- 2 days ago
This Monday on Beauty With Mi, beauty writer Mi-Anne Chan puts high v.s. low cruelty-free makeup to the test! She uses drugstore products on one side of her face and high end products on the other to see how the hold up throughout the day. Watch this week's episode to see which makeup is worth it!
Learn more about cruelty-free cosmetics:
http://features.peta.org/cruelty-free-company-search/index.aspx
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/10/95615/animal-testing-china-makeup-manufacturing
https://logicalharmony.net/cruelty-free-vegan-brand-list/
ABOUT SERIES
Explore the craziest trends, most unique treatments, newest products, and strangest subcultures in the beauty world alongside Refinery29’s very own beauty writer, Mi-Anne Chan. We dare to find and try the fringes of beauty — for better or worse.
Products Used:
High End Makeup
Foundation: Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation $44
Concealer: Wander Beauty Concealer in Light $29
Powder: Cover FX Matte Setting Powder in Light $35
Bronzer: Marc Jacobs Bronzer O!Mega Bronze $49
Blush: Hourglass Radiant Blush in Dim Infusion $38
Highlighter: RMS Beauty Champagne Rose Luminizer $38
Eyeshadow: Natasha Denona Sunset Palette $129
Eyeliner: Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper $20
Mascara: Eyeko Sport Waterproof Mascara $26
Lipstick: Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick in Dusty Rose $20
High End Brushes
Sponge: Beauty Blender $20
Sigma F40 Large Angled Contour Brush $23
Sigma E25 Blending Brush $16
Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush $16
Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush $17
Drugstore Makeup
Foundation: Wet n Wild Photo Focus Soft Foundation in Soft Beige $6
Concealer: Wet n Wild Concealer Photo Focus Concealer in Light Ivory and Medium Beige $4
Powder: Flower Miracle Matte Translucent Finishing Powder $13
Bronzer: Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer in Bronzer $15
Blush: Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso $7
Highlighter: e.l.f. Highlighting Pearl Paint in Moonbeam $4
Eyeshadow: ColourPop Yes, Please! Pressed Powder Shadow Palette $16
Eyeliner: Jordana FabuLiner Liquid Liner $3
Mascara: Pacifica Aquarian Gaze Water Resistant Mascara $14
Lipstick: Milani Amore Matte Lip Cream in Precious $9
Drugstore Brushes
Sponge: Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge $6
Real Techniques Contour Brush from Core Collection $12
Wet n’ Wild Fluffy Blending Brush P15 $6
Real Techniques Shading Brush $6
Wet n’ Wild Tapered Highlighting Brush P20 $6
ABOUT REFINERY29
Refinery29 is a modern woman's destination for how to live a stylish, well-rounded life. http://refinery29.com/
RELATED CONTENT
I Tried This Terrifying Facial
https://youtube.com/watch?v=kUSFXFYEXa8
High Frequency Facial For Clear Skin
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3lsqDHw4aCk
I Got A Facial On My Vagina
https://youtube.com/watch?v=H4b4rkYafZQ
SEE MORE REFINERY29 VIDEOS
http://refinery29.com/video
SUBSCRIBE TO REFINERY29
Subscribe to the Refinery29 channel: http://bit.ly/subscribe-to-r29
For the latest trends and videos, visit: http://refinery29.com
Like Refinery29 on Fa
Learn more about cruelty-free cosmetics:
http://features.peta.org/cruelty-free-company-search/index.aspx
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/10/95615/animal-testing-china-makeup-manufacturing
https://logicalharmony.net/cruelty-free-vegan-brand-list/
ABOUT SERIES
Explore the craziest trends, most unique treatments, newest products, and strangest subcultures in the beauty world alongside Refinery29’s very own beauty writer, Mi-Anne Chan. We dare to find and try the fringes of beauty — for better or worse.
Products Used:
High End Makeup
Foundation: Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation $44
Concealer: Wander Beauty Concealer in Light $29
Powder: Cover FX Matte Setting Powder in Light $35
Bronzer: Marc Jacobs Bronzer O!Mega Bronze $49
Blush: Hourglass Radiant Blush in Dim Infusion $38
Highlighter: RMS Beauty Champagne Rose Luminizer $38
Eyeshadow: Natasha Denona Sunset Palette $129
Eyeliner: Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper $20
Mascara: Eyeko Sport Waterproof Mascara $26
Lipstick: Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick in Dusty Rose $20
High End Brushes
Sponge: Beauty Blender $20
Sigma F40 Large Angled Contour Brush $23
Sigma E25 Blending Brush $16
Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush $16
Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush $17
Drugstore Makeup
Foundation: Wet n Wild Photo Focus Soft Foundation in Soft Beige $6
Concealer: Wet n Wild Concealer Photo Focus Concealer in Light Ivory and Medium Beige $4
Powder: Flower Miracle Matte Translucent Finishing Powder $13
Bronzer: Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer in Bronzer $15
Blush: Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso $7
Highlighter: e.l.f. Highlighting Pearl Paint in Moonbeam $4
Eyeshadow: ColourPop Yes, Please! Pressed Powder Shadow Palette $16
Eyeliner: Jordana FabuLiner Liquid Liner $3
Mascara: Pacifica Aquarian Gaze Water Resistant Mascara $14
Lipstick: Milani Amore Matte Lip Cream in Precious $9
Drugstore Brushes
Sponge: Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge $6
Real Techniques Contour Brush from Core Collection $12
Wet n’ Wild Fluffy Blending Brush P15 $6
Real Techniques Shading Brush $6
Wet n’ Wild Tapered Highlighting Brush P20 $6
ABOUT REFINERY29
Refinery29 is a modern woman's destination for how to live a stylish, well-rounded life. http://refinery29.com/
RELATED CONTENT
I Tried This Terrifying Facial
https://youtube.com/watch?v=kUSFXFYEXa8
High Frequency Facial For Clear Skin
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3lsqDHw4aCk
I Got A Facial On My Vagina
https://youtube.com/watch?v=H4b4rkYafZQ
SEE MORE REFINERY29 VIDEOS
http://refinery29.com/video
SUBSCRIBE TO REFINERY29
Subscribe to the Refinery29 channel: http://bit.ly/subscribe-to-r29
For the latest trends and videos, visit: http://refinery29.com
Like Refinery29 on Fa
Category
🛠️
LifestyleTranscript
00:00Hey guys, it's MeeAnne and this is Beauty With Me.
00:02Guys, I'm wearing high-end makeup on one side of my face and drugstore makeup on the other.
00:08Pause right now and tell me if you can tell which side is which.
00:12As you can probably tell, I am doing a tutorial today and it's high-end makeup versus drugstore
00:17makeup but with the added bonus of every single thing being cruelty free.
00:23So without further ado, we're just going to get into this makeup look.
00:27Once we get started, let me know in the comments below if you were right and if you are new
00:33to the channel, please hit the subscribe button down below so that we can hang out every single
00:38week.
00:39Alright, let's go!
00:40Did you get it right?
00:41I'm going to put high-end makeup on the right side of my face and drugstore makeup on the
00:46left side of my face starting with foundation.
00:50Now, I have this fella, this is the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation.
00:53It feels like moisturizer going on, it has a lovely natural finish, but it has also an
00:58SPF 15.
01:00I'm going to be applying it with this little beauty blender bubble, the light pink one.
01:04Also a cruelty free product.
01:14So this foundation is definitely not inexpensive, it's $44, which is pretty typical in terms
01:19of foundation price points for kind of higher-end makeup.
01:23But if you're looking for something that has really natural-looking coverage and kind of
01:28feels like a hybrid between a foundation and a tinted moisturizer, I definitely would recommend
01:32this.
01:33So now that the right side of my face is perfected, I'm going to move on to the left
01:37side, which is the drugstore side.
01:39I'm going to be using this foundation.
01:41It is the Wet n' Wild Photo Focus Foundation.
01:44It has an interesting applicator.
01:47Look at this fella.
01:48I'm going to put it on my face directly from the spatula and I'm going to blend it in with
01:51this Real Techniques complexion sponge.
02:03This fella is $5.99, ridiculously affordable for a foundation like this.
02:08It applies so beautifully.
02:11Like, I'm looking at my skin right now and I'm like, it looks like I'm not even wearing
02:14makeup on either side honestly.
02:15Moving right along to concealer, now this is the Wander Beauty Concealer.
02:20There is an illuminating side, which is a liquid.
02:23And then there's a matte side that's a stick.
02:27I'm going to dot this illuminating side under my eyes.
02:34This has more coverage than I thought I was going to have.
02:36I'm going to use the matte side to conceal some of my blemishes.
02:45I really like this concealer.
02:46I like that it has two sides.
02:47It's 29 bucks, but for two pretty sizable products, I think it's a good deal.
02:53Like, look at this one.
02:55Pretty good.
02:56Next up, I've got another Wet n' Wild product.
02:58This is the Wet n' Wild Concealer Corrector.
03:00So, I am mixing the shades Light Ivory and Light Medium Beige.
03:06One of these fellas will run you $3.99, which is very affordable.
03:10I'm going to use this all over my face, under my eyes, around my nose where I get the redness,
03:16and onto the scarring situation that I have on my cheek.
03:25I'm going to stop there, because I think that my base is pretty much set.
03:29Overall, I think my skin looks really good.
03:31The next step is powder.
03:32I'm using this one from Cover FX.
03:34It's called the Perfect Setting Powder.
03:36This one has a little sister thing that keeps the product from getting all over the place,
03:42which is genius.
03:43So, this one is $35.
03:46When it comes to powder, I'm not very picky, I'll be honest.
03:50So, I'll kind of use anything.
03:52Looks nice.
03:53Moving right along to drugstore powder.
03:55I have this one from Flower, and it's so pretty.
03:58It's huge.
03:59It's definitely not travel-friendly.
04:01It comes with this really cute little flower puff.
04:04Should I use the puff?
04:05I'll use the puff a little bit, and then I'm going to use this Real Techniques Contour Brush
04:10as well.
04:14This fella retails for $13, which is on the pricier end for drugstore, but I think that
04:22because this is the only drugstore brand that I think has a powder like this, it's nice
04:27to know that you can get a very luxurious, like, you know, true, kind of like a vintage-inspired
04:34powder tin.
04:35So, that is powder done.
04:37Onto bronzer.
04:38Now, I love putting on bronzer, and this bronzer from Marc Jacobs, it's called the O! Mega Bronze,
04:46is so beautiful.
04:48The packaging is stupidly big.
04:51I mean, it's like ridiculously big.
04:52Look at this.
04:53It's like as big as my face.
04:55I'm going to use this Sigma Large Angle Contour Brush.
05:00This is an expensive bronzer.
05:02It's $49, but I will say it is really lovely.
05:05It blends beautifully.
05:07The color is kind of the perfect matte bronzer color.
05:10It's a little bit chocolatey, not too warm, not too cool.
05:14You can kind of use it for both functions.
05:16You can use it to contour if you want.
05:17You can use it to slightly warm up your complexion.
05:21So, I'm going to stop there because I can very easily go overboard with the bronzer.
05:25I'm going to move on to the drugstore side, which is the Physician's Formula Butter Bronzer
05:30in Deep Bronze.
05:32I love the texture of this stuff, so I'm going to dip my contour brush into this product.
05:42So I'm going in with even more product because it is a lot lighter and sheerer than the Marc
05:47Jacobs side, so I want it to match.
05:49But I will say that it blends so nicely.
05:56$15 for a drugstore bronzer, though, that's kind of a lot.
05:58Assessment!
06:01I'm a fan.
06:01They're very different, so it really depends on what you want.
06:04If you want bronze in one stroke, quick, fast, opaque, Marc Jacobs, if you want to be
06:08able to build your color, Physician's Formula.
06:10Moving right along to blush.
06:12My high-end blush is this fella from Hourglass.
06:15It's the Ambient Lighting Blush in the shade Dim and Fusion.
06:18I've used these blushes before, but I've never used this shade.
06:21It's a beautiful, marbled, baked, peachy, coral color.
06:26So I don't like to go too ham with blush, so I just usually will take my brush, I'm using
06:32the same, the Sigma Large Angle Contour, dabbing it in here, tapping off the excess, and then
06:39I like to sweep it just above where I put my bronzer and then onto the apple of my cheek.
06:44It looks good.
06:46Me like it.
06:47So drugstore side, I have this baked blush from Milani.
06:52It is the classic Luminoso.
06:54It also has a nice kind of radiant finish, but look at the pigment in this.
06:58Right off the bat, the Milani one is VVV pigmented.
07:03This blush retails for seven bucks.
07:05I think it's definitely worth the money.
07:07It's a lovely color.
07:08It goes onto the skin beautifully.
07:10It's not catching on dry skin.
07:13It's not looking patchy.
07:14I'm going to go in a little bit more.
07:17It looks the same.
07:18I like it.
07:19Highlighter time!
07:21And on the high-end side, I have RMS Beauty.
07:24It's called the Champagne Rosé Luminizer.
07:26It launched this year, and it is so pretty.
07:29And it has the prettiest pink micro shimmer running through it that when you turn your
07:36head, it hits the light in a really beautiful and flattering way.
07:39So I'm going to use my ring finger.
07:43So I powdered my face already, as you saw.
07:46When I wear cream highlighter, I'll layer it on top of powder.
07:49And this one is layering on top of powder really well.
07:52This fella is 38 bucks, which is pricey for something so small.
07:57But because it's for highlighter and you're not going to use it all over your face, I do
08:01think, I will say that this pot will last you so long.
08:04Alright!
08:05So the drugstore side is this fella from e.l.f.
08:09It's called the Highlighting Pearl Paint.
08:11It sheers out really nicely.
08:13It's definitely more on the frosty side than the RMS is.
08:17But like the RMS one, it has a little bit of warm shimmer going through it.
08:22So same deal on my ring finger.
08:25This one costs four bucks.
08:28Very affordable.
08:29Look at this.
08:30Already, like I'm telling you right now, one layer of this is definitely more on the strobe-y
08:36side.
08:36But I don't dislike it.
08:38I actually really like it.
08:39It's layering on top of powder also really, really well.
08:42Honestly, both of them are really pretty.
08:44It's just your personal preference.
08:45Next up is the most expensive item on this side of my face.
08:49It's going to be the Natasha Denona Sunset Palette.
08:53And it has all of these gorgeous yellows, golds, reds.
08:59So I'm going to go with a very fall color palette with some yellow on the lid and a little
09:04bit of these rust shades in the crease.
09:06I think it's going to look like a leaf.
09:08So this is the Sigma E25.
09:10I'm going to use it to pick up this matte pigment.
09:13Whoa, whoa, whoa.
09:15That's a lot.
09:19And then I'm going to go in with Horizon, this warm rusty terracotta shade in my crease.
09:27Then I'm going to take my fluffy blending brush.
09:31This is the Sigma tapered blending brush.
09:33It is the E40.
09:34Windshield wiper motions.
09:37Blending the horizon of my sunset.
09:39And then I'm going to use my shader brush to take some of the darker pigments a little
09:44bit under my eye.
09:45It looks weird without eyeliner and mascara, but it's going to come together, guys.
09:50So now I have the next palette and it is from Colourpop.
09:55I think it's actually called the Yes Please palette, but it is cute AF.
09:58This palette has a very similar color tone to the Natasha.
10:02Let's do a little side by side.
10:04The Colourpop is lacking the very, very opaque, stark white shade and doesn't have some,
10:10it's not as glittery.
10:11The Colourpop one is 16 bucks and this one's $129.
10:14So I'm going to go in same shades.
10:16I'm going to use this wet and wild brush.
10:19It is the P15.
10:25I'm going to go in with the Real Technique shading brush and use some of the deeper matte
10:29shades to define my crease.
10:32Placing this in my outer corner, this shade is a little bit more red than the shade that
10:37I used on the Natasha, but I think once it's all blended out, it won't look very different.
10:42So I'm going to use this fluffy blending brush from Wet n Wild.
10:44It's the P20.
10:46And blend those colors.
10:50So I'm looking at both sides now.
10:53Pigment, totally there on the Colourpop side.
10:55Blending was a little bit more difficult.
10:57Natasha's side, pigment also was great.
11:00Blending was easy.
11:01I think that the Colourpop palette being $16 is such a good price for shadows of this quality.
11:08So I'm going to move right along and do eyeliner.
11:10I've got one of my favorites, Kat Von D Tattoo Liner.
11:13It's a great liner, cruelty free.
11:15So I'm going to use that to create a little cat eye on the high end side.
11:29That's the eyeliner done.
11:31I just really like this brush tip.
11:33It's just so good.
11:34So drugstore side, I'm using this eyeliner from Jordana.
11:38It's called the Fabu Liner Liquid Eyeliner in Black.
11:41It has more of a traditional felt tip and definitely is thicker than the Kat Von D.
11:46But it looks like it's still going to give me a nice fine line.
11:55Despite the fact that it has a thicker tip, it's actually really, that, drawing that thin line was really easy.
12:01And this thing is $3.
12:06That was really easy.
12:07I don't love felt tip liners, but that one, it applied really, really nicely.
12:12Impressed with both of them, honestly.
12:14Alright, last piece of the eye makeup puzzle is mascara.
12:19And the high end side, I have this Ico Sport Waterproof Mascara.
12:24It has a really nice curved brush and it retails for $26.
12:37Alright, so that is mascara on the high end side done.
12:41On the drugstore side on the left, I'm going to use this one from Pacifica.
12:45It's called Aquarian Gaze.
12:46It's a water resistant mascara.
12:48It's not waterproof, which I'm a little bit nervous about.
12:51Opening it up right away, I like the brush.
12:53This is a plastic brush, really dense bristles.
12:57So hopefully that hugs my lashes really well.
12:59So this mascara retails for $14, which is pretty pricey.
13:09So far, I like it.
13:10I'd be interested to see if these smudge and whether or not they will hold a curl.
13:14Because there are even some mascaras that are waterproof that I've tried that don't hold a curl.
13:18So, we will check in there.
13:20Last but not least, I have lips.
13:22And on the high end side, I'm going to be using the Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick
13:26in Dusty Rose.
13:27It retails for $20.
13:35Alright, half the lips done.
13:37That was really easy to apply.
13:38The color was very opaque.
13:39It feels comfortable so far though.
13:41We'll see.
13:41And on the drugstore side, I'm going to be using this Milani Amore Matte Lip Cream in the shade Precious.
13:47This one retails for $9.
13:55Okay, so I think it's dried down now.
13:57I don't think that you can really tell the difference.
13:59They're both lovely.
14:01They feel good so far, but these are really matte.
14:05So I'm wondering how they're going to wear throughout the day.
14:09But that's the look done.
14:11I don't know.
14:12Does this lipstick look a little too much for the eye look?
14:14I don't know.
14:15We're going to roll with it.
14:16It's time for Can You Tell?
14:19I'm with Julia.
14:21Hello.
14:22Hey.
14:23Alright, I'm wearing high-end makeup on one side of my face and drugstore makeup on the other side.
14:27Oh.
14:28This challenge.
14:29What do you think?
14:30Which one?
14:30Which is which?
14:31I think this side.
14:33Why?
14:35Well, maybe it's because you did a better job blending that high.
14:39I'm not sure.
14:40The truth comes out.
14:41I just think that it's like really nicely blended.
14:44Errr!
14:45You're wrong.
14:46This is the high-end side.
14:47This is the drugstore side.
14:49This eyeshadow palette is like $100.
14:50Clearly I know nothing.
14:52Hi, Louis.
14:53How you doing?
14:53I have a question for you.
14:54Yeah.
14:55I'm wearing high-end makeup on half my face and drugstore makeup on the other half.
14:59Okay.
14:59Which one do you think is which?
15:02I think the high-end makeup's on your left and my right.
15:07You're wrong!
15:09Why did you say that?
15:10I don't know.
15:11I think it was better.
15:12Okay.
15:13Yeah.
15:13Wise words from Louis over here.
15:16Hi, guys.
15:17I'm back.
15:18It is 6 p.m.
15:19So I've been wearing this makeup for seven hours.
15:21And I've got to say it's looking pretty good, but I am looking oily.
15:27The foundation looks good on both sides.
15:31Honestly, I can't really tell the difference.
15:33Powder-wise, cover FX side might have made my skin just a hair.
15:39A hair matter.
15:41Concealer looks good.
15:43No complaints.
15:44On the highlighter front, you can still see this.
15:47Here, I can still see it.
15:48The dewiness is still there, but it's dried out a bit as I've worn it.
15:53You can still see the nice pinkish tinge, but it's definitely not as strong as the elf side.
16:01Eye-wise, I'm getting a little bit more smudging on the left side of my face.
16:06So the drugstore side.
16:07I'm surprised that this Pacifica mascara did hold a curl.
16:12Eyeshadow-wise, I think they both look really good.
16:17Creasing just a little on the Colourpop side.
16:22Eyeliner, I mean Kat Von D Slade.
16:24She always does.
16:26This liner isn't smudging.
16:30It's staying really crisp.
16:31The Jordana side also looks really crisp, but it is starting to smudge a little bit on the inner corner
16:37of my eye.
16:38Lipstick-wise, I can tell that there's two different lipsticks on my lips.
16:43I think it's the one thing that I didn't match, didn't color match, but they actually both feel really good.
16:49Alright, that's it guys.
16:50I just talked through a whole lot of product, but I hope that it showed you guys how to wear
16:56some new different makeup techniques,
16:58what products are good.
16:59It also hopefully showed you that you can get a luxury look without having to pay high-end prices.
17:05As always, please let me know what you thought in the comments and let me know which side you think
17:10held up better,
17:11the high-end side or the drugstore side.
17:13I'm very curious.
17:14If you're new to cruelty-free makeup or you just want to know more about the concept,
17:18I will link some information in the description bar.
17:21But if you have any favorite cruelty-free brands, please let me know as well.
17:24Until then, I will see you guys next Monday.
17:27Bye!
17:28Thanks so much for watching guys.
17:30Let me know what you want me to do next in the comments below.
17:33And click here to subscribe to Refinery29 and click here to watch more videos.
17:37See you later!
17:37See you later!
17:38Bye!