Hello friends and welcome to another video
Today I'm going to be ordering the first five things that are recommended to me on my Instagram feed
A little while ago, I did a video about ordering the first five things that were on my Facebook news feed
to see if Facebook knew me well enough
So that the ads that were recommended to me were for things that I would like
So I thought it was an interesting experiment and you guys really wanted to see more.
So this week I'm taking on Instagram
Now I think I have a slightly different relationship with Instagram than I do with Facebook
I think with Facebook I mostly just connect to my friends from high school and college
And I have a lot of like old pictures on there
And it is more of a like a personal profile, where as on Instagram I feel like I follow a lot more brands
like makeup and clothing brands
Now of course Instagram has been previously bought by Facebook so they're both the same company
But I do have like different interactions on each platform
And just with an eye test I do get slightly different ads
I'm gonna go with the same set of rules; I'm going to be buying the first 5 things that are in sponsored posts on my feed that are in my budget
Last time I had a budget of about $25 to $30, this time I'm gonna up it a little bit to about $50
Just because of the things I've seen on my Instagram feed are often times CRAZY expensive.
But I also think just generally more expensive than the things that are advertised to me on Facebook
Like I've seen some like really out there like $400 shoes that Instagram thinks I'm just going to casually buy when I'm like waiting in line at Subway
So last time I was able to buy everything at one time, but Instagram's sponsored posts appear more sporadically than Facebook's
So I'm going to be buying these things over the next few days
And then we're gonna come back and see, what the haul is like
and uh, if these things are any good
okay, ordering Instagram products, um let's see what my Instagram feed has in store for me
Okay so this is an advertisement for 'reckless girls'
*Ad description* "pick up our Bogo active wear line while it lasts"
It looks like it's leggings, basically, like workout leggings, which I'm decently interested in
So I can get two pairs, for 45 bucks.
*Tyler speaking* [off screen] "that's a good deal!"
I hope these are good, because if that's true, this is an awesome deal
Okay so these are ones that I picked. I picked the 'overdrive leggings' which are these ones.
and then these are the 'too swift leggings'
There weren't really like any plain black ones which is what I usually go for when it comes to leggings, but these seem fun!
Okay so two pairs of leggings on the way from 'Reckless girls'
I just want to show you guys one other thing that I saw when I opened my feed
I'm currently doing a video on Curology custom skin care
So I found sponsored post for Curology, after I had just bought Curology like 2 days ago
On Instagram, when they show you an ad, they do have a "Why Am I Seeing This" option
Or like an "About Instagram Ads" option
"We want to show you ads from businesses that are interesting and relevant to you,"
"And to do that, we use the information about what you do on Instagram and Facebook (our parent company)"
"And on third-party sites and apps." *meows*
Followin' me around the internet.
This is like, probably a couple hours later,
I just opened my Facebook feed
And I have Reckless Girls as the first thing on my feed.
They were like, "Wait! You like that stuff? Come back!"
*Tyler, off camera* Okay, so we found another one.
It's from this place called "Shop Hush"
It says, "The hottest makeup products, 60-90% off department store prices."
Oh, it's an app?
Okay, I'll get the app. Sure.
"Tap to open."
"Nothing in your cart." Okay. What should I get?
*Tyler, off camera* Dupes! Dupes.
They do carry, like, brands that I know like NYX, and e.l.f., I saw.
There is this bundle right here. It's "The Perfect 10 Bundle."
4 items for $10.
An eyeshadow palette, a contour and glow palette, a blender sponge, and a natural sugar lip scrub. For 10 bucks.
I'm gonna buy this.
I'll use my Apple Pay. Wow, exciting. Okay, don't look at that.
Even though the screen record says 9AM, it's 4PM
And this is my second ad of the day
So I think that they are noticing that i am clicking. And they're giving me more.
I don't know if that's true, but I feel like--
You know, there's some blood in the water. I'm biting.
This is this place called "Trap Bae"
The caption says "These girls born in the 90's are dangerous."
The jacket that was in the instagram post is what I'm buying.
Um, this is called the "Mother of Pearl" jacket
It was 35 bucks, but it is on sale for 20 dollars.
Okay, so I got this jacket.
I scrolled really far back up, and I actually saw another sponsored post
Called "dagnedover," and just from the looks of it, it's looks like it's gonna be expensive.
Let's take a look.
Yeah, it's 400 dollars.
Okay, so it is 2:30AM; we are stuck in the line of the drive-thru at Del Taco. *Tyler, off camera* Yes.
But I did find another instagram ad.
This is "Of a Kind"
It looks like a blush, a stick blush
It's in between a post that I do follow of katvondbeauty and morphebrushes
The thing that they were showing me was this Bidi Bidi Balm Balm, nice Selena reference there
So it doesn't seem like everything is from the same brand
So maybe it's like a compilation site?
This one looks like the one that was advertised, this balm thing
I'm gonna go for bronze shimmer
Oh! And it looks like you can put it on your lips too
Alright, um, I'm gonna buy this right now
Damn, 28 bucks for a balm?
Okay. Alright. Sure.
Okay guys, so I have found what I think is my last instagram product
This is called "Slick Case"
"Color your world and get into that Californian spirit with our latest styles."
So it looks like they've got phone cases, and maybe cases or stickers for your laptop
Alright, I'm gonna click "Shop Now"
Alright, let's see what they've got for MacBooks
That could be exciting.
So they've got some cool floral ones
Some cool marble looking ones
A couple that are like, galaxy
Mercury?! I kinda want that
Okay, so I'm going to get this Mercury case for, uh, 47 bucks
Okay, and shipping is 13 dollars
So that's a 60 dollar MacBook case.
But hopefully it's a really good MacBook case
So I have all five things heading my way
We got the leggings, the pack of makeup, the jacket, the bronzer/blush, and then we got this MacBook case
I think I'm most excited about the jacket and the leggings, so we'll see how those turn out
And yeah, next time you see me, I'll have my haul
Okay, so I've got my haul here
Let's get right into it
Let's start opening the things
So I'm gonna start with the last thing that I got, which is the Slick Case MacBook case
Here we go
I guess I thought it might be like a little more holo
It's pretty much just like a still-image of an oil slick
But it's still pretty cool.
Oh look! You can go straight through. I'm opening it; ready? HA!
Currently, my laptop is just free ballin' it
Like, I don't have any case on it at all
So I'm excited to get some protection
Oh, actually, when I took the plastic off, it's more matte
Looks like my computer just ran a marathon
And this is its foil.
Lemme just clean this off really quick; there's a lot of cat hairs on here.
Oh! I'm not doing a good job at this
I think that the phone and laptop case ad is like pretty low hanging fruit
For an instagram, or even a Facebook, or pretty much any internet ad
I think that they're assuming that you're probably using a phone or a computer to surf
The only way that they couldn't get you is if you're using a desktop
So it's not like, that personalized
But I do like the aesthetics of this
And I do like the case selection that they had
There we go, got a whole new wardrobe
It doesn't add too much weight, 'cause you know, it's a little heavy--got me nervous
I started just throwing it in the air
This is the most expensive item I got by a decent amount
But, you know, I'm excited about it
So, great.
Okay, so this next thing is from Hush, the app
In general, I got a lot of, like, marketplaces
Like they would often direct me to sites or apps that had a lot of different products
And for Shop Hush, they were like "Do you want any of this?"
So, I've got a sugar lip scrub, a blending sponge
And then I've got, I think it's an eyeshadow palette, and another eyeshadow palette
Oh, it's a contour! Contour and Glow.
Also, the entire--something in this box smells like strawberries.
And I don't know
It's definitely the sugar lip scrub. Wow, that smells very--oh! It's cranberry.
I'm always down for new lip scrubs so I'm excited about this
My hand feels very exfoliated
It's a little rough, but, you know, the sugar is just disappearing so it seems like a good one
Next is this blending sponge
Um, I'm always looking for dupes for Beauty Blenders so if this could be a dupe for a Beauty Blender, I am down
Alright I've got a little bit of water right here; I'm just gonna dampen it
Did you hear that? *purrs*
It didn't get a lot bigger in water, and it's definitely a little firm still
I'm gonna just take a little bit of BB cream with this blending sponge and just do it on my hand
Just so you guys can see what it does
And so I can also see what it does
Actually, it doesn't feel too firm on my arm
And, it seems to be blending out decently
There you go
So next up is this butterfly eyeshadow palette
I really love the colors that are in here
I'm just gonna swatch them all on my forearm really quick
With my finger, I'm getting some decent somethin'
I actually--I ran out of space on my arm, so this is the first two rows
They're not like, incredibly pigmented
But, for the price that they are, I'm like, pretty impressed
They do feel nice, and uh, they definitely do feel, like, pretty blendable
Alright, and then last in this package is this Contour and Glow palette
So basically it's got, like, a couple shades of contour
One, like, light peachy color
And then a few highlighters, and two, like, blush colors
I think the blush shades are a little bit fainter
But these highlights seem to be doing somethin'
Like, they are--I think they're glowin'. I think they're poppin' off the arm
I think I would've clicked this ad even if it weren't for the experiment
Just because I would wanna see, like, what the type of makeup is they're selling
I think that I'd probably go back to Hush and see, like, what else they have
Maybe buy some more like, one-off stuff
But the bundles--especially like, the price of the bundles--could be a good way to just like, try some stuff out
Okay, so next up is the Reckless Girls leggings
They were doing like, a BOGO--like a buy one get one free
So, I think that I kind of, uh, got away with murder here
If these are good leggings
I'm gonna try on the gray ones first and we'll see, uh, how they look
Okay so this is the first pair of leggings
Um, don't go all the way down to the calves
There's hair there *Tyler, off camera* Okay
They do look kind of cool. I'm gonna be honest: I think they're a little small
I ordered a medium. Medium's usually a pretty safe size for me in terms of leggings
Just 'cause, like, they usually stretch
The waistband's not too bad
But like, I think that there is a little bit, like--there's this band that goes around
It's kinda tight
I'm gonna open this up and try on the second pants now
Uh, the side kind of reminds me of Spider-Man
*Tyler, off camera* Yeaaaah
It's a little spidey-sensey
I'm gonna be honest: I like these ones a lot more
*Tyler, off camera* Oh yeah?
The waistband is a lot more comfortable
What does this look like? It kinda looks like a men's underwear waistband, doesn't it?
I like the spidey-sense thing; it adds some interest
Makes me feel like I've been bitten by a mutant spider
Tobey Maguire--just kidding, who's the new one? Andrew Garfield
Who--no. Who's the new one?
*Tyler, off camera* I don't know Tom Stoppard?
That's a playwright
This was one of the ads where they showed me specifically workout pants in the ad
And so when I clicked on it, I did see that they had other things to buy
But I went for the workout pant because that's what they tried to sell me
And I wonder why they tried to advertise workout gear to me
I don't really follow, like, any fitness accounts or anything like that
Like, I pretty much follow like, makeup, and fashion accounts
So I actually put this tanktop on just to try on with these leggings
But I'm gonna keep this on to try on my next item
Which I'm very excited about
This is the kind of like, shiny, iridescent jacket
It does smell vaguely of plastic. Mmm.
How do I look? Shnazzy?
I feel kinda shnazzy
It is a little itchy
But it's so shiny
You could just wear this with the clear pants
And you'd be all set
These pants are useful, man
We all hated them at first, but I like 'em now
*Tyler, off camera* You're so reflective
This ad was really straightforward. It was just like "This jacket. Do you want it?"
And I was like "Yes, I'm clicking on all the ads, but yes, I also kind of want this jacket."
I definitely think they did a good job in terms of referring me this jacket
Like a good fit from company to consumer
I just--I'm in to this kind of like, Zenon look once again
If you come at me with like, a Supernova Girl aesthetic, like, I'm gonna like it.
I kinda like this jacket
Oh, it is itchy
*Safiya, off camera* You look like a futuristic Danny Zuko to me
*Singing* I've got chills, they're multiplyin'
And I'm losin' control
*Safiya, off camera* Tyler wants everyone to know that he was in an a capella group in college
Alright, so this is the last item
This must be the like, multi-use like, bronzer-lip gloss stick thing
Lots of tissue paper
Oh my god, I got a little letter!
"Enjoy, Safiya"
Oh my god, it looks handwritten!
They're so nice.
Of a Kind is another one of those websites that's like a marketplace
But I wanted to get the balm-stick 'cause that was what was advertised to me
Oh my god, it smells so good
What does that smell like?
Do you have a blocked nose?
*Tyler, off camera* Yeah *giggles*
*Tyler, off camera* I can't smell it!
*Tyler, off camera* It smells like a lemon cake
Lemon cake! Lemon
*Tyler, off camera* It smells like a lemon tart
You kind of use this as both, like, bronzer for your cheeks and for your lips
You can't see much of anything
It feels nice
And it smells amazing. Alright, let's try over here
*Tyler* I don't see anything; what's it supposed to do?
It's supposed to like, have a little bit of color in it
Okay, so I can't get any color to show up on my arm
So I'm gonna take my lipstick off and try and put it on my lips
Um, I'm gonna use my lip scrub from earlier, 'cause I didn't really get to put it on
This is from the Hush box, this is from the sugar lip scrub
Hey, that was pretty um, pretty hydrating
"Wash off, or remove with a washcloth"
Just gonna wipe it off really fast
It's a weird shape, kind of
It almost is shaped like deodorant
But it does feel amazing
I don't think you can see anything, though
This site, Of a Kind, has a lot of different stuff
And they did decide to show me makeup, and I do follow a decent amount of makeup accounts on instagram
I am a fan of this in terms of the way it feels and the way it smells
But I don't think that it is a color
Okay, so that is my instagram haul
I think overall, my favorite things are probably this lip scrub
I do actually think it did quite a good job
The Spider-Man printed leggings that I'm wearing right now
And the MacBook case
But I definitely think it's interesting that overall
Instagram has been sending me to places where I can like, pounce around and shop
Instead of like, being like, "This is the one item you need"
I don't think that the ads were super personalized based on which accounts I follow on instagram
But I do think that generally they probably get the gist of my biographical information that they have from Facebook
And they know that I follow, like, makeup and clothing accounts
Besides the random, wildly expensive items
I think that instagram did a little bit of a better job than Facebook
But that could just be the types of companies that choose to advertise on instagram
Versus the types of companies that choose to advertise on Facebook
Maybe I'm just more of an instagram customer
I think that I came out with a pretty good haul
My arms do itch a little bit
But my laptop is well protected
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