Canadian singer-songwriter , Ruth B, joins us today to take our Expensive Taste Test! We gave her everything from handbags to maple leaf cookies and even dandelions (IYKYK) . Plus, she talks about being a massive Justin Bieber fan and the moment she found out Drake followed her back on Instagram. Watch!
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00:00 It's giving like...
00:02 I'm in a field of dandelions.
00:04 Hey, I'm Ruth B. and I'm playing Expensive Taste Test with Cosmo.
00:08 Do I have expensive taste? I think I'm somewhere in the middle.
00:14 I do enjoy some finer things, but I will always eat a 10-piece nugget meal.
00:18 So it's like somewhere in the middle for sure.
00:20 These are some headphones, clearly.
00:28 As a music person, I do know a lot about headphones.
00:31 So, okay, I think this is going to be actually pretty easy.
00:35 This is giving like something you'd use to go to bed.
00:39 Like your earmuffs, they're not really giving headphones.
00:41 These are heavier, sturdier.
00:43 Oh, active noise cancelling.
00:45 I don't know if this one says anything about noise cancelling.
00:48 No. Yeah, these are definitely...
00:50 These are definitely more expensive.
00:52 No pressure.
00:56 I got one right.
00:57 I am good.
00:58 Okay, that's awesome.
01:00 I'm so happy.
01:00 Now I'm like literally stress-free.
01:02 Like as long as I'm not the first person to get them all wrong, I don't care.
01:05 It seems as though we have some champagne.
01:13 This is definitely right down my alley because I do love a good champagne.
01:17 Okay, so instantly I'm seeing that this one has more bubbles.
01:20 Very high concentration of bubbles.
01:23 This one is pretty flat.
01:25 So yeah, let's...
01:27 Let's smell it.
01:30 Okay, smells like champagne.
01:32 Also smells like champagne.
01:35 Oh, no.
01:36 Okay, great.
01:41 I want some grapes now.
01:43 That's really good.
01:44 And then...
01:44 Okay, so this one...
01:49 Yeah, this is fizzy.
01:51 I thought this one would be the more expensive one because of the bubbles.
01:54 Let me just taste it again.
01:56 Figure it out.
01:56 Yeah, this is hitting.
02:00 Man.
02:04 Oh, gosh.
02:04 I really... I do...
02:05 Okay.
02:05 I think this one is more expensive because it tastes stronger and it has more of a fizz.
02:14 So I'm gonna go with this one.
02:15 Okay, baby.
02:20 Two for two.
02:21 I'm so proud of myself.
02:22 I didn't see that coming.
02:23 Okay, now I really want to get them all right.
02:25 [Music]
02:31 So now we have some eyeshadow palettes right down my alley.
02:34 I love makeup, so I better get this right, actually.
02:37 Immediately packaging.
02:39 Packaging, I'm more attracted to this one.
02:41 But you can't judge a book by its cover.
02:43 Oh, yeah.
02:44 I mean this...
02:44 I think I actually have this.
02:45 Just based off of weight and liking that energy.
02:49 Oh, yeah.
02:50 It's giving dollar Emma, maybe.
02:53 I'm not 100%.
02:54 But let's just do a little swatch.
02:58 Oh, yeah.
02:58 Ooh, that pigment.
03:00 That pigment.
03:01 I'm trying to put that on right now.
03:02 And then let's pick a similar one like this.
03:06 Oh, my gosh.
03:06 Yeah, this one's easy.
03:07 You can hardly see it.
03:09 I put so much on and it's still hardly showing up.
03:12 But with this one, all I need is like one little dab and it's like highly pigmented.
03:18 So with that being said, I think this one is the more expensive one.
03:24 That's...
03:25 Love that.
03:28 Yeah, I actually do think I have this.
03:30 The expensive one is $128 versus $50.
03:34 $50?
03:34 $50?
03:37 Oh, not $15?
03:38 Oh, my gosh.
03:39 Oh, okay.
03:40 I mean, that's still expensive.
03:41 This is both expensive taste.
03:43 I thought you were going to say like $12.
03:44 $50 for this?
03:45 You're insane.
03:46 This hardly showed up on my skin.
03:48 And you know what?
03:49 This will last a long time.
03:51 Like this would probably last me minimum five years.
03:54 So it's more of an investment if you look at it that way.
03:56 We have some maple leaf cookies.
04:05 This is really thoughtful and cute because I am from Canada.
04:08 So yeah, let's go.
04:10 These look the same.
04:12 Like, are you telling me these are different cookies?
04:14 So instantly, these are very thick.
04:18 The cream is thick.
04:20 And holy, there's no way I'm going to get this.
04:24 Well, there's only one way to find out.
04:26 A little taste test.
04:26 Okay, so this is like tasting amazing.
04:34 Tough competition right away.
04:36 Let's see.
04:37 Yeah.
04:44 So this one like is very crumbly and like breaks apart in your mouth real fast.
04:49 Whereas this one kind of melts into your tongue.
04:53 So honestly, I think this is the more expensive one.
04:56 That's messed up because this cookie tastes so much better than this one.
05:04 Like, six dollars.
05:06 Six dollars less for better cookies.
05:07 I was a massive Belieber.
05:12 That was actually like one of my first concerts.
05:15 Lost my mind.
05:16 Lost my mind.
05:16 I think I was 14.
05:17 I have not met Justin Bieber.
05:19 And I think if I did, I would be like, really?
05:21 Justin Bieber and Drake.
05:23 I would cry a lot.
05:24 When Drake followed me, I was at Boston Pizza.
05:27 Shout out to all my Canadians.
05:29 I know y'all know what Boston Pizza is.
05:30 And I think I was just sitting there with one of my friends and see my phone and it says,
05:34 "Champagne Poppy followed you back."
05:37 Because I was already following him.
05:38 As a Canadian, that was like massive for me.
05:42 So that was crazy.
05:43 We got some lovely handbags in front of me now.
05:51 So I actually did work at TJ Maxx at Marshalls.
05:56 So I know a thing or two about like inexpensive handbags.
05:59 And now I do love bags.
06:00 So I know a thing or two about expensive bags.
06:02 So a more expensive bag, I feel like this would maybe be like real.
06:06 It would just be more shiny.
06:08 This looks a little bit fake.
06:10 It also, there's some chips in it.
06:13 So it's giving, not durable.
06:14 Also, it's crinkly.
06:16 I don't think leather usually gets crinkled up.
06:20 I don't know about this one.
06:21 It's very interesting.
06:22 It looks like a playoff the saddlebag a little bit.
06:24 How's it look?
06:26 It's really light, like super light and like also not very...
06:31 Okay, I'm gonna go with this one.
06:36 I think this is the more expensive bag.
06:38 Okay.
06:41 This one.
06:49 I mean, I'm a little surprised.
06:51 I don't think I would pay $180 for this.
06:54 I don't think I'd pay $70 for this either.
06:57 I guess I'm not gonna get them all right.
06:58 It's fine.
06:59 Up next, we have some lip balm.
07:06 I love makeup.
07:07 So I do own a lot of lipstick, honestly.
07:10 And I should, I hope to get this right.
07:12 From where I come from, it's very dry and cold.
07:14 So as you can see, this is like thick, which is good.
07:18 And it spreads really nice, which is also really important.
07:21 Okay.
07:22 Uh-huh.
07:23 Yeah.
07:24 Okay.
07:25 Yeah.
07:25 Wait, actually, that's interesting.
07:27 Because this is also really smooth.
07:29 But this, first of all, it's like kind of a weird color.
07:33 This, I think, is something more you could get at like a CVS or something.
07:37 Like this, I would never see this at like a drugstore.
07:39 This packaging, this is something you'd get more at like a makeup store.
07:43 With that being said, I, yeah, I think this is the more expensive one.
07:48 [Music]
07:53 Love that.
07:54 Thank God, back on track.
07:55 [Music]
08:00 We have some perfume.
08:02 And I am a perfume connoisseur.
08:05 Like I love perfume.
08:07 So I actually own this perfume.
08:11 So, I mean, I'm pretty sure it's expensive.
08:14 But I'm gonna smell it.
08:16 Yeah.
08:17 Ooh, I think this is the one I have.
08:19 I mean, that is...
08:20 That's so good.
08:22 I'm really excited to smell the other one.
08:23 Yeah, see, this is just, this is a beautiful spring day in Paris, which I've never been to.
08:31 Yeah.
08:32 And I think it has notes of lemon.
08:35 And then this, oh, yeah, cheap.
08:38 See how it just broke?
08:39 [Laughter]
08:40 What's going on here?
08:41 Okay, hold on.
08:43 Hold on, I read it.
08:44 Okay.
08:45 So I'm like, this is clearly cheap.
08:47 Like, are you kidding me?
08:48 It literally smells like sunscreen.
08:50 It's 100% giving sunscreen.
08:52 I know without a doubt that this is the more expensive one.
08:56 [Music]
09:00 I am speechless.
09:02 I really came for her neck and I broke her.
09:07 So I'm so sorry.
09:09 I'm speechless.
09:10 Like, I know I own this and I thought it was expensive.
09:13 So clearly I don't have expensive taste.
09:14 [Music]
09:20 Looks like we have some dandelions, which I'm very fond of.
09:24 I don't know how I'm going to figure out which one's more expensive.
09:25 I know which one looks prettier instantly.
09:28 These are green.
09:31 So I'm like, no.
09:34 Yeah, these, I don't, I don't know what these are.
09:37 But I know that I would 100% buy these and put these in my apartment or something.
09:42 Like, this is so cute.
09:43 Oh, I didn't even touch.
09:45 I mean, they feel gross.
09:46 But I guess I'm a book judge or buy cover because these just look better to me.
09:52 Like, this is something very aesthetically pleasing.
09:54 This is like, you would see this at the corner of every hotel.
09:57 They feel like something I would have made in the first grade, like paper mache.
10:04 But these you'd look at and be like, oh, those are unique.
10:07 I've never seen these.
10:08 These would be great, like, for a music video too.
10:10 Like, if I did a dandelions video.
10:12 It's definitely, it's giving like, I'm in a field of dandelions.
10:18 That's cute.
10:18 Love it.
10:19 So I definitely think these are more expensive.
10:21 Woo!
10:25 Love that for me.
10:27 Seeing dandelions go viral has been crazy because it's a song I wrote almost like eight
10:31 years ago now.
10:32 And for years later, for your work to kind of have a moment again is like so crazy.
10:37 And I love knowing that the song means something to people.
10:40 And a lot of people use it as their first dance song.
10:42 My best friend, when she got married, that was her first dance song.
10:45 So it's been amazing.
10:46 Like, it's been so cool.
10:48 I got five right, which is so much better than zero right, which is my biggest fear
10:53 coming in.
10:54 I seriously almost lost sleep because I was like, I'm gonna go in there and get them all
10:58 wrong.
10:58 So I would say I have relatively expensive taste.
11:02 Thank you Cosmo for having me.
11:04 And make sure you guys check out my new single, "28" featuring Dean Lewis.
11:09 It's out now.
11:10 Much love.
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