Medha Imam: This is "How Much Should I Spend?"
Nico Reyes: Where we test a method using different products
at various price points to let you know
which is the best value for your money.
Medha: So, today, we're going to test out three ways
to fix broken makeup.
Nico: Which I am really excited for,
because I break my makeup products constantly.
Medha: Me too. I have broken highlighters,
foundation bottles, and just everything in between.
Nico: Yeah.
I think that no matter what the price point
of your powder makeup, it's still really sad
when you have a product that you like
and now it kind of just feels, like, unusable.
Medha: Yeah. Nico: Like, it's broken,
and you're like, ugh!
What am I gonna do now?
So, the methods that we're gonna be testing out today
are rubbing alcohol with a fork,
the Moon Mousse Magic Makeup Repair Kit,
and the Fixy Creation and Repair Kit.
So, I have the two products that we are
about to destroy right here in my hands.
The True Match Lumi Glow Nude from L'Oréal
and this neon eye-shadow palette from Huda Beauty.
Medha: So, I think the main thing we're looking for is
that not only do we want to fix our makeup product,
but we also want to preserve the color,
the texture, and everything that the makeup actually is
before it was broken.
We're going to start off with the cheapest
and easiest option.
It is the rubbing alcohol and a fork.
Nico: All we have to do is break this down
into little, tiny pieces and put a few drops
of the rubbing alcohol, and then we use our fingers
to kind of press it down and smooth them all
back into place.
Do you feel like it's good enough?
Medha: It is, but it just looks messy.
I just...this is such a beautiful palette.
Nico: Mm, yeah.
Medha: Do you guys wanna see?
Nico: It's a paint.
Medha: It is a paint.
So, I guess the key is
we shouldn't put too much rubbing alcohol.
Nico: Yeah.
Medha: Because you're just gonna make lipstick.
Nico: Also, I think I just stained my hand.
Let's move on to Moon Mousse.
For this, I think let's just break up all of them first
and then let the foam sit on them for a few minutes.
This little, like, smoothing tool has been a lifesaver.
Medha: This is the makeup with the Moon Mousse,
and I've gotta say, they look better
than the rubbing alcohol product.
Nico: I totally agree, even though this one
does take probably a little bit longer too,
just 'cause the foam needs to settle into the product.
I still think it was way easier to move everything
into the shadow pan and the highlighter pan
than with the alcohol.
Medha: Yeah, I think with the Moon Mousse,
they came with additional tools,
like a smoother and a brush,
and I think that those actually really helped.
So, our next product is our Fixy kit,
and I'm really excited to try that out.
Nico: What you gotta do. You take your product,
and you take this picker tool that comes with the kit,
break it down just like we have been this whole time,
and pour it into this piece of the Fixy,
which is a grinder.
Once you get all the powder product on,
you're gonna use this little tool
to massage it through the grinder.
We're gonna see what the product looks like.
It's gonna be really smooth and very milled.
Pour it back into the pan, then we're gonna spray it
with the Fixy binding solution,
pat it down into place, let it dry overnight.
This doesn't look nearly as much
as what we grinded up.
Medha: We lost a lot.
Nico: We lost so much product.
Medha: All we have left to do now is wait
for the makeup products to dry until tomorrow morning,
when we will actually swatch the products one more time.
Nico: And then we're gonna pick a winner
based on which product not only fixed our makeup the best,
but which one held up with our products' quality.
Medha: So, see you guys tomorrow morning.
Nico: We're back!
All of our makeup has finally dried.
It's the next morning, and we're gonna start off
by swatching the alcohol ones first.
Oh, that looks great!
Medha: That looks amazing!
Nico: That looks really good!
Medha: That was one swatch.
Wait, to be honest, I thought we were looking
at the Fixy one.
Nico: No, this is the alcohol one!
Medha: This is amazing!
Guys, this, for rubbing alcohol, it's pretty good!
Nico: That's pretty good, yeah.
Medha: This one now is the Moon Mousse
that we're about to check out.
Nico: I don't like how these highlighters are looking.
So, our final method that we tried out was the Fixy kit.
Let's swatch these and see how they turned out.
[both gasp]
Nico: It broke already!
I barely touched it!
[both gasp]
Nico: Oh, my God! Oh, no!
We also just lost another beautiful shadow.
We've tried all the methods.
We've swatched each makeup product
before and after the process,
and I think we finally have a winner.
And what is that winner, Medha?
Medha: It's the rubbing alcohol.
Nico: I can't believe we're saying the rubbing alcohol.
It's so true, though.
Medha: Yeah. Nico: It wasn't bad at all.
The only thing is, aesthetically,
it didn't look as beautiful as the other two.
When it came to the Moon Mousse,
I thought it also worked well.
I liked how the swatches looked before and after.
There wasn't much of a difference,
but we did get that weird flakiness
with some of the products.
And on top of that, the highlighters,
which were already not pigmented, look worse now.
Like, they're nonexistent on my skin.
Fixy just didn't bind.
Medha: No.
Nico: The Fixy didn't even do the one thing
that we wanted it to do.
Like, step one was just to...
Medha: Fix it. Nico: Fix the makeup.
To make sure that it bound together
and was one solid piece again.
It just crumbled back to that finely milled powder
that we made with the grinder
as soon as we pretty much touched them.
So the next time you drop a product,
just head to your local Walgreens, CVS,
pick up a $2 rubbing alcohol,
and I think you'll be all set.