
55 Weird-As-Hell Products That Make You Look Way Better
The best glow-ups sometimes require a little creativity.
Take even a few minutes to scroll, and you’ll quickly realize that Amazon is a treasure trove of useful beauty finds. Some of those finds, however, might seem weird upon first glance. In case you passed them over the first time around, we gathered some of the most genius beauty products (and a few fashion accessories!) that are totally unexpected but surprisingly useful.
01A Moisturizing Mask Just For Your Lips
Sheet masks always leave your lips out, but they could use some moisture, too. This lip-shaped mask brings some pampering to your pout by smoothing and enhancing the fullness of your lips with a blend of hydrolyzed collagen, hyaluronic acid, and rose flower extract. You’ll get 30 lip masks, each one individually packaged to make them convenient to use both at home and while you’re traveling.
02A Ponytail Extension Attached To An Easy-To-Style Claw Clip
For skimpy ponytails that could use a bit of bulk, extensions are the quickest solution. This extension piece was created specifically for high ponytails, attaching the synthetic hair to a claw clip that you can secure directly to your natural hair. The 16-inch extension piece comes pre-styled with a slight curl, adding length and volume in seconds.
03A Shower Filter Infused With Nourishing Ingredients For A Spa-Like Experience
This water filter works in three ways to upgrade your shower routine without adding any extra steps. Once connected to your showerhead, the filter helps reduce water impurities like chlorine and calcium, which can contribute to hair dryness and color dullness, as well as skin irritation. At the same time, the filter infuses your shower water with vitamin C, oatmeal powder, and a probiotic complex to support healthier hair and skin. And finally, there’s the fragrance blend that brings spa-inspired aromatherapy to your shower.
04A Ruler For Expertly Shaping Your Brows
Like geometry for your brows, this shaping kit uses a ruler and pencil to let you map out your brows before you tweeze them for symmetrical results, every time. The oddly-shaped ruler adapts to your face, as it was designed to sit under your nose while you adjust the arms on either end to different points along your arches. And if you leave the tweezing and waxing to the pros, you can still use the shaping kit to help with filling in your brows more precisely.
05A Double-Sided Pen To Contour & Highlight With Precision
Contouring newcomers and experts alike will appreciate this double-sided tool that lets you create dimension and highlight your facial features with one product. The slimmer, pen-like design delivers precise application and makes it easier to draw lines along smaller areas of the face, like the nose and chin. Conversely, it still allows you to target the forehead, cheekbones, and jawline by adding just a few extra swipes of the creamy, easy-to-blend formula.
06Tiny Shields That Prevent Eyeshadow Fallout
For anyone who has ever struggled with cleaning up eyeshadow fallout after taking the time to perfect a smoky eye or full-on sparkly shadow, these shields will save the day. The half-moon-shaped pads were designed to stick underneath your eyes, catching any product that would otherwise leave you with dark smudges.
07A Strengthening Treatment That Adds A Jelly Finish To Nails
When your nails could use some TLC, but you don’t want to totally give up on a polished look, try this nail strengthener. Primarily a treatment for rehabilitating weak nails, the formula uses hydrolyzed keratin to support nail growth by making them more resilient to cracking, peeling, and breaking. The ruby pink color also gives nails a jelly manicure effect that instantly leaves them looking brighter.
08Serum-Like Drops That Build A Gradual Tan
Tanning lotions and mousses may be great for getting a natural-looking bronze color to your body, but a thicker consistency can look streaky on your face (or even cause breakouts). This clear self-tanner for face and body has a serum-like formula that develops into a sun-kissed tan that’s never orange or streaky. You can control the darkness of your tan by mixing four (or more) drops with your favorite moisturizer. It also helps nourish your skin with ingredients like panthenol, aloe vera, and calendula flower oil.
09An Electric Foot File That Does The Work For You
If foot peeling masks freak you out, you can still get smoother feet at home with a little help from this electric foot file. Fitted with an exfoliating roller head, the battery-operated file buffs away dry skin and calluses with the press of a button. It’s small enough to fit in a cosmetic pouch, and the foot file is gentler than manual foot rasps since you don’t have to aggressively scrub at your feet or apply excessive pressure.
10A Firming Sheet Mask For Your Jawline
Sheet masks usually stop at the jaw, but this hydrogel option is really a disposable chin strap that was created just for the troublesome area. Especially ideal as part of your prep ahead of a big event, the hydrogel mask helps to provide a temporary sculpted effect. While you wear the hands-free mask, elasticity-boosting and moisturizing ingredients like collagen, hyaluronic acid, and 24-karat gold assist with tightening the skin.
11A Styling Paste That’s Also An Oil-Absorbing Dry Shampoo
You don’t have to worry about chalky powder residue with this dry shampoo — which also serves as a colorless styling paste, ideal for creating texture and instant supermodel vibes. The smallest amount of the hybrid paste is all you need to revive flat roots, as volcanic ash and zeolite absorb excess oil. Amazon reviewers give it bonus points for its ability to add some extra grip to updos.
12A Beige Pencil That Makes Eyes Look Brighter
To fake a more well-rested appearance on celebrity clients, makeup artists have long turned to an unexpected eyeliner shade: beige. When applied along the waterline, this creamy beige liner blends into the skin to make eyes look wider and brighter. It can also be used at the inner corners of the eyes or under the brow bone for a more lifted effect.
13A Moisturizing Sheet Mask That Softens Dry, Cracked Hands
There comes a point during the colder months when lotion alone can’t save your dry hands. For more intense treatment, slip on these glove-like sheet masks, which let nourishing ingredients soak in for about 20 minutes while you kick back and relax. The hydrolyzed keratin-infused gloves not only condition your hands but also help strengthen brittle nails and moisturize dry cuticles.
14A Customizable Pimple Patch That Vanishes Under Makeup
If you aren’t one for colorful pimple patches that turn acne into more of an accessory, this liquid version is a more discreet alternative. It goes on white, but it dries completely clear, making it easy to cover with foundation or concealer. Not only does the clever formula work to shield breakouts from outside germs without drawing attention to them, but the liquid-y texture lets you control how much you apply for a customizable pimple patch every time.
15A Dark Purple Blush That Transforms Into A Soft, Rosy Hue
Don’t let the purple color of this blush stick put you off. The bold-looking blush uses a color-adapting formula that reacts to your skin’s pH to create a more natural rosy hue that’s entirely unique to you. The stick applicator makes it easy to swipe the blush directly onto your cheeks (and lips, too!), and the creamy formula blends in quickly, refreshing skin with moisturizing ingredients like shea butter and aloe vera.
16Invisible Patches That Prevent Earrings From Pulling At Your Lobes
Wearing heavy earrings that pull at your lobes is as uncomfortable as it looks. Luckily, there’s a solution that doesn’t require you to ditch the statement earrings altogether. These earring support patches are like tiny clear stickers that you can press to the back of your earlobe to take on the bulk of the weight, easing the pressure and preventing the kind of temporary drooping that can lead to permanent stretching of the earlobes over time.
17A Shawl Made For Tying Over Your Shoulders
Throwing a sweater around your shoulders is an easy way to add a preppy vibe to your look, but getting the knot to sit just right and avoiding the bulky finish that thicker sweaters add can be tricky. This sweater shawl gives you the look of a full long-sleeved sweater, but it’s more like a lightweight wrap. Made from a blend of fabrics that feel as soft as cashmere, the shawl even makes knotting easy, as it has a sewn-in loop you can weave the sleeve right through. It comes in more than a dozen colors.
18Press-On Nails That Look Like You Just Left The Salon
These salon-inspired press-ons come in a comprehensive kit with 16 nail sizes to closely match your own for a more natural look — plus all the adhesives and prep tools you need to apply them. They only take a few minutes to prep and stick into place for a result that looks like a multi-step gel manicure with a high-shine finish; they’ll last just as long, too.
19A Headscarf That Goes On Like A Headband
If you love the look of a headscarf but you can never seem to get the folding and tying down right, this Amazon find does the styling for you. The printed headscarf is already cut in the classic triangle shape, and it’s attached to a stretchy elastic band that slides on just like a headband.
20Peptide Patches To Plump & Target Smile Lines
If you feel like the lines around your mouth are more prominent than you’d like them to be, add these gel patches to your skin-care prep. The disposable patches were designed to sit along the marionette lines, plumping up creases with peptides, hydrolyzed elastin, and hyaluronic acid. The patches only take 10 minutes to use, and each purchase comes with four sets of individually-packaged masks.
21A Foot Mask That Peels Away Dead Skin
This foot peeling mask works by quite literally peeling away the dead skin on your feet. That nearly two-week shedding period is undeniably gross, but it’s also what helps to remove stubborn calluses and dry skin from heels for feet that are soft and smooth. Just make sure to wear socks during the process.
22A Staple Tank Top With A Built-In Bra
Bra straps peeking out from your tank top are a quick way to ruin your whole look. This classic tank top has eliminated that risk entirely with a built-in bra that includes sewn-in cups and an elastic band for support. The ribbed style features a fitted silhouette that’s still stretchy, and it comes in more than a dozen solid colors that pair perfectly with any denim shorts or jeans.
- Available sizes: Small – XX-Large
- Available styles: 10+
23A Body Lotion You Can Spritz Right Onto Skin
Post-shower, spritz this body lotion over your skin while it’s still damp to lock in moisture. The mess-free application method features a lightweight formula that absorbs quickly without leaving a greasy residue. Despite its lighter texture, the lotion makes skin feel softer and improves elasticity with a blend of glycerin, avocado oil, and vegan collagen, and it’s lightly fragranced with notes of jasmine and vanilla.
24A Freckle Pen To Fake A Fresh-Faced Look
When it comes to a fresh-faced approach, letting your freckles pop through guarantees you aren’t caking on the foundation. Of course, even if you are wearing a generous layer of foundation, you can fake a more natural look by drawing some freckles in. This stamp pen makes your faux freckles more convincing with a double-sided stamp (one cluster and one single dot) that keeps the freckles from looking too uniform.
25A Hair Mask That Works In 8 Seconds
There’s no standing around in the shower and waiting to be able to wash out your hair mask with this fast-acting liquid hair treatment. By the time you’ve worked the color-safe formula through the lengths of your hair, it’s already time to rinse it out. But just because it works quickly doesn’t mean it’s ineffective, as the eight-second mask leaves hair noticeably shinier and softer after just one use.
26Sweatpants That Can Pass For A Pair Of Jeans
For loungewear that looks more put together than sweats, these stretchy pants were designed to mimic a pair of jeans. More like yoga pants than denim, the comfort-first design pairs a cotton blend with a wide-leg silhouette and an elastic, high-waisted band that doesn’t contain any zippers or buttons. Perfect for traveling and running errands, the stretchy jeans still feature functional pockets at the front and back.
- Available sizes: Small — 3X-Large (petite and standard sizes)
- Available colors: 5+
27An Eyeliner Stamp For Crisp Cat Eyes
There are more than 20,000 five-star ratings on Amazon for this genius eyeliner that lets you stamp a crisp wing right into place. Each set gives you two double-sided liners with a winged stamp on one end and a traditional smudge-proof liquid liner pen on the other to connect your cat eye to the rest of your lid. You’ll never have to struggle to even out a cat eye again.
28A Peel-Off Film For Cleaner At-Home Manicures
The biggest giveaway that you’ve done your nails at home? Bits of excess polish on the skin surrounding your nails. This paint-on protector eliminates that problem entirely by creating a latex layer on your skin for the polish to cling to. Once you’ve finished painting your nails, you can peel the solution right off, which takes the excess polish along with it.
29A Shimmery Peel-Off Mask For Glowing Skin
The dewy shimmer of this mask drenches your face, but be prepared for its otherworldly look on your skin during the 20 minutes it takes to work its magic. As it dries and creates a peel-off film, the mask infuses skin with PDRN, protein-rich exosomes, hydrolyzed collagen, and hyaluronic acid to plump skin and boost radiance. Each mask comes with a silicone spatula to evenly apply the formula, and Amazon reviewers confirm that one treatment leaves skin visibly brighter.
30A Universal Waxy Brow Stick That Fluffs Hairs Into Place
For brows that are well-groomed but not overly made up, skip the tinted pomades and pencils, and opt for this wax stick instead. The clear wax works for brows of every color, allowing you to brush unruly hairs into place without any visible residue. While the brow stick was formulated to give you gel-level hold, the formula is actually quite gentle, with conditioning jojoba wax, beeswax, and castor oil.
31A Silicone Pad That Eliminates Camel Toe
Fitted athleisure can sometimes create some wonky lines. The most unfortunate among those lines? Camel toe. This silicone pad was designed to fit inside the lining of your underwear, staying invisible under clothing as it creates a flat barrier for fabric. There’s no glue involved, and because the pad is made from silicone, you can wash it and reuse it.
32Clip-In Bangs To Temporarily Switch Up Your Look
The next time the urge to cut your bangs strikes, consider this clip-in piece. The fake fringe gives you the look of wispy bangs without the styling commitment or the frequent trims (not to mention that awkward growing-out phase). Trim the clip-in to suit your face; once shaped, the bangs can be curled or straightened to blend right in with your natural hair.
33A Strapless (& Backless) Bra With A Push-Up Effect
Strapless bras and adhesive styles will always be less supportive than a traditional bra, but this sticky bra isn’t quite like the others. A drawcord design gives you adjustable lift that can even be pulled tighter for more of a push-up bra effect. The bra is strapless and backless, so it can virtually work with any outfit, and it features winged cups that give the bra a more secure grip.
- Available sizes: A – E
34A Brow Pen That Fills In Sparse Spots With A Single Swipe
This double-sided pen makes filling in your brows foolproof. A multi-pronged tip on one side lets you draw in four hairlike strokes at once for color that blends right into your brows. Then, the opposite side of the tool holds the usual felt-tip pen, only this time with an angled brush that makes it easier to apply.
35A Brush Applicator For A Seamless Fake Tan
This angled brush looks like a makeup brush, and you can absolutely use it to apply bronzers and foundations. But it really shines as an alternative to your tanning mitt, helping to buff in lotion and mousse formulas without any streaks. Because it’s curved and made with densely packed bristles, the brush is great for applying product over hard-to-blend areas like the face, hands, and feet.
36An Electric Gua Sha Tool That Incorporates LED Light Therapy
If you aren’t one to pass up a skin-care trend, this gua sha tool is like three devices in one. First, the gua sha head can be used to promote lymphatic drainage, helping to reduce puffiness and temporarily sculpt facial features in just a few minutes. As you use the gua sha, you can activate the device’s vibration settings for a relaxing massage, as well as a red LED light mode to stimulate collagen production and reduce inflammation with continued use.
37A Detangling Brush That Mists Water & Refreshes Your Look
With the press of a button, this electric brush releases a fine mist of water that helps to detangle hair and refresh your style. The reservoir can even be filled with your favorite hair oil or leave-in conditioner to evenly distribute your favorite nourishing products through your strands. The rechargeable brush features retractable bristles to make cleaning hair out easier, and it’s fitted with a red LED light to potentially deliver scalp-health benefits.
38Color Correctors For A More Even Skin Tone
The brighter colors of these concealers look counterintuitive at first glance, but they’re part of a makeup artist-loved technique called color correcting. These bolder concealer shades can be used to neutralize skin tone before you even apply your usual foundation or concealer. The bright blue shade here is ideal for balancing out warm tones in the skin, but you’ll also find yellow, green, and peachy color correctors that are meant to camouflage dullness, redness, and dark circles, respectively.
39Syringes Of Whitening Gel To Brighten Teeth At Home
There are no needles involved with these syringes, which are actually meant to dispense a teeth whitening gel into mouth trays for at-home whitening. Each of the three syringes in the set is marked with dispensing lines that let you know precisely how much of the solution you should use during each treatment. The whitening gel itself contains a 44% concentration of carbamide peroxide to visibly reduce staining in as little as 30 minutes.
40A Nail Stamper For Professional-Looking French Manicures
For the at-home manicure enthusiast, this stamp kit lets you up your nail game. Designed to simplify French manicures by giving you a more uniform way to paint on the tip, the set includes two different-sized stamping tools to press the polish evenly across your nails. The nail stamps use a clear silicone head so that you can see exactly where the polish is, and it also makes the tools easier to clean between uses.
41A Clever Pen That Holds 4 Makeup Products
This unassuming pen is like a makeup MacGyver that gives you four different products in a tool that’s small enough to fit in your pocket. Capable of helping you to finish up your makeup on the go or switch up your look entirely as you go from the office to happy hour with friends, the pen includes a lip liner, highlighter, brow pencil, and black eyeliner, which are retractable with a quick click of the pen.
42A Removable Clip That Keeps Bra Straps In Place
For tank tops and off-the-shoulder dresses that don’t quite conceal your bra straps, be sure to have a set of these bra strap holders on hand. The clever clips were designed to pin your bra strap to the inside shoulder seam of the garment you’re wearing, ensuring straps stay hidden until you’re ready to call it a day and change into your pajamas.
43A Smoothing Patch That Helps Freeze Forehead Movement
You can place this patch on your forehead before bed or while you’re lounging around the house to plump your skin in two ways. First, the patch helps to prevent you from raising and furrowing your brows, which contributes to static lines over time. The patch also helps to soften lines right away with ingredients like collagen and hyaluronic acid, adding moisture to the skin.
44A Peptide Serum With A Travel-Friendly Stick Applicator
This face serum can easily serve as a daily skin-care product, but its solid formula and stick applicator make it especially convenient when you’re traveling with limited space for liquids. TSA-friendly and spill-proof, the serum stick lets you glide the active ingredients right onto your skin. The peptide blend formula smooths and plumps up skin for an immediate glow.
45An Open Claw Clip Made For Thicker Hair
These claw clips have more of a rectangular shape that allows them to better accommodate thicker hair textures and longer hair lengths. Several Amazon reviewers confirm that the durable clips are comfortable to wear, with closer teeth that secure the hair without digging into the scalp. Plus, this set gives you two claw clips in neutral colors that complement any look.
46A Cooling Eye Gel That De-Puffs & Refreshes
When you’re short on sleep, this eye gel can help perk up tired under-eye areas before you go in with your concealer (and reach for the largest coffee available). A ceramic tip delivers a cooling sensation as it dispenses a lightweight gel that temporarily reduces puffiness and dark circles with caffeine. Niacinamide and vitamin C work to brighten the under-eye area over time, and ingredients like hyaluronic acid and panthenol smooth the skin so your concealer sits without creasing.
47A Daily Serum That Uses Salmon Sperm To Give Skin A Glow
In case you missed the memo, salmon sperm is the current It ingredient for improving your skin. Known as PDRN, the celeb-loved ingredient is said to help with everything from collagen and elastin production to wound healing. This daily serum pairs PDRN with caffeine, niacinamide, and a peptide to smooth skin right away and gradually brighten and firm with continued use.
48Strong-Hold Glue That Keeps Clothes Perfectly In Place On Your Body
Not just for bra straps, this body glue can be used any place where clothes aren’t cooperating. Whether you’re dealing with a gaping neckline or a bodysuit where the bikini bottom keeps riding up, this adhesive does the trick. It’s easy to apply with a travel-friendly squeeze tube, and the glue is sweat-resistant to last you all day.
49A Purifying Clay Mask In A Travel-Friendly Stick
Whether you want to spot-treat around your nose or deep clean your entire face, this clay mask stick makes your application fast and mess-free. Formulated to improve the texture and tone in about five minutes, the mask uses ingredients like charcoal powder and glycolic acid to draw out oil and debris from pores while gently exfoliating away dead skin cells.
50Pimple Patches That Protect & Treat Breakouts
These pimple patches go beyond shielding blemishes from outside bacteria (and from the temptation to pick!). The hydrocolloid stickers are infused with tea tree oil and cica to calm the redness and swelling that make pimples so hard to cover up with concealer in the first place. The peel-off stickers were designed to be worn overnight but, because they’re clear, you can get away with wearing them in the daytime, too.
51Body Makeup That Perfects Skin In A Pinch
When you don’t have hours to let a self-tanner develop (and then be rinsed off), body makeup is your best bet. Available in three shades, this body blur formula applies like a liquid foundation, pairing soft shimmer with a tint of bronze color. It’s formulated with shea butter, aloe vera, and vitamin E to nourish skin as it adds color. Transfer-resistant, it can be washed right off at the end of the day.
52Clips That Make Your Bra Convertible
There are no sharp pins involved with these clips, which give you a temporary way to adjust the fit of your bra without having to actually buy a new one. In each set, you’ll find a range of clips in neutral colors that you can match to your bra, hooking them at the back for a racerback style that gives you push-up-level lift. The set also comes with three adjustable bra strap holders that you can use to prevent straps from slipping.
53A 2-In-1 Tool For Healthier Nails
Overgrown cuticles aren’t just annoying; they’re also interfering with the look and longevity of your manicure. This two-in-one tool features a ceramic tip that lets you exfoliate dead skin as you gently push your cuticles back. While you’re cleaning up your cuticles, the pen dispenses a sweet almond oil- and apricot oil-infused conditioner that softens rough skin and moisturizes nails.
54A Heated Brush For A Bouncy Blowout
This round brush makes at-home blowouts a breeze, as it’s also a heat styling tool that sets hair into volumized waves as you brush. The brush uses a tourmaline ceramic barrel to help with even heat distribution and a frizz-free finish, and it features two heat settings to suit thinner and thicker hair textures. Designed with travel in mind, the brush is not only dual voltage, but it detaches into two compact pieces that fit right into the included storage bag.
55A Sheet Mask That’s Like A Cold Plunge For Your Face
This at-home sheet mask was formulated to mimic a cryo facial that you’d get at a spa. Meant to cool the skin on contact, the mask uses a combination of glacial water, xylitol, and erythritol to flood skin with soothing moisture. Not just for imparting a refreshing sensation, the essence that the sheet masks are saturated in also includes hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and glutathione for a glass skin-like glow.