Cosmopolitan US May2020

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tools

1

Best

cleansing brush

“This bb scrubs me

so c l e a n w i t h o u t

irritating my face.”

—LAUREN

BALSAMO, senior

beauty editor

Clarisonic Mia

Smart, $199, Acne

Cleansing Brush

Head, $29,

clarisonic.com

2

Best lash curler

“Turn it on, pick

high or low heat,

then slowly wriggle

it through your

lashes and get a

curl that holds up

all day.”

—CHLOE

METZGER, senior

beauty editor

Grande Cosmetics

GrandeLash-Lift

Heated Lash Curler,

$25, ulta.com

3

Best tweezers

“(A) These are pretty

enough to keep out

o n d is p l a y, a n d

(B) they have a

precise, slanted tip

that makes grabbing

itty-bitty hairs NBD.”

—RUBY

BUDDEMEYER,

beauty editor

Tweezerman

Rose Gold Point

Tweezer, $24,

tweezerman.com

4

Best teeth

whitener

“Wearing these

minty Whitestrips

and binge-watching

true crime on Netflix

is honestly my peak

Saturday night.”

—AMA KWARTENG,

beauty assistant

Crest 3D Whitestrips

With Arctic Mint,

$45, crestwhite

smile.com

5

Best hair

dryer

“This is freaking

FAST. I can literally

blow-dry my hair

in 7 minutes...

ideal because I hit

snooze 15 times a

morning.” —RB

GHD Helios

Professional Hair

Dryer, $249,

sephora.com

6

Best

curling iron

“The ceramic iron

gives off soft heat

for looser curls

and less damage.

It basically makes

destroying your

hair—or getting

sausage curls—way,

way harder.” —CM

Kristin Ess 1-Inch

Ceramic Curling

Iron, $50, Target

Lol, byeee,

acne!

splurge-

worthy

skin-

clearing

easy to

use

time-

saver

44 Cosmopolitan May 2020

beauty