- Cognac just never disappoints, okay?
(laughter)
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- Makeup has been an interesting journey.
I'm always picking, like, the second to last shade
and I am nowhere near the darkest kind of black woman.
- Like I just don't wear makeup because I can't
find a shade.
- And because your skin's fucking perfect.
- Which, whatever.
- It hasn't been that bad but I feel like
that's only because I kind-of stick to pricier makeup.
- Of course you do.
'Cause she's fancy.
- I go in between this, like,
"I'm not light enough but I'm not dark enough."
- I am that girl that will open a package at CVS
and be like, "Oops."
Just see security like..
(nervous laughter)
- Going to school in New Hampshire, growing up
in Orange County, you weren't gonna see that at CVS, ever.
- Right in the middle of, you know, Manhattan
and you go into a drugstore, they may not
have your shade there.
- But if you come to Harlem.
- But if you go to Harlem or Brooklyn.
What up!
- They got your shade. - They got you.
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- Oh "Chocolate Honey".
Gotta love the names, guys, really.
How many ways can we say "multi-cultural" by Kanye West.
- Oh it's "Coffee Crave".
- Ew.
- This is called, "Cognac".
(laughter)
- You know what, at that point, they might as well
call it "Hennessy".
- Wait, I don't know if I should be offended.
(laughter)
- A little bit.
- But also true.
- They're not like, "Nude", "Bare", "Buff".
It's like, "Chocolate" and black girls
just have to use it as a nude
because they don't make a nude for you, Boo.
- This is pretty, it's a pretty pink.
I think it would make me look ashy
and it's definitely not a nude for me.
- I don't know, I feel like if you're much darker
than us or even, maybe, like a shade or two darker
than us, that a few of these aren't gonna work.
(sighs)
- It's like choosing between a bunch of fuck boys.
- So, I'm going to try Bite in the color "Cognac".
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- Let me do approval.
Oh, then she gave me the face.
Mm, yes, yes.
I like it.
That looks really good on you.
- I like it, too.
It's, like, just really soft and simple,
like, real chocolatey.
I say good job, Bite.
- Okay, so I'm gonna mix two colors.
I'm gonna start with Bite and then I'll try Too Faced,
"Melted Chocolate".
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- It doesn't look bad.
- I'm not about the nude life.
It's not meant for me. - Yes, it is.
- I'm going Marc Jacobs 'cause I think I'm bougie today.
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- Oh!
It's not horrible.
It's not horrible by any means.
- It looks like something that I would not put on my lips.
- I'ma go "Melted Honey".
Oh God.
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I feel like yours is, like, a pinkish-peachy
and this is, like, a...
- Brownish-Peachy.
- A toffee.
- I think Sephora's the winner.
That's the first one, right here.
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I'm actually into it.
I don't know, I'm afraid of big colors but also nudes
freak me out 'cause I don't want my lips to look ashy
but it looks really good.
- Mm hmm.
- It, like, compliments my skin.
- I'm wondering about this Marc Jacobs.
- The last one?
- Yeah.
- Okay, Marc Jacobs it is.
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(laughter)
- No. - She's not happy.
- 'Cause I feel like if I got anything darker,
it's gonna be, like, extreme dark.
- Maybe you should just try dark.
Maybe you're just absolutely wrong.
- I think that's the only thing I need.
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I feel like if I go any lighter I'm gonna look washed out.
- If you're a woman of color, stick to browns,
even though it's not gonna say "Nude" on the packaging,
because it will be your nude.
- This is not something I would buy,
I'll tell you that much.
Luckily, we're cute so it's not, like, a terrible
situation but like... - I care about you enough
to not let you buy that.
- And I wouldn't let her go out in this, either.
- I guess it's worth someone trying this out for theirselves
and seeing what they come up with, like, giving it a try.
Getting a variety of nude lipsticks and see if they work?
- Yeah.
- I mean we both had different results
but I think it's worth trying.
- Carry my shade.
(laughter)
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