okay actually really grips me out hi
guys I'm Jessica I'm your unofficial
beauty expert uh although I do have some
official training I used to work for
four years at Sephora today we're gonna
be looking at almost every single lip
product under a microscope very very
very close we're gonna be seeing color
payoff texture and which products are
right for you before we get into
anything else I want to take a look at
my lips see what we're working with I
don't want to be alarming but this is
the coolest thing I've ever owned in my
entire life
it's our Beauty microscope I don't have
a lot of things so let's take a look
it's really scary and super up-close and
a little dry in places I didn't expect
it to be dry oops I do not exfoliate as
much as I should and sometimes when a
gal goes out and she goes home she goes
to bed and she doesn't take her makeup
off also a fun fact about your lip is
that everybody has a unique lip print
similar to your fingerprint and it can
be used in forensics so don't go kissing
at your crime scenes let's get started
with some lip scrubs
first we have a store-bought lip scrub
next we have a home remedy which is
sugar and honey sugar granules are
actually a really great exfoliant
because they're not too abrasive on the
lips you want to be very careful about
the exfoliant to use on your lips
anything like an alpha hydroxy acid or
acetic acid might be too intense also
any tree nut scrub a lot of body scrubs
are not suitable for the lips don't do
it want to be gentle so we have our lip
scrubs
I'm going to do one on the top and one
on the bottom so we can compare
I'll scrap it gotta get all of this okay
so my top lip was done with honey and
sugar and it looks some MOS and my
bottom was done with that weird jelly
exfoliant and honestly it also looks
smooth so it's the same it's whatever
you want to do so before the exfoliant
we saw a couple of flakes of dry skin
which was super cute and now it's like a
fresh clean surface but let's get to the
fun stuff now we're gonna try out some
lip glosses we have some high-end ones
we have some drugstore ones I feel like
lip gloss is one of those things that
you don't need a mirror to apply you'll
just be running down the street and
rubbing it all over your face and it
always looks good I'm gonna do this
section with the drugstore okay we're
not getting a lot of product on the doe
foot applicator I think I could have
licked my lips and got the same shine
but it feels nice it's like wait now we
have our high end much smoother and the
applicator fits nicely right by the
Cupid's bow right here which I
appreciate let's get this okay it's
actually really cute it looks like a
bunch of little bubbles I'm obsessed
with bubbles so that was the high end
now we're gonna look at the drugstore
okay this one's bubbly too I think
there's a little bit of shimmer in
comparison to what my actual lips look
like there's zero texture just lots of
moisture and almost like this bubbly
texture on top that makes everything
super shiny and plump looking so that is
a bonus now we're gonna move to the lip
plumping lip gloss I don't have a lot of
experience with plumping lip glosses cuz
I don't really need to plump my lips
this tingles okay they're getting bigger
we want to get in we want to get up
close let's see what's going on okay so
it basically looks exactly the same but
less surface area fits in the lens
because my lips are like twice the size
I want to talk to you guys about the
different types of lip plumping
ingredients the first type of lip
plumping are humectant which plump your
lips through moisture using ingredients
like hyaluronic
or closer in so basically it's just
adding moisture to your lips and then
they look plumper the next is an
irritant like its title you're causing a
tiny irritation on the skin to make your
lips appear more plump you're basically
causing an allergic reaction on your
face but we do some of the
irritants include peppermint spearmint
and capsicum that's the tingling that
you're feeling and that I'm feeling now
that my lips are now nice and juicy
we're gonna try glitter lip gloss I mix
my products at home all of the time
we're gonna do this handmade glitter
gloss on the bottom I got so excited I
want to call this a foiling technique
which I don't know if that's real but I
am wearing a lab coat so I'm allowed to
make stuff up and we're gonna call this
foiling Wow what a natural look I can't
look at it oh my god you can barely look
at it cuz it's so shiny and disc elite
but here looks great moving on to the
top okay so we have a little bit of
transferring from the bottom but this
one is more socially acceptable to look
at this one feels like you put on a
layer of tin foil and glitter on your
face however the payoff is totally worth
it this looks so cool and the top one is
fun not as cool but easier to wear
but I'd wear this to the grocery store
it's the exact same thing now we're
going to move to lipsticks but first a
very important snack break something
like I love about Cheetos is that they
taste amazing but sometimes they leave
like tasty pigment on your lips so while
we have a microscope here I think it's
very important we look at it up close
breaking news it's just as gross as I
thought it would be there are things
that we should never look at up close
and this is one of them but they still
taste good now back on track to the
lipsticks
tastes purple we have a ton to try this
is just a tease first we have your
classic lipstick cream formula bullet
for him
easy up-down okay we're gonna do the
whole lip here so you guys can really
see the color payoff I love it it's nice
and bright I did a couple of strokes
just to get like coverage but the
pigment is amazing like one stroke you
get a pretty solid color oh it looks
like a traffic tone the color payoff is
amazing a lot of pigment spreading
across the lip but it's not totally in
every single crevice as you guys can see
on the video there can be a bit of a
transfer or a bleed around the lip line
which is why in those cases you'd want
to add a lip liner to give an nice clean
edge we have here a clear lip liner
which is one of my personal favorites
because they go with everything you have
for the next lipstick I'm gonna try on
to prevent any bleeding I'm gonna put
this clear lip liner underneath and
something that I love about the clear of
pencil too you don't have to be
absolutely precise and perfect because
it's clear okay
onto our matte lipsticks to get the
matte effect matte lipsticks have less
oil than your traditional cream
lipsticks which means that they'll last
longer but they might dry out your lips
a little bit faster it's not totally
matte but we'll compare it to this
liquid matte neither one of these are
that matte
we'll give them a second to dry
[Applause]
coming in I'm expecting to see the same
thing we saw with the cream lipstick but
less shy top lip first I my top lip
looks like a leather car seat which I
love not as shiny but great color payoff
all of the color is like in the crevices
which I really appreciate hmm wah-wah
wah-wah wah-wah wow it's really got in
there and all like the crevices just
like the cream so I don't know maybe
some things are more similar than we
think
and as you guys can see on the video the
lip liner is doing a really good job of
containing all the pigment on the lips
and there's less feathering like we saw
in the first lipstick next I'm going to
try on a color-changing lipstick what's
happening here is a pigment in the
lipstick is reacting to the pH on your
lips and turning to pink so this really
feels like a cross between the lip gloss
and a chopstick it's slowly turning a
little pink fun fact a lot of these
lipsticks say that it matches your skin
tone but as you can see this product is
pretty translucent so everyone's skin
tone is gonna show through and it's
gonna have a little bit of a pink tint
let's take a look under the microscope I
think I've cheeto dust left over it
looks just like my skin except a little
bit more moisturized with like a
slightly a little bit more pink I like
it
but what I think is really interesting
is the change from green to pink as you
can see here it's nice and green but
there's nothing for the product to react
to so it's gonna stay green but we're
gonna watch it change color whoa it's
like green slime like ghostbusters your
lips have a pH of 5 which has a similar
reaction that the water has which has a
pH of 7 you can see here our little glob
of water is now a pretty pink and that's
the product reacting with the water and
changing colors
next we have a lip pigment which is a
pigment in powder form I have zero
experience with this I'm interested to
see how it goes I'm confused why you
would want to put a powder on your lips
but we're gonna try it we're gonna check
it out and we're gonna look at it
underneath the microscope and it's gonna
be cool
I can barely see this product it's like
putting your eyeshadow or your blush on
your lips
why so just to compare it this side of
my mouth has nothing on it and this side
of my mouth has nothing I mean has the
powder on it oh wait
plot twist I think I might like it once
it's fully on it's subtle I am a little
concern about it staying power because
it's just a powder and it's not really a
cream there's nothing to like sink in
and really cover well let's check it out
this is actually really nice so you can
still see my lips through the powder but
it leaves this like nice little dust
across it just like a little dust of
glitter really subtle I bet you would
look really great actually on top of a
matte lipstick or a cream lipstick for a
really cool layering effect so this
might be worth the add on it tastes
awful last we're gonna try on some lip
stains but first we're gonna do a
natural lip stain why the fact that it's
danger lips has a bonus who can say when
it's too much you want to apply the
glass directly to the lips stained
sometimes you need to go back in for a
second layer just a really good a good
coverage
sustained let's look at this mess under
a microscope
it's definitely wet yeah when you look
it up up close you can really see that
actually there is nothing there last but
not least we're gonna try a lip stain
unlike the other products we try today
lip stains don't have any waxes or oils
it's just pigment and water and
sometimes polymers to make the pigment
last I love to use a lip stain because I
like the all-day lasting power I will
say you have to have a steady hand
applying because because it is so liquid
sometimes it will transfer and bleed
into the fine lines around your lips so
I like to apply a little bit off my lip
line you need to work quickly cuz again
it stains okay and now we're gonna let
it dry 12 months later
now I'm gonna peel off the same and
we're gonna see what color we get okay
here we go I was really scared for a
second that it wasn't gonna come off and
the thing about lip stains too is that
they actually use the same technology as
temporary tattoos
oh my god gross beautiful so I love the
color
taking it off was not easy but I love
the color it's really nice
let's take a look up close oh this is
nice it looks like my actual lip is
truly that color like I'm not wearing
any product at all it really really
really blends into the skin again it
stained my skin so if you're looking for
a more natural look or like you're not
wearing a whole lot of product and your
lips are just like naturally a beautiful
color I think lip stain is the way to go
I'm glad we got to spend some time
together nerding out and I got to share
some of my favorite lip products with
you guys and also show you how insane
some of those things look underneath the
microscope Cheers
mi5 am I gonna be okay