Monét X Change knows we have a budget, and we're spending it on her (and high-end sponges ♀️). With taste buds ranging from the bodega to Ruth's Chris Steak House, this multi-talented drag queen teaches us a thing or two, emphasizing that embellishment does not always mean expensive, especially with platform heels . Watch as Monét accuses us of dipping money guns in battery acid to trick her (ouch?), and find out if she really wants to drink bottles & bottles of the champagne she believes is more expensive.
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Pre-save Monét X Change's upcoming album "Grey Rainbow Vol. 1" out May 17th HERE: https://lnk.to/MXCGR1AW
Listen to "Body" by Monét X Change HERE: https://www.monetxchange.com/music
#MonétXChange #ExpensiveTasteTest #Cosmopolitan #DragRace
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00:00Y'all thought y'all would get me with the stones
00:02and the sequins and the gold because I'm a drag queen.
00:04Oh, no, honey.
00:05I see what y'all are doing.
00:06Hey, y'all.
00:07It's your girl, Monet X Change, and I
00:09am playing Expensive Taste Tests with Cosmo.
00:14I think I'm going to do very, very, very well at this game.
00:16You know, I am from New York, so my taste buds
00:19go all the way from the bodega to Ruth Chris Steakhouse.
00:22Like, it's like Benihana.
00:23Like, I've done all the things, girl.
00:25Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.
00:30So up first, we have some wigs.
00:33Just off of touch, just off of touch alone,
00:36I'm telling you, she's feeling expensive.
00:39I feel the follicles.
00:40The blend of this just feels synthetic, girl.
00:42And I know a thing or two about synthetic hair.
00:45I'm going to take it off the wig.
00:46So let me look at the cap.
00:47See, the cap is how you can really tell.
00:49You look at the cap of the wig.
00:51OK, OK, OK.
00:53Look at the cap in this one.
00:56Oh, OK, this is kind of deceiving.
01:03Mm-hmm.
01:05Girl, that exfoliated me a little bit.
01:07She is hard.
01:09OK, yeah, this one, 1,000% is the more expensive wig.
01:13Human hair versus a synthetic blend, 100%.
01:15What?
01:20Oh my god, really?
01:21This is a nice one?
01:23Well, girl, you ought to not get it from a nice store, OK?
01:26This is the kind of store, they sell you a nice wig,
01:28but they put it in like a plastic bag.
01:30You know what I mean?
01:30Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.
01:36So now we have some podcast mics.
01:38Now, I know a thing or two about podcasting and microphonicity.
01:42And this one looks very nice.
01:45But off the bat, the weight, girl, let's see.
01:49Let's touch.
01:50OK, this feels, oh, you hear that?
01:58That's the sound of aluminum.
01:59That's what that is.
02:00Now, look at this.
02:04Uh-huh, I know what you're thinking.
02:06I'm thinking it too.
02:07This is the more expensive microphone.
02:10I'm willing to bet my life that this
02:11is the more expensive mic.
02:14Yes, I know it, girl.
02:17Who was recording on this?
02:19Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.
02:25Up next, we have some sponges.
02:28You know, I am the self-proclaimed and nationally
02:31recognized sponge queen.
02:32So I know a thing or two about sponges.
02:35And I will say this, OK, we have a budget here.
02:37These are freshly out the packet, OK?
02:39Because they're a little moist.
02:40And people don't know that.
02:41Sponges come out the packet moist.
02:43Thank y'all for spending the budget on Monet.
02:47And you know what, this is a bigger, denser sponge.
02:51Like, I feel like you can really get, like,
02:53your money's worth out of her.
02:54But this is a tried and true.
02:56We all know this.
02:57Our grandmother had this.
02:58Our great-great-grandmothers used these.
03:00So there's something in the staying
03:01power of this brand, right?
03:04Let me feel them.
03:05Let me really connect to the suds.
03:08Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
03:10I think so too.
03:12I'm going to say, just because they're
03:14the new kids on the block and I feel
03:15like they're trying to do the most,
03:17like, we all got that girl that would just be doing
03:19the most to do too much.
03:20You know what I mean?
03:20She'd just be doing too much.
03:21This is what she is.
03:23I'm going to go with her.
03:24She's more expensive.
03:28Yes!
03:29Yes!
03:30Oh, thank you.
03:32Oh, wow.
03:33That tastes really good.
03:35Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba.
03:41Now we have some champagne, honey.
03:44Now we talking!
03:47Now I've seen this on the Food Network a lot, OK?
03:49So I'm going to try to do what I see,
03:50what they do on the TV.
03:51So they always, like, swish it around a little bit, right?
03:54And they.
03:55Mm.
03:56Mm.
03:57Mm.
03:58Mm.
03:59Mm.
04:00Mm.
04:01Mm.
04:02Mm.
04:03Mm.
04:04Mm.
04:05OK.
04:06This might as well be juice.
04:07I mean, is this communion?
04:08Is this Easter Sunday?
04:09I don't know what's going on with this.
04:10I didn't feel anything from that.
04:13This thing right here.
04:14I want to drink bottles and bottles of this.
04:171,000%.
04:19This is the expensive one.
04:20I'm champagne.
04:21OK.
04:22OK.
04:23OK.
04:24OK.
04:25OK.
04:26OK.
04:27OK.
04:28OK.
04:29OK.
04:30OK.
04:31OK.
04:32OK.
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04:39OK.
04:40OK.
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04:42OK.
04:43OK.
04:44OK.
04:45All right.
04:46If this shoe can be anywhere, no one, like, you know what I mean?
04:47But there's something about a classic staple shoe, these hoes, be costing the real dollars,
04:51because you can wear this with a plethora of things.
04:53This has a very short shelf life.
04:55Right?
04:56Mm.
04:57Wait, let's try.
04:59OK.
05:00And look at the bottom, y'all.
05:01Look at the bottoms.
05:03Mm-hmm.
05:04OK.
05:05Look at these bottoms.
05:07Oh.
05:08See.
05:09See?
05:10Oh, see?
05:12The bottoms always know, don't they?
05:16Side by side comparison.
05:18Like, even this bottom feels expensive.
05:20This is like suede or cow's hide or deer milk,
05:24whatever the hell it's made out of.
05:25It is soft, it is nice.
05:27I'm saying this is the more expensive shoe.
05:29Y'all thought y'all would get me with the stones
05:31and the sequins and the gold,
05:33because I'm a drag queen.
05:34Oh no, honey, I see what y'all are doing.
05:36I'm going with this pair of shoes.
05:40And I'm taking them home too.
05:43They won't fit me, but I'm taking them.
05:50Okay, so now we have some money shooters.
05:53Ooh, okay, these both actually feel very nice
05:58and they're pretty weighty.
05:59So my inclination is the shinies more expensive,
06:02but that don't mean nothing.
06:03Everything that glitters ain't gold.
06:05Okay, and I'm talking about the weight of these,
06:07the weight.
06:08They're pretty equal, I would say.
06:11I'm looking at the way the money's sitting inside of this
06:14and they both have the same apparatus,
06:16a little sliver look.
06:17Can you see that on the inside?
06:18Yeah.
06:19Let's see how the dollarage happens, okay?
06:29Well now I'm even more confused.
06:30Here's what I think happened, okay?
06:32I think they both came looking like this,
06:34but they trying to trick me up in here, y'all.
06:36So they painted this one or they dipped it in battery acid
06:39to take the shine off to trick me on some subterfuge.
06:43I'm gonna say this is the more expensive gun.
06:50I mean, just, I'm so stupid, right?
06:51Look at them.
06:52Like this, like, hello.
06:59Ooh, and now we have lip gloss,
07:01as you can tell by my embouchure.
07:04I'm always glossy.
07:05I want you to see my lips from down the street.
07:08I want you to see these lips.
07:10Okay, let's look at these.
07:14Ooh, these are brand new too, okay.
07:23No scent, I'm already judging.
07:25No smell on this one, okay.
07:27The consistency, the payoff was good.
07:30I wouldn't say it was amazing, it was good.
07:33Oh, smell, there was a fragrance with her.
07:40We like that, also the packaging.
07:42Like, let's look at, let's touch.
07:45This one feels weightier.
07:48Like this one, no shade.
07:50I purchased this lip gloss before, like in my mind.
07:52Like I know where to get this lip gloss.
07:54This one, I'm like, ooh, there's a mystique.
07:56I'm gonna go with this gloss being the more expensive brand.
08:03Are you f***ing kidding me?
08:06Are y'all joking?
08:08Someone's bunking me.
08:10Are you kidding?
08:11Really?
08:12This is more expensive?
08:13I cannot believe I'm losing so hard right now.
08:15This is crazy.
08:17I don't know if I've lost drag race twice,
08:18but I'm losing expensive taste test.
08:21Take the crown away.
08:28What a fitting product for a queen, darling.
08:31We have crowns next.
08:34Ooh, okay.
08:39Okay, let's pick them up.
08:40Okay, okay.
08:44Look at how, the more carrots gold is,
08:47the more, the softer it is.
08:48So this is probably very soft,
08:50and duh, these are real gold crowns we have here, guys.
08:55We're talking about carrots here, you know?
08:57And this is firm.
08:59When Cersei and the dragons and them come in,
09:02you want this kind of crown when you're riding around it.
09:04You know what I mean?
09:05So like, because it's not gonna break on you.
09:07People still know that you're that girl.
09:10See which one feels right.
09:18It's this one.
09:19Okay.
09:28I'm going to say my final answer, Regis,
09:31this is not the more expensive crown.
09:35This is.
09:35This is the more expensive crown.
09:39Yay, oh, 53 points, yes!
09:42You can never, oh, oh, that feels so good.
09:46I'm so happy I won.
09:48You guys are worried there for a second.
09:49I was never worried.
09:51I knew I was gonna win.
09:52Oh, I got four right, that's the majority.
09:56You see how that works?
09:57That means I killed it.
09:59You're welcome.
10:01Thanks for watching me play expensive taste tests
10:03with Cosmo, and make sure you're streaming
10:05my new single, Body, out now.