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This Guy's Sephora "Splurge" Rant Is the Most Relatable Thing Ever

"You can't do that with $50."

This Guy's Sephora Splurge Rant Is the Most Relatable Thing Ever

Some significant others don't totally understand the whole "spending hundreds of dollars on makeup" thing, but comedian KevOnStage definitely does. The YouTube star recently took to his Facebook page to rant about the harsh reality any makeup/skin care/etc. knows all too well: You cannot (can not) splurge at a beauty retailer for less than a hundo.

According to Refinery29, the comedian created the clip in response to a tweet recommending that people, "cash app [their] woman $50. So she can go to Mac or Sephora and splurge," an idea that he (and the rest of us beauty obsessives) realizes is completely ridiculous. Cute, but ridic, nonetheless.

"Splurge, in the Greek, means 'to spend freely or extravagantly' can't do that with $50," he explains. "You can maybe pay the sales tax, but you can't splurge at M.A.C. and Sephora be trippin about the price," he continues. "You give your girl $50 to go to M.A.C. and Sephora, y'all gonna end up in an argument because she can't get what she wants."

Even though we wouldn't turn down any amount of free money to spend on beauty products (free money, people!), the guy's got a point. Fifty dollars may make you the proud owner of a few slick lip glosses or (if you're lucky) a KKW Beauty kit, but it won't exactly win you a Supermarket Sweeps-style shopping spree at M.A.C. or Sephora.

"I can't get the Naked Palette," he laments. "If I can't get the palette, I can't splurge." Which, obviously, is true.

KevOnStage notes that though $50 won't buy your entire #facebeat, it can get you: Fifty 99-cent songs on iTunes; two 2-for-20 meals at Applebee's; a full tank of gas; a lot of wings; or a real "splurge" at the dollar store. The comedian, who is clearly up on his makeup economics, estimates you would need at least $500 for a real splurge. His solution if you've only got one-tenth of that to blow? "You have to go to a drugstore if you want to spend $50: Walmart, Target, CVS. Get some dupes," he says. Not completely unreasonable.

Moral of the story? "You're better off just buying her food." Sure, but makeup works, too.

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