Why you should skip it: Spoiler alert: The cat eye tape hack is doing more than helping you achieve the perfect winged look -- it's prematurely aging your skin.

"Too much tugging on and around the eye region can cause loose and sagging skin," says Goldfaden. Plus, stretching your skin causes mini tears and breakdown of elastin and collagen. Since the eye area has no sebaceous glands, and is made up of the thinnest skin on the body, it's the first to show signs of aging, Graf adds. In other words, you want to be extra gentle to it.

What you should do instead: Graf recommends a plastic ruler, or essentially any other flexible object that won't stick to your skin.