Hey guys! I'm finally reviewing the long-awaited high waisted flex leggings from Aliexpress! These leggings are SO CHEAP I can't even believe it. $11 for a pair of squat proof leggings??? YES! These are from the brand Binand, a seller on Aliexpress, and I'm really impressed with the overall quality!
I wear size S/M and I go over sizing in the video!
✮ MY MEASUREMENTS ✮
➡ Chest 30 in
➡ Bust 36 in
➡ Waist 27 in
➡ Hip 38.5
➡ Height 5’9”
I wear size S/M and I go over sizing in the video!
✮ MY MEASUREMENTS ✮
➡ Chest 30 in
➡ Bust 36 in
➡ Waist 27 in
➡ Hip 38.5
➡ Height 5’9”
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LifestyleTranscript
00:00 Hey guys and welcome back to my channel.
00:01 So today I am showing you the long awaited
00:04 AliExpress high-waisted flex stoop.
00:07 So a lot of people have been asking me about this
00:09 and I've gotten so many requests to do it.
00:12 And people were requesting like a month after I ordered it.
00:15 Like I ordered this on February 1st
00:17 and it arrived last week,
00:20 which I'm uploading this like right after.
00:23 So it's like almost the end of March.
00:25 So it took like a month and a half to get these.
00:27 So do keep that in mind.
00:29 It was also like the like lunar new year
00:32 when I ordered these too.
00:33 So like it did take a little longer,
00:34 but like a month and a half is a long time.
00:36 But we're finally doing it.
00:38 So I can finally talk to you about these.
00:40 And just so you know, these are $11 and 41 cents.
00:44 I think that is the cheapest stoop I've ever done
00:46 on my channel.
00:47 And these are like good quality leggings for $11.
00:51 So these are from the brand Banand.
00:52 I don't really know how to pronounce it,
00:54 but they're an AliExpress seller
00:56 and it comes in four colors.
00:58 It comes in this gray color, a pink, a blue and a purple.
01:01 And I just got the gray,
01:03 but I do have a friend who got all of the colors
01:05 and she's obsessed with these leggings.
01:07 So I do have some notes about the other colors
01:08 that I will tell you about.
01:10 But yeah, I paid $11 and 41 cents.
01:12 Right now they're going for about $12.
01:15 Either way, incredibly cheap.
01:17 Actual Gymshark high-waisted flex are $50.
01:19 So you could get like five of these for that price.
01:22 So I don't think we need to worry about 11 versus $12.
01:25 So the size range isn't great on these.
01:27 They just have small, medium and large, extra large.
01:30 But I would say for the most part, these are true to size.
01:33 Okay, so talking about the fabric,
01:35 it says nylon on AliExpress,
01:38 but they don't always list all of the materials.
01:40 So I can't give you an exact material that these are,
01:43 but it's not a slick material or a super soft fabric.
01:47 It's more of a, I don't know,
01:49 it's somewhat compressive and more cottony knit material.
01:54 It is similar to the high-waisted flex material
01:57 but that it is like a stiffer, thicker fabric for sure.
02:00 And it is a marled material.
02:02 And again, my friend who has ordered all of these leggings,
02:05 she's ordered all of the colors,
02:06 said that the gray is like the most stiff
02:09 and has the least give out of all of them.
02:11 She said the other colors were like
02:13 super stretchy and flexible.
02:14 So, and that makes sense because in my experience
02:16 with darker colored leggings,
02:18 especially like gray to black leggings,
02:20 they usually are stiffer.
02:21 I think it's just something to do with the dye,
02:23 but just know if you do get the gray black ones,
02:26 they are a little more stiff than the other colors.
02:29 So yeah, I am normally a small, my measurements are below.
02:32 And these fit me fine.
02:33 They do feel a little tight,
02:35 but the waistband was honestly perfect on me.
02:37 I don't think I would have sized up
02:39 just because of the waistband.
02:41 So I'd say definitely for the other colors,
02:44 you should go true to size because they are stretchier.
02:47 But if you are like, if you're a medium,
02:50 like normally a medium and your measurements
02:52 are a little bit bigger than mine,
02:53 I would probably go for the large, extra large.
02:55 If you want the gray,
02:56 because these were just like a tad bit tight.
02:59 I don't know, they weren't quite the most comfortable
03:01 on me in that sense.
03:02 I would have liked just a little more room or give,
03:05 but again, you'd get that into the lighter color
03:07 or if you went up a size.
03:08 So the waistband is definitely thicker
03:10 than the High-Waisted Flex.
03:12 You can see it's a few inches high
03:13 and the High-Waisted Flex
03:14 was a pretty small waistband actually,
03:17 but it was still very high rise.
03:19 It's also a seamless waistband.
03:20 It has no band at the top.
03:22 It also is a ribbed waistband.
03:25 It feels double thickness.
03:26 So you are going to get compression from it.
03:28 But the ways that it strays from being an exact dupe
03:32 are that they do have this seam right below the waistband
03:36 and in the front and back of the leggings.
03:39 So they aren't a total seamless legging.
03:41 But to be honest, the back seam kind of defines your booty
03:45 a little bit.
03:45 So it's not just like, you know, one butt,
03:47 you know what I'm saying?
03:48 So I actually kind of enjoy the seam in the back.
03:52 The seam in the front can lead you susceptible to camel toe,
03:54 but I didn't notice any for me.
03:56 So these are camel toe proof.
03:58 So these do cover my belly button,
04:00 but I do feel like they were slightly less high-waisted
04:02 than the Gymshark High-Waisted Flex.
04:04 These did reach a full length on me and I am very tall.
04:07 So no matter what height you are,
04:09 I bet these would be full length on you too.
04:11 So as for logos, you're obviously not gonna have
04:13 that huge Gymshark logo on the back.
04:15 This brand has these little like metallic,
04:19 like blocks that go down on the side,
04:21 but they're kind of like ripping a little bit.
04:23 Like, I don't know, I feel like they were kind of like
04:25 cheaply put on the leggings.
04:29 So they definitely don't account for like stretch,
04:32 but like these were $11 to $12.
04:35 So like, I'm not expecting perfection.
04:38 Also, if you just want like a really cheap Gymshark dupe,
04:41 I feel like this is like the best you're gonna get.
04:43 So the contouring is very good
04:45 and honestly very similar to Gymshark.
04:48 They have the contouring down the side,
04:50 which goes all the way down to the leg
04:51 and then becomes like completely dark down,
04:55 like near the calf area.
04:57 And they also have the same booty contour detailing
05:01 that goes right under the butt.
05:02 And there's like a small little seam separating
05:05 the side leg contouring and the booty contouring.
05:08 They also have a very similar seamless transition
05:11 from the contour darker material
05:13 to the lighter marl material.
05:15 And it looks exactly like how Gymshark does it.
05:18 There's just like a little raised section
05:20 and that's like the only like difference
05:23 you can tell between the two.
05:25 But that's like the same as Gymshark
05:27 on their contour detailing on both the regular flex
05:29 and the high-waisted flex.
05:30 The contour detailing doesn't go up quite as high
05:33 as the high-waisted flex
05:34 because this waistband does take up more space,
05:37 but it still goes down all the way on the leg
05:40 and it's under the booty.
05:41 So I'd say overall, it's very similar.
05:43 These leggings also have a gusset crotch
05:45 and the crotch seams seem to are a little stiff,
05:49 kind of just like the Gymshark one.
05:51 I talked about it in my high-waisted flex review
05:53 that I felt like the crotch seams were a little bit stiff
05:56 and don't allow you to really stretch very much.
06:00 Like if you're trying to stretch out your legs,
06:02 the splits kind of thing,
06:03 it doesn't give you the most give.
06:06 But if you're just doing these for a leg day
06:08 or upper body day and you're not doing a whole lot
06:10 of stretching kind of movements, then I'd say it's fine.
06:14 But again, Gymshark had the same issue.
06:15 So I'm really impressed.
06:17 These are completely squat-proof.
06:18 Like in front of the ring light, everything,
06:20 I was wearing like bright blue underwear.
06:22 You could not tell at all.
06:23 These are a dark color,
06:25 but given that these were already feeling very tight on me
06:28 and I almost like could have sized up in this color,
06:31 the fact that they were still completely squat-proof,
06:34 I couldn't see any skin or anything,
06:36 makes me think that the other colors
06:37 would also be squat-proof.
06:39 But again, I can't really speak for the other colors,
06:41 but just know that these aren't sheer leggings by any means.
06:45 Also the contour fabric is a little more sheer.
06:47 You could see a little bit of skin
06:49 through the contour fabric,
06:51 but that's not like over your like butt area.
06:54 So you're not gonna be like exposing anything there.
06:56 And Gymshark also had a sheer fabric
06:58 for the contour material.
07:00 It's just like, it's just supposed to be
07:02 a more breathable material in general.
07:04 The contour material is definitely thinner
07:06 and more flexible than the other material,
07:08 but that's like part of the design
07:10 and it's supposed to like keep it
07:11 a little more breathable, I think.
07:13 But yeah, Gymshark had the same thing
07:14 where it was a little more sheer.
07:15 So if you don't mind that it's a little more sheer,
07:18 that is the case, but I personally don't think it's bad
07:20 because it's not over the actual like bum area.
07:23 And all I'm saying is if AliExpress
07:25 can make squat-proof leggings for $11,
07:27 then Gymshark should be able to too.
07:30 Again, I kind of already talked about this,
07:31 but they do have a front seam,
07:33 so you could be susceptible to some camel toe,
07:35 but I personally didn't have an issue with it.
07:38 Even though these were again, like very snug on me,
07:42 I was totally safe.
07:44 And as for cellulite, since these are so dark,
07:46 I really couldn't tell.
07:47 They also are very compressing,
07:50 so I also didn't have an issue with that.
07:52 And yeah, I really just couldn't see it
07:54 because these were so dark.
07:55 And I feel like even with the lighter colors,
07:58 the booty contouring is where like a lot of cellulite
08:00 happens and I feel like just having this darker color there
08:03 and a little more compression really helps disguise that.
08:06 So I think you're good on that too.
08:08 So overall, are these the best leggings
08:10 I've ever got from AliExpress?
08:12 No, but I think they're a great, inexpensive dupe.
08:16 And I really like what they're doing with their waistband.
08:19 And I think the contouring is very spot on
08:21 with the high-waisted flex.
08:22 So if you don't mind a few differences,
08:24 like the seams and they obviously have color differences,
08:27 but Gymshark is coming out with more colors.
08:29 So I feel like they are like more, I don't know, excusable.
08:33 I think that these are a great dupe and they're so cheap,
08:36 like $11 guys.
08:37 Like usually we're talking like the $20 range for dupes.
08:41 So yeah, I hope that this was helpful.
08:42 If you have any questions about these leggings,
08:44 please leave them in the comments below.
08:46 And I'm sure other people have gotten
08:47 some of the other colors as well.
08:49 So yeah, let me know if you're gonna get these
08:51 and let me know what other dupes or videos in general
08:54 that you wanna see.
08:55 And I'll see you next time, bye.
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