This Drugstore Makeup Seriously Surprised Me! | Julia Adams
NYX$10.79Bare With Me Concealer Serumshade · Vanilla- no stillMAKEUP BY MARIO$32.00SurrealSkin Soft Blur Setting Powdershade · 1 - Fair Pink
- “I used my Makeup by Mario Soft Blur Setting Powder in Fair Pink to set my under eyes as well as the center of my face”
NYX$12.00- “The brush looks like it's going to feel nice”▶ 0:41
- “Seems to be a stiffer formula”▶ 0:42
- “I do like the applicator”▶ 0:45
- “I feel like it's scratching underneath of my brows like in a nice way”▶ 0:49
- “Oh yeah, this feels like it's going to cement my brows down”▶ 0:55
- “I don't like it when my brows are like this stuck to my face”▶ 0:58
- “I like them to have a little bit of like 3D texture”▶ 1:00
- “I went in with this just to see if I could really plaster them down. And now I have regrets”▶ 1:07
- “As I've been expressing my face here, my brows have been slowly detaching from my face”▶ 9:32
- “It's starting to kind of break up and it's kind of creating like what looks like dust mites”▶ 9:36
- “It's not turning white though like a lot of these brow glues and gels can”▶ 9:43
- “For me and my brow tastes a little bit too plaster-like, but that might be music to your ears”▶ 19:31
Essence$5.99Soft Touch Butter Bronzershade · 10 Whipped Buttercup- “I have a few items in their line. So, I got two shades in the bronzer because I wasn't sure. I got the shades whipped buttercup and golden buttercream”▶ 2:33
- “I'm going to try the very light one”
- “It is on the more yellowy ochre side, which I do prefer over like orange or red”▶ 3:53
- “I like how soft it is”
- “The blendability was really easy”▶ 4:06
- “It's a more silky hydrated formula”▶ 3:36
- “It's on the more subtle side, but it does have a bit of like a healthy sheen to it without being able to see a physical pearl, but it has that really natural finish that still adds dimension”▶ 3:24
- “I did build it up so I could really see where I could get it”▶ 4:02
- “Next time I use this, I would use maybe a little bit less even”▶ 4:10
CoverGirl$9.99TruBlend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous Bronzershade · 300 Honey Bun- “I did pick up another bronzer. This is the CoverGirl True Blend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous Bronzer”▶ 4:17
- “What it looked like to me was a potential replacement for the glowish bronzer”▶ 4:33
- “Ooh, that tone is lovely”▶ 4:43
- “The CoverGirl one feels a bit on the drier side, which makes sense because the glowish ones aren't like a baked formula”▶ 4:50
- “It does have a very similar thing happening there”▶ 4:57
- “Dang, that looks really nice”▶ 5:18
Essence$5.99Soft Touch Bouncy Glowshade · 10 Soft Glaze- “This one here is what got me excited. This one is in the shade 10. Soft soft glaze”▶ 5:27
- “I'm hoping that it's going to be similar to the MAC Bouncing Gleam highlighters that they came out with over the holidays”▶ 5:45
- “The essence one is quite a bit more sparkly”▶ 5:56
- “Oh yeah, it's very glittery on the face”▶ 6:14
- “Underneath of the glitter, it feels very similar to how the MAC one applies”▶ 6:31
- “I just I know I'm not going to use this”▶ 6:37
- “It looks really good on camera”▶ 6:39
- “But in person here, I don't know if I'd want to go to it, you know, unless it's like a very specific kind of look I'm after”▶ 6:42
- “It's more texture enhancing than I'd want and it looks very sparse on the face”▶ 6:52
- “Sometimes those glitters that are kind of here and there give it the illusion that it's patchy”▶ 6:59
- “This on the cheek does not portray soft touch to me. It looks really rough”▶ 7:07
- “I found it too glittery, texture enhancing, and kind of patchy looking”▶ 19:50
- “As I went on, the glitter has been like moving about my face, and I have like some on my chin and just like areas that it just I don't know how it got there”▶ 19:53
Essence$5.99Soft Touch Bouncy Blushshade · Roses in Berry- “Here we go with the soft touch blush. Now, I picked up this color. I wanted to get something that I didn't have much of in my collection. And this looks like a really nice berry. It's the shade roses in berry”▶ 7:07
- “It has a different formula. Like, as I'm touching it, feels like a wet, cold gel”▶ 7:43
- “This one almost feels like a dry balm, if that makes sense”
- “It feels like it's going to be very airy and blurry”
- “I really like this color”
- “It feels very wintry and cutesy”
- “It looks very pretty”▶ 6:57
- “It looks relatively smooth”
- “I really enjoy the bronzer and the blush”
Makeup Revolution$12.00- “I found this really pretty eyeshadow palette from Revolution. I thought the colors were so pretty. It's green. Okay. And berry. Berries and green. Berries and green. That's how you trap me”▶ 9:50
- “My expectations and my hopes and dreams for this have panned out”▶ 21:33
- “I am so excited for the greens in here”
- “My goodness, that green here is so pretty. It's like a true pea soup kind of green. true mossy color of Shrek skin tone green”
- “It's one of the prettiest green eyeshadows I used”
CoverGirl$8.97Clean Fresh Yummy Blur Matte Lipstickshade · 140 Into the Blur- “This is the CoverGirl Clean Fresh Yummy Blur in the shade 140 into the blur”
- “That finish is really nice”▶ 14:39
- “It feels a lot like the Prada lipstick I'm in love with”▶ 14:42
- “Even the finish on the lip is very similar, which is what I was kind of hoping for when I was buying this product”▶ 14:46
- “It feels very, very similar”▶ 14:52
- “I really like that color, too”▶ 15:07
- “I love this lip combo”
- “It's a very, very similar formula”
- “I think it looks amazing”
- “I love how the stain looks alone paired with this lip product”
- “Only downside is the smell”
- “Some people might really dislike it”▶ 20:41
L'Oreal Paris$10.99- “This is the L'Oreal Plump Ambition Hyaluronic Lip Oil”▶ 15:11
- “It kind of looks like it could be a dupe for or similar to the Makeup Forever plumping glo”▶ 15:18
- “It's so plumping”
- “Sometimes I have reaction. And especially with my cough right now, I do not want to risk extending it any further”▶ 16:00
- “I can't put this on. Sorry”
Milani$11.99
NYX$12.00- “These are the NYX lip lingerie lip stains that I have”
- “I think it's so easy to apply because of the ball tip”▶ 17:16
- “It allows you to be so precise and you can build this one up which is really nice”▶ 17:20
- “Some of these lip staining pens kind of often don't adhere to your skin around the lips if you want to overline very well, but this formula does”▶ 17:24
- “I went for a very precise application so you could see how thin you can make this one, which is really nice”
- “You can blend this out very easily”▶ 17:50
- “I love these and I love how the stain looks alone paired with this lip product”▶ 20:08
More Videos from Julia Adams MUA
Trying a Full Face of New MakeupJulia Adams MUA
41 New Makeup Products Ranked (What's Actually Worth It?)Julia Adams MUA
Using mostly drugstore makeup plus the Rhode bronzerJulia Adams MUA
Soft Matte, Poreless Skin Base | Monochromatic Toasty Browns LookJulia Adams MUA
Best and worst of latest makeup launchesJulia Adams MUA
Trying my new drugstore makeup purchasesJulia Adams MUA
Easy, everyday polished makeup without a lot of effortJulia Adams MUA
What's in my makeup bag and my go-to everyday makeup lookJulia Adams MUASimilar Videos
Sephora Spring Sale 2026: Spring and Summer Favorites for Dry SkinGirlytheLazy
Allure Best of Beauty according to meMakeup By Nikki La Rose
Best makeup of 2025sophdoeslife
Speed reviews of 75+ makeup productsSophie 🎀
Reviewing 25 neutral pink blushes to find the only true neutralsHaley Kim
50 of the best sellers at Sephora: buy or skip?Makeup By Nikki La Rose
Best bronzers, ever. (No more orange!)Amanda Z
Everyday drugstore makeup routineAbbey Yung
Top 10 lip liners that last and don't dry out lipsThe Clean Beauty Code
Sephora Sale 2026: What to Skip, Hidden Gems & Top PicksSophie 🎀Quotes are transcribed from the video; timestamps link to the moment. Browse everything Julia Adams MUA has reviewed.