Hello, everyone. Welcome back.
Thank you so, so much for joining me.
So today I am doing a little experiment.
My eyes are kind of half finished.
We are looking at some more affordable products
versus their more expensive counterpart and seeing, does
it really matter if something is more expensive
doesn't mean it works better.
We all know that's not really the case, but I
want to have a look at some products in particular.
I didn't do anything cheap versus expensive on my
eyes because I don't really have anything that's very
much affordable apart from the small e.l.f palettes.
And I've done those to death.
So on my eyes, I have this Viziart palette.
I've had this for ages, the
Editorial Brights, which is like this.
And then I also have from Rituel De Fille, I have this
Ara celestial Sphere Eye Soot, which is like a cream.
So it's going to crease very slightly.
But I quite like that look.
So let's just get into it. First of all, if this is your
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I will have prices up on the screen for you as we go.
Let's start with our foundation.
So, cheap is going to be on this side.
Expensive is going to be this side.
I'll put it up on the screen throughout,
just so it's there so you can remember.
And so I remember too.
So on the cheap side, we have...
I'm going to say cheap, but really they're just more affordable.
We have the MUA Pro Base.
I have been absolutely in
love with this foundation recently.
I've absolutely loved using it, and I just wanted to
give it a little go versus something a little bit
more pricey, because when I use it by itself, beautiful.
Absolutely love it.
I have no clean brushes.
Again, why do I do this? Oh, I have this. Okay.
So what I really like about this one is
it's kind of like this very... it is potentially full
coverage, but you can just use a tiny bit.
We're going to go full coverage today to
get the full benefit of the foundation.
I'm going to try and like, half my nose and half.
But it just has this really nice, it's kind of like, it's not
completely matte, it's not completely shiny, and it sits
really, really well on my oily skin.
And any foundation that does that is
a good foundation in my books.
I mean, look, that's just really nice coverage.
Really good finish as well.
It doesn't smell like anything, which I find with
a lot of more affordable foundations, they tend to smell quite...
I hate to use the word chemically,
chemically.
So on our expensive side, we're going
in with Nars Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation.
Well, I've tried to keep the textures as similar
as possible, but there will be some differences.
Going to use the same brush.
Just going to clean it off a little
tiny bit and give this one a go.
Okay, so that's really light.
I thought it was going to be really dark for me.
That's fine. That's whatever.
Straight up, you don't have to use that much of this.
It's blended across my whole face very quickly and
with good coverage, with a small amount of product,
like, I really haven't used that much.
This is still one go, so it's definitely
not the kind of foundation you're going to
want to squeeze all over your face.
Okay.
That was full coverage quite quickly.
With the MUA Academy side, I did have to
do a few more applications.
To be completely honest I'm looking at both sides, and I'm like, you know what?
There's not much difference.
There's not much difference there. But you know what?
My foundations, I kind of have to judge them once
they've sat on the skin for a little while.
So that's exactly what we will do.
Okay, concealer.
For the cheap side, we have the Multi-Tasker Concealer
from Rimmel London, which is this little hun here.
Now, I've used this before and been quite impressed
with the coverage, so I'm going to use a
tiny little bit under the eyes, and then we
can finish up my eye makeup as well.
So this really does have a full, full coverage.
Like you, I even feel like this is going to be too much.
You'll see, it really spreads far.
It spreads a lot.
So I would definitely recommend, like, one little
dot and then go on with the rest.
Am I just putting blue across my whole face? No.
Okay, let's fix up.
I'm going to do a little bit more just
because I kind of want to see it.
I kind of want to see it to know, to
know which side I prefer, you know what I mean?
But I mean, this is a good concealer.
Like, in general, whether or not it's good
compared to the other side, eventually.
It's a really, really nice concealer to have.
So if you do see this and you do want a bit more
of a budget friendly concealer, this is a good one to go for.
Okay, on the expensive side, I haven't used this yet.
I haven't even cracked it open.
This is the Milk Future Fluid All Over.
Cream Concealer.
Never used it.
Oh, it has quite a smell.
That's really cold.
It's a really cold feeling.
You know when something comes with, like, a metal
applicator, it's kind of like that.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God
you do not need that much.
This is insane.
That's a lot, a lot, a lot.
Oh, my goodness me.
That's actually a really nice texture.
It's very foundation-esque in terms of its texture.
Like, it feels yeah, I guess,
like, the name says, more fluid-like.
It's blending more like a fluid.
Okay, so here's the deal. Foundation.
I'm going to have to say the MUA Academy side wins.
The cheap side wins there.
I just like the texture a little bit more.
It just seems a lot more smoother on the skin,
and it still has a bit of a shine to
it, but it's not, I wouldn't say it's like over
the top radiant or anything like that.
In terms of concealer, the expensive side, the Milk.
Only because it's sitting quite dry under my eye here.
If we're being really fussy and comparing the two, the
Milk side seems more hydrated and a little bit more
like skin in terms of texture.
You know what, I'm looking at myself, and it's not that different.
Let me finish up under my eyes
with a little bit of blue.
Hopefully it doesn't get really messy,
and then we'll continue with bronzer.
Okay, so we are going to try cream bronzer.
Let me get comfortable.
I don't know why I'm sitting all the way over here.
Listen, there was just a fly in my room,
and I don't know if you saw it or
heard it, but it was doing my head in.
Cheap side.
We're going back to MUA Academy, and
we have the Bronzed Cream Bronzer.
This is the shade, Toffee.
I have used this before.
Really liked it, thought it was a really good time.
And it smells good as well.
It smells like, a little bit coconutty,
but not like over the top.
I don't really like too heavy coconut smell.
I really do like this one.
The thing I really liked about these is
how it blends in with the foundation.
It doesn't look like it's a separate product.
It looks like this nice almost
ombre into the bronzer.
For our expensive side, we have Rose Inc.
Now, I've never tried this, tried this brand.
This is the Cream Bronzer in Kau...
Kauai?
K-U...
Dyslexia.
This one.
So it's quite similar in shade
compared to the cheap one.
And this is this one.
Oh, this is going to be a difficult one.
This one looks really nice.
Oh, that's going to be really difficult.
Okay, let me take a bit of a
close up look here because that's confusing.
Expensive is going to have to win this
side only because I can see some slight
texture where the more affordable side is sitting.
Let me give it a little bit of a blend in and see if it goes.
I'm going to say expensive
this side, only because it's very subtly,
very subtly nicer.
I don't know.
That's difficult.
That's a really difficult one.
Let's move on to blush.
So for our cheap side or affordable side,
we have 3ina, which is this, 212.
Which is this nice peachy pink tone.
Nice for the Summer.
Love a bit of 3ina.
I'm going to do
quite a strong bit of color.
Oh, it doesn't smell.
I can still smell the coconut on my cheek.
Going to wrap this right up here.
Keep it Summer friendly. Why not?
Nice. This is a good amount of color just from one tap.
Blends really nicely.
I love 3ina blushes anyway.
I love all their products really, let's be real.
Nice, okay, nice.
Expensive.
Pat McGrath Labs.
I tried to get a similar shade as we could.
This one is perhaps a little bit colder in
shade, but it does have a slight shine to it,
so that might give us some similarities.
Oh, it's actually very similar.
You know what I'm going to have to say?
I'm going to have to say
the 3ina wins, the cheaper side.
It wins because there's something about it,
Whereas when I'm looking at my face, right,
the 3ina blush, as I move my face,
it's almost like the blush moves with it.
It's like I said how it kind of ombres into the skin.
It looks a bit more like that.
Whereas the Pat McGrath Labs one, it just
very much is like, here's your blush.
And it's like...
That could be to do with the base.
That could be...
...be to do with whatever I...
It's just very obvious.
It looks like powder blush, whereas this looks a little bit more
like, even if I went a little bit less, this would look a little bit more,
like it's in with the skin.
Like it's like this with the skin.
Highlighter.
So for the more affordable side, we
have the e.l.f Halo Glow Highlighter.
This is the Champagne Campaign side, shade, and I have
used this before, so I know I like it.
But how does it compare to one of my
favorite ones recently, which I'm going to show you.
I see so many mixed reviews when it
comes to these wand things from e.l.f.
A lot of people love them and
a lot of people weren't so sure.
Looking like this.
Looking nice, looking cute.
Other side.
We are using Iconic London Rollaway Glow Highlighter.
This is, Champagne Chic.
Two Champagney's.
This is just insa... like, I love... like, look at that already.
In texture it feels smoother and silkier as I go to tap and blend.
And it's giving a lot more instant glow, which
you can absolutely get from the e.l.f one.
I think you just need to give
it a little bit more time.
I like them both.
I really, really do like them both.
However, Iconic London is going to
have to win this one.
Okay, here's what I'm going to do.
We have one product left.
We have a powder to use, but I'm going to put on
some lashes, finish that up and then we'll test it out.
Okay, let's try these powders.
So starting with the cheap side.
I haven't used this yet and I've had it for ages.
This is the Rimmel London Stay Matte Powder.
Now, this is, I think this is
a favorite for a lot of people.
If my lashes start coming off it's because
I have a gloss on my lid.
I should have put my lashes on first, but I didn't.
Yeah, I've seen a lot of people
use this and really, really like it.
So what I'm going to do, I'm going to take a little bit
on a brush and just tap it off and just start here.
Just go above my highlight and just use
it in areas where I get super oily.
So down the side of my nose and in this little...
What is this called?
I don't know.
Lab...
No, that doesn't... sounds terrible.
It smells like makeup.
You know, when that smell of
makeup, you know what I mean?
And on our expensive side from Vieve, we have
the Modern Powder Perfector in the shade, Light.
I'm going to use that in exactly the same place.
Straight up, straight away
the Vieve one is so much nicer.
On the Rimmel one, you can definitely see...
This... it's difficult.
The Vieve one, although it isn't translucent, it almost has
a translucence to it where you can see my skin
a little bit more underneath, whereas on the Rimmel side,
it looks a little bit more like makeup.
It looks like powdery makeup.
And considering it has kind of less coverage, I believe
it's meant to have less coverage in that Vieve one.
It doesn't seem as... like that.
It looks like it definitely has
some kind of coverage going on.
Okay, well, that felt like kind of a
mix of... actually, maybe I should tally it.
Maybe I'll tally it on the screen.
Of the affordable, cheap, and expensive kind of being on
equal par there. A lot of the pigmented products from
the more expensive side were kind of leveling up the
same or if not worse than the cheaper side. Am I right?
I feel like unless it's a complexion product, in
terms of concealer, foundation, powder, I don't really feel
like it's worth giving that extra money to a
brand when actually it's probably not going to be
even that much better.
To be honest with you,
even these Viseart eyeshadows that I used today,
which are very expensive, I would have rather
used my Beauty Bay palettes or something like
that, or one of the small e.l.f ones.
I find blending with them a lot
easier and a lot more enjoyable.
All right, well, thank you so much for joining me.
Let me know if there's any kind of
products that you use where you've tried an
expensive one and you though, you know what?
This doesn't work as well
as my drugstore purchase option.
Let me know down below.
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