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Best 2014 Beauty Apps

Where can you find out when to throw away your mascara? The best local salon for a quick updo? How hazardous your facial cleanser is? A beauty app of course! These top apps have saved our butts on several occasions. Take a look at the standouts from 2014.
By Deena Campbell · Updated October 27, 2020
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Stash

Where can you find out when to throw away your mascara? The best local salon for a quick updo? How hazardous your facial cleanser is? A beauty app of course! These top apps have saved our butts on several occasions. Take a look at the standouts from 2014.

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Not only does Stash keep track of your makeup, hair and skin products, but it manages when you purchased it, and when you could be in need of refill. We think of it as the fairy Godmother of all things beauty.

Free

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
02
Beautified

This app, co-created by DJ Hannah Bronfman, is a procrastinator’s dream. Book same-day appointments at leading spas and wellness centers in your city (sometimes for slightly discounted prices). Total win!

Free.

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
03
Think Dirty

Finally! An app that determines how toxic your favorite beauty products are. Just scan any product and receive a ranking of the ingredients and more importantly, a safer alternative.

Free

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
04
Priv

What if you could get manicures, massages and cute hairstyles on demand? Sound amazing? Make your beauty dreams come true with Priv.

Free

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
05
Fitocracy

Featured on CNN and used by Miss America 2013, Fitocracy lets you sync customized workouts between the web and your iPhone, track progress, follow your fellow Fitocrats and more for a comfortable fitness experience. Ladies, this is a must-have especially for working off all that delicious food after the holidays. Let’s start the New Year off with a bang!

Free

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
06
Nēvus

Say goodbye to sunburn (yes, we burn too!) once and for all. Nēvus will tell you when you need to reapply sunscreen, and supplies you with tips, tricks and product recommendations from board-certified dermatologists.

$2.99

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
07
Matchmaker by True Match L’Oreal USA

This unique beauty apps allows you to create the perfect shade just for you. Through a series of questions and a click of a button, you can find which stores carry your match. From light to dark to those in-between, this is the must-have app of the year for your makeup needs. 

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
08
Klara

Having another eczema flair up, or is that mole getting larger and larger? Just upload a photo, describe your skin problem and get a diagnosis within 48 hours.

Free

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
09
Sephora To Go

Receive Insider Beauty points, free samples with purchases, preview “What’s New” and receive emails on special promotions on Sephora To Go. And if your looking for that hard to find blush, or out of your favorite mascara, they have that too.

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
10
Bellashoot

In need of instant beauty advice? Download Bellashoot for thousands of beauty tips, tutorials, product reviews from your favorite YouTubers, bloggers and experts around the world.

Free

Best 2014 Beauty Apps
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Visada

Having trouble idenitfying products for your skin type? Just upload a selfie, find your celebrity doppelganger and discover products that works best for you. Life couldn’t be easier.

Free

Best 2014 Beauty Apps