I tested 3 Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter dupes against the £39 real deal – so, can you guess which costs just £3?
ARE you a fan of Charlotte Tilbury makeup, but not the high-end price tags that go with it?
Well, you’re in luck, because a beauty fan named Ellie Cheesman has shared a selection of different priced Charlotte Tilbury dupes to see if you can really tell the difference between them.
Amongst the options includes the cheapest at £3.95, which is the ‘Essence Magic Filter Glow Booster,’ the £7.99 ‘Collection Filter Finish’ and Elf’s £14 Halo Glow Liquid Filter’ – along with the £39 real deal.
In the clip shared to TikTok (@elliecheesmanxxxx), she can then be seen applying each to her face, before asking her social media users to guess which one is the real Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter.
Sharing a follow up post to reveal the much-anticipated results, Ellie begins: “If anyone tells you that you’ve got to have expensive makeup for it to perform well well they’re lying to you, okay? The proof is in the pudding.”
The beauty whizz then goes onto reveal which picture was which product, before adding that not a single person guessed right for the photo which was Charlotte Tilbury.
Starting with D, she reveals it was the ‘Essence Magic Filter Glow Booster,’ which retails for £3.95.
You could easily buy this if your budget is £5 or less and be able to look like you’ve got Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter on
Ellie Cheesman
“You can’t tell me that all those photos didn’t look the same,” she says.
“They had minor differences, but you could easily buy this if your budget is £5 or less and be able to look like you’ve got Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter on.
Next up, she reveals that A was in fact the real deal which retails at £39.
“Not a single person guessed right for the photo being Charlotte Tilbury, so that just really proves you don’t need to spend loads of money and buy into these expensive products,” she says.
“Yes, this is one of the originals, but if you can get a dupe that does the same thing…get the dupe.”
Ellie goes on to say that pretty much everyone was guessing B or C, saying they prefer the look of both of them.
She notes that B was the Collection Filter Finish, which is priced at £7.99.
“So this is shade Medium 3,” she explains.
“As you can tell it’s a lot darker than the rest of them, but it still sheers out pretty much the exact same.
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“I think that’s the one noticeable difference I could tell and it was the fact that this were a little bit darker than all the rest of them, but other than that it does the exact same thing.”
She adds: “Obsessed with Collection Cosmetics, they are phenomenal at affordable makeup products.”
The beauty fan then reveals C, which she says 90% of people claimed looked the best regardless, was Elf’s Halo Glow Liquid Filter, which retails at £14.
“This gives the most coverage out of all of them,” she notes.
“But this was 10/10, 100% the fan favourite.”