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I am wearing high-end makeup on one side of my face and drugstore makeup on the other.
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Today I have another high-end versus drugstore challenge.
Last time I did this I did it on cruelty free makeup.
I will link it up top for you guys to check it out.
And this time I am doing vegan makeup.
Vegan makeup is obviously makeup that doesn't include any ingredients that are animal by-products.
So some really common ones are Carmine, Lanolin, Beeswax, some Glycerine.
I will list down below in the description bar a lot more information if you guys want
to know more about it or things to look out for.
A lot of those ingredients can show up on ingredients list under different names so
definitely do your due diligence.
All of these products on my face right now our vegan products they are not necessarily
from brands that are 100% vegan.
Some brands have vegan products but not their entire line is vegan.
So that is definitely something that I will note when I show you what the products are.
But without further ado let's get into it because I have a lot of makeup to put on my face.
Alright first things first foundation, I'm going to be putting the high-end makeup on
the left side of my face and the drugstore makeup on the right side.
I'm starting off with this foundation from Hourglass is called the Vanishing Stick Foundation.
I'm gonna be blending it out with this Real Techniques sculpting brush.
Which I know is technically for contouring, but I like angled brushes like this for foundation.
A lot of state conditions have a circular tip and it's actually a little bit more difficult
to get into like under your eye or around your nose.
So this triangular tip is actually very practical.
Alright moving right along to this concealer by Urban Decay it is the Naked Skin at Weightless
Complete Coverage Concealer.
It is actually one of my favorite concealers ever.
Urban Decay does have some vegan products including this one but they're not completely vegan.
So definitely check their website, they have a whole list of all their vegan products
that you can check.
It is just very natural looking, covers well, it never looks dry on the skin.
I'm gonna move on to base and concealer on the drugstore side and I'm gonna be using
this foundation from E.L.F.
It's the Flawless Finished Foundation.
E.L.F. is completely vegan.
I really like the finish of this foundation.
Yes, it doesn't have great coverage but I feel like it makes my skin look very nice.
It feels kind of like moisturizer it's not catching on any dryness.
I use a pretty generous pump, I feel like I'm just gonna go in with concealer to get
the rest of my blemishes.
So for concealer I'm going to be using this fella from Colourpop it's called the No Filter Concealer.
It is $6.
Colourpop is not 100% vegan, but they do have a lot of vegan products.
And they have again on their website you can go take a look and it has all of the non vegan
products, so you can just know that the stuff that's not on there is vegan.
I'm using the shade Light Neutral.
So that's the concealer.
I like it no complaints so far it's nice.
I think that it could have a little bit more coverage.
It looks nice on the skin.
In terms of a side by side I think that it looks pretty similar.
So I'm to move onto powder.
On the high-end side I am going to be using the Cover FX Perfect Setting Powder.
It's a loose powder and it has a cool like little stopper, that keeps the loose powder
from getting everywhere.
Which I like.
Boom.
Powder is a fast step.
No complaints, I think this powder is nice.
So on the drugstore side though, I'm going be using this fella from Pixy.
It is called the Flawless Finishing Powder and I have the translucent shade.
It is sadly not loose like the Cover FX one.
This one is a pressed powder, so if you opened it up its there has a cute little tray underneath
for your sponge.
It looks the same.
I think that the powder itself did bring down a lot of the dewiness of that foundation.
Which if you're not into that, maybe only powder your t-zone or very specific areas.
Alright so moving on to high-end contour, and
I always contour my face, and I'm using this fella from Charlotte Tilbury.
It's called the Filmstar Bronze and Glow.
It's a good like go-to for me it's quite worn, I've used it many times.
I love the contour shade in this it's the perfect kind of ashy Brown you can use to
sculpt, but you can also bring it up and use it as a bronzer too if you want.
And the highlight is also gorgeous.
But Charlie Tilbury is not 100% vegan so definitely do your research if you're gonna look into
stuff from her brand.
That is a lovely, lovely bronzer and I'm moving on to it another lovely bronzer that I've
used in another video.
This is the Glamour Dolls Bitten and Bronze Matte Bronzer from their Lisa Frank collection.
So Glamour Dolls is a 100% vegan brand.
So if you want to look for something from them I would highly recommend checking them out.
It's really easy to throw this in a makeup bag it's super compact and tiny
and it does the job, you know?
Okay moving on to blush and on the high-end side
I have this beautiful Love Flush Blush from Too Faced.
It's supposed to last for 16 hours.
Look how pretty the embossing is on it.
What, so gorgeous.
Too Faced is one of those brands that does have vegan products but is not 100% vegan.
So this shade from this Love Flush collection is called Your Love is King and it is vegan.
I'm gonna go very with a very light hand for this.
That is the Too Faced blush and on the drugstore side I'm going to use another E.L.F. product.
This is their blush palette, so it actually comes with four blushes.
The palette itself comes in two shades.
This is the deeper shade it has some of these nice berries.
I'm going to use this shade in the palette it doesn't have a name.
But I will tell you that this entire palette all four of them is called it's The Shade Dark.
You can see a little bit of shimmer but once it's on the cheek it actually doesn't it actually
just ends up looking kind of similar to this Too Faced side.
This whole palette is $6.
So you get all four shades for six bucks.
And you can obviously customize it and like mix them if you want to do even more.
So it's a good bang for you buck.
Finishing off the face I have this Jouer highlighter, it is the powder highlighter in the shade Citrine.
I've used these highlighters before they are very beautiful.
They have a very metallic finish.
Jouer again is one of those brands that has vegan options.
This powder highlight being one of them.
You can share it out but if you want to layer it you can get it very metallic.
Alright so next up is this highlighter from Pacifica, it's in the shade Ice Baby.
Everything from the line is a vegan product.
One thing that I will say about Pacifica, is that there's not a lot of shades to choose
from, so this is obviously a very frosty highlighter.
I do not think it'll work on deep skin tones, so Pacifica come out with more shades.
I thought it would be super white and ashy on me almost, but in the pan super stark white.
On the face it actually has a lot of warmth to it.
It has like some pinky golden shimmer.
It's like one of those like shape-shifting products, I feel like you put it on it looks
so different from the way it looks in the pan.
So I'm gonna move on to eyes and I am obviously going to prime my eyes because you guys know
that my eyelids are ridiculously oily.
The primer on the high inside is going to be the trusty Urban Decay Primer Potion.
I'm going to be applying the E.L.F. eyelid primer this is the shade Pearl.
It does have a little bit of shimmer which is not my favorite, but I think it will still do the job.
Moving on to eye shadow.
Eyes excited.
I have this beautiful palette from Charlotte Tilbury it's called the Dolce Vita the Luxury Palette.
Charlotte Tilbury makes some of my favorite products.
Yes they are expensive but they do perform.
Her matte lipsticks are
This palette I actually haven't used before, I've used them for other eyeshadows but this
one I haven't used and I'm very excited to use it.
So I'm going to use this bronze shade all over the lid.
It is very glittery I think I'm going to put it on with a finger.
I'm just going to do a sheer layer first and I'm gonna put a little bit of this kind of
brownie burgundy shade in my crease.
One little annoying thing is that glitter does kind of get everywhere.
So I'm going to pat a little bit more of it onto my lid so it's very, very impactful.
So I do think of this palette shades are beautiful a little bit difficult to control.
I think that if I were to do it again, I would do this burgundy shade into my crease before
layering this bronze shade on.
So I have my trusty Z Palette here that I have used to take out all of my single shadow.
So I'm actually going to be using these two shades right here.
These are Colourpop Shadow’s.
This is the shade Board Shorts and this one's called Little Boat.
I'm gonna be doing for this right eye what I didn't do for this eye, which is I am going
to start with the matte shade in my crease before I layer the bronze shade on my lid.
I know they're not the same we did try our very best to find vegan matches for these.
I do think that they do have very similar vibes.
But I think once I have my lashes on and my eyeliner I think it'll look pretty similar.
Well at least I hope so.
Moving right along to eyeliner I have another Charlotte Tilbury product this is the
Feline Flick Quick Fine Shoto pen.
I love anything that has like a cat related name.
It's very, very pigmented which I like.
I hate when you have black eyeliner and it and you have to layer it to get the pigment.
I don't have time for that.
I'm very surprised at how black it is I feel like it's one of the darkest, most like opaque
black liners that I've used.
I will say that I'm not a huge fan of felt-tip.
I do think it was easy to work with but I prefer brush tips.
But I wanted to try out this one and I'm very impressed by how it's just like so jet black,
which I like.
And on the drugstore side I'm going to be using another Pixi product it's called the
Lash Line Ink, in the shade of Black Silk.
Also a felt tip liner with a nice tapered end.
I do think that the Charlotte Tilbury liner side is jetter black but the Pixi one is obviously
black as well.
The Pixi liner was really easy to use because it's slightly thinner than the Charlotte side.
But I think all in all they look fine we'll see how they wear though.
So I'm moving on to mascara now which is sadly where I have to disappoint you.
I couldn't get my hands on a vegan high-end mascara.
I'm using the Pacifica Aquarian gaze water-resistant long lashmascara for both my eyes.
If you are looking for a vegan high-end mascara though, try the Smashbox Full Exposure one.
That one is vegan.
So I'm just going to curl my eyelashes and apply this mascara.
So this one does hold a curl.
I don't think it holds a curl as well as some very, very waterproof formulas.
But it does, it is a very natural mascara as well.
It does a good job at separating and defining lashes, but it's definitely not going to volumize.
Alright mascara done and we're on to the final step which is lips!
On the high end side, I have this lipstick from Ilia.
It is in the shade Tainted Love.
So I again want to keep this look feeling a little more fresh so I'm gonna apply it
to the left side of my face.
And tap it out with my finger so it looks a little bit more diffused.
I do really love this shade it's nice like kind of dusty rose.
Ilia lipsticks are really lovely they always have a lot of beautiful oils in them.
They have a lot of organic options.
I found a very similar match in the new Colourpop Lux lipstick.
This is the shade Still Crazy it's also a dusty rose but these ones are more on the matte side.
But I'm also going to apply this and push the color in with my fingers.
I can see the finish difference like the Ilia lipstick has a little bit more shine to it
versus the Colourpop which has a little bit less.
But I think when you tap it into the lips it gives like a nice flush of color that's
not too over-the-top.
This is the finished look.
I wouldn't say it it's the most natural look because I am wearing glitter on my eyes.
But I do think it's fresher.
The lip is very nice and pink.
Now that I've been wearing the foundation a bit I do think that it looks even more natural.
I don't know if this happens to you guys let me know in the comments, but after I when
I first put my makeup on I do feel like it looks a little bit more like makeup,
but as my natural oils kind of seep through a bit it starts to look a little more natural.
So I think my foundation looks good,, blush wise it looks nice contours subtle.
The eyes, I know are definitely the I would say the point of contention here.
The glitter I mean there's no glitter on the Colourpop side.
But I do think that they do have similar tones and I like it, I like it.
I like the look.
So I'm going to wear this around for the rest of the work day.
And I'm gonna ask a few friends what they think, if they can tell the difference between
the two sides of makeup and then I'll report back.
Okay so I'm here with Laurise she's having her lunch.
What's up guys?
I'm going to ask you questions.
Okay.
I'm wearing high end makeup on one side of my face, and drugstore makeup on the other side.
Which side do you think is which?
High.
Why?
Left pores.
Hmm.
You're wrong.
What?
This is the drugstore side the foundation is $5 or something.
Hi this is Cody.
What’s up?
I'm gonna ask you a question.
Okay.
I'm wearing high-end makeup on one side of my face and drugstore making one the other.
Which I do you think is which?
Oh my god.
Is the left high end?
Is that your final answer?
Yes.
You're wrong.
And Laurise thought the same thing!
Oh my god.
You think this is drugstore and this high-end.
And you think this is drugstore and this high-end.
Yep.
You are right!
You are actually,
Ding, ding, ding!
The only person that got it right today.
No way!
Interesting.
I’m going to pop this!
I'm back and it is almost the end of the workday.
I've been wearing this makeup for quite some time and let's take a look.
The drugstore side of my face is a touch shinier.
I will say that I think both of the powders controlled oil pretty well.
Coverage is definitely still higher on the high-end side.
But the finish of the drugstore side I really loved and actually a lot of people that I
asked today really liked the finish of the foundation on the right side.
So go E.L.F.
Highlighter wise I love them both, I can still see the highlight, I can still see the bronzer
on both sides.
Eyes, the Urban Decay primer seems to have worked a little bit better.
I can see on the E.L.F. side that I'm getting more creasing here.
The eyeliner is transferring a little bit to the inner corner of my eye.
But mascara which I'm wearing the same mascara on both sides it's a good class mascara.
I had a little bit of smudging under my eye earlier that I just like wipe it with a finger,
but other than that it's pretty good.
Lip wise, I think tapped into the lips these two shades look pretty much identical.
The Ilya side interestingly enough made my lips feel a touch drier than the Colourpop side
which is interesting because the Colourpop head was more matte.
Because the color opposite was matte it hung around longer than the Ilya.
Those are my thoughts.
I liked it, I thought it was a good experience.
Let me you know in the comments below which side do you think were better.
If there's anything else you'd like me to try in upcoming episodes of Beauty With Mi
and I will see you guys next week.
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