- She's back!
Hi, guys.
I'm Jess.
I am your unofficial beauty expert.
Unofficial beauty expert for three reasons:
I have a lab coat, I have a fancy tie,
and I also used to work at Sephora.
[upbeat music]
If you saw in the first video,
you saw I made a do-it-yourself glitter lip.
One of the scariest moments of my entire life.
I am so excited.
Today we're gonna be looking at almost every glitter,
shimmer and highlighter under a microscope.
We're gonna be looking at color pay-off, shine,
texture and ultimately, which products are right for you.
[playful music]
So let's get into it.
We're gonna start with some different items
to prep your skin, to give you a little bit of shimmer
before your foundation or to give you that like, mm,
skin is prepped look.
Plants, water.
First, we're gonna look at my bare skin,
I mean the spot on my face that I've removed the makeup.
The rest of my face has makeup.
Both are beautiful.
Oh and there is my flesh.
Even thOugh I removed my makeup,
you can still see a little shimmer.
She stays with us.
Glitters and shimmers are notoriously hard to get off.
The moistness in your skin causes them to stick,
kinda like how a suction cup sticks to your shower.
Now we're gonna try some 24 karat gold beauty oil.
You can see little flecks of gold in the dropper
which is nice.
Ooh.
Not super glittery, but I definitely feel moisturized.
There are no proven skincare benefits yet
to having gold in your beauty products,
but they're always fun to look at.
Let's take a look.
Ooh.
I look juicy.
There's lots of tiny, tiny pieces of glitter
or gold, if you will.
If you love using gold flakes in your skincare,
just be sure to read the label and know the ingredients.
Sometimes it's aluminum spray-painted with 24-karat gold
similar to how cheap jewelry is made,
and we are not cheap jewelry.
[soft music]
Okay, now that I'm all buffed and shined,
I'm gonna put foundation on top and we're gonna see
if any of the products show through.
I like to put product on the back of my hand
and then warm it up, like, with my body heat.
I find that makes your makeup look smoother
and like more natural when it's applied.
The product is kinda slipping and sliding on top of this.
Kinda making a mess.
I'm gonna try dabbing instead of rubbing
to see if that works better.
It does not.
Ugh.
I don't understand what's happened.
Looks like I have craters in my face.
I'm pretty sure that's where my foundation
is like trying to stick to my skin.
Like what is that?
What is this?
I see three flecks of shimmer.
Now we're gonna try an illuminating powder.
Kinda looks like I'm just putting baby powder on my face,
but let's check it out underneath the microscope.
Ugh, it looks like a sandstorm on my face.
Lots of shimmer and like different sized shimmer too,
but it's really fine so it looks more like a shimmer
that happens from within or like from light reflecting
on your face and less like you applied like a glitter stick.
Yeah, my flesh basically looks like
a very finely-grated disco ball.
Ooh, oh, my legs.
I forgot I've been sitting.
She's back.
Now we're gonna try out some eyeshadows.
First, the affordable one.
I'm gonna use my finger because news flash,
you can apply eyeshadow with your fingers.
It's gonna be okay.
I also like to use my fingers because I feel like
it wastes less product and less gets stuck in my brushes
and I also don't have to wash my brushes.
It doesn't travel as far as I like.
The color pay-off is nice.
Let's try the more expensive one.
I'm gonna use a different finger.
Ooh, mhm.
See, I can already tell.
It's like super buttery when you first pick it up
and I bet you, I will be able to cover my whole eyelid
without having to go back down.
I mean, what did I say?
I was right.
This is prom, this is the red carpet.
Shimmers and highlighters
are made with a variety of ingredients.
Some of the most popular ingredients are pearls,
which is the actual pearl being ground up into a shimmer
or a mica, which is another naturally-occurring ingredient
which we will break down later or borosilicate,
which is really fine glass flakes, but relax.
They will not cut you.
Ugh, why do you always argue with me?
Okay, I can still see my skin showing through.
Also, let's remember like I built on this.
I would say this is about five swipes of eyeshadow
so it's pretty translucent.
Now let's go to the expensive side.
Opulent.
It's so finely-ground and it evenly coats the entire surface
and there's different shades of gold which gives it like
a multi-dimensional shine, which is mm.
I'm obsessed with looking at that one
because it looks so good.
It's the sign of a good product.
It looks good here and then it also looks beautiful
under the microscope.
Honestly, you're welcome.
I just sold you that eyeshadow.
[smooth music]
Now we're gonna try a liquid shimmer.
I'm really excited for this one.
I'm gonna swatch it on my hand first with no product
around it so we can see what it looks like.
Ooh.
This has more of a sheen than a sparkle
so I think I'm going to hypothesize,
she's a scientist, that when we look at this
underneath the microscope,
it's going to be like tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny particles
versus large chunks of shimmer like we saw
on the last two products.
It's definitely opaque and there is a big color pay-off.
So this is more like a sheen or a metallic finish
and less of a sparkle.
It's more uniform and opaque.
It's not like a separated, chunky glitter
that we would see in something
that's a little bit more shimmery.
It's like tiny, it's like thousands, thousands,
billions of tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny like glitter dust.
It almost looks blurry, but it's not.
That's just how shiny everything is.
I really need to put this on my eyes.
Just a little test.
[playful music]
Now we're gonna move onto a glitter eye product.
We all love glitter.
I love glitter, but I have to be real with you,
they are not good for the environment.
So please, if you insist on using them,
get rid of it responsibly.
Don't rinse them down the sink or down the bathtub.
Wipe them off, remove them and put them in the trash.
Some brands have done some research
into making biodegradable glitters or glitters
that don't have plastic, but we still have a long way to go.
Now we're gonna try our first actual glitter product.
Mm, it's juicy.
I'm not ready 'cause I know what this looks like already.
[Jess laughs]
I really, oh.
You can see all these tiny perfectly shaped hexagons
and that's because they're stamped plastic.
This extra goop, that's film former,
which is adhesive that's safe to put on your face.
I wanna see what this looks like layered.
Okay.
Aliens, come pick me up.
I actually say that like every day.
Like, beam me up.
Cut to me getting beamed up and I'm like,
"I'm not ready to go!"
Oh, now we're gonna try a duochrome
or like an eyeshadow topper.
I really like to throw my finger around in this
and get, like, plenty of product.
Ooh, it's pretty on my finger.
I can barely see it.
Maybe that's why they call it a topper,
but you can see green and then like a pretty pink.
Sometimes eyeshadows and highlighters say color-changing,
but what they're referring to is duochrome.
Duochrome doesn't actually react
to anything and change color.
They're already two colors in the product
and they reveal themselves
based on the angle, like a mermaid.
Let's look at it under the
♪ Microscope ♪
Oh, okay.
Buckle up because here's my theory.
In duochromes, I think there's more of a reflective pigment
to create like a mirrored effect that makes it look
completely opaque and like my actual skin is green,
and then here's the pink side, which is very interesting.
Looks like two different products.
There are some color-changing products
which use thermostablizers which change color based off
the temperature of your skin.
Now that's science.
I'm so corny.
Should we layer it?
I wanna layer it.
Let's layer it.
Here she goes.
Oh yes.
I'm literally turning into a celestial being.
[alien honks] Okay.
A more expensive eyeshadow cannot be layered upon.
She's not allowing it.
There's a lot more pigment on this side
so it's not as blendable.
We're gonna finish this amazing and natural eye look
with metallic eyeliner.
Metallic is in reference to the color.
It doesn't mean there's actually metal in the product.
It's the same shimmer particles.
They're just colored like metals.
I'm gonna swatch this on my hand
so we can see what it looks like alone
and then I'm gonna finish the eye look,
and honestly, you can do one swipe that's nice and smooth.
Let's look at it under a microscope.
Oh wow, this product actually has
a bunch of different shimmer ingredients.
You can see all these different colors
and shapes and textures.
Just like really ground down to fine, fine, fine particles
to make it look like a solid stripe,
and now let's finish off the eye look.
You know the look is done once you line it,
and it frames everything,
and it doesn't even look that shimmery, but it has like,
just a little bit of extra mmph.
I also dare you to show me someone that can put eyeliner on
without opening their mouth.
It's impossible.
This look is called, "I tried every tester at Sephora".
Yuck.
I'm back and I need a break.
I've removed all of my foundation and now we're gonna apply
a mask to get some calming, relaxing self-care.
That is not a mask.
This looks like. [laughs]
This is a mask?
I don't think any of the glitter's
gonna have any skincare benefits, but it's fun.
I'm just gonna paint my face.
This is ridiculous.
- [Director] This is a firming treatment.
- Oh, this is a, she's a firming treatment.
Is this gonna peel off?
- [Director] Yes.
- We remember what happened
last time I had to peel something off.
Wow.
This is like "Mrs. Doubtfire" meets a drag show,
and honestly, I'm more familiar with the drag show.
Okay, so at first I was mortified,
but now I'm truly having the time of my life.
Oh my god.
Oh god.
I was so scared I was gonna suck that into my nose.
Ah!
Okay, we're back on track, we're back on track.
Can you imagine?
If I was an alien and I beamed this up into my spaceship,
I would send it right back down.
I'd be like, I don't know.
I don't know, guys.
She was super weird.
We have to send her back.
Okay, let's get that, where's?
Oh, here it is.
Oh, we meet again.
♪ I've been missing the way you touch me, baby ♪
♪ Kisses on my neck and the love gave me ♪
- Honestly, opening scene of Euphoria.
[group laughs]
This is literally so glittery,
it's almost impossible to focus on.
As you can see, we have perfect hexagons
which is stamped plastic so we will be peeling this mask off
and throwing it in the trash.
No rinsing down the sink or in the tub.
You can also see like the gel,
which is the treatment part of the mask
and we see cute little air bubbles.
Hello air bubbles.
Aw, they're really cute.
I'm such a loser. [laughs]
something else that I also like to do to relax
is watch slime videos and guess what?
I have slime, and this is biodegradable glitter.
So we're practicing what we preach a little bit.
Ooh, it's like mermaid barf.
She comes out of the water and she's like bleh.
I'm a little seasick.
[Jess laughs]
Oh, that's not fun to touch yet.
Ooh, yeah, mhm.
I am making a real mess.
How do they do it so beautifully in the videos?
Let's pick up all this. [chuckles]
I'd be super into like a cleaning product.
Wow, I'm such an old lady.
I'd be super into this if there was a cleaning product.
Oh my god, I literally can't stop playing with this.
Okay, time to peel.
I like to, I like to make it really dramatic
'cause I think it's funny.
Ah!
[Jess laughs]
- [Director] Do you read the comments?
- Well, my girlfriend reads all the comments to me.
Do you guys read all the--
- [Director] Do you want to see some comments?
- Are we, are you gonna read comments to me on?
Okay. - Do you want me to?
I don't have to. - Yeah.
I'm a little shy, but yeah.
Let's hear 'em.
Everyone likes to hear good things about themselves.
- [Director] Someone said, "I love her.
"She's the best friend you always needed."
- Aw, that's really sweet.
I will cry. [laughs]
What else?
- [Director] She's entertaining and I actually learned some.
Love her fro too.
- Aw, I love my fro.
She also says thank you.
- [Director] Someone else says,
"Why am I just now finding out about clear lip liner?"
- I don't know, I don't know, but you're welcome.
- [Director] Sugar Sugar says,
"Why my science teacher can't be this interesting?"
A response, "Right, I would so pay attention in class."
- Aw, I mean honestly, I would've too.
Everyone should be like Ms. Frizzle.
"I'm in fourth grade, but my math teacher is rude."
- First of all, [laughs]
the fact that you're in fourth grade
and you have already decided that they're rude
is incredible, and I stand.
Wow, wow, it is truly everywhere.
I might have to take a bath.
- No! - Ah!
- [Director] You cannot, you can't take a bath.
- Caught.
The thumbnail is just me like.
[Director laughs]
And as you see here, water
sort of just pours into containers.
Now, what we've all been waiting for, face highlighters.
We are gonna check out two different highlighting products,
highlighting powders.
One more affordable, one more expensive.
Ew.
This is the more affordable one.
You can see on my fingers, it's like super chalky.
See what it looks like.
[Jess sighs]
The shade does not work for her.
Now we're gonna try the more expensive.
Okay.
It's really glittery.
Up close.
First we're gonna do the more affordable side.
So lots of shine, not as opaque.
Now let's try the more expensive side.
The more expensive highlighter is mostly made of mica.
Mica is a naturally-occurring mineral that peels in sheets,
and we can see those sheets and flakes of mica
in the expensive highlighter.
Basically your pore is like the perfect little pocket
for highlighters to sink into and live.
So it's really, really important
that if you wear highlighter, shimmers, glimmers,
that you double cleanse.
Moving right along, we are gonna check out
jelly and creme highlighters.
First, we have our jelly highlighter.
Can I get it to jiggle?
Nah.
Oh, she shimmers.
Creme and jelly
and like liquid highlighters are super popular
because they appear more skin-like and less powdery.
I prefer creme too.
I like the way it blends and melts into the skin.
Let's play with this a little bit.
Yuck.
When I was applying it, I didn't really see a difference
in terms of it being easier to apply,
but it was really nice to touch
and it has a really fun texture.
Now, I'm really excited.
This is my favorite form of highlighter, a creme stick.
She's always ready to go.
She can be carried in a bag, in your hands,
in your pocket, in your pocketbook, in your notebook
with your friends at the mall, at the store,
at the grocery store.
Creme highlighters always come through in a clutch.
Easy app-lication.
Easy application.
Now that we've applied, we're just gonna go
and take my fingers and blend it out,
and this is a really nice,
natural like healthy awake type of highlighter.
It's really light.
Let's look under the microscope.
We're gonna do the jelly first.
Oh wow, that's way more glitter than I expected.
It's really thick and I can't see any, like, fine lines
or pores or anything like that
so it's really covering the surface of my skin.
Okay, let's check out the creme.
So this one's less opaque,
and you can see my skin through it
which is what gives it a more natural skin-like glow
from within appearance.
They look almost identical
except the jelly is slightly more dewy
and more blurring than the creme,
but if you really love the jelly texture,
get the jelly texture.
It's so much fun to play with.
So last of the face highlighters,
we have iridescent versus holographic highlighters.
Technically, makeup isn't holographic yet.
A hologram is a photographic recording of a light field
like a projection.
So my first product is gonna be
a holographic creme highlighter.
It's so tiny.
Application, super easy.
That's why she loves the creme stick.
Super easy.
And now, this jelly.
Ooh.
This product is an emulsion.
It's white in the container,
but when I spread it on my face,
it's going to be clear like milk.
This is because the fat globules are suspended
and are small enough that they scatter light.
This is known as the Tyndall Effect.
She's a scientist.
It's so pretty.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
I need both of my hands.
One for support.
So it was super wet,
and then it kind of like dries to nothing.
It doesn't feel like anything's on my face.
Boop.
So this is the creme.
We have the blues and the purples,
random chunks of glitter.
That might actually be leftover from the gold.
Now for the iridescent milk.
It's almost exactly the same.
I would say it's slightly shinier,
and this looks a little bit wetter
so there's a possibility that there might be more oil
in the formula or more moisturizing components.
So as you guys can see, both of those formulas
were really similar and there was no hologram
that appeared on my cheek with the holographic highlighter
so I think it's safe to say that holographic highlighter
is more of a marketing term.
How do I, how do I get, she's gotta go.
How long is it?
It's time for hair.
Yeah.
Hold the applause.
That was weird.
I'm gettin' weird.
And we're gonna try two separate products:
a shine mist and a shimmer gel,
but first, we're gonna look at my bare baby hairs.
Baboop.
Oh, ooh whoa.
This is wild.
It looks like leectric wires.
It's so curly and cute.
I really don't wanna brag,
but like, look how healthy my hair is.
The secret ingredient is a silk cap.
If you don't wanna wear a silk cap,
then you can have a silk pillowcase,
but silk, silk, silk, silk, silk, silk
will help you get, oh, what's that?
Is it fuzzy?
Do we see the fuzzy? - Dandruff?
- Oh, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
Mm-mm.
Back to where things were perfect.
Truly, it's okay if you have dandruff.
Honestly, it's probably 'cause I just scratched my scalp.
That's where it came from.
Do I look crazy? [laughs]
'Cause I feel like I look crazy.
I'm gonna try the shine mist.
Ooh, I like, ooh.
That smells good.
It's a really fine mist.
Yeah, so I don't really see any glitter,
but I feel like, like it's a mist.
Like it's oil in a spray can.
It actually looks slightly more shiny.
Now for the gel.
Really quickly, when I spread it,
you can see it's a little bit pink, but it appears yellow.
- [Director] Maybe another emulsion?
- Yeah. - Possibly the Tyndall effect.
- Yeah, ooh, the Tyndall effect.
Did you take a note?
Is it written down?
Do you know what I'm talking about, the Tyndall effect?
There might be a pop quiz later.
Okay, let's apply.
I can definitely see shimmer.
Not as dense as I thought it was gonna be, but it's fun.
I would definitely use this like on my edges as a gel.
It feels a little moisturizing too, which is always a bonus.
Let's look under the microscope.
Okay.
So before applying this product,
I checked out the ingredients list
and one of the ingredients is diamond powder,
which I think, or that's probably
where the shimmer's coming from.
Next.
Okay, looks like a little disco bioluminescent,
whoa, she's a scientist, bioluminescent forest.
So on the spectrum of
natural products versus chemical products,
hair products tend to lean towards the chemical side
because they're further away from your eyes and your mouth.
Unless a product says hair and body,
keep it away from your face.
[playful music]
Don't try this at home.
Body, yoddy, yoddy, yoddy, yoddy, yoddy.
I had to do it, I had to do it.
We're moving on to body glitters.
We're gonna try out one high-end body glitter
and one do-it-yourself body glitter.
Where are my things?
First I'm gonna funnel in some shimmer,
and I think you can probably use any loose shimmer
that you have at home.
A highlighter, an eyeshadow.
If you wanna crush 'em up, crush 'em up,
put 'em in a bottle.
This is just your standard inexpensive body oil.
Screw on the top, give it a shake.
Wow, I thought it was just gonna be like suspended
and translucent, but look at that.
Girl, I might have to sell this.
First of all, it's moisturizing, which I love.
Ooh, now let's try the high-end.
Oh wow.
It looks like pure gold.
Oh, don't sit on a white couch.
Whoa, okay.
I like them both.
This one smells really good.
Side by side comparison.
It's just like what your mood is.
First, affordable homemade one.
Ooh.
It looks like a glitter river just on my hand.
You wanna make sure that this dries down
before you go sitting on white couches
or hugging your loved ones, but it's beautiful.
The one thing that our homemade body shimmer doesn't have
is film formers, which we talked about earlier,
and they act like a paste to help keep the product down.
Okay, now the more expensive.
You can see it's more like a gel texture
versus the oil slickness.
Doesn't really look like it's moving a whole lot
so I would worry less about it transferring,
and I would say because we have this gel-like texture,
this is gonna be more blurring.
So in terms of which one to go with,
I think it's really about what your budget is
and what vibe do you want?
Like this one is super gold and kind of blurrifying
and this is like sexy bronze.
It's all about your mood.
Now that I am covered in glitter, I gotta go.
I gotta clean it off responsibly,
and I gotta take a nap.
I hope you feel empowered to go out,
do your own research and comment below.
Let me know some fumfacts.
Bye guys.