"I was in Mexico City and got a facial with extractions, and it was super, super harsh," said Ashley Karah, who we spoke to backstage at Rebecca Minkoff. "They basically extracted everything — even things that weren't quite ready to come out. It definitely helped my skin in the end, but I had really red and inflamed skin with marks and stayed in the house for days afterward."
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Attack of the Curling Iron
"I dropped my curling iron on my leg one time, and it left a pretty obvious burn mark. I covered it up as best as I could, but really I just had to live with it for a while. Even now, it still has a little bit of a white mark where it burned my skin," recalled Isabella Rickel at Alice + Olivia.
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DIY Beauty Turned DIY Stain
"One time I tried one of those DIY masks with turmeric, and it dyed my skin yellow. It wasn't so bad since I have darker skin, but it was like this yellowish orange glow that did not look natural," said Achenrin Madit, who we spoke with at Jason Wu. "The tint stayed for like three days and just had to covered it up with makeup. I learned that you've got to test out anything before you apply it to your whole face."
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The Sheet Mask That Ought to Have Never Been Worn
"I love the sheet masks that you can just get at drugstores, and I didn't look up reviews on one of the products I recently tried. I noticed a tingling sensation, which I thought was part of the mask, but when I took it off, I realized my face was flaming red," recalled Mara Martin backstage at Rebecca Minkoff. "I have no idea what ingredients were in the mask, but I know I will never buy it ever again. To help soothe my skin, I put frozen peas on my face." Moral of the story: always spot test and keep a bag of frozen veggies on hand.
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The Most Stubborn Extension Glue Ever
"I did a photo shoot once where they did glue-in curly extensions in my hair, and I was picking out glue from my scalp for like a week after the shoot," said Dakota Rhae backstage at Alice + Olivia. "It was like the black, tar-like glue that sticks to your scalp. It was a mess. I had to use a fine-toothed lice comb because I couldn't get it out with a regular brush or comb. I also tried using a bunch of products to get it out, but the only thing that worked was going through it over and over again with the comb."
