:27
- “They both have like that very buildable buildable formula and then they both have the plasticky wands that separate as you build your lashes. So it really gives them some oomph”▶ 17:43
- “I love them both”▶ 17:56
e.l.f. Cosmetics$2.00Cream Glide Lip Linershade · Dark Cocoa- “One of my favorite liners ever is Dark Cocoa by e.l.f. Cosmetics. It is $3”▶ 18:09
- “I love the formula. Super creamy”
- “These two colors are the exact same color”▶ 18:25
- “Babe, that's the same color. I don't know what to tell you”▶ 18:45
- “Same. Can't tell a difference”▶ 18:57
- “And they both worked so beautifully because the formulas are top tier”▶ 18:59
Anastasia Beverly Hills$22.00Velvety-Matte Precision Shaping Lip Linershade · Cinnamon- “ABH has some of the best high-end lip liners out there, and I think their colors that they have are the best nudes and browns on the market”
- “These two colors are the exact same color”
- “Same. Can't tell a difference”
- “And they both worked so beautifully because the formulas are top tier”▶ 13:48
- “The formulas feel the exact same”
- “That iridescent sheen that they give you on your lips and within the packaging literally looks almost identical”▶ 19:35
- “These two products have the exact same amount of product in them. They're both 15 grams”▶ 19:44
- “You really can't tell difference”▶ 20:02
- “That is ridiculous though”
Glow Recipe$22
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