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“I was like,this TikTokthing has some momentum.

Christa Allen wearing a tie dye bucket hat against a cream wall

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She also played Charlotte in the TV showRevenge.

“Revengewas the big catalyst for my love of all things beauty,” Allen says.

It led to a lot of experimentation.”

christa allen with red nails and lips

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One of her most recent beauty TikTok videos was of afake eyelash applicationtechnique inspiredby Lashify.

This discovery came out of trial and error.

“I’m super nosy about anything to do with progress and innovation,” Allen shares.

Christa Allen with a green washoff face mask on

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“If there’s new technology, new developments in beauty, I’m just curious.”

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And lashes just happen to be her subject of interest.

Allen lists off some she has recently tried:magnetic ones, water-activated ones.

However, Allen has been also dabbling in faux freckle products over the past couple of months.

She asks me if I’ve seen thePseudo Labs PHreckles Kitbefore addingFreck OGis her favorite.

Despite her love of experimentation, Allen does have staples she reaches for over and over again.

“I hold it like it’s my security blanket,” Allen jokes.

But let’s be real: Skin-care TikTok can be a ferocious place.

Allen prefers to avoid the negativity as much as she can.

“People are very cutthroat and intense about it,” she laments.

“Anything you say about skin care on TikTok will get hundreds of people tagging Hyram.”

Allen would rather share her skin-carephilosophieson TikTok instead.

People care about how you make them feel.

Nobody’s looking at your pimple the way you are.

The moment I realized that I was like, they really don’t care because they’re thinking abouttheirpimple.

It was so liberating."

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