
55 Random, Weird Things That’ll Make You Look Hot As Hell (& They’re SO Cheap)
No gatekeeping here.
A glow-up sometimes requires thinking outside of the box. Luckily, Amazon has you covered with life-changing products you maybe never even knew existed. Ahead is a shortlist of all the unexpected little discoveries that’ll upgrade your look for a shockingly affordable price. From buzzy serums that promise a glass-skin glow to attention-getting accessories that’ll boost your confidence, everything below delivers major results — with some costing less than your coffee shop order.
01A Retinol Eye Stick Balm For Targeted Application
Designed to target the under eyes, this retinol eye stick comes in a handy twist-up applicator to hydrate and help brighten the area. No need to dip your finger into a cream pot; the caffeine and elasticity-promoting ingredients can be directly applied to the skin, locking in moisture and minimizing the look of crepey texture.
02A Scalp Massage Hair Brush That Detangles As It Reduces Static
Replicating the look of a showerhead, this groovy boar bristle hairbrush features a hollowed-out design that not only helps dry towel-dried hair as it sweeps through your strands, but also detangles while reducing static. No tugging, either; this gently loosens knots with each swipe. Give it a go for yourself to smooth out unruly hair.
03A Cult-Favorite Peel-Off Lip Liner For Easy Definition
Line your lips with the viral Sacheu peel-off liner. Unlike other stains and peel-away masks, this formula hydrates and nourishes the lips with hyaluronic acid and vitamin E, leaving a satin-soft finish that won’t slip. Apply it with the easy-to-use applicator and let it set for up to 20 minutes; it can be used on the outer area as a liner or as a full, filled-in look.
- Available colors: 14
04 An LED Teeth Whitening Kit For A Brighter Smile In Minutes
This teeth whitening kit has everything you need for a brighter smile, including a 16-minute LED accelerator light and 35% carbamide peroxide gel pens. When used together, they’re designed to deliver professional-level results and teeth up to nine shades whiter in a week. Just peep the before-and-afters to see the results for yourself.
05A Sheet Mask Designed For A Healthy-Looking Glow
Take your sheet mask Sundays to a whole new level with this full-face mask. Designed to hug the skin around your face and under the chin, this is infused with peptides and collagen that claim to help firm the skin, promoting better elasticity. The real kicker here is the stretchy lifting band, which keeps the sheet mask in place and enhances the firming sensation during wear. Hydrating and glow-inducing, this might be your new holy-grail hands-free solution for smoother skin and a more defined jawline.
06Metal Ponytail Pins To Deck Out Your ‘Dos
Delivering It-girl realness for your hair, these gold ponytail pins from Kitsch will instantly make any braid or updo look 10 times more bougie and luxe. You just slide them in without snagging or pulling. They’re available in cuff and cloud pin designs that’ll take your style to brand-new heights.
07A Buzz-Worthy Lip Oil With A Subtle Tint
Drench your lips in the top-rated Nooni lip oil. Silky in texture, this tinted gloss leaves a subtle flush of color while softening dry skin in one step. It’s packed with fruit extracts and nut and seed oils, such as jojoba, almond, macadamia, and argan, to leave a smooth, glass-like finish. A plus is that this is designed to leave lips feeling hydrated and juicy with color that “lasts for hours — even after eating and drinking,” according to one reviewer.
- Available colors: 16
08A 3-In-1 Mini Tool For On-The-Go Brushing & Flossing
Pre-pasted, these handy three-in-one mini toothbrushes will ensure your smile stays fresh and bright on the go. It’s pure genius, designed with a pick and flosser, too, so you can ensure there’s no food photobombing your selfies, in-office meetings, or date nights. Get them in packs of 24, 48, or 120, because once you experience their convenience, you’ll want to stock up.
09Saltair Shimmering Oil That’s Viral For A Reason
Run, don’t walk, to get this Saltair shimmering oil, packed with an irresistible, head-turning fragrance and skin-glistening pearl pigments. Featuring ultra-hydrating squalane, it delivers a fast-absorbing, ultra-luxurious finish that’ll have notes of rose, jasmine, and sandalwood wafting through the air every time you apply it.
- Available scents: 3
10A Gold-Plated Belly Chain To Elevate A Midrift-Baring Look
Not to be dramatic, but the way this 14-karat gold-plated belly chain will make your figure pop is stratospheric. Cropped and two-piece bathing suit looks will never be the same again once this is part of the rotation — and don’t let its dainty, delicate aesthetic fool you; it’ll undoubtedly make an impression on your whole outfit. Fully adjustable, it features an extender for the perfect fit, and it’s available as a simple chain or completed with a tiny crystal.
- Available styles: 6
11Facial Cryo Tools For Instant Cooling & De-Puffing
You’ll be in immediate bliss once these cryo globe tools are placed against your skin. Best used after a stint in the fridge, they’re designed to glide over your face for immediate cooling and soothing relief. They are ergonomically shaped to roll over your skin and fit the curves of your under-eyes and jawline.
12A Blush Moisture Stick For Swiping On Cheek-Flushing Color
Creamy in its pigment, the Pixi On-The-Glow stick is a must-have for your makeup routine. Allowing for easy application, its smooth balm glides over the area with a rosy medium tint formula. Make your cheeks, bridge of your nose, and brow bones pop with this.
- Available colors: 4
13A Luxe Lace Bralette For Lingerie That’s Wearable
Give your underwear drawer an upgrade with this gorgeous lace bra. Semi-sheer and underwired, it offers support that won’t feel overwhelming, naturally enhancing your overall look. Super lovely in its details, it’s giving lingerie meets day-to-night comfort. Wear it peeking through an off-shoulder look or reserve it fully for the bedroom, the options are endless.
- Available sizes: 32A — 42F
- Available colors: 8
14A Set Of Tongue Scrapers For A Truly Clean Feel
Since there’s nothing hotter than good oral hygiene, this set of tongue scrapers needs to be in your cart. Introduce these into your morning and evening routines to rid your mouth of gunk and bad breath. It works by clearing the white coating that sits on your tongue and is designed to remove bacteria, helping improve the quality of your taste buds. One shopper described it as “such a small change that made a huge impact on my daily routine!”
15A Multiuse Castor Oil Kit To Help Promote Healthy Brows & Lashes
For an all-in-one natural treatment, this organic castor oil kit includes everything you need to promote healthier hair growth and to strengthen and hydrate cuticles. From your lashes and brows to your scalp and nails, this gentle, fragrance-free formula can be applied anywhere — and it comes with handy applicators (mascara wand, eyelash brush, brow brush, and liner) to target the specific areas that could use some TLC.
16Keratin Hair Capsules For Fast-Acting Hair Hydration
Transform how you care for your hair with these daily serum capsules that are bursting with keratin amino acids and vitamin B5. Their single-use, mini balloon-like applicators are an ingenious way to tame frizz and smooth your strands for a healthier, glossier feel. Shoppers with color-treated and different textured hair, from straight to curly, have put these to the test and note that they leave their looks smooth and never oily.
17Clip-On Ear Cuffs To Accent Your Slicked-Back Hair Styles
Deck out your ears without the pain and commitment of multiple piercings with these gold-plated clip-on earcuffs. Varying in simple and bedazzled designs, they come in a set of nine styles that’ll stand out against slicked-back ‘dos. Comfy and lightweight, they can be worn all day to tie any look together.
- Available colors: 3
18A Body Brush To Get The Circulation Going
Buff your skin and treat yourself to an at-home lymphatic drainage experience with this boar bristle body brush. Crafted from naturally exfoliating materials, it sloughs away dead skin cells to reveal a softer feel and allover glow. One skeptical shopper has been totally converted and gushed, “After the first use, I saw improvement in my skin. I’ve had a significant reduction of ingrown hairs on my legs, my skin feels smooth and silky, and it’s super easy to use.”
19Reedle Shot 100 For “Microneedling In A Bottle”
The VT Cosmetics Reedle Shot 100 promises microneedling results in serum form. It’s formulated with hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, niacinamide, and anti-inflammatory ingredients to help reduce the appearance of pores and deliver gentle exfoliation and targeted hydration. It’s earned praise from shoppers who’ve reported improvements in skin texture and brightening of dark spots. Fancy facial results at home? Sign me up.
20A Forehead Patch That Can Help Boost Collagen
Comfortable to wear and easy to apply, these forehead patches are designed to leave you with a glass-like glow on one of the most active areas of your face, boosting your skin’s hydration and helping to repair the look of dryness. Seeped in collagen, vitamin E, and hyaluronic acid in a jelly-like mask, these are formulated to up your skin’s radiance overnight.
21A Dark Spot Corrector With Niacinamide Brightening Realness
Apply this dark spot corrector to freshly cleansed skin for a brightening boost. For anyone who’s experienced unwanted hyperpigmentation from acne scars, melasma, or sun spots, this is for you. Blended with niacinamide, salicylic acid, and tranexamic acid (an amino acid that targets uneven tone), this serum is formulated to help boost skin cell renewal and improve overall texture. Shoppers have confirmed its moisture-locking and spot-fading abilities.
22Self-Tanning Drops For Year-Round Sun-Kissed Energy
Mix Tanologist’s self-tanning drops with your holy-grail moisturizers and watch as a gradual glow builds free of streaks. No need to book a bougie appointment — this is designed to deliver patch-free, long-lasting color whenever you’re missing that just-got-back-from-vacation radiance. Natural-looking results that can be applied to your face and body, this is a wallet-friendly must-have that’ll have you looking straight fire.
- Available shades: 3
23An Elizabeth Mott Tinted Eyebrow Gel For A Sublte Upgrade
Boost your brows’ fullness with this Elizabeth Mott tinted gel. It’s teeny spoolie lets you target exactly the areas that need attention without looking overdone. Reviewers refer to this as “magic,” since it can tame and define, putting the finishing touch — one that actually lasts and stays put — on your look.
- Available colors: 6
24Faux Leather Leggings To Set Off Your Cold Weather Looks
Your going-out outfits will go off once you’re dressed in these faux leather leggings. They’ll feel snug and supportive, hitting at a high-waisted height and full-coverage length. Offering a four-way stretch in an opaque material, they’ll emit comfort and sass, whether you pair them beneath oversized knits or along with crop tops.
- Available sizes: X-Small — 4X-Large
- Available colors: 4
25A Brow Serum To Promote A Fuller Look
With consistent use, this easy-to-apply brow growth serum could help you transform your look for much less than a microblading appointment would cost. With over 2,000 glowing reviews, it’s infused with strand-boosting biotin and peptides to help promote fullness in sparse areas. This glides on and dries without leftover residue. One impressed shopper wrote, “I saw new hair growth in two weeks. I never thought that would be possible after years of damage from plucking and waxing.”
26A Laura Geller Face Powder For A Balanced Complexion
Talk about a well-revered multitasker, the Laura Geller Baked Balance-N-Brighten foundation delivers with its marbled blend of pressed powders. Over 60,000 reviewers (and counting) rely on this for its lightweight, complexion-correcting results. Think: your skin, but better. This doesn’t feel heavy or leave you with a cakey finish, as shoppers note; instead, its semi-matte formula offers buildable coverage that can be swept on with a brush for a photo-ready finish.
- Available colors: 9
27Unscented Body Oil Perfect For Hydrating Skin & Layering Fragrances
Not only does this Bare Botanics body oil absorb quickly to provide instant hydration, but its scentless formula also ensures there are no distractions — no unwanted fragrance, no competition with other scents, and full reign for you to moisturize your body and layer on whatever perfume or mists you’d like. As one five-star shopper pointed out, “If you’re someone who loves layering scents, this oil is the perfect base to enhance and extend the life of your cologne.”
28Glamnetic Press-On Nails For Cheap, Chip-Free Manis
Once you try these Glamnetic press-on nails, you’re guaranteed to get hooked. They make creating museum-worthy manis inexpensive and easy with a kit that includes everything you need to skip the pricey salon appointments. Available in multiple sizes to achieve your custom fit in various designs, each set comes with nail glue, a double-sided file, a cuticle stick, and an alcohol pad. Get up to two weeks of wear; they’ll be a game-changer.
- Available colors: 32
29A Pheromone-Infused Essential Oil With Tons Of Positive Reviews
Yes, this pheromone-infused essential oil does really exist — and it’s about to become your secret weapon. The magic behind this comes from its pH-balancing abilities, which blend with your skin to create a unique, spell-binding scent. Thousands of shoppers have given this a try and attested to its efficacy.
30A Sculpting Dry Brush For Your Face
So you’ve heard of dry brushing your body, well, here’s an ergonomically designed brush for your face. Created explicitly for facial lymphatic drainage, its contoured shape and grooves will fit and move with the natural curves of your face to help promote circulation. It’s super soft and fits easily in your hand for a relaxing, results-oriented treatment. Think: puffiness and dull-looking skin, gone.
31A Cool Chain Belt For Some Edgy Waist Jewelry
Dress up your fits with some waist jewelry like this gold alloy chain belt. It’ll thread your whole look together, taking it from standard to standout in seconds. Fully adjustable, it can be customized to fit around your hips or waist. It’s slender enough to sit within belt loops or slide over a dress. Get it, and you won’t regret it.
- Available sizes: Small — X-Large
- Available styles: 6
32An e.l.f. Highlight Wand To Add Dimension To Your Look
Casting a snatched and lifted makeup look is easier (and cheaper) than ever with the e.l.f. highlight beauty wand. Dab or stroke on its light-reflecting formula with its included sponge applicator that’ll make the high points on your face truly pop. It blends like butter and leaves a lasting glistening dew on the skin, as one shopper noted, “I loved the ease of application and that it instantly gave my skin a glow that lasts. Very affordable and better than most more expensive ones I tried.”
- Available colors: 6
33Moisturizing Gel Socks For Overnight Heel Healing
Take care of cracked, dry heels with these comfy moisturizing socks. Their vented design ensures a breathable feel, while its gel pad is packed with vitamin E, shea butter, and aloe vera to hydrate and soothe. For a hassle- and mess-free approach to softer skin overnight, these are a game-changer.
34A Milk Makeup Lip Balm For Juicy Hydration
This Milk Makeup Electrolyte lip balm is powered up with ingredients known to replenish moisture in dry skin. Zinc, copper, and magnesium are the minerals that tag-team this high-shine balm, while banana juice helps retain water. Adorably inspired by sports drinks, this juicy hydrator comes in several shades that’ll leave a tinted glaze across your lips.
- Available colors: 8
35Dry Shampoo Powder With A Comfy Puff Applicator
Greasy roots don’t stand a chance when you have the I Dew Care dry shampoo on hand. Its convenient sponge applicator can be tapped and applied directly where you need it, releasing its mattifying powder, which is designed to absorb excess oil and instantly refresh your day-two (or day-three) hair. Compact and easy to carry on the go, it comes in several shades to match your hair color and an original white, all in a non-aerosol formula.
- Available colors: 4
36An Electric Shaver For Pain-Free Facial Hair Removal
Remove unwanted peach fuzz painlessly with this mini electric razor. Tiny and rechargeable, it features a built-in LED light and precise stainless steel blades that can easily and effectively remove hair wherever you wish. Smooth results delivered, it’s a lifesaver that one shopper affirmed doesn’t cause skin irritation and is easy to throw into bags for seamless shaving on the go.
- Available colors: 11
37Sheer Tights For Skin-Teasing Coverage
Cast a silky glow over your legs in these Hanes Silk Reflections pantyhose. Designed with a snug and supportive top, these will lie seamlessly beneath layers and provide sheer coverage, perfect for when you’re lamenting the loss of naked-leg season. Lightweight and stretchy (read: 15% spandex), these will make any outfit look 10 times more sophisticated.
- Available sizes: A-B — I-J
- Available colors: 15
38Under-Eye Brightener To Reverse The Look Of Tired Eyes
Color correction can be a lost art when creating a flawless makeup look. If you find you’re not able to cover up dark circles solely with concealer, give this top-rated creamy under-eye brightener a go. Available in three shades to neutralize discoloration, this product lets you customize your coverage based on your complexion. Simply warm the product up with your finger and dab it on beneath your eyes for instant illumination.
- Available colors: 3
39A Hydrating Eye Serum Packed With Green Tea
Refresh and rehydrate your delicate under-eye area with Innisfree’s green tea eye serum. For an instant, and a more wide-awake appearance, this is packed with caffeine and niacinamide that can help target dark circles and puffiness. Its cooling rollerball applicator can serve as a mini cryotherapy tool to address tired eyes, too. How lush!
40Silicone Pads To Make Tight-Fitting Clothes Comfier
Never fear tight-fitting bottoms with these Y-shaped, camel-toe concealing silicone pads. They’ll be an immediate game-changer for your confidence since they feature a sticky adhesive that’ll sit securely in leggings, bike shorts — whatever — all while going undetected. No more tugging or adjusting, you’ll feel comfy in every fit you may have previously avoided. Better yet, they’re reusable and washable.
41Medicube Cream Packed With Mini Capsules
This Medicube Hyaluronic Cream puts the “fun” in functional skin care. It’s essentially the future of hydration realized, since its unique gel composition is jam-packed with cool capsules that deliver lightweight moisturizing ingredients and help the skin retain said moisture (shout-out to panthenol). What’s even more ingenious about this is that you can adjust how you apply this (i.e. the gel-to-capsule ratio).
42A Lace Crop Top With Fiery Energy & Support
Dial up the heat in this lace crop top designed with a built-in bra for saucy support. Its luxe look will fool admirers into thinking you splurged on some fancy lingerie, but, as a sexy surprise, its delicate details are actually rather moderately priced. Fierce in its corset-like fit and soft in its scalloped edges, it delivers fiery energy that can be worn on a night out or a night in.
- Available sizes: 32A — 38DD
- Available colors: 6
43A Nail Polish That Brightens & Conceals Discoloration
Achieve the viral milky mani with Londontown’s Kur nail concealer; it’s your ticket to an easy, clean look that’ll disguise discoloration and chip marks. Available in several muted hues, it’ll deliver a photo-ready wash over your nails that several thousand shoppers approve of.
- Available colors: 6
44A One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer That’ll Save You So Much Time
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but stop expending your energy on blow-drying your hair with several tools. Instead, grab this one-step hair dryer and styler that’s designed to create volume, smooth frizz, and deliver a sleek, salon-worthy blowout all in one go. With two speed settings, it lets you control how much heat you apply to your hair, and it’s made to suit all hair types and textures — as many shoppers with both curly and straight hair can attest. Get it now and thank me later.
45An Individual Eyelash Extension Kit To Make Your Eyes Pop
You’ll never underestimate the impact a full lash look can have on your eyes once you try this lash extension kit. Long and voluminous, these come in clusters that you can individually apply to customize the length and fullness of your look. The kit has everything you’ll need to DIY a natural-looking flutter, including lash bond and seal, and an applicator.
46A Tube Of Kristin Ess Cream For Frizz-Free Air Drying
Give your hair a day off from heat with the Kristin Ess weightless shine air dry cream. This hair care routine upgrade that saves you some time is beloved by many; one shopper pointed out, “My hair dries so nice and not frizzy, and my curls come out without me having to do anything else!” Paraben- and sulfate-free, it’s safe to use on color-treated hair and is the perfect wash day treat that’s formulated to smooth frizz, promote shine, and define natural textures and patterns.
47A Clear Eyelash Tonic Formulated To Condition & Strengthen Lashes
Flutter fuller lashes with the assistance of DHC’s eyelash tonic. Its clear formula is designed to help strengthen, condition, and aid in preventing breakage. Rich in ginseng and aloe, it’s started to gain a following with reviewers who’ve assured that this doesn’t cause irritation but does deliver results: “I’m absolutely in love with this product! I’ve been using the DHC Eyelash Tonic for a few months now, and I’ve noticed a significant difference in the length and thickness of my lashes,” one shopper wrote.
48A Dead Sea Body Mask For An At-Home Mud Bath Treatment
Achieve the benefits of a fancy spa mud bath with Ahava’s Dead Sea body mask. Its creamy mud formula is composed of detoxifying Dead Sea minerals and salt, designed to help purify the skin and leave it hydrated and glowy. Perfect for treating flaky skin, it can be layered on generously, left on for up to 15 minutes, then washed off to reveal a softer, brighter complexion.
49A 2-In-1 Eyelash Curler Set From Tarte
Prop your lashes up for a more wide-awake look with Tarte’s eyelash curler and mascara set. With its easy-grip handle and no-pinch curved design, curling your lashes with this tool will feel gentle yet effective, ensuring no lash is left uncurled. A plus? This comes with a mini Lights, Camera, Lashes Tarte mascara to complete your starry-eyed, clump-free lash look.
50Wet ‘n’ Wild’s Ultimate Eyebrow Kit For Shape-Defining Realness
Pluck, fill, shape, and define your brows with Wet ‘n’ Wild’s Ultimate Eyebrow kit. Complete with a tweezer to remove stray hairs, a brush and powder to fill in your look, and wax to tame and set brows in place, this has everything you’ll need for such a wildly affordable price. “This is better than any high-end brow powder. It has long wear, perfect application, the primer works wonderfully, [and] it lasts a long time before you have to replace it,” raved one thrilled shopper.
51A Square-Neck Crop Top With Chic Strappy Details
Square off your fitness studio looks with this striking square-neck long-sleeved crop top. Its spandex stretch channels comfort while its strappy details and open design are fashion-forward. Wear it casually or out and about, its ribbed material and supportive fit are breathable and stylish enough for either setting.
- Available sizes: Small — X-Large
- Available colors: 12
52A Chunky Gold-Plated Chain Necklace That’s Attention-Coded
If you’re looking for a statement-making piece of jewelry, look no further than this chunky gold choker necklace. Channeling both a bold and elegant aesthetic, it’ll be the accessory any plain black turtleneck or monochromatic deep-V look is simply incomplete without. As for its weight and durability, one happy shopper affirmed that it’s tarnish-resistant, comfortable, and doesn’t look cheap.
- Available colors: 7
53A Cetaphil Firming Cream For Plumper Skin
Target crepey and uneven skin with Cetaphil’s firming cream. With mandelic acid (a gentle AHA, which penetrates slowly and evenly — a winner for sensitive skin) and centella asiatica (a star ingredient in South Korean skin care for hydrating and soothing compromised skin), it’s formulated to help with cell turnover to plump the skin and boost hydration.
54A Jade Roller & Gua Sha Set For Sculpting & De-Puffing
Upgrade your self-care routine with this jade roller and gua sha set. Crafted to help reduce puffiness and promote circulation, its facial massaging tools can be used alongside your skin care to aid in boosting their absorption. Sculpt and lift with the gua sha plate along the contours of your jawline, cheekbones, and forehead to ease tension and leave your face with a glowy, snatched finish.
55A SPF 50 Tinted Moisturizer That’ll Quickly Become A Daily Staple
Take down multiple tasks in one: sun protection and complexion boosting, with Naturium’s tinted face moisturizer. Packed with SPF 50 sunscreen and niacinamide, this is formulated to shield against harmful rays and provide skin-brightening properties. For all its multitasking abilities, it’s sure to become an instant staple in your routine.