L'Oréal Men Expert Pure Power Moisturiser
versus Bulldog Oil Control Moisturiser.
This is Brand Battle.
Hi guys, how are you?
I'm Robin.
Welcome back to my YouTube channel and welcome
to Brand Battle; the series that put two competing
products head to head in the ultimate showdown.
Now, this one is not hair.
Yes, it's all about skincare, and I want to
do these products because I have been listening
to you guys.
I went on the Community Tab and I asked you
what you thought about this and you want more
variation and some changes.
So, we're going to do a few more Brand Battles
and this one is exactly that.
This is about skincare.
Now, this has 20 points, but obviously, we
are slightly different in this one and we
know that not all categories are as important.
You'll also notice there's actually more weighting
towards ingredients in this one because it's
going directly onto our skin.
And the first product we've got is L'Oréal
Men Expert Pure Power Moisturiser.
Now, this is our active moisturiser, it says
anti-spot.
It says help fight spots, reduce excess oil,
hydrates for 24 hours versus Bulldog Skincare
For Men Oil Control Moisturiser; really good
products, so this will be an interesting battle.
Now into ingredients, it's so important we
look at this because this is going directly
on our skin.
L'Oréal has active ingredients, are highly
concentrated antibacterial salicylic acids,
sebum-absorbing zinc and hydrating glycerin
versus Bulldog.
They say that the moisturiser does not contain
artificial colors, synthetic fragrances or
ingredients from animal sources.
They say they're 100% suitable for vegans
and vegetarians and certified cruelty free.
And on here, actually, you can see on the
packaging they have three things that they
really pull out which is witch hazel, willow
bark, and juniper, which are great for absorbing
excess oil also for keeping the skin really
clear.
So, there's a brand which I think are just
ahead of the game when it comes to ingredients
and really is pushing the boundaries in men
skin care.
So, the five points for ingredients go to
Bulldog.
Now, into packaging, I like both of them.
I think I kind of sway slightly more toward
Bulldog because it's slightly cleaner.
But if we want to look more into the packaging,
then L'Oréal say the packaging and the bottle
itself are all completely recyclable, but
not yet made from recyclable material versus
Bulldog who has really been changing their
packaging.
You can see that actually, on the back here;
it says, "Plastic from sugarcane" and I actually
asked them about this.
They said that at least 50% sugarcane plastic
is used in this and it's from a renewable
source growing responsibly in Brazil, requiring
little more than natural rainfall to grow.
So again, I just think they're ahead of the
game here.
The point for packaging goes to Bulldog.
Now into smell, what you'll see is that the
L'Oréal one – if you know any of the L'Oréal
products - I actually quite like the smell.
They have this sort of signature scent.
It's light, it's quite creamy and it's inoffensive,
versus the Bulldog one which smells more sort
of herbaceous because you have that juniper
and also the witch hazel.
It almost smells fresher.
So, I mean this will be up to you and what
you prefer, but for me, the points for smell
go to Bulldog.
Now, into the application, the L'Oréal product
is really light and easily absorbed into the
skin.
It has a slight stickiness to it but it does
absorb versus the Bulldog one, which although
it looks creamier, actually feels like water
on the skin.
It's so easily absorbed and it's also less
sticky.
So the point application goes to Bulldog.
Now into finish, I really want to see instantly
how these products look on the skin.
We obviously, as men with oily skin, I mean
I do anyway; I want something which looks
matte.
I don't want any shine on the skin.
I want to feel hydrated but I want to look
like there's nothing there and both products
do that.
But there's one which I think just looks slightly
more matte.
So the points for finish go to L'Oréal Men
Expert.
Now, this category of wear, I wanted to see
how the products work by themselves for a
day.
After a full day of work, of whatever you're
doing, how does your skin look and how does
it feel?
So this is what happened.
Skin still looks good, mild shine to be expected;
I think it's done well.
It doesn't feel too tight but I could do with
putting a little bit more on.
It's done okay.
I have natural shine on my skin, but it's
done well.
My skin has felt hydrated and not overly shiny,
less shiny than if I had nothing on it.
So really, they both performed really very
well.
The L'Oréal one I find stayed slightly more
matte than the Bulldog one.
But the Bulldog one gave more hydration throughout
the day.
So I'm going to split the points slightly.
I'm going to give two points to Bulldog and
three points to L'Oréal Men Expert.
Now, into price, as I always say, it comes
down to you and your postage and packaging,
your import taxes and where you find this.
I have found the best prices and I've linked
them in the description below.
Now, the L'Oréal Men Expert product is 50
ml versus the Bulldog product which is double
it at 100 ml and actually, they're both about
the same cost.
They're both also quite often on offer, but
the prices I find they both come out about
the £6 mark.
But obviously, we have double here, so price
and value points go to Bulldog.
And there we have it, our verdict.
With seven points we have L'Oréal Men Expert
versus Bulldog, 13 points and really it is
so well deserved.
I love everything that Bulldog is doing at
the moment.
I think the amount of sort of work into research
and looking at ingredients, the packaging;
I just think it's so great.
And they're really setting the way for other
male grooming companies.
L'Oréal I love and I love a lot of their
products.
I think this whole range of Pure Power is
great; the Charcoal Face Wash is still one
of my absolute favourites and this product
is also great.
But when we put them up against each other,
this is just coming out ahead.
I think with what they're doing, being such
a small company, is just so impressive.
So there you go.
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this season.
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we're going to do this.
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