Dirket Vanity Mirror with Lights, Lighted Makeup Mirror Hollywood Makeup Mirror with 9 Dimmable Bulbs and 3 Color Lighting Modes, Smart Touch Control, 360°Rotation

Why it's worth it

Nine bulbs ring a frame just over 12 inches wide and 14 inches tall, small enough for a dorm desk or a narrow bathroom shelf. You get three color modes, touch dimming with memory, 360-degree rotation, and USB power from any 5V adapter.

Dorm rooms and first apartments are where lighted mirrors matter most, because you rarely get to choose the overhead fixture. This one takes about as much desk as a laptop. It runs off USB, so a phone charger or a powered hub is enough, and it doesn't tie up a wall outlet you probably need for something else.

You get the control scheme from mirrors several times the price. Tap for power, tap M to move between cool, warm and natural light, hold P to dim, and the mirror remembers your last setting. Good Housekeeping points out that most cheap lighted mirrors give you two fixed colors and a switch. Having a continuous dimmer at this end of the market is the part worth having.

From our review of 8 lighted makeup mirrors

What we like

• +Dorm rooms and first apartments are where lighted mirrors matter most, because you rarely get to choose the overhead fixture
• +You get the control scheme from mirrors several times the price
• +The 360-degree rotation is more useful than it sounds

What to know

• –The mirror itself is under 10 inches wide, so you're seeing your face and not much else
• –There's no magnification and no published CRI figure