Ready to try it on?
Yeah before I start making out with it.
Hi I’m Ryen.
And I’m Sophia.
And this Beauty in a Snap.
So today we’re going to test out lipsticks
and we’re going to try to guess the high-end
versus the more affordable lipstick.
I am a high-end dreamer on a low-end budget.
I think I’m the lipstick guru.
That’s a strong title.
If it smells like crayon, then it’s a dollar.
So what we’re looking for is: pigment, transfer…
I’m looking for: cracks…
thickness, color intensity, and
just like overall feel, I think.
Finish.
On the count of three, grab your lipsticks:
one, two, three!
I’m going to bring you down, Miss Ryen.
Well, we’ll just see about that.
The gold is a little faded.
This color, first and foremost, is beautiful.
You know when you’re a kid and you wanted
to try on makeup?
This reminds me of my grandmother’s old lipsticks
back in 2003,
which makes me think that it’s cheap
because my grandmother is cheap as heck.
That’s a really pretty color.
It glides on really easily.
It smells like coco.
Yeah, which is a really appropriate name for this color.
I put on like three layers.
So I think thickness is a…
Out of 1 to 5?
I would probably say, 3.
Color intensity?
The color is there.
It’s definitely there.
I feel like this has the potential
to disappear within like thirty minutes.
I feel it already starting to crack a little bit.
The real test here, I would say, is a Kiss Test.
That’s a cute little kiss mark.
Look at that!
I want to frame it.
So let’s do Lipstick #2 now.
Wow.
This is heavy.
I mean, c’mon.
This is like a light saber.
Do you see this angle?
It’s like a structure.
Oh, that is just gliding on.
Wow!
Woo!
I think this is mine.
It doesn’t have a scent really.
It doesn’t smell like it’s trying to cover anything up.
It went on like butter.
The other one was a little bit more matte, I would say.
The color intensity is very, very high.
Should we do the Kiss Test?
Yeah.
Look at you, getting yourself together.
I know I’m feeling myself.
I can’t even lie.
Oh yeah you can definitely see this one
is way more pigmented.
Yeah.
Mmhmm.
And this one has more cracks.
So now that we tested these lipsticks out,
we’re going to guess which one we feel is
the most affordable.
One, two, three.
We agree.
Yeah.
If you have it, splurge.
Round 2.
Oh, it feels heavy.
But then there’s always a curveball.
Oh.
Let’s try it out.
It slides on.
It glides.
Really?
Because I’m having some trouble.
The red is intense.
It has a little bit of sheen to it.
Oh!
It looks good on you, girl!
Oh, thanks.
Maybe I want to say that this is lower end
mainly because I really want it.
I mean…
Transfer.
It’s pretty much gone on the top lip.
Okay, it came off a little bit.
Okay so I honestly can’t tell.
I need to see the other one.
Wow.
This thing is short.
It smells like lipstick.
It smells like crayons.
If it smells like a crayon, then it’s a dollar.
I don’t smell crayon.
It’s going on sheer.
I will say that.
The red is not as intense.
There’s a lot more orange.
There is a lot more orange to it.
Let’s do it.
One is a little bit darker, but it does look very similar.
I personally think that this
and the last one are the same price.
I think that they are throwing a curveball.
I think that this one is the less expensive.
So my takeaway from this is that
the least expensive doesn’t always mean less quality.
That Milani was less than $10
and I really like the color payoff.
My final thoughts are:
if you have the money to spend, on higher end, do it.
But if you don’t have that, you don’t have to suffer either.
Alright, we’re going.
I have to get this off my face.
Bye!