- I don't know if I like this one better
or if I like the Fenty one.
They're the exact same.
Guess that's why they're called dupes.
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Hi, I'm Carolina.
- Hey, I'm Vivian,
and this week we're trying TikTok beauty dupes.
- I watch TikTok a lot.
I wake up, I watch TikTok.
I go to sleep, I watch TikTok.
It's very unhealthy, it's very toxic.
- I'm really into the idea of beauty dupes in particular
because I like to be bougie on a budget.
You know, look nice, look like a million bucks
but really spent $10, that's my lifestyle.
We're testing out the TikTok beauty dupes
to see if they compare to the higher end makeup products.
On day one, we'll only be wearing the expensive products,
glamorous life.
And then on day two, we'll wear the cheaper products
so that we can really compare if these are just as good
as the higher end makeup products.
- Let's go, let's do our makeup.
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- The first product I'm going to be using today
is one of my personal favorites.
This is Fenty Beauty's Pro Filt'r
Soft Matte Longwear Foundation.
- I have heard nothing but great things
about this foundation.
I have never used it before, but I'm super excited
that I finally get to try it.
- When I put on this foundation,
I feel like I'm one step closer to being close to Rihanna.
- Oh wow, it's very liquid-y.
But I feel like a little goes a long way with this guy.
It feels really nice, it feels really soft.
- Look at that, oh yeah.
This foundation feels like home
because it goes on so freaking easily.
I like this too because I have an oily T-zone
so I feel like it helps with my oily T-zone.
- So it's definitely a full coverage thing, I feel like.
At least my dark circles look visibly a little bit lighter.
I feel like it applies very easily.
It's kind of runny, which is what I didn't expect from this,
because I feel like with matte foundations,
it's not super like that, I don't know.
- I think I got everywhere.
Honestly, I could literally just go out like this.
- So now I'm gonna go in with my Shape Tape.
One of my issues with this one
was I felt like it really dried out my under eyes,
but let's see.
I also didn't have a good skincare routine back then,
so we'll see how this applies.
- The bottle is super cute.
I really love the design of the top.
Oh, that is a lot of product.
To the Gods, to the Gods, to the Gods.
It glides on super easily though, very smooth.
I look more awake.
- For this particular concealer,
I'm not really quite satisfied with how my under eyes look,
but that's also not the product's fault, I feel like.
My eyes are, my under eyes, I feel like, are very dark
so we're just gonna add a little bit more.
- This is the Benefit Gimme Brow.
♪ Gimme gimme more, gimme brow, gimme brow ♪
(record scratches)
Brow.
I don't really use anything on my eyebrows much,
besides eyebrow pencil.
I've never used a brush situation.
- Oh, it's so tiny.
It's very buildable
and it doesn't apply a lot of color right away,
which I really like because you can tell I added something
but it's not like,
"Ooh, someone put too much product in her eyebrows."
- I guess I'm kind of brushing up as if my eyebrows
were really full and luscious and micro-bladed-ish.
It definitely looks thicker.
It feels really good though.
Fuller, thicker.
Okay Benefit, you gave me brow.
- And last but certainly not least,
it's the Fenty Beauty Lip Gloss, this is in Fenty Glow.
Oh my God, this goes on so smoothly.
Oh, oh my God, I feel like I just had
a religious experience with this.
- It's very thick and juicy.
Look at that, look at that.
It feels a little bit thicker than most glosses,
which I like because I feel hydrated.
It's not sticky but it's definitely on there.
(Vivian smacking her lips)
- So this is the finished look.
- My face is finished
and I'm good to go for the rest of the day.
- So it is six o'clock, it's about to be seven actually.
I've worn my makeup for nine hours.
Honestly, what I was really impressed with the entire day
was the lip gloss.
Obviously it's gone,
but I didn't need any Chapstick at all today.
It really nourished my lips.
- As far as day one goes,
I am really really happy with this.
I feel like the expensive products really held up
and did what they said they would do.
I especially love, of course,
the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Foundation.
It feels like a second layer of skin.
This is my skin with no blemishes.
I'm all the way here for it.
I don't have any complaints.
I like this face, I love this face.
- I went into a studio today to record something
and I had to wear a mask obviously when I was out and about,
and my makeup is still on, even though I had my mask.
We'll see you tomorrow to try on the dupes.
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Hello!
It is day two and we're gonna try the dupes today.
So I'm gonna first start off by comparing the products.
For foundation dupe, for the Fenty Beauty,
I have the Catrice HD Liquid Coverage Foundation.
- So, off the bat, this feels so much more watery.
This is gonna race down my hand.
(Vivian imitating horse racing music)
- Oh wow, I actually like this one
a lot better than the Fenty.
I feel like it's not as full coverage.
I love the feel of it though.
- So it's kind of similar in concept,
but is it gonna cover my dark marks all the way?
Okay, yeah, it's covering up the dark marks pretty well.
I want it to mattify more though,
'cause with the Fenty Beauty,
I almost don't feel like I need to put on powder,
and with this, I'm like, "Ooh, this is a cute little base."
So I'm really curious to see how this looks like
at the end of the day.
- I really love this foundation actually, I really do.
I feel like the finish is a little oily, but it's not a lot.
It's definitely not mattifying, in my experience,
but I still thoroughly enjoy this a lot.
For the Tarte Shape Tape Concealer,
I have the E.L.F. 16 Hour Camo Concealer Matte Finish.
- It's real light.
How is this Deep Cinnamon?
This is not Deep Cinnamon, this is tan.
Okay, it's actually looking kinda nice.
Texture wise, it feels basically like the other one,
but they go on basically the same.
The wand is basically the same.
- As far as coverage goes, so far I love this one
a lot more than the Shape Tape,
just because I feel like this is really brightening.
For the mattifying effect, it mattifies instantly
and it doesn't really blend
as well as the other one, I feel like.
This is kind of as good as it's gonna get right now.
And then for the Gimme Brow,
I have the Essence Make Me Brow Eyebrow Gel Mascara.
- I've used the Essence brand before.
I really like their mascara,
it's really popping and really good,
considering it was only 4.99.
I have hope for this.
The wand is basically identical
to the expensive one from Benefit.
I definitely feel like I need a ton more product.
I don't see much.
This one might just need two coats,
whereas the more expensive one only needed one coat,
but it's working.
I like this.
I don't love it, but I like it.
- Okay, this is a little bit bigger than the Benefit one.
I think this is an excellent dupe.
Okay, I really like this one.
Oh my God, I think I actually do like this one
a lot more than the Gimme Brow.
10 out of 10.
Essence never fails me.
And then this one, I have seen a lot on TikTok.
So the dupe for the Fenty Glow
is the Maybelline Lifter Gloss.
- It looks almost identical, color wise.
This is the definition of a knock off.
Y'all, this is very similar.
It's not as smacky.
It's not as smacky as the Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb.
I can see myself having to reapply this
way more than the other one, but the color is very similar.
- Oh my gosh.
This smells like coconut.
This smells like I'm on a tropical vacation right now.
Okay, love the tint of this one.
How do I, I don't know if I like this one better
or if I like the Fenty one.
They're the exact same.
Guess that's why they're called dupes.
Okay, I'm really feeling this lip gloss today.
- And now this is my finished face.
It looks pretty similar to day one.
This kind of looks like the expensive face,
just a little bit more sheer.
- So this is my final look.
I will report back at a later time.
See you later, alligator.
- It's the end of the day
and this is what my face is looking like.
The lips were the most annoying part.
I really like Maybelline,
but the lips were coming off so much.
They did not want to stay on my face.
I think my favorite part of the cheap products
is the concealer.
This concealer from E.L.F. worked out just fine.
It feels basically as good as the Tarte concealer.
- So it is 7 PM, so I've had this makeup on since 9:40.
This pretty much stayed matte the whole day,
just like it promised.
I feel like the concealer kinda went away,
but I also just have really dark circles.
But the lip gloss was so incredible,
perfect dupe for that lip gloss, absolutely perfect.
This was a very fun dupe experiment
and I'm gonna tell you guys which ones I preferred.
- Between the Maybelline Lifter Gloss in Topaz
and the Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb in Fenty Glow,
I have to give it to Fenty Beauty, Fenty Glow.
This one was more juicy, it smelled better
and it lasted longer on my face.
This was a good substitute if you only need it for an hour,
'cause it comes off your face pretty quickly.
- For the lip gloss,
the lip gloss was also a really hard tie for me,
but I think the tiebreaker was, I felt like the tint
on the Maybelline Lifter Gloss was a lot stronger
than the Fenty Beauty one.
- When it comes to the concealers, they're pretty similar.
They're very similar.
I feel like I got the same amount of coverage
from both concealers, and I was happy with it.
I'd go with either of them,
I would buy either of these product again.
- For the concealer, I am gonna have to go
with the Tarte Double Duty Beauty Shape Tape Concealer.
This one was just kind of a lot easier to spread.
I definitely could use a little bit more coverage,
but for the most part,
I absolutely loved this one a lot more.
- I think the difference between Essence Make Me Brow
and Benefit's Gimme Brow was very very slight.
The wands are almost the same.
I think you get more bang with your buck with this one
because I only had to use a couple swipes,
versus I had to use twice as many swipes of this
to get the same amount of filling in fibers on my eyebrows.
- The brows is so tough
because I loved both of them equally.
I'm gonna have to give it a tie.
They're both really great dupes of each other.
I do like the applicator more on this one,
but I'm just gonna have to go with the dupe,
just because I liked the dupe a little bit more.
- I am completely biased here because I love Rihanna
and I love Fenty Beauty and I've been wearing Fenty Beauty
since it launched, so of course this is my go-to, I have to.
This is the one I would go and buy again.
It mattifies really really nicely,
so I don't even have to put on any powder or anything
to have a nice finish.
- It's a very tough call.
Like I said, the Fenty Beauty was very mattifying.
The dupe was kind of oily, but I kind of liked it.
It was a lot more blendable
and it was just very easy to wear.
So I'm gonna have to go with
the Catrice Cosmetics HD Liquid Coverage.
However, I did love Fenty Beauty's a lot,
so I probably will end of getting this just regardless
'cause I really liked it.
But if I had to choose, I would have to go with the dupe.
- Look, I am bougie and I have to stay on a budget
'cause otherwise I will be broke for the rest of my life,
so these TikTok beauty dupes, I'm all about it.
I will continue to look for some and try them.
Bring 'em on, more TikTok beauty dupes.
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