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Peripera's Peri Ink is tattoo-like lip color that is honestly so damn cute both on your mouth and in the packaging.
When I wandered into the Club Clio store (where they sell all K-Beauty products), I got sucked into the employee's whole "would you like to try these new products because they would look so good on you" ploy. It worked. And because of a weird combination of guilt and laziness towards returning, I didn't try this lip tint for a long time. But when I finally did, OH BOY, I fell in love.
Obviously it doesn't have the same intense staying power as matte lipsticks, but the color stays on pretty damn well for something that's so liquidy — and I have consumed many messy meals to prove it. And I didn't realize how insanely nice and comfy it is NOT to have my lips feel like the Sahara. Brilliant. Life-changing. Number 5, the shade, is also the prettiest bright pink that I always want to wear every day because just seeing it makes me happy. The watery, tint-y formula also lets you build it up and control the boldness of the color, which is great because I need more control in my life. And as a hater of lip gloss (sorry, not sorry), I was so delighted to find that it wasn't sticky at all and still dried relatively fast. The applicator is also so easy to use that I could ~probably~ put it on without a mirror. Probably. And the tiny bottle, eep, I will forever be a sucker for cute packaging!
What's great is that Peri's Ink also now comes in a velvet (matte) formula, so I can always go matte if I wanted. Or, as I'm doing now, just dip into both worlds of matte and not-so-matte. —Sarah Han
Sarah is wearing Shade No. 5, No Spoiler. Get it on Amazon for $7.87. Or, if it's sold out, you can buy it here for $14.
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Overtone's Go Deep Weekly Treatment is a conditioner that slowly deposits color into your hair over time while you're IN THE SHOWER.
I had never dyed my hair before getting my mermaid hair and was launched into a world of hair care I never knew existed. I bought two different kinds of very expensive, very fancy for-colored-hair shampoo and conditioner, only washed my hair in freezing cold water (which is a miserable experience), and got fancy hair oils to keep my color vibrant and hair healthy, but even with all that effort, my lavender ends had faded away entirely within two weeks.
I mean, the fade looked really good for a while, but after a month it looked like it could use some help. I remembered the commenters in the mermaid hair post all echoing the same thing, "OVERTONE," like it was some magic chant that would cure all my hair problems. Overtone really pushes the idea that it's a ~conditioner~ not a dye, (even though it's kinda like a semi-permanent dye) and that you can use it with any temperature water. That's right, NO MORE FREEZING SHOWERS. I was sold.
I went for the Go Deep Pastel Blue Weekly Treatment instead of the daily conditioner because I needed the more intense pigment boost. I clipped my hair into 1-2 inch sections, and rubbed the conditioner on my dry, unwashed, very dirty hair because I didn't read the instructions that said to put it on "damp, freshly washed" hair. Oops.
After waiting 15 minutes I rinsed out my hair and didn't see any dye wash out. It made me wonder if I had used enough of it but I could definitely tell my hair was bluer than it was before. I was worried that it would leave a blue residue on my towel but it was totally clean, this stuff didn't even stain my skin!
I let my hair air dry and I was super happy with how it looked! I was scared it was going to look one-dimensional, or ruin the highlights my hair had but I think it only made them look better. I'll definitely be using Overtone from here on out, and am mostly excited because I won't have to wash my hair in freezing water ever again. —Claire de Louraille
Get it here for $28.
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Sally Hansen's Miracle Gel nail polish gives you a no-chip, gel-ish manicure that lasts way longer than regular polish.
Generally, my schedule makes it so that I can paint my nails at home once a week, and my neuroses make it so that I remove my nail polish at the first sign of a chip. That being said, my bottom line is that if a nail polish doesn't last at least seven days, I won't use it. While most polishes theoretically should last a week (I have no need to be working with my hands past the usual washing dishes and peeling price stickers off of new things), I've found that only a handful last longer than four days without chipping. But Sally Hansen Miracle Gel lasts on my hands for eight days on average.
The formula is available in 75 shades and legit lasts eight days; sometimes, it even lasts for 10. The application is forgiving, even, and un-bubbly, which means that I don't have to glop that shit on to smooth out bubbles and I don't have to worry about painting my nails while slightly intoxicated because it's very forgiving and still (magically) winds up looking nice. Also, it comes off with regular remover, which is a dream come true because I hate having to do the tin foil talons of removal after a traditional gel manicure.
The one downside to the polish is that if you want it to last as long as possible, you need to also buy the gel top coat. BUT, you don't use a base coat, so I guess you save on that if you're getting down to the nitty gritty. Also, you can buy sets of a shade with the gel top coat to save some dollars. —Augusta Falletta
Get the shade Off With Her Red (worn above) here for $12.99. Get the top coat here for $6.71. Get the set of shade plus top coat here for $11.99—$13.96.
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