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4 Easy Beauty Hacks You Didn’t Know You Needed

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Published on Sep 22, 2020
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Next time you wake up to a less-than-stellar skin day or to hair that’s even crazier than normal, just remember: Where there’s a beauty dilemma, there’s a beauty hack. And when you find the best beauty hack or DIY you love, it’s a total game-changer for solving your beauty-related problems. Not to scare you with flashbacks to bleaker skin or makeup moments, but we’re talking mask-ne (you know, the breakouts you get from wearing face masks. Yeah, it’s a thing.). Wild brow hairs (why won’t that one hair just stay in place? What did you ever do to it?). Drab skin (even with all the sleep and water you’re getting?!). And other annoyances we’ll just agree to leave in the past. Ughhhhhh, right?

But don’t throw your hands up and lose hope just yet. We’ve got your back with the solutions you’ve been searching for—and some you probably didn’t even know you needed. What makes these beauty hacks even better is that they come straight from Los Angeles-based makeup artist Melissa Hurkman (who definitely knows her stuff!) and they are so. Freaking. Easy. You’ll wonder why you hadn’t already thought of them. 

In this video, Hurkman shares four easy-to-achieve beauty hacks that’ll help take you from feeling zero to 100—guaranteed. Here’s a peek at what you’ll learn: 

  • How to keep your breakouts at bay, even when you’re out and about 

  • How to bring instant life to your skin when your complexion could use a boost

  • How to DIY your own luminous skin mist with products you already have at home

  • How to lock your unruly brow hairs in place, even when you’re all out of brow gel 

Watch the video to see why we seriously can’t get enough of these beauty hacks—then comment to tell us which one you’ll be mastering first.

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