Welcome to Tales of Unusual — stories for those who believe true horror lives in our deepest desires. Tonight’s story is about vanity, obsession, and a bottle of water that promises to make you beautiful — if you’re willing to pay the price. So look in the mirror, ask yourself what you’d trade for perfection… and pour yourself a glass. This is The Beauty Water.
00:00Welcome to Tales of Unusual, stories for those who believe true horror lives in our deepest desires.
00:09Tonight's story is about vanity, obsession, and a bottle of water that promises to make you beautiful.
00:16If you re-willing to pay the price, so look in the mirror, ask yourself what you'd trade for perfection, and pour yourself a glass.
00:26This is the beauty water.
00:29Minji worked at a small beauty salon in the back streets of the city, a place where dreams of flawless skin faded under harsh neon lights.
00:40Every day, she scrubbed other people's faces, shaped other people's nails, dyed other people's hair, and every night, she looked in her cracked mirror and counted her own flaws.
00:54Acne scars, tired eyes, sagging skin.
00:57She watched influencers online, perfect and smooth, promising happiness with every brushstroke and filter.
01:07Minji wanted to believe she could be like them.
01:10If only she had enough money, enough treatments, enough time.
01:15Then one night, she found a message in her spam folder.
01:19Drink, once.
01:21Be reborn.
01:22Attached was a photo of a small glass vial, clear and shimmering like liquid silver.
01:29Beauty, water, limited supply.
01:31At first, Minji thought it was a scam, but the next day, a customer mentioned it in passing.
01:39A rich woman with flawless skin and a cold smile.
01:43I used it once, she said, tapping her perfect cheek.
01:47Changed everything.
01:48Minji scraped together her savings and ordered one vial.
01:52It arrived in a plain box, no label, no instructions, just a small note.
01:59Use carefully.
02:01That night, under the buzzing bathroom light, she dipped her finger and touched the liquid to her face.
02:08It stung, a cold burn that made her skin feel tight.
02:12In the morning, her blemishes faded.
02:15Her pores shrank.
02:17For the first time, she smiled at her reflection.
02:21One vial turned into two.
02:23Two turned into five.
02:25Each new bottle arrived quicker than the last.
02:29No sender, no receipt.
02:31Her co-workers noticed her transformation.
02:34Customers stared.
02:36Men who never looked twice before, now held the door open.
02:41She posted selfies under fake names.
02:44Likes poured in like rain.
02:47But under the smooth skin, something crawled.
02:50Tiny itches.
02:51Dark bruises that never showed on the surface.
02:55She scrubbed harder.
02:57Used more.
02:58She told herself it was working.
03:00She just needed more.
03:02The mirror smiled back.
03:04But behind her eyes, something else watched.
03:08Then came the peeling guitar.
03:10It started as flakes.
03:12Like sunburned.
03:13Soon, whole pieces slid off like wet paper.
03:18Underneath was new skin.
03:20Perfect.
03:21Fresh.
03:22But she couldn't stop.
03:23When her fingers brushed her jawline, it felt soft.
03:27Too soft.
03:28Like uncooked dough.
03:30One morning, she woke to find her nose slightly crooked.
03:34The next night, her cheekbones sank.
03:36Where she pressed her pillow too long.
03:39She tried to call the number from the first email.
03:42It didn't exist.
03:44She asked the rich customer to help.
03:47But the woman didn't recognize her.
03:50The mirror showed her everything.
03:52Every flaw.
03:54Every crack.
03:55Every inch that threatened to melt away.
03:58Minji locked herself in her apartment.
04:01Bottles of beauty water lined the sink like an altar.
04:05Her skin stretched thinner every night.
04:08Her bones sharper.
04:10Her eyes sunken, but glowing with something desperate.
04:14She scraped away what she didn't like.
04:17An eyelid crease here.
04:19A wrinkle there.
04:20Underneath.
04:21More flaws waited.
04:23She saw faces under her skin.
04:26Other versions of herself.
04:28Other women who came before her.
04:30All whispering through the drain.
04:32Her phone buzzed again.
04:34A new message.
04:36One more vial.
04:37The last one.
04:39No return address.
04:40No sender.
04:41Just her reflection.
04:43Begging.
04:44In the final hours, Minji sat in her bathroom, surrounded by shards of broken mirror.
04:51She held the last vial like holy water.
04:54She poured it over her face.
04:56The cold burn sank deep, pulling her skin tight one last time.
05:01She felt beautiful, more than ever.
05:04Her phone lit up with notifications, but she couldn't answer.
05:09Her face cracked.
05:10Her lips froze in a perfect smile.
05:14And when the sun rose, the neighbors smelled chemicals leaking from under her door.
05:20The scent of bleach and rotting flowers.
05:23Inside, they found only a husk.
05:27Smooth, pale, flawless, but empty.
05:31They say no one ever traced where the beauty water came from, or where it went next.
05:37But sometimes, late at night, new spam messages arrive in forgotten inboxes.
05:44One sip.
05:45Be perfect.
05:46So next time you look in the mirror, and wish for a new face, remember Minji, and the price
05:53she paid for perfection.
05:56True beauty is never free, and some bottles should stay sealed.
06:00Thank you for watching Tales of Unusual.
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