These Cheap Beauty Buys Are Kind of Weird But Make My Life So Much Easier

I firmly believe that there are few things in life that offer the much-needed sense of calm better than beauty rituals. From applying nourishing hair masks to working through a multi-step skincare routine, these self-preservation practices not only allow us to bliss out for a moment, but they also leave us looking better than we did before.

Not all beauty practices are ones we want to boast about, though. Less-discussed topics like face shaving and cuticle trimming just aren't all that glamorous. But there's something to be said for those weird but effective beauty hacks that actually make a huge difference in how we look and feel.

Amazon is my favorite purveyor of supplies to carry out said unbroached beauty prescriptions. Ahead, check out 27 of the weird, cheap, and plain unexciting beauty buys I purchase often to keep myself in tip-top shape.

Associate Beauty Editor

Courtney Higgs is a Cancer sun, Libra rising beauty enthusiast with about six years of experience in the editorial space. She was previously Who What Wear's associate beauty editor after spending many years working on the West Coast edit team at InStyle Magazine. She graduated from California State University, Northridge, with a BA in communication studies and pivoted to editorial after spending her college years working in the legal field. Her beauty philosophy is simple: She believes there are no wrong answers and that discovering our favorite beauty products and rituals is a journey, not a sprint. When she's not geeking out over products, she can be found adventuring around L.A. with her fiancé; watching reality TV with their French bulldog, Bernie Mac; or relating way too hard to astrology memes.