BluMaan's Monarch Matte Paste versus Label M's Matt Paste.
This is Brand Battle.
Hi guys, I'm Robin and welcome to Brand Battle; the first actually in series three.
We're back and we've got some exciting ones coming up.
Now, if you're wondering what Brand Battle is, this is the series that puts two competing
products head-to-head in the ultimate showdown.
Now in this Brand Battle, there are 20 points in total up for grabs.
Now, we know that not all categories are as important as the other and the point system
will reflect this.
Now, BluMaan's Monarch Matte Paste is the newest release from the BluMaan line.
This one says high hold and matte finish.
Then it's the Label M's Matt Paste which is from Label M's professional hair care line.
This one says ultra matte texture for dishevelled light styles.
Looking into the ingredients, both products are water-based and they both have various
claims about what they do to our hair and our scalp, the good stuff; always the good
stuff.
They never mention the bad stuff!
But they both contain Shea butter and also contain kaolin, which is a type of clay.
The BluMaan one also contains bentonite.
And actually, as you'll see in the ingredients, the BluMaan product is slightly more weighted
to clay whereas the Label M one is slightly more weighted the tiniest bit towards wax.
Now, packaging doesn't really bother me and as you'll see here the point will reflect
this.
The BluMaan product is much like all their other products before.
It comes in this little box.
It's all about this little animal thing, but they've got this sort of plain tub with a
sticker on it.
It's fine but it doesn't blow my mind and it doesn't feel premium, versus the Label
M one which again is actually fairly simple.
It's slightly more, I would say mature in its look and certainly more premium.
So the point goes to the Label M. Smell is another aesthetic thing which I don't
think we should worry ourselves about too much and there's actually not much in it here.
The BluMaan product definitely has a scent.
It's very light but I don't particularly know what it is versus the Label M one which again,
it's a really light scent.
It's inoffensive.
It's slightly lemony and citrusy and I just prefer it a tiny bit more.
So the point goes to Label M. The BluMaan product is so creamy, so light, really easy
to scoop out versus the Label M one, it's actually slightly tougher.
It has a slight stickiness to it and it has a slight sort of, I would say chalkiness to
it.
So the point goes to BluMaan.
Now, the BluMaan product goes through the hair, absolutely no bother.
Like it's consistency it's really, really creamy, very easily distributed versus the
Label M one which just has slightly more tug and stickiness to it.
So the points go to BluMaan.
Now in styling, I'm also kind of looking at how versatile these products are.
How many different styles can you do?
And each of them can sort of give the volume and the sort of everyday style versus the
one I've got right now which is more of a slicked back, more voluminous, more volume
in the hair.
And I've got to say, the BluMaan one, I find in the times I used it, in order to get more
of a result I do you have to layer it.
So I put it into my hair.
I'll work through then I'll do another layer versus the Label M product which for me is
just so responsive.
Whatever I want it to do it will.
Up, down, texturised; it's a dream.
So the points for this one go to Label M. Now, into finish, both products should be
matte, but I found actually because I have been layering the product and I definitely
need to layer it, the BluMaan product has the tiniest bit of gloss to it.
Also, I do find that when I've been using this, my hair sometimes kind of goes into
strands.
It doesn't look nearly as natural as the Label M product which really does go in it.
It sits.
It has volume.
It has a great matte finish and that's exactly why Label M wins these points.
Now I should say with hold, both of these products with and without hairspray actually
have a really good hold.
Both of them are reworkable and actually, I have some clips here; you'll remember some
of these from the reviews.
Not bad at all.
It just bounced straight back in and I kind of like that I can just mess with that.
Nine hours in my hair; nine hours no hairspray and I am impressed.
It has been dropping throughout the day as to be expected but I've just kind of voomfed
it back into place.
Now I really wanted to split the points here because they actually both have done a really
good job but there is one which has done slightly better just because it's given more of a sort
of matte look, it still has texture, it's slightly more reworkable.
So I'm going to give one point to BluMaan and three points to Label M.
Now it's no surprise that they both washed out so easily.
I mean, no need for shampoo.
But there is one which I think just has the edge on the other one.
It just feels slightly cleaner when you're washing with water.
So the points go to BluMaan.
Now, I'm calling this ‘Price & Value’ because really, it could be the world's most
expensive product, but if it's the world's best product then it has value and it's worth
it.
So, looking here, the one thing you'll see is the BluMaan product is not readily available.
You're really going to have to search for that.
They have preorder on it the moment, again, on the site versus the Label M one which is
so readily available.
It's absolutely everywhere and I have linked the places down below.
Also, the Label M one is quite often on offer.
They have two sizes, a 50 ml and a 120 ml.
And the BluMaan one, if you're ordering from their site, the postage and packaging is ridiculous.
It's literally ridiculous.
The postage and packaging for me cost 12.95, that's dollars.
It has gone down to 8.95.
And I would say, when it arrives in this without a note and nothing else, this is not 12.95.
So I would say, really, price and value, very easily, the points go to Label M.
So my verdict; we have six points for BluMaan versus 14 points for Label M so really a very
clear winner with the Label M Matt Paste.
It's easy to use, it's great to style with, it's reworkable, it's really versatile; you
get great volume and texture.
But I would say, this actually, out of the BluMaan products is probably my favorite out
of their line.
But if you are looking for a matte paste, there are no queues, there's no preorder,
this is your one here.
If you do want to win both of these products then I have a competition.
I've linked it down below in the description and there’ll also be an info button there
so you can win them.
And I'll announce the winner in next week's Brand Battle so make sure you subscribed,
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But thank you very much for watching and I'll see you in my next new video.
Buh-bye.