Beauty Experts and Obsessives on Their Favorite Under-$10 Products

Clara Leonard, ahair stylistwho’s worked on shoots for Solid and Striped, Into the Gloss, and Miaou, among others, revealed that the Let’s Jam Hair Gel is a go-to “hairstylist’s secret” for on set. It’s medium hold, water-based formula allows for the perfect balance of flexibility and grip, she says, and she reaches for it anytime she’s doing braids (it keeps all the hair in place), a wet hair look (a laMargot Robbie), or a strong, sleek part (you can see it in use on a look she did for Iris Lawhere!).

EstheticianCynthia Rivasswears by this affordable, fragrance-free sulfur ointment for treating pretty much any type of breakout — whether it’s apainful under-the-skin cystor apesky whitehead.She says that it helps reduce redness, takes down swelling and inflammation, and kills zit-forming bacteria. “Use a tiny amount right where you’ve broken out,” she says, “pat it in with your finger, then do the rest of your skin-care routine.”

Mollie Gloss,a makeup artist who’s worked with some of coolest girls in the music industry, from Clairo, to Megan Thee Stallion, toPhoebe Bridgers, says these portable razors from Muji are a must have fordermaplaning. She says that their stainless steel base does a better job than the “fancy Dermaflash” at closely shaving and exfoliating the skin.

WheneverSable Yong’s,the co-host of fragrance-focused podcast“Smell Ya Later,”hair is feelingdry or friedor lackluster, she reaches for these $5 Pantene Ampoules. She says that each tube can be used about two to three times and that it instantly makes her hair “feel much smoother,softer, and look shinier.”

The Ordinary’s Niacinamide is a “holy grail” forMichaela Bosch, a Brooklyn-based makeup artist who has worked on shoots forInterview,Dazed, andNumero, particularly when it comes to combatting breakouts. She uses it, she says, in mornings and evenings, after cleansing, and before moisturizing, and it “stops herbreakoutsdead in their tracks.”

Fashion publicist Lisa Lupinski has repurchased Burt’s Bees Pomegranate Balm over and over again for its ability tomoisturize her lipswithout any greasiness or stickiness.

Maddie Bailis, a buyer at Brooklyn boutique Bird, usually usesKevin Acoin’s Glass Glow,but when she runs out, she says her tried-and-true trick is to use Aquaphor. It gives the skin a perfectglisten-y, high shineeffect with no shimmer or sheen. And Marilyn Monroe, as it turns out, was known to do the same (she’d put it on her cheekbones and browbones).

“This is the only thing that makes me look a little less dead,” saysKyle Smith, a Los Angeles based stylist who’s worked on set with Billie Eilish, Amandla Stenberg, and Julia Fox. It’s filled with caffeine and EGCG which work together todepuffand wake up youreye area.