Fashion
5 Beauty Apps That'll Make Your Day a Little Prettier
Sometimes you don't have an extra hour to spend at Sephora — but if you love fantasizing about new lipstick colors, blue hair, and DIY facial steams, you might be in the market for one of these beauty apps. These useful little pretties will make your life a little easier, give you a new profile picture or two, and keep you entertained for at least a week of commutes.
Sometimes you don't have an extra hour to spend at Sephora — but if you love fantasizing about new lipstick colors, blue hair, and DIY facial steams, you might be in the market for one of these beauty apps. These useful little pretties will make your life a little easier, give you a new profile picture or two, and keep you entertained for at least a week of commutes.
ModiFace Makeup
Ever wondered what you'd look like in coral lipstick after browsing the latest J.Crew catalog? Too nervous or broke to hop on over to Sephora and find out? Makeup apps like this one let you upload a picture of yourself and spend a few blissful minutes (or hours) giving yourself a virtual makeover. Lavender eyeshadow? Extreme contouring? Oxblood lipstick? Bring it all on.
Price: Free (for a limited time)
Image: Katie Tegtmeyer on flickr
Hair Color Booth
Before you dye your hair Cruella de Vil black-and-white for Halloween, see if the look compliments your skintone with Hair Color Booth's super realistic tools. Upload a photo of yourself and start virtually dying your hair to find out how you'd look as a blonde, a redhead, or a rainbow-streaked punk. Like what you see? Share it online... or get it done in real life.
Price: Free
Image: Kevin Dooley on flickr
GoodGuide
Worried about chemicals in your makeup? (You should be.) Labels can be confusing and misleading, but this app has done a lot of the legwork for you. Use it to scan the barcode of whatever product you're considering — you'll immediately find out how safe and green the product is.
Price: Free
BeautyCraft
If you still can't find the all-natural facial scrub you're looking for, perhaps you can whip up one yourself. The BeautyCraft app caters to DIY and natural beauty fiends with innovative recipes, an index of natural ingredients, and a list of the equipment you'll need. Don't worry, these recipes aren't the basic sugar-and-olive-oil scrubs you can find all over the internet. BeautyCraft gives you awesome natural beauty secrets like like Ayurvedic Spice Foot Wrap, Detox Celery Facial Steam, and Perfect Plum Cider Cleanser.
Price: $1.99
'80s Hair
Sometimes you just gotta get a little Flock of Seagulls. Whether you want inspiration for your next costume party or a hilarious new Facebook picture, this app lets you stick famous '80s hairdos over your own photo. You can even add props like bubblegum and sunglasses. That's all it does — but what more do you need?
Price: $1.99
Image: rochelle hartman on flickr
