- Oh, I don't like that.
After drinking this and then going to this,
this tasted awful.
Maybe I should have drank.
Hello, I'm Alex Cooper
and today I am playing Expensive Taste Test with Cosmo.
The game is super simple,
they're gonna put two things in front of me
and I have to decide
which is the expensive one and which is the cheaper one.
Ever since this was scheduled on my calendar,
I was losing sleep a little bit
because I think I'm gonna be really bad at this,
only because I'm the youngest child in my family.
I was given all the hand-me-downs,
and the sibling above me is my brother,
so a lot of basketball shorts, a lot of baggy t-shirts.
Also, I'm very messy.
I would prefer to spill spaghetti sauce
on a Fruit of the Loom vibe
rather than a cashmere sweater.
(jazzy music)
Self tanner, something that is so
near and dear to my heart,
something I probably could honestly use today
'cause I have a little blotching on my hands.
Which is more expensive?
I'm gonna probably be more attracted
to the cheaper versions of everything.
Whatever I like,
I'm gonna choose the opposite as the expensive one.
Let's try this out.
Ooh, let's shake.
The density feels the same.
Let's see.
Ooh.
Guys, I love self tanner.
Oh, wait.
This is such different textures.
See, I can see which one looks kind of like mine.
Guys, do you want some?
I'm gonna say that,
wait, was it this one?
I think this one is more expensive.
Wait, I guess it would be the cheaper one.
Look at my hands.
Guys, we need to know and we need to get the bottom of it.
I'm gonna be really engaging today.
I would say this one has a more purple, foamy undertone
and this one is more consistent in its texture.
so I would say this is more expensive.
(bell dings)
Guys, first one is right.
I feel great.
My hand looks even worse than it came.
Not too cute.
(jazzy music)
Sweatpants.
This is all I wear.
I put on leather pants today
but I was forced to wear these, it wasn't by choice.
Let's see.
Ooh, these are cute.
They seem cheap to me
but I would love to wear these.
I want these in my wardrobe.
I would love to spill something on these.
I feel like they would shrink in a minute
in the laundry so I would never wash them.
I would just wear them all the time.
Let's see these.
The band of this is way more thick
and the pockets are more straight and centered
which I think is kind of weird.
This is way thinner material.
The thing is with these is I think I would prefer these,
so I think these are the less expensive ones.
I think these are the more expensive ones.
(bell dings)
I did it.
These are way thicker
but these cheap ones are my go-to, can I take these home?
(jazzy music)
If anyone didn't know soccer balls,
I played division one soccer, but it was a long time ago.
I've been retired,
but something I remember playing soccer is
you really never want the ball to be super squeaky,
because if you're kicking it with your cleat,
your cleat would quite literally stick on the ball.
Oh, God.
I feel like this one is kinda cheap.
This one is a bit squeaker,
but I also know I used to see these balls in college
but these are the ones they would give us
if we would kick them far into the field
when we were doing punts, but I've never seen this one.
This is also way too lightweight.
This feels like something I would see,
not on a soccer field, but more of a trick ball.
You're just juggling.
I can't really juggle in these leather pants, but yeah.
I think this is the cheaper one.
I love how I'm going for the cheap.
I'm like, this is the cheaper one.
No, guys, I think this is
the more expensive.
(bell dings)
I was so nervous about the soccer one.
'Cause I'm like, I gotta get it right.
I can't get the soccer ball wrong.
Okay, thank you.
(jazzy music)
I have two necklaces here.
I will be honest.
I have no idea what I'm looking at
because I have never bought myself expensive jewelry.
The only expensive jewelry I have
is from previous or current boyfriends
to which I've lost most of it.
That's why I don't ever buy any expensive jewelry
'cause I'll just lose it.
Here we have a beautiful gold chain
that to me looks exactly the same almost as this.
This is a bit daintier.
So cute.
And this is a bit thicker.
This is the thing,
this is cheaper, I feel like, 'cause it's, wait.
I was gonna say this is cheaper
'cause it feels a little thinner,
but then is sometimes cheap jewelry fat and thick?
I would like this one 'cause it's like lighter.
I don't wanna have something really heavy on my neck
but I have a feeling that this is the more expensive one.
(bell dings)
Who is she?
I was losing sleep over this.
Look at me, I'm crushing.
(jazzy music)
My entire life, all I used,
because my mom and my dad used it, was Lubriderm.
I've never tried a lot of different moisturizers.
You know when you're raised with something
and you just stick to it.
I'm a Ludriderm gal, sponsor me.
We have two different lotions here.
One has a more yellow texture,
one is a white, more creamy texture.
Is it weird that I wanna smell them?
Okay.
Ooh.
This kind of smells like Ludriderm.
I'm gonna put it on my body,
but first I'm just starting with the smells.
This is a very strong scent.
Let's put it on my dry hands.
Honestly, I needed lotion anyways today.
Ooh.
Guys, this is thick.
I can feel my cracked skin just getting lubed right up.
That feels very nice.
Let's try my right hand now.
I feel like this is gonna be less expensive.
Ooh.
This is way lighter.
Less clogging of my pores.
I feel like I'm a hand model.
I'm like, ooh.
This one is tricking me
'cause it could be so much cheaper
or this could be some elevated rich, La Mer (beep) that,
am I allowed to curse? Nope.
I'm gonna say this is more expensive.
(buzzer rings)
All right.
My first one wrong.
I'm okay with that for lotions.
That feels right.
I'm not big on the lotion game.
I should be.
My grandmother told me to always lotion up.
(jazzy music)
Water.
Who knew?
Why can't it all just be the same price?
Water is water, right?
Apparently not.
Immediately I'm seeing there's a lot of speckles.
Don't think that would be the word.
Concentration, nope.
Do you guys see what I'm?
There's little dots.
There's fizz.
This is very clear.
Clear.
Let's just call them speckles.
I'm gonna get roasted in the comments.
Did you go to school?
Something like that.
I'm gonna try this one first
'cause it looks a little less nasty.
Yep, tastes like water.
But that tastes like the kind of water I drink every day.
Let's see if this tastes also like water.
It tastes like water,
it just sounded different going into my mouth
'cause it has a little fizz happening.
I don't know if the fizz means it's more expensive
or it's some cheap (beep)
that I'm going to vomit after this interview.
Is this old water or is this some really rich?
Maybe this is the more expensive one?
(bell dings)
So the fizz was the rich, (beep) (beep) let's go.
(jazzy music)
I usually only wear hoodies
even if it's 90 degrees outside.
You'll never see these shoulders, but let's pretend.
Ooh see, this is risky
because this is a ribbed item
that I feel like I would probably cut in half
and make a cute crop top,
but that could also be like the Hanes vibe.
This is a little slinky dinky vibe.
It's not the cutest shirt.
I don't think I would wear this.
This does look like something
my brother would've handed me down.
But the quality is soft.
They both kinda seem cheap.
Can you tell me the pricing on both?
- [Producer] One of them is 240 and the other one is eight.
- One of these shirts is $200?
This is the moral of the story.
You really should go for the cheaper
because I'm standing here and neither is blowing me away.
I'm gonna say this is the more expensive one?
(bell dings)
But don't buy this for $200,
whatever brand this is.
Yeah, no, not worth it.
Not worth it.
(jazzy music)
I have never owned a lighter in my life,
so I'm a little outta my league here.
Usually if I'm gonna spark anything,
I'm doing with the long household handheld.
Do you know what I'm talking about?
Those long guys.
But you always see these in these in the movies
where they're like, pew.
Let's try it.
Oh, my hands are so sticky from the moisturizer still.
Beautiful.
These look exactly the same to me.
They quite literally have the same exact inside makeup.
If you zoom in on that,
not too close, I don't know how my makeup looks,
but you know what I mean?
Zoom in a little bit, these have the same inside.
I would say these are the exact same thing, actually.
Are these the same thing?
Are you guys tricking me?
No.
They have the same holes.
They have the same turn things.
Let's let the fans decide.
What do you guys think?
Come on.
I have no idea.
I'm gonna say this one?
(bell dings)
What?
Oh my God.
Guys, can I tell you why at the last minute decision
I made that,
is because this has more round edge
and this is more of a square structure.
What does that mean about expensive taste?
I have no idea.
I just went with the rounder rather than the straight edge.
Next.
(jazzy music)
My initial observations is,
okay, wait, hold on.
Guys, let me really inspect.
Mm, interesting.
This is more of the crayon situation happening
where you can shave it down
with the fake wood look
and then this one is more
of a plastic, harder situation happening.
I am not a beauty influencer.
I'm just here trying to do my thing.
See, sometimes the ones with the wood are more expensive
or you can find this in Walmart because I've looked.
I feel like this is what I use more in the college vibe
and I've tried to elevate sometimes more with this.
I'm gonna say this one is more expensive.
(buzzer rings)
I was gonna say this one is more expensive.
No!
Okay, okay.
It's okay.
Guys, it's fine.
That's what I said.
I thought I used this one in college
but maybe I was getting it in college, who knew?
(jazzy music)
Bring on the shots.
Woo!
Let me be so clear.
I will drink any kind of tequila.
I'm not someone that's like, "I only drink 1942".
Well, when you go to college
and you drink Natty Ice for a while.
Bare minimum, does it for me
as long as I'm having a good time and getting a little buzz.
My initial observation is they look
the exact same color, so that's good.
I'm smelling now.
Ooh, this is a little bit more perfumey.
This to me smells better.
I think the only way to tell is to take the shots.
I don't know what I had to do after this
but I'll be calling myself a cab.
This is the first one.
Okay.
Not bad at all.
I usually drink Casamigos Reposado,
so I'm basing off of that.
Now let's try this.
Trying to keep the flavor in my mouth from the first shot.
Oh, I don't like that, but I bet that's more expensive
but I don't like that.
What's the taste difference?
- [Producer] One bottle is 45,
the other bottle is 13.
- I think this is the $13 one.
(buzzer rings)
- [Producer] That is the more expensive,
and that is Casamigos Reposado.
- No, it's not.
- [Producer] Yes it is.
- No it's not. - Yeah.
After drinking this,
and then going to this, this tasted awful.
Maybe I should have drank.
(jazzy music)
Ooh.
I can tell you immediately
that these are not Flaming Hot Cheetos
because that's what I consume.
If you open me up, a doctor splits me down the middle,
it's just gonna pour out Flaming Hot Cheetos.
I want my mouth to burn when I'm eating food.
My initial observation is these are way lighter
and these are darker.
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna go like this.
I have no idea.
I knew I wasn't gonna be good at this game
because both taste great to me.
I don't know the last time I've had a regular Cheeto.
Once I found Flaming Hot, I never went back.
This tastes like a normal Cheeto.
This tastes some, you go to Whole Foods
and you find that knockoff brand
that's a little healthier
or this is the gas station one that's way cheaper
and just a knockoff of this.
I don't know.
I guess these are more expensive
'cause they're the real brand.
(bell dings)
Oh!
- Yes!
This is from Trader Joe's.
Do I know my Cheetos?
Yes.
Also, though, this looks cuter with my outfit.
I got eight out of the 11 right,
which I will say I'm so proud of myself.
I didn't think I was gonna get one right.
Although I did better,
I think I'm still gonna always go with the cheaper version
because you never know what's gonna happen.
Thank you so much for having me Cosmo.
Make sure to check out "Call Her Daddy",
my show only on Spotify.
Can I have these though?
I got a souvenir, I'm going to be taking these home.
Thank you, thank you.
Goodbye.
Oh wait, and can I have that tequila?