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Our resident scam investigator turns criminal to see how much information he can steal from a stranger’s smart phone.
Our in-house bargain beauty buff has found yet another method to upgrade his locks. How shiny can a 100-yen camellia oil brush make your hair?
SoraNews24 sends our thrifty reporter to test a set of sponge curlers, so he looks like an old-timey housewife. And that’s before he takes them out.
In-house reporter Go Hattori bravely takes the plunge to see if this cheap product will fluff his curls up or leave them a floppy, flat mess.
Our reporter heads to the discount store in hopes of glamming up his forehead, and shares the whole process in glorious GIF form.
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