Mascara, brow, lip and blush products, tested for wear time, smudging, comfort and how the color reads on different tones.

The Nural backs off its heat as it nears your scalp and pauses itself when set down. It is a real feature, but cheaper high-speed dryers dry hair almost as fast.

Shark's $299.99 CryoGlow adds chilled under-eye pads to a red, blue and infrared LED mask. The cooling is a genuine differentiator, but it costs battery life, adds fan noise and makes the mask heavy.

A ceramide tub that costs about a dollar an ounce in the big size and works on face and body. It is thick, jarred and wrong for oily skin in humid weather, but for dry skin nothing cheaper does more.