Oh no.
I say yes.
I say no.
I think 2017 was a really great year for beauty in terms of innovation.
We thought it would be a great idea to look back on some of the buzzed-about products of the year.
We’re going to be letting you know which products were worth it by either giving it a thumbs up...
...or a thumbs down.
So one thing 2017 brought us was a bunch of creative ways to try applying foundation and other base makeup.
I have one of these for face masks.
Never would I ever apply foundation with it because it’s not... It’s just going to...
[together] Move it.
...around your face.
I don’t think it’s going to blend and be one with your skin.
I’m a ride or die beauty blender girl.
I do not believe in these.
And I don’t think they’re going to work at all. But let’s try them anyways.
It honestly feels like you’re just slapping your face with a spatula.
Ugh.
It feels like I’m putting frosting on my face.
My nose is never going to blend.
I’m five different colors right now.
Let’s give our final rating to this one. Is it worth it?
Absolutely not.
I’ve never had a harder no.
Pros are I barely used any foundation.
I still have a lot on my hand.
Cons…
Literally everything else.
All this did was settle the foundation into all of my problem areas…
...and accentuate all the things that I’m trying to cover with foundation.
I feel like no matter what way I tried to use it, whether it was swiping or tapping it into my face…
..it just made these little lines from the end of the brush all over my face. It doesn’t work.
It doesn’t work. You can’t use this to apply foundation.
A big thing was time-saving products this year.
There were all sorts of one-step deals.
And a big thing that came in in that trend were stamp makeup.
Looking at the shape of my eyebrow and the shape of this little brow thing, I’m not convinced.
So you gotta take the little brow sponge, and dip it into your... powder?
Nico: Is it a powder? Kyle: Yeah, it’s a very creamy powder.
Oh my god.
Oh no.
[manic laughter]
Wait did you do that on purpose or did you really miss your eyebrow?
[silent desperate laughter]
Going in.
Oh. That one kind of worked!
Our thoughts on the Kiss i-Envy Brow Stamp. Is it worth it?
I say no.
I say... depends.
For me?
Nah, not worth it.
For someone who’s really struggling to do their brows for whatever reason it may be, give it a try.
A good product for someone who’s not... me.
[whispers] Wooow.
My eyebrows are 90 percent of my forehead right now.
Kyle: I feel like it could. Nico: It could be.
If you have all the right factors…
If you have this brow shape, if this is your color, I think it could work.
One product in particular that a lot of beauty bloggers were testing out…
...was this black blush that supposedly transforms into a perfect berry tint on your skin…
...depending on your skin tone.
Just looking at it in the pan, it literally looks like 90 percent glitter and a weird jelly type of formula.
I think the color looks already bad. Too grey, too dark.
Kyle: [exasperated trill] Nico: Am I looking flushed?
Nico: I am eating my words right now. I am eating my words. Kyle: This blush came for you.
Is the color changing blush worth it?
I say yes.
I say no.
Definitely don’t use a brush to apply this. It’s going to be really streaky. It’s not going to have an even finish.
Oh my god.
I think the color isn’t really great for someone with a skin tone like mine.
I actually really really like this blush.
It was not that hard to apply with my fingers. I didn’t see my foundation coming off.
But I think I was being very careful, because I have used this before, and it was bad, and I hated it.
And now that I applied it a different way I actually really do like it.
I think it gave my cheeks a little bit of a nice color.
2017 was also the year where colorful highlights made a huge splash in the beauty world.
Fenty Beauty came out with this particular matchstick, and it is a lilacy, glittery, purple highlight.
I think just Fenty in general jumpstarted this whole new movement in the beauty industry…
...of product inclusivity... having shade ranges, whether it’s foundation, whether it’s different kinds of highlighters.
Actually, that’s gorgeous.
[awed gasp] I like this!
Ooooo.
I love that on the brow bone.
Fenty Beauty, the Unicorn Match Stix. Is it worth it?
Nico: I went too soon. Kyle: You went too soon.
I’m so excited.
Kyle: You were so eager. Nico: Because I love her so much.
This is no surprise.
You can make it as opaque or as subtle as you want it to, without it ever looking like too much.
I would never ever expect a purple highlighter to look good on fair skin. It somehow does.
I’m not going to ask questions. I’m just going to appreciate.
This was another super buzzed-about product in 2017.
And it’s the Too Faced Glitter Pop! Peel-Off Eyeliner.
It’s basically a normal eyeliner.
But once it dries, you can just peel it off.
It’s essentially the glitter glue you loved as a child, turned into a makeup product.
I actually really like these.
My only problem with it is that they’re not as opaque as I want them to be.
I feel like I have to layer them on over and over for them to get this opaque.
Yeah. I think they’re easy to apply, they look great, they’re really fun.
Glitter peel-off liner. Is it worth it?
It doesn’t peel off, like it just kind of literally turned into glitter glue.
And my lashes are all clumped together. It’s not coming off fully of my lash line.
Just ultimately didn’t function the way it was suppose to. And my eyes hurt right now trying to get it off.
To get a full solid peel-off like I did, you do have to go in with layers.
It can’t just be one thin line and you’re done.
In 2017, MAC kind of changed the whole game by coming out with this thing called a rollerwheel eyeliner.
And it kind of looks like a little tiny pizza cutter.
And obviously that inspired a whole bunch of other companies to do the same thing.
We got these at the drugstore. This is from Revlon.
It’s so cool that they have this at the drugstore. That they’re actually getting cooler, more innovative products.
Here’s my thing.
When I was doing the wing, I was like, ‘oh wow,’ like I was scared to actually do the wing...
...but I thought it worked super well for that. I got a super sharp shape.
But when it came time to actually line my lash line through to my inner corner, it was terrible for that.
Is it worth it?
Nico: Unfortunately not. I don’t think it’s worth it. Kyle: No.
I feel like the best way to you could use this product would be to do the wing and get it really sharp…
...and then use a normal liner to do the rest of your eyeliner.
Aside from getting a sharper wing, I don’t think that there’s any use for this product.
It just did not help at all. It made everything more difficult.
So I give it a thumbs down.
Last on our list of the buzzed-about products of 2017 are the Ciaté London Glitter Flips.
It’s magic in a bottle. It’s so cool.
Basically what it does is you apply it normally like your normal lipstick…
...wait for it to dry, rub your lips together and you get magical glitter lips.
I think that’s incredible.
Glitter Flips. Is it worth it?
I would say… Maybe a half yes half no for me.
Because I do think it’s a really cool product and I do like the color and stuff.
But I just don’t like the formula. It feels so dry and crusty and patchy on my lips right now.
And I just don’t want it.
They’re fun. They look fun. They feel fun. I just want to walk around being like…
[smacks lips happily]
And have everyone look at my glitter lips.
I think the things that make it not a great normal lipstick is because it’s not a normal lipstick.
And you can’t deny that it went from metallic to glitter. It really did do a glitter flip.