Hard Candy$6.97- “I just found the process to be kind of cumbersome”▶ 1:56
- “The lip liner stain it leaves behind is the perfect tone, the perfect color, no matter which one I use”▶ 2:22
- “The stain actually lasts really, really well”▶ 2:28
- “It's basically like a thick, almost sticky-like gel”▶ 2:38
- “If you try to remove this before it dries, it's really hard to get off”▶ 3:00
- “I don't find that it peels off in like one even motion”
- “It's just kind of like a tedious process”▶ 3:45
- “It takes a little while to be honest”
- “There are so many other easier alternatives if you want a long-lasting lip stain”▶ 4:53
- “For me, this was a fail”
Milani$14.99- “This had a tendency to get clumpy very, very quickly”▶ 5:59
- “I don't find that you get like that nice fanned out look”
- “The actual brush just deposits too much product”▶ 6:43
- “I get volume, but it's like volume bordering on looking super clumpy”▶ 6:45
- “It ends up weighing my lashes down, and it definitely does not lift them and curl them and hold them into place well”▶ 7:03
- “I just feel like the marketing is kind of off with this product”
Essence$4.99- “This is really hard to apply because it doesn't really have any distinct bristles”▶ 8:23
- “You get like one light natural coat, and then it's kind of hard to build up”▶ 8:34
- “I can't really build the product up on my lashes very well at all”▶ 8:51
- “It is a very very lightweight formula”
- “It actually holds my curl into place, and my lashes stay lifted all day long”▶ 9:11
- “It dries so fast, so I feel like one coat is really all you can get out of this before it starts to get tangly”▶ 9:17
- “I weirdly like this on my bottom lashes”▶ 9:47
- “It kind of like works to define them really well”
- “As for like an all around good mascara, I just feel like it has too too many cons for me”
Essence$6.99- “This formula is much more intense”
- “These are very very fragile”
- “These are much more metallic and they're very very glittery”▶ 12:57
- “These are more of what I would consider to be like a blush highlighter hybrid rather than like a typical baked blush”▶ 13:15
- “In my opinion they're just like a downgrade because that original formula was so beautiful”▶ 14:04
- “This one just feels and looks like a little bit cheap on the skin to me personally”▶ 14:14

- “This is very very glowy”▶ 14:47
- “If you have oily skin or you don't love the look of almost like a greasy glowy finish, I would stay far away from this product”▶ 14:52
- “It doesn't provide much coverage, like really at all”▶ 15:13
- “It basically looks like I applied a highlighter stick to my skin”▶ 15:31
- “This isn't really anything that I feel like you need to run out and buy”▶ 17:03
Catrice$8.00
Catrice$10.00- “This one does kind of pill up a little bit, like it doesn't melt into the skin in the same way the Milani one does”▶ 21:16
- “It takes a lot of work to get it like blended into the skin”▶ 21:35
- “Every foundation I pair with this primer ends up breaking down on me after just a few hours”▶ 21:49
- “It really just doesn't pair well with any foundation I've tried”▶ 22:15
Catrice$9.00- “This actually looks really beautiful initially”▶ 22:50
- “It gives such a nice smooth look to the skin, and it just creates like this beautiful blurred finish”▶ 23:12
- “Within like an hour or two, it really starts to settle, especially under my eyes, and it makes it look like I have such bad under eye wrinkles”▶ 23:22
- “This product makes it look so much worse”
- “It is a very very drying powder”
- “If you deal with any sort of dryness under the eyes, I would definitely avoid that area with this product”
- “I just found this to be very dry, and it actually made my makeup look so much worse throughout the day”▶ 24:27
Nude by Nature$8.97Tinted Lip Buttershade · Blush- “This has a very strong scent. It smells like citrus”▶ 25:40
- “This honestly does not feel very moisturizing at all”▶ 25:52
- “It feels kind of dry on the lips”▶ 25:54
- “It also looks kind of chalky and a little bit uneven”▶ 25:59
- “It clings to any dry areas on my lips”
- “It's just the type of product that as soon as I apply it, I can't wait to get it off”▶ 26:22
- “It just doesn't look good on the lips at all or really feel good”▶ 26:49
- “I would maybe skip over it”▶ 26:56



Milani$17.50

- “I love the cream blush. It's like a lip and cheek product all-in-one. That is beautiful”▶ 24:52
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