Hi sisters. James Charles here and welcome back to my youtube channel. So a few months ago I did a video on my channel
called testing fake makeup where I went down to Santee alley, and if you are an LA native,
you know that that is like the holy grail of all fake products and all I can knock off or really really cheap goods, and
I did a video testing out fake makeup products where I did like knockoffs of all like high-end name-brand stuff.
You guys absolutely loved that video, and it is one of the most viewed on my entire channel,
so thank you for that and I got so many comments
asking me to do it again
And one of the main comments I got on the video, as well, is that
I should have gotten the real versions of all the fake products and tested them out half and half, which I was like
oh, yeah, that would've been a really really smart idea. So today
I'm coming at you with a part two of testing fake makeup.
I have a ton of new products that I did not try out in the last video the real versions and the fake versions ,as well.
So we're gonna do half and half and compare how the real products compared to the fake ones. So yeah without further ado,
let's go ahead and get started.
So I actually don't have any base products to test out for you guys, the only foundation that I've ever seen a fake version of
Is the Mac one that I used in the last video.
But, what I do have is a knockoff Beauty Blender that I found.
So I'm gonna go ahead and use a knockoff Beauty Blender and a real Beauty Blender on
different sides of my face using my regular foundation,
and we're gonna see how they actually apply. If they apply the same if they're different so yeah. What I find weirdest about this knockoff
Beauty Blender is the fact that it comes in a plastic package that literally says "the Original Beauty Blender"
and I've had at many Beauty Blenders in the past and this is literally the same exact
plastic packaging that the regular Beauty Blenders come in which is very very suspicious,
but if you take the actual sponge out, it is definitely a different shade of pink. A different shape as well.
This one is slightly more fat, and the texture is completely
different. Oh God alright, so these are both completely soaked and then wrung out.
This is obviously the fake one. It has not changed in size in the slightest, and this is the real Beauty Blender which is now
like probably doubled in size. So I'm gonna grab my Too Faced Born This Way Foundation
which is one of my all time favorites right now and just pump a little bit on the back of my hand and then we're going to
apply it. So, this is literally incredibly hard and not like remotely comfortable in the slightest.
You know how makeup gurus are always like "oh my god I'm beating my face"? Like I am literally having to beat my face with this product.
I'm gonna go ahead and now grab my real Beauty Blender into the Born This Way Foundation, and do the rest of my face. Ah,
So much better.
So the knockoff Beauty Blender I bought at Santee alley for a total of 9 dollars,
and the real Beauty Blender retails at like most makeup stores for I think
20 dollars. Obviously you are saving money by getting the fake version,
but clearly it is not really working out that well for me you have to blend it out really really
really hard and it does soak up a lot of product as well, so ultimately at the end of the day
you're just losing money because you are using more of your foundation
and I'm assuming your concealer when we get to that step in a second which I am literally horrified for. But,
literally to spend the extra
11 dollars, if you have it of course, and get the real version because it pays off so much better.
So, like I said with the foundation I didn't find any base dupes.
So, I'm gonna go ahead and use the Tarte Shape Tape concealer in the shade light-medium on both sides
then we're just gonna use the different Beauty Blenders to blend them out.
I'm literally hitting myself so hard to actually like blend out and distribute this product.
Which is not what I want to be doing right now. Using the original is just so much more effortless and not as violent.
Alright, so now that the base is all on our next step is going to be to powder and once again you guys know that I
love my Beauty Blender for this so I just have my regular Laura Mercier translucent setting powder
And I'm gonna first get my kockoff Beauty Blender and dip into the powder
And I am so horrified for this one being first gonna do my nose on the fake half
Oh
God
Normally when I do with my regular Beauty Blender it really helps to melt the powder into the skin which creates a really flawless finish
I am definitely not achieving that with this sponge at all
Which is why I'm getting like a lot of excess and residue powder on my nose under my eyes as you can see
Flashback Mary is trying to come back today, and we are not about to have that happen.
So my face is all set and I am currently
baking at 350 degrees to get my face locked in place and all snatched and ready to go
and of course the next step while I'm always baking is my eyebrows and I do have a knockoff product for those and that is the
"Anastasia" Brow Definer. Now I did have a brow definer in the same exact shade
And I got dark brown in the fake one, but I just went on a trip and happened to leave mine there
So I had to improvise and instead of using the brow definer today. I'm gonna use the
Anastasia Brow Wiz, they are both in the shade of dark brown. I figured the actual shape of the product doesn't really matter that much
I'm just gonna compare it to color the price and the formula
And how they actually look on the brows you guys get the point
My dumb ass just shouldn't have lost the product in the first place
Let's go ahead and swatch it on my hand to actually see how the colors compare. So this is the dark brown
brow definer.
Oh wow.
Okay, so the formula is super super soft as you can see it
Just broke off almost instantly swatching this on my hand. I'm gonna try that again
So as you guys can see I just went ahead and applied the real dark brown from Anastasia
And the fake dark brown is actually darker Brown and the real dark brown from actual Anastasia
You know this is a mess that you guys should understand what I'm saying at this point
And the real dark brown is actually a lot more gray toned and the fake dark brown as well
This is a definitely has a more red undertone, so this is definitely look like more realistic brown hairs on the real side
but
let's go ahead and apply the fake version to the left side and the real version to the right side like we did with the
Beauty blenders and let's see which one actually applies it better when I'm instantly noticing right away - is that the point on the
Fake oh my god ow the point of the actual like tip of the product is not nearly as sharp
Or defined despite the fact that it is the Anastasia brow definer as the original version
I'm applying these lines, and they're coming out very very thick and usually I'm able to get a very very sharp edge
Which makes my brow look super super chiseled out, but as you can see looking at the tail right here?
It is not chiseled out in the slightest it looks very very messy.
You're kidding No
Okay, this eyebrows will be like throwback to original James Charles Beauty Instagram block eyebrows this looks the worst
Normally, I would go ahead and do my other brow and then conceal after but either way cannot stand to look at this any longer
I'm gonna grab some Tarte Shape Tape and just fix up with my Morphe E43 brush as always because this is looking...
bad.I don't think I've ever had to work at fixing an eyebrow that badly ever like in my entire life as a makeup artist
That took like at least 30 minutes to do this one eyebrow
And that should never ever be the case like I can sometimes finish my entire makeup routine in 30 minutes if I'm really going
fast so that was awful. I definitely would not recommend this wannabe ass brow definer from "Anastasia Beverly Hills"
I think this is a total of 14 dollars at Santee alley, and I think the regular one retails for 21 dollars
so definitely would not recommend her at all go with the original because
You don't want to end up with a block eyebrow from the original J
Charles Beauty on Instagram those are dark days and we are so glad to be away from them let's not go back
I think today for the first time ever my right eyebrow is my better brow today
I don't know this fake brow definer
Just really did not do it for me, but the original brow wiz came to slay and came to save the day
Let's go ahead and move on from the brows. Thank god
We've been on the step for way too long and move on to the eye shadow so for the eyes today
We're gonna be using one palette that I absolutely stand by and have used many times on this channel
and that is the morphe brushes collaboration with Jaclyn hill the real version is in this hand and is $38 at morphe brushes dot-com or
you can use code 'James' for 10% off
And then there's the fake version which I got at Santee alley for a total of $12, so a definite huge price different
But let's put it actually see if the quality is different because let's be real
They're probably gonna be a lot of the colors
Do look very very similar, but there are some huge noticeable differences such as this shade right here, I mean
This is a shimmery Bravo highlighting
How it and this is like literally a bright ass neon chartreuse color
Which is definitely not even close
To what it is supposed to be this gold shade and the fake version is nowhere near to the gold in the original wide
This dark brown shape in the original color, which is a brownie red undertone is loading another black in the fake palate, so oh?
Yeah, so this one obviously is the real version is much more pigmented and the color is much deeper and more defined as well whereas
The fake version definitely is not nearly as shimmery as the real one it did honestly swatch much farther than I was expected
It's not like awful by any means, but clearly the original palette is a lot better
This is the brow bone highlighting shade which is absolutely stunning. I love this color
And this is the brow bone highlighting shade from the fake palette, which is literally just pale, crusty dusty  looking chalk
So first gonna start off with my Morphe M513 brush and dip into this
Warm tone orange shade right here in the fake palate and as I start off by dusting that in the crease oh
That is not pigmented and then using a clean version of the same brush
I'm going to go to the same exact shade corresponding in the original Jaclyn palette and do the same thing
Already as you can see the original palette has a lot more
pigment and payoff and
Is blending out very very nicely. Next I'm gonna grab my M433 brush this is my all-time favorite fluffy brush for creases and smokey eyes
And there's a gif light brown shade from the pink
I'm gonna pop this on the lid the shadow is definitely not blending out as well as the first shadow did
I honestly thought that I might be shook to the core and have a better version in the end which I was a little bit
spooked about but
This shadow is nowhere near
Blending up very well as you can see it's looking a super super patchy in like this like outer crease region
I'm gonna go ahead and grab some more
Pigment onto the brush and really pack it on there to try to create a more uniform color
But this is not looking as great as I was expecting it to look well
I wasn't expecting it to look good, but then I was a little bit shocked and now I'm unsure you
Get the point. I'm gonna grab my other M
4-3-3 brush and dip into the same exact shade
corresponding from the real version of the chocolate palette and put that on the other lid next underground Miami
5:07 brush and dip into this dark brown shade in the bottom half of the palette and use this too deep enough to smokey. Eye
For being fake shadows honestly these have a ton of pigmentation and are going on a super nicely
But they're just not blending out like in the slightest this literally looks
The worst ever like that is not how a smokey eye should be blunt action
Okay, so my camera decided I didn't catch it in time
But I just use my morphe
m14 line pencil brush and dipped it into this blue shade in both the fake version and the real version and
Apply them
And they are definitely looking very very
different the real version is a lot more blue and a lot more pigmented whereas the fake person is a lot more green tone and
Is nowhere near as pigmented as the real version?
There is no sparkle to this whatsoever so definitely the real version is a lot better
Maxilla gonna have an e at 19 brush and dip into the brow bone highlight
With just this right, that's yellow and the top corner. Oh God oh?
No
Not did absolutely nothing, okay, let's try that again using the same exact brush the clean version and dip into the real problem shaking
Ah
There we go
at least that definite looks a whole lot better than that musty crusty dusty yellow that
Literally looks like nothing so that's good at least alright. So those are both. Smoky is all complete from the fake palette
I was honestly really surprised to see that the shadows were pretty pigmented
But as you could see they really do not blend out at all
There is so much passion is going on especially out in this outer corner from the dark brown shade that just did not want to
Blend at all and this blue shade on the lower lash line is nowhere near as pigmented as the real version wears on this side
Of the smokey eye is definitely a lot more blown. Oh and blended. It is a more nutritional smokey
Eye whereas on this side somehow it became bright ass orange, which I do not want
Their arse a nice blue pop of color on the lower lash line which actually shows up
And the highlights are also there as well and not looking talky and invisible whereas on this side
They're gone
The real version is obviously a lot more expensive, but you're paying for quality pigmentation and blend ability
which this palette obviously does not have so if you're gonna buy heading out of the -
Same theme as everything else so far
Oh this video by the real version spend a little bit more money and get a great house product moving on
for the Highlanders today
We're gonna be using the iconic Kylie cosmetics
watts at and this is the real version and this is the fake version when you open them up the pan sizes are obviously a
whole lot bigger and the real version than the fake version and for the most part the colors actually look pretty similar except for the
thought that
Do-not-disturb was obviously a whole lot more bright pink and the fake version then in the real version to do a swatch comparison
I'm gonna grab a privacy pleat on my pointer finger, and then I'm gonna grab it on my middle finger on the other hand
Whoa
Okay, so privacy please from the original Kelly Paula is
Ridiculously penguin said I've actually never tried these calendars out before this promise actually my baby Amanda and things still thank you to her for
letting me borrow it and then the privacy please from the big Charlie Paula is a lot less pigmented as you can see and
Definitely nowhere near as a metallic or reflected as the original it is just kind of like white
Satin finished kind of like more like an eyeshadow rather than an actual highlighter. This is really really stunning oh
That was really underwhelming place. Oh, there's literally just like no pigmentation in this whatever
this is after three different dips into the highlighter and as you can see this claw is a
Little sad as you can see for literally just one dip into the original palette
It is a whole lot more pigmented a lot more blending the highly is a lot more
Sparkly as well, but I honestly really really like how this looks whereas on the fake side we get
nothing
Obviously I can't believe put my nose in half, so I'm just gonna use the real version on my nose
So it doesn't look the worst Papa oh
Well that is a blinding highly oh my gosh
Whoa?
Okay, so now that the blow is all complete. I guess kinda sorta our last steps
It is gonna be the lipid II doodahs, and I think I have the funniest comparison yet
and those are the k'kaw creme lipsticks from Kylie cosmetics and
Yeah, this is what we got oh my god. Oh?
wait the
The colors the most nude light shade in the real version is literally like bright ass orange
This looks like Anastacio Ashton liquid lipstick in the fake version
Was good and apply these and see what they actually look like next to each other oh
It smells like paint it literally smells like
acrylic paint this is
Probably so unsafe, but I'm gonna go out and apply this shade camee to the fake side of my lips
Okay, so the actual chemi smells like nothing which is great
I'm gonna go ahead and apply the real version on to the real half of my face
You get the point right now
So I know that's like k'kaw cream liquid lipsticks are supposed to not dry down obviously
The real version is still like a white looking whereas the fake version have dried down completely matte
But even just formula aside, though
If you're gonna disrespect a brand and all the hours and money that they put into a product
By copying them like can we at least?
try to get the color like
relatively similar I mean
Like what is that okay? So normally my last step and obviously beaches at my face in place
But this just looks the worst ever so I definitely do not want to keep this makeup on for any longer
And that is my full face of like us half face of fake makeup part two I'll complete
I really really hope you guys know this video and definitely become a down below and tell me what side of the face you think
Looks better after testing out all these products
I'm definitely gonna have to say that the real side of makeup definitely is my winner here a lot of these fake makeup products cannot
Even close to compare to the real versions listen
I know the low price tags can sometimes be really really appealing to you grant or on a budget
Trust me I get it makeup can sometimes be so so expensive, but by putting all these fake products on today
I am taking a huge risk a lot of times these fake products are nowhere near the same chemical composition as the real versions they
Can sometimes contain a really really harmful and bad?
Chemicals to your essence put on your face then you're not just inhale and like your lips or your eyes
So if you can definitely some of the action money's to get the real versions
I mean it's gonna pay off in a frontal on peg rotational
Makeup in general so I definitely not recommend any of these products at all
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They always have them like instantaneously
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