- That's something that I do at the end of this video.
Like, (sings) that's what I feel like
eyeshadow makes me wanna do.
Just dance with my eyes.
Let's get started. (laughs)
- Did we get it? Okay.
Today, we are ranking Youtuber eyeshadow palettes.
Some of them are from their own brands.
Most of them are collabs.
- There's gonna be several people here that I know,
and some people that I don't,
so I'm excited to see the plethora
of YouTubers and their brands.
- We brought Ryann in for several reasons.
One, he does drag, so he's familiar with makeup,
but he's not super familiar with the YouTubers
that this makeup comes from.
He can be the impartial judge.
I love all of these YouTubers.
I have a bias. I just think all their makeup is great.
Here's the criteria on which we are judging.
Packaging: how does it feel?
Does it bring you joy?
It's like the Marie Kondo category.
- Love that.
- Second is quality: how well does it blend out?
Is it pigmented?
- Not all eye shadows are created equally.
- This is true.
The third category is value.
Do you hear the price and go, "I'm not getting enough,"
or do you hear the price and go, "Oh, hell, yeah."
- Mm-hm.
I'm excited, this will be really fun!
- Let's dive in.
- [Megan] Starting on the top.
- [Ryann] Mm-hm.
- Patrick Starr. Patrick Starr doesn't have his own line.
He does a lot of collabs with MAC, right?
- MAC is nice.
- It's very lightweight.
- It's also very chic.
It feels very "mmm." It's classy.
Color story, for me, does feel a little bit lacking.
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- I kind of really like this.
- This is blending out very well.
Patrick Starr's name is on it,
but at the end of the day, it's a MAC eyeshadow,
and they perform really well.
How much would you pay for it?
- Knowing that it's MAC, seeing its coverage,
I would probably pay...
Like $30 for it.
- This was $43, and then on sale, it's $25.50.
- 'Cause even $30, I was being like,
alright, I know it's higher quality.
I know it's expensive.
$40, I was still like,
that's a lot for a limited amount of color.
- For four pans, nah. Not for me.
Next, Kathleen Lights.
This is called the Zodiac Palette.
- That makes me excited. Ooooh, wow!
Okay, one, packaging, incredible.
And then when you get to the inside,
wow, that color story's crazy.
I love that there's a wide range.
This feels like something I would definitely use in drag.
- And when you open it, big giant mirror.
- Didn't even think about that.
- I've used this palette before, so I'm already a big fan.
Let's dive in.
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- Color pop, true to form.
Definitely is very pigmented.
And this gold on this eye, baby!
She is shiny. - It looks ballin'.
- I feel like Rihanna.
- It didn't blend out well at all.
It also wasn't super pigmented,
but I think what I use this palette most for
is its shimmers and the glitters.
Still a great palette, I think.
- Packaging and the color story already sold me.
I'm gonna say I would pay a solid $20 for it.
- $18.
- Oh, yes!
You know what, I love something that comes in at a budget.
- [Megan] Next up, Makeup Geek,
whose founder is Marlena Stell.
- Looking at this little palette here,
I don't see my theme in it in terms of drag,
but I feel like in terms of the everyday,
the way a lot of people wear makeup,
that seems like it would be good for.
- I really like in this palette,
it's sorta rare to have a see-through front,
so that way, when I'm...
filing through all of my eyeshadow palettes,
I know what this is.
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I love this. I think it's super pigmented.
It blended out really nice.
I am now a big fan of Marlena and Makeup Geek.
- Wow, that looks so good.
- Let's add a shimmer for fun, shall we?
Ooh, the shimmer is buttery.
- Yeah, it feels very buttery.
Just looking at it, it looks kinda boring,
but on the skin, on the eye,
Baby, this is it.
Looks can be deceiving.
I would pay probably $25.
- $20.
- Nice!
- [Megan] You're gonna love this one.
- [Ryann] Ooh.
- [Megan] Brunch Date! I like Zoella.
I watch her videos a lot.
And I've never tried her collab with ColourPop.
- Packaging wise, Zoella, this is really adorable.
Ooh!
Okay, I love it a lot.
The mirror is really great.
Don't those all look the same? No?
They look like a lot of the same color.
If this is a brunch, what is the blue?
I don't know what I'm looking at.
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- It's not blending out great for me.
- I have always found trouble
getting colors to really pop on my skin.
That being said, I'm not as obsessed with the blue.
- The shimmer is really there,
and then the mattes just aren't.
- I don't think I would pay much for it.
It's very cute, so I would say maybe like $10, $15.
- It's $18.
You get a lot of colors,
but the mattes don't blend out well enough
for me to want to purchase it.
- I agree.
- [Megan] Now we have Huda Beauty.
- [Ryann] Huda Beauty, ooh, that's kinda fun.
Huda Beauty.
- [Megan] Huda Kattan is the YouTuber.
Disclaimer: we are purposefully ignoring
the drama that comes with the names of these YouTubers
and just focusing on the palette.
I saw the palette in Sephora and went...
- [Ryann] Ooh.
- (whispers) I need that.
- I'm excited to see it.
I'm thinking that it's gonna be something
that will be very good for date night again.
And yes, or actually no.
It's more of a girls night out palette.
- This can be so daytime casual or so nighttime sexy.
It's heavy, it feels (bleeps) rich.
I love, love the color story.
I think it performs well,
but we have you here to offset my bias.
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- I have mixed feelings.
- I wouldn't say it's the most
pigmented palette that I own.
- No, but what it does, it does well.
- Yes.
- And I'm being completely honest.
I wouldn't pay for this.
I don't think I would use these colors enough.
- How much would you pay?
- If I had to say a price, $20, $25
if someone was selling it to me,
but I know it's gonna be more than that.
- It's $65.
- Yeah, absolutely-- $65?
- Moving on.
- [Megan] Life's A Drag, Manny MUA.
- [Ryann] don't know that name, what?
Wow, this...
Okay. One, this is marketed towards me.
This screams, "I'm here, I'm queer, get used to it."
I love how the little mirror
says "Be a Queen" on the top of it.
- I was a big fan of Manny when this palette came out.
You have the black and the white,
because drag queens use a lot of pure black and pure white,
and then all these colors, so you can do something fun.
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- If I wore makeup on the reg,
this would be a cute accent,
like, "Oh, I'm just putting on a little hint of yellow."
Strange that the drag palette is the most subtle. (laughs)
The range of it, considering that I have
the black and white, which will help me in drag,
I would pay $25 to $30 for this.
Oh God, I'm off, I'm wrong.
- This is $45.
- Honestly, not bad.
- I would say, it's almost worth the money.
- [Megan] Jefree Star has his own cosmetics line.
This is not a collab, it's Jeffree Star.
- This is just fun.
- Feels good, right, when you hold it?
- It does! It just feels like
whatever's gonna be inside is gonna be (bleeps) weird.
It's like take me to your leader.
Whoa, this is just well-designed!
- Mm-hm. I like all of his makeup, honestly.
It's really good quality, so let's dive in for fun.
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- Wow, okay.
Creatively, this palette speaks to me.
I wanna do so many things with it.
And I'm like, obsessed.
- Yeah, she makes me wanna play all day.
- If a random person dropped this,
and it wasn't a YouTuber I knew,
I would pay upwards of $50 for this.
And honestly, that probably would go further than that.
- It is $52.
- Oh, wow, I'm buying this tonight.
- She's out of stock.
He's always out of stock, like his product is good.
- Wow.
- His product is good, this is the Alien palette.
I love her.
- So good.
- Moving on.
- [Megan] Do you know who Jaclyn Hill is?
- [Ryann] Collab with MORPHE.
I stan MORPHE's formula.
I think their eyeshadows are (bleeps) bomb.
- Ooh, it looks like a rainbow.
- Lots of mattes, lots of glitters, lots of shimmers.
- Yeah, that's fun.
This color story is pretty killer.
- Let's dive in.
- Let's do it.
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- They perform well, they blend out well.
- Feels quality.
Considering the variety and how big the palette is.
And it's MORPHE, so I know it's gonna be good.
Probably like $55, $60.
- For 35 shades, it is $38.
- Wow, this is cheaper than I thought! Wow, that's good.
- Morphe's really affordable.
And good quality, though.
- [Megan] Finally, what I believe to be the main event,
so I'm really biased.
Have you heard of James Charles?
- Never heard of her.
Yes, I know who James Charles is.
- So this is the only one that you're like,
"I know who that is."
- [Ryann] Yeah, 100%.
- I would like you to please open this.
- Oh, thank you for the honor.
Is it gonna be magical?
- Yes.
(Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus")
Wow!
Oh, wow, it's literally a rainbow.
- Taste the rainbow, bitch.
So the whole shtick with this is,
it says "Unleash your inner artist."
James is an artist, and he wants you to open this palette.
Look at me, I'm selling it.
This is not sponsored, I just love this palette,
and I like watching him.
He wants you to open it and be inspired
to create art on your face.
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- So the interesting thing about this palette, too,
is some of them are eyeshadows,
and some of them are pressed pigments.
- What does that mean?
- It's like the core concentrated color,
so sometimes that makes it harder to blend out,
but if you're willing to be patient and blend,
- It works out.
- Beauty.
- 'Cause I feel like it's that perfect blend
of subtle but concentrated pigmentation.
This makes me feel like a princess. (laughs)
I don't know how else to describe it.
- If you are just starting out in makeup,
this is the perfect palette,
'cause it has so many neutrals,
and then so many colors, so then when you're comfortable,
- You can branch out.
- Yep.
- The options and all of it,
I would pay $60 for this, probably.
It's great, it's so good.
I'm still playing with it as I respond to you.
- $40.
- Shut up! Oh my (splutters)
- I won't.
- That's sold out?
- It comes back.
- When? It's probably like, it's like Coachella tickets.
It sells out immediately, doesn't it?
- Tea.
- Off-camera, we've decided the ranking.
Last, the Zoella ColourPop collab.
Brunch Date, just didn't perform the way you'd like.
- No, it wasn't for me.
- [Megan] Eight out of nine, Life's a Drag.
- [Ryann] Yeah, definitely number eight.
It didn't seem to perform like the other ones afterwards.
- Not worth the price.
Number seven.
- [Ryann] The nude by Huda Beauty.
The glitter was great, but I felt like
some of the options were just not there for me,
so just, meh.
- [Megan] Six outta nine.
- [Ryann] Yeah, Patrick Starr.
It just was limited on the options, I thought.
I wish it had a little bit more.
- It performed well enough to beat out these three
with way other more colors.
- For sure.
- [Megan] Five outta nine.
- [Ryann] Yeah, the makeup geek was really good.
Although it had limited color story,
the actual items in there were so good and so pigmented.
The way it went on was stupid good.
- [Megan] Fourth, the Alien palette by Jefree Star.
- [Ryann] So good.
The only thing that knocked it out for me was,
it was a little expensive
and doesn't have as much options as I'd like.
But, when you're in it, wow, so good.
- [Megan] We disagreed on second place.
Ryan chose the Zodiac from Kathleen Lights.
- [Ryann] Loved it, so fun.
I loved that Gemini glitter,
and then it had a lot of other options in it,
and also the price.
It was fairly cheap, and that's what really got me.
For the price and the quality.
- It's a baller price.
I chose Jaclyn Hill, because I loved the formula
and the color story, and you get a lot for your money.
And finally, the James Charles palette.
There's just no beating the range of color in the formula.
- [Ryann] Hands down, the best.
It's a great starter palette,
because you can blend this with any other palette you have,
and it's fun.
It makes me want to sit and play makeup all day.
- If you wanna see us rank other Youtubers' palettes,
'cause we haven't done them all,
leave a comment below.
- Byyeeee!
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