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55 Weird Hacks That Make You Way Hotter

Beauty & fashion finds to ensure you look like a baddie.

by Jessica Booth
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The right beauty and fashion items have the power to make you look — and feel — like your best, hottest self. Too often though, they require fussiness or long-term commitment. That’s why we collected our favorite hacks to easily snatch you up from head to toe. They may be weird, but they’re also fast, efficient, and leave you looking like a baddie. From genius cuticle care to nail your clean-girl look to elevating your ponytail (literally) by slipping in some fake hair, these finds make it easy.

1Use White Eyeliner To Instantly Look More Awake

Make your eyes pop with just one swipe of this white eye pencil. You can use it on the inner corner of your eye or the water line to highlight the area, making your eyes look wider and more awake, even if you barely got any sleep the night before. One side features a twist-up crayon that glides on smoothly, while the other side is a built-in smudging tool to create a natural look.

2Snatch Your Face With A Contouring Sonic Massager

Think of this facial roller as a luxe version of your typical ice roller. This features gentle sonic vibrations that give a little massage to help smooth and firm skin. The globes are detachable, too — use the rose quartz for a naturally cool feel that calms puffiness, and the stainless steel ones to fight inflammation and aid in lympathtic drainage. Pop them in the fridge or freezer for a cooler feel or in warm water for some gentle heat. This can create a more contoured, smooth look and feels so relaxing.

3Get A Bronze Glow With Self-Tanning Drops You Add To Makeup

These self-tanning drops truly make it so easy to achieve a sun-kissed glow from the comfort of your own home. The color is completely customizable depending on how much you use — add just one or two drops to your foundation or moisturizer for a more subtle look, or add more for a deeper bronze. The drops contain hydrating ingredients like aloe vera and coconut water, so won’t leave skin feeling tight, but they dry really quickly. Choose between light, medium, or dark.

4Firm & De-Puff Skin Fast With A Collagen Balm Stick

Keep this multi balm stick in your bag at all times to freshen up and moisturize skin no matter where you are. Not only does it hydrate and leave skin looking glowy, but it also acts as skin care. It’s made with calcium to promote skin cell renewal, collagen for a bouncy, smooth feel, and elastin to firm things up. Swipe it on whenever — it absorbs quickly and won’t leave a residue behind.

5Effortlessly Remove Calluses With This Weird Electric Foot File

Instead of taking time and energy to scrub the calluses on your feet, try this electronic foot file. It does the hard work for you with the push of a button, buffing away dead, dry skin to make your feet so much softer and smoother. The head spins 360 degrees so you can reach anywhere without effort, and the compact size makes storage or traveling with it a breeze. It even comes with the four AAA batteries needed.

6Use Clear Double-Sided Tape For Quick Fashion Fixes

This double-sided tape is so handy to prevent embarrassing fashion mishaps. It’s made with medical-grade adhesive, so offers all-day hold without irritating sensitive skin. It’s safe for delicate fabrics, too (you can use this on lace, silk, and satin without stress) and stays secure no matter how much you move around. White backing strips make them easy to apply, but once peeled off, they’re so transparent no one will even know anything’s there.

7Get Smoother Skin Everywhere With Salicylic Acid Body Wash

Start using this powerhouse body wash in the shower to make your skin notably softer and smoother. Ingredients like glycerin and linoleic-rich oils hydrate on a deep level, while salicylic acid acts as topical exfoliant to clear away gunk and grime. It helps prevent clogged pores and breakouts while making skin feel so clean and never stripped or dry. It’s fragrance free and designed for use even on sensitive skin.

8Ensure Makeup Stays Put For Hours With This 3-Second Setting Spray

If your makeup falls flat after a few hours of wear, it’s time to add this setting spray to your routine. Spritz this on after you’re done applying all of your makeup — it takes just three seconds to lock your look and promises to keep it from smudging or fading for up to 36 hours. The super fine mist won’t disrupt your makeup or leave a residue, and helps keep your glam intact all day and all night, too.

9Use pH-Activated Blush That Transforms Into Your Perfect Shade

Don’t be fooled by the grey color of this blush stick. It reacts to your skin’s pH levels to transform into the shade of pink that best complements your natural skin tone. As if that weren’t enticing enough, it’s also smooth, creamy, and blendable, with a lightweight feel. The hydrating formula makes skin look glowy rather than matte or dry, and it should last for hours without fading. Plus, the stick applicator makes it easy to use, even on the go, and it can also be used on your lips or eyelids.

10Prevent Ingrown Hairs With A Smoothing Serum

Body hair removal doesn’t have to lead to painful ingrown hairs and bumpy skin when you use this smoothing treatment. It’s made with BHA, AHA, and PHA for gentle exfoliation, as well as niacinamide and cica for calming inflammation and locking in moisture. The roller-ball applicator glides on smoothly to soothe irritated skin, hydrate, and help prevent ingrown hairs. It’s easy to use in every area too.

11Get A Smooth, Dark Tan With Lightweight Tanning Mousse

Get a deep, even tan at home in just about an hour with this self-tanner mousse. It goes on as lightweight foam that feels hydrating, not sticky, and absorbs easily into the skin. And don’t just take it from me — it has over 33,900 five-star ratings. “Wow!! I'm stunned how great this is,” one shopper wrote, and added, “This one is easy to apply, dries fast, is not sticky, does not have the weird tan smell and leaves my skin with a very natural looking tan.”

12Refresh Hair With This Dry Shampoo & Texture Paste In One

Turn second-day (or later) hair into a chic, mussed-up style with this hair paste, which doubles as both a texturizer and a dry shampoo. It adds volume and texture while also absorbing oil, so it doesn’t leave hair looking stringy or greasy. Volcanic ash cleanses strands to help mask odors, and the paste provides lightweight hold that’s easy to work with to create any style you want. A little goes a long way.

13Get A Boost (Even In Swimsuits & Sports Bras) With Stick-On Inserts

These sticky bra inserts feature double-sided adhesive that allows you to stick one side to just about any clothing — such as low-cut tops, bikinis, and sports bras — and the other side to your skin so they won’t budge. You can choose to wear them slanting up for a push-up effect or directly below for more of a lifting effect, and they’re washable and reusable. Plus, this set comes with disposable flower-shaped nipple covers and silicone nipple covers as a bonus.

14Make Lashes Look Naturally Fuller With Tiny Lash Clusters

When you want to boost your eyelashes but don’t want to look too overdone, these lash clusters are the answer. Each cluster is small, but makes a big impact — when added to the outer corners, lashes look so much fuller and more voluminous. They’re lighter and more comfortable than a full lash strip and easier to apply. This set comes with 300 wispy clusters, along with bond and seal solutions to keep them in place.

15Look Less Puffy & More Awake With Jet Lag Eye Masks

Summer Fridays took their best-selling Jet Lag mask and turned it into these under eye patches. Made with hydrating glycerin and hyaluronic acid, brightening niacinamide, and refreshing cucumber extract and caffeine, these work to get rid of puffiness and inflammation, while soothing and locking in hydration. “The best under eye patches ever!” one reviewer raved. “My under eye instantly plumped up with one use and has gotten better over a week with continued use.”

16Achieve The Perfect Pedi With Press-On Toenails

Skip the salon pedicure and do your own at home with these press-on toenails. They’re made of thick, flexible material that makes them extra durable (and able to withstand time on the beach). They’re also surprisingly natural-looking. The set comes with 32 nails in various sizes so that you can choose the ones that look most natural on your toes. Choose from seven different styles and colors, all subtle and simple.

17Get A Glass Skin Glow With This Exfoliating Facial Essence

Unexpected ingredients make this essence a skin-care win. Made with fermented soybeans, barley, and Korean pear, the surprising mix is soothing, moisturizing, and nourishing. Add two drops to your foundation or directly on skin to exfoliate and hydrate. “I’ve been using this entire collection for months now and absolutely love it,” one shopper wrote in a review. “My skin feels so soft all day long.”

18Keep Bra Straps Out Of Sight With Versatile Bra Clips

This pack of bra clips and straps help make your favorite everyday bra more functional. The clips help you turn a regular bra into a racerback to hide the straps for tanks or even halter tops. They can also be used to create natural looking lift. The stretchy straps hold any bra straps together more, keeping them from sliding down your arms. The set comes with 12 clips and three straps in three different colors.

19Neutralize Brassy Blonde Tones With A Blue Shampoo

If your blonde highlights are starting to look more orange than bombshell, this blue shampoo works to restore and refresh your color. The blue-violet color neutralizes those orange, brassy tones, making hair look brighter and giving your blonde a little boost. It also hydrates so strands are left soft and shiny.

20Soften Skin With Enzyme Gel That Peels Off Blackheads & Gunk

This versatile exfoliating gel is both gentle and effective — and can be used on your body and face. It’s made with fermented enzymes, hyaluronic acid, and amino acids that help melt away blackheads, cleanse the gunk off, and leave skin feeling smoother and softer. And harsh scrubbing isn’t necessary — you can just massage this on your skin, leave it for a few minutes, then rinse and watch all the yuck peel right off.

21Keep Brows Perfectly In Place With Laminating Gel

Once you’ve manipulated your eyebrows into the perfect shape, you need this brow lamination gel to keep them there for the rest of the day. This gel has a lightweight feel that offers firm hold without making brows feel sticky or too stiff. The sweat- and water-resistant formula is meant to last for hours, and the formula makes brows look fuller as it holds.

22 Choose A Comfy White Tank With A Built-In Bra For Lift

We all need a basic tank top — and this one has a stand-out feature. There’s a built-in bra with a layered front panel that has pads to offer medium-high support and offer a lift. The tank itself is made of thick but breathable ribbed viscose and has a touch of spandex for stretch. Colors range from minimalist white to bright pink.

  • Available sizes: Small — XX-Large
  • Available colors: 10+

23Soothe Red, Irritated Skin With A Nourishing Milky Toner

Add this milky toner to your skin-care routine to achieve a more even texture and a glowing complexion. Rice water helps brighten and even skin tone, niacinamide helps to balance excess oil, and ceramides lock in hydration to leave your skin moisturized. It’s lightweight, absorbs quickly, and is fragrance-free, so designed for use on sensitive skin.

24Give Skin A Glowy Glimmer With Body Oil That Smells Fantastic

Leave your skin both hydrated and glowing with this body gel oil. The unique formula blends gel and oil for a lightweight feel that absorbs quickly, isn’t sticky or greasy, and feels intensely moisturizing. The best part is that it’s infused with a shimmery bronze shade that is subtle but so pretty, making your skin look more even and sun-kissed.

25Deeply Cleanse Pores With Weird Charcoal Nose Mask Strips

This charcoal mask kit comes with everything you need to thoroughly cleanse pores and leave your nose (and surrounding area) smooth and clear. It includes the bamboo charcoal mask, more than 60 strips, and a little spoon for the mask. Application is easy: Spread the mask onto your skin, then press the strip onto that area. Let it sit for a few minutes then pull off — you’ll remove blackheads, gunk, and grime from your pores for a deeply satisfying clean.

26Fill & Shape Brows With A Fork-Tip Microblade Pen

The secret to getting perfectly shaped brows at home might just be this dual-ended eyebrow pencil. One side features a four-prong fork tip that helps fill in brows and blend out color, while the other side is a precise brush tip for creating tiny, hair-like strokes that make the end result look so realistic. You can choose from over five colors for your perfect shade, and it’s so easy that even beginners can get it on the first try.

27Smooth Your Backside With This Sheet Mask For Your Butt

All of your skin can use a little extra love sometimes — so this sheet mask for your butt is weird, but also useful. Made with skin-loving ingredients like caffeine, aloe leaf juice, goji berry, and orange extract, this mask helps to hydrate, firm, and smooth skin, helping make your butt more supple. It’s perfect for using right before you put a bathing suit. And honestly? It’s also just kind of fun.

28Do A Perfect Cat Eye With An Eyeliner Stamp

If nailing the winged linger look feels impossible, this double-sided eyeliner pen was made for you. One side is a tiny stamp that leaves behind the most perfect winged look at the outer corner of your eye. The other side is a liner tip to seamlessly line the rest of your eye for a cohesive look. One shopper called it “seriously amazing,” and added, “I was skeptical at first, but the moment I stamped my first wing I was in disbelief.”

29Firm The Skin Around Your Eyes With A Tightening Serum

Perfect for the days you’re feeling a little extra exhausted, this eye tightener is meant to help firm up the skin to make you look more awake and refreshed. Made with peptides, silicate-based tightening agents, marine algae, and collagen, the formula hydrates, smooths, and helps get rid of that puffy under-eye look. It’s lightweight and absorbs quickly, so you can easily wear it under makeup.

30Make Nails & Cuticles Look Perfect With A Buffing Oil Pen

No at-home manicure is complete without neat, orderly cuticles, and that’s exactly what this nail pen helps you achieve. Use the tip of the angled, ceramic brush head to gently push cuticles back, then buff out the nail with the full brush when you’re done. It’s infused with centella, sweet almond oil, and apricot oil, so it hydrates well but absorbs quickly. It’s so easy to use and makes a huge difference in how your nails look.

31Apply Self-Tanner Evenly & Streak-Free With This Kit

If you use self-tanner, this applicator kit should be considered an essential. It comes with three applicators to help you apply self-tanner evenly and seamlessly on all different parts of your body. The mitt is ideal for large areas like legs and arms, while the back applicator makes it easy to get to hard-to-reach spots. Use the contoured brush for smaller areas where you want to be more precise, like your face. They won’t absorb product and are comfortable to use.

32Refresh & Brighten Skin With A Cult-Favorite Mask

The Summer Fridays Jet Lag Mask has been a favorite among beauty experts for as long as it’s been on shelves, and there’s a good reason why. The versatile formula can be used as a hydrating mask, an overnight cream, or even a hand cream, and uses glycerin and hyaluronic acid to moisturize and plump up skin. Other nourishing ingredients include niacinamide to smooth and cucumber extract to calm. It’s cooling, lightweight, and feels so good.

33Use An Eyebrow Stamp For Flawless Shaping Every Time

If you feel like your brow shaping skills are lacking, try this eyebrow stamp. It’s a deeply pigmented pomade that is both water- and sweat-resistant, so once applied, it should stay put all day long. It helps to fill in brows, create a nice shape, and make them look fuller, while also coming off as very natural. The stamp applicator makes this so easy to use and it’s available in more than 10 shades.

34Swap Nail Polish For Easy Gel Nail Strips You Can Do At Home

Skip the time-consuming and pricey salon manicure and do your nails on your own — these semi-cured gel strips mean you don’t even need to deal with polish. Just prep your nails, peel these off, and stick them on your nails, then cure them under a UV lamp (FYI — that’s not included). They’re made of real liquid gel nail polish, so once they harden under the lamp, they last up to 14 days. They’re easy to use and come with 24 nail strips and all prep tools necessary.

35Get Wavy Style Without A Blow Dryer By Using Air-Dry Hair Cream

This air-dry cream lets you get gorgeous beach waves that don’t look frizzy or unruly, without spending time blow drying or curling. The formula feels like a lightweight mix of gel and cream, made with coconut oil and vitamin A to hydrate and nourish. It’s meant to enhance your natural waves without making them feel crunchy — basically it helps your hair look like its best self. And its coconut scent just feels like a summer day.

36Snatch Your Face With An Easy-To-Use Contour Wand

This contour wand helps you achieve a natural contoured look thanks to a smooth, creamy formula that’s buidlable and blendable. Made with essential fatty acids and murumuru butter, this actually moisturizes while making your skin glow. The wand-like cushion applicator makes it so easy to apply, and the weightless feel allows you to seamlessly blend it in for a snatched look that doesn’t feel overdone.

37Rock A Dainty Faux Nose Ring That Doesn’t Need A Piercing

This small fake nose ring allows you to play around with the look of a piercing without actually, you know, getting one. It’s super thin and has a dainty, subtle look, and the 7-millimeter hoop fits snugly around your nose without slipping off. It’s made of sterling silver that is tarnish-resistant, and made to be sensitive-skin safe. Plus, the lightweight feel is so comfy you’ll forget you have it on.

38Make Any Look Way More Fun With Easy Gel Glitter

This glitter gel is a luxe take on the stuff you may have loved as a kid. It’s a gentle-ingredient gel infused with holographic sparkles that look ethereal and dreamy on your skin. You can use it all over your face or body, and since it’s cosmetic-grade glitter, it won’t irritate your skin. It dries clear, doesn’t feel sticky, and lasts for hours, but comes off easily with makeup remover. Choose between six shimmering colors.

39Seriously Smooth Hair With Spirulina Protein Heat Protectant

Think of this smoothing spray as close to a mini keratin treatment at home. Once activated with heat styling, this spray helps to tame frizz, add loads of shine, and make hair look so sleek. It also protects against heat damage, while spirulina protein strengthens strands. Plus, the formula is lighweight and doesn’t feel greasy, so you won’t even know it’s there.

40Enhance Your Butt With Comfy Scrunching Biker Shorts

These butt-lifting shorts sound gimmicky, but actually deliver. Between the scrunching action at the seam, the V-shaped back, and the comfortable compression, these lift your booty to make it look extra bodacious. The wide waistband and moisture-wicking fabric make them comfy and workout-approved as well. Plus, you get to choose between more than 35 color options and eight different sizes.

  • Available sizes: XX-Small — 3X-Large
  • Available colors: 35+

41Get Flawless Glowy Legs With Airbrush Body Makeup

Not into self-tanner? This leg makeup achieves a similar look, just without the potential for streaks. The aerosol can makes it so easy to spray the super fine mist all over your legs, where it creates a subtly bronze glow, acting almost like foundation for your legs. It helps to cover up any imperfections and even out your skin. And since it’s water- and transfer-resistant, you don’t have to worry about it rubbing off.

42Do Perfect At-Home Manicures With Peel-Off Nail Tape

Painting your own nails can be a struggle, but this latex manicure tape is a true game changer. Apply this on the skin around your nails and let it dry. It acts as a barrier so if polish goes outside of your nail, it gets on the tape and not your skin. When you’re done polishing, peel away the tape and any wayward polish on top of it, revealing a flawless manicure. It dries quickly and peels off seamlessly.

43Replace Blush, Eyeshadow, & Lip Color With This Single Makeup Stick

This double-sided makeup stick is the kind of product you’ll want to keep in your bag at all times. One side features a glowing bronze shade that can be used as contour or bronzer, while the other side is soft pink you can swipe on lips, cheeks, or eyelids. The formula is creamy, buildable, and easy to blend, and leaves a radiant finish. You can choose between four different shades for your perfect match.

44Add Faux Bangs To Give Youself A New Look In Minutes

These clip-on bangs let you transform your hair without doing any permanent cutting damage — hello, college — and they look surprisingly realistic. The sliding clip makes them easy to use, with a secure fit that stays put all day. Because they’re made of 100% human hair, you can wash them and style them with hot tools to get a specific look. And you can choose from over 10 colors to find the shade that blends seamlessly with your hair.

45Detox Scalp & Hair With Apple Cider Vinegar Foam

Every once in a while, shampoo simply isn’t enough to make your hair feel really clean. This apple cider vinegar wash is perfect, as it helps cleanse product build-up, excess oils, and grime from your scalp and strands in a gentle way. It doesn’t strip hair of moisture, instead it softens, adds shine, and even strengthens. One shopper called it a “must-have” and added, “My hair always feels 100% more soft and feels like it stays clean longer.”

46Wear Cuff Earrings That Look So Cool — No Piercing Required

You don’t need to get your ears pierced to rock these pretty cuff earrings. Shaped like mini huggies, these wrap around the cartilage at the top of your ear for a snug fit that ensures they stay put. Made of sterling silver with a 14 karat yellow gold plating (though you can also choose white or rose gold), these are hypoallergenic and designed to maintain their shine. Choose from five different styles, too.

47Plump Up Dry Lips With Moisturizing Overnight Masks

These jelly lip masks are not only oddly fun to use, with a pleasant gel-like sensation, but they also really work to plump and hydrate. They’re made with sodium hyaluronate and cherry extract to moisturize your lips, making them look and feel fuller and softer. You can wear them while you’re sleeping or for a few hours and you get 20 in one pack, so you’ll have enough to last a while.

48Make Brows Bolder With An At-Home Tinting Set

Dying your eyebrows can make them look full and voluminous without needing makeup — and this brow tinting set means you don’t have to go to a salon for it. It’s so easy to figure out, and comes with everything you need (the color, gel, mixing spoon, and applicator). The color sets after just a few minutes and can even be used on your eyelashes. “The color looks natural, lasts well, and helps simplify daily makeup routines,” one shopper raved.

49Get Ultra-Soft & Smooth Feet With Weird Peeling Masks

When your feet really need a little extra TLC, only these foot peeling masks will do. Wear the masks, which look like booties, for about an hour, then watch as the dead, dry skin on your feet peels off over the course of one to two weeks (yes, weeks). It works like a charm every time thanks to botantical extracts that gently exfoliate, leaving your skin incredibly soft.

50Add Sparkling Freckles With These Temporary Tattoos

You can make any look instantly more glamorous with these glitter freckles, which come in a pack of six. They’re made with cosmetic-grade glitter that won’t irritate your skin and promise to stay on for hours. The strips are like temporary tattoos, so they’re very easy to apply — there’s really no way to mess them up. Even more fun: They become more vibrant in the water, so can be really cool for a pool party.

51Get Dewy Skin In Hours With Overnight Melting Masks

Packed with hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, amino acids, and collagen, these hydrogel face masks are so soothing and nourishing. This feels more like a slick gel mask than your typical sheet mask, and it’s meant to stay on for a few hours (or even overnight). It will turn transparent once it’s ready to be removed, and it leaves skin glowing, dewy, and radiant. Each pack comes with four masks to use whenever you need a refresh.

52Snatch Your Jawline With These Chin Lifting Masks

Shoppers swear by these chin lifting masks, which are meant to help firm up and lift the skin on your neck. “These masks really work!” one wrote in a review. “I’ve had [...] skin under my neck that has made me feel really insecure. I use these masks once weekly and have noticed a great difference!” Retinol firms the skin to help make it smooth, collagen helps with elasticity, and vitamin E brightens, all while the tight fit (the loops wrap around your ears) work to lift the skin.

53Eliminate Visible Panty Lines & Camel Toe With Seamless Thongs

These seamless thongs are the way to go when you’re trying to avoid dreaded VPL (visible panty lines) and even camel toe. They’re soft and lightweight, with a barely there feel that makes them practically invisible. Because they’re seamless, they won’t dig into your skin and they feel so comfortable. The cotton gusset is breathable and a good size, and the rest of the thong is perfectly stretchy. Choose between more than 6 different multipacks when adding to cart.

  • Available sizes: Small — X-Large
  • Available colors: 5+

54Firm Up Neck Skin With This Unique Rollerball Cream

Smooth out the skin on your neck and give yourself a relaxing massage with this neck cream. The rollerball applicator feels so nice on your skin, with a light cooling sensation, and helps boost absorption of the product. It’s also packed with nourishing ingredients, like shea butter for hydration, ceramides to restore the skin barrier, and peptides that smooth out.

55Pump Up Your Ponytail With A Voluminous Extension

Use this ponytail extension to get a voluminous updo in minutes, regardless of how short or fine your hair is. This bouncy ponytail (reminiscent of Ariana Grande’s ponytail era) is so easy to add to your look, with two application options. One is a removable claw clip that grips to your head and sits really securely, while the other is a hair net with a pocket to hide your hair. At 13 inches long, this adds a lot of hair, so it’s a glam look that won’t go unnoticed.