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Refinery29 tries to guess which nail polish is more expensive. Could you figure it out by just applying it?
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00:00Maybe one day I'll be one of our nail experts.
00:02I don't think that's going to happen, but maybe one day.
00:04This is the start.
00:05You guys were here at the beginning.
00:07Hi, my name is C, and welcome to Can You Guess?
00:10Today's episode is another in our series, High vs. Low, and today we're focusing on
00:15nail polish.
00:15Both of these nail polishes are completely covered up, so I'm going to be guessing which
00:19one is the high end and which is the low end.
00:21I've always loved painting my nails.
00:23I don't know anything about nail polish, so even if I saw the names, I still wouldn't
00:26know what was more expensive or less expensive.
00:28I have no idea what would make a nail polish high end vs. low end.
00:33I'm going to go into this with a lot of confidence and say that I'm going to crush it.
00:36I am not confident at all, so let's get started.
00:40I'm ready to dive in.
00:42I think I'm going to start with the square.
00:44Opening it for the first time.
00:47Ooh, look at that.
00:49That looks, ah, it's like velvety.
00:52It looks like it's going to be a pretty smooth paint.
00:54From my first observation, I'm going to say that this is a high end nail polish.
00:59The test, we're going to go on, okay.
01:02I know this is horrible technique.
01:03It goes on very smooth and it wasn't too thick.
01:07It doesn't flow a lot, so maybe that means that it's good.
01:11It's very gloopy.
01:12The color is pretty solid.
01:14You can't see through to my nail.
01:16When I applied the second coat, some of the first coat kind of came off.
01:21This might be high end, but I'm not sure.
01:24I guess we'll see how it compares to the second one.
01:26I'm going with the second bottle.
01:27Very tight lid, which to me says it's worth a lot.
01:30It's like Fort Knox.
01:31If it's hard to get into, it must be nice.
01:33I'm going to go ahead and open this one.
01:37Dang it, they have the same brushes.
01:40I'm going to go ahead and try applying it because I feel like that's really what's going to tell
01:44me what kind of nail polish this is.
01:46It has a little bit more color.
01:49It's like a little bit more vivid, but wow.
01:52This is nice.
01:54Ooh.
01:56The second coat is going on beautifully.
01:59It is much shinier than the first one.
02:01I think that's really the deciding factor for me.
02:03I already like this one more.
02:05It's darker.
02:07It's gone on less uneven.
02:09I think I prefer this one, so that leads me to believe if I have good taste,
02:14that this is the more expensive coat.
02:16This is the high-end one.
02:18I can just tell.
02:20My final guess is going to be that the square bottle is the high-end one,
02:24and the round bottle is going to be a little bit of a low-end nail polish.
02:28Yay!
02:30I win this nail polish.
02:32I'm going to guess that the square is the cheaper one,
02:35and that the round triangular one is the more expensive one.
02:40This is a rip-up.
02:41Absolute final decision.
02:43High-end, low-end.
02:45That's that.
02:46Dang it!
02:47I was right, and this one is a little bit of a low-end.
02:51It's Sinful Colors, and it costs $1.99.
02:54This one is going to be YSL, and it is $28.
02:58I would never spend $28 on a nail polish.
03:00The more expensive one was Dior, and it costs $27,
03:06which seems like a lot to me.
03:08And this one is Sally Hansen for $4.99.
03:11Boom!
03:12Sally's got your back.
03:14Sally's your ride-or-die.
03:15This one is Bobby Brown.
03:17It is $16.
03:18No offense to Bobby Brown because I love their products,
03:21but can we talk about this guy over here?
03:23Revlon, $7.99.
03:25This was very beautiful.
03:26It went on so nicely.
03:28It is great.
03:29Wow.
03:29Maybe I know nothing about nail polish.
03:31I already kind of knew that, but I really am aware of it now.
03:34Even if something is more expensive, it doesn't necessarily mean it's better.
03:38Thank you so much for watching Can You Guess?
03:40We'll see you next time.

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