The repeat purchases, pleasant surprises and products that were fine while they lasted—across makeup, L’Oréal skincare and Glow Recipe. After comparing the mascaras I finished, it’s time for the rest of the empties. This batch covers the products I finished—or, in the case of liners that dried out, took as far as I could use […]
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Mascara is one of those products that is easy to keep trying and surprisingly hard to compare. One gives me soft, fluffy lashes; another is better for length or a quick everyday face; a third earns a place in my makeup bag because I keep buying it again. I finished seven formulas across drugstore and […]
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There is a particular moment every summer when your skin stops cooperating. The moisturizer that carried you through winter suddenly feels like a layer you can’t shake. Your foundation moves. Your pores feel larger. Your skin looks simultaneously oily and tired, which shouldn’t be possible but somehow is. This is not a skin problem. This […]
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Wellness was supposed to slow us down. Instead, somewhere along the way, it became another thing to consume. What began as a language of restoration has, at times, turned into its own form of excess: more routines, more products, more self-optimization disguised as self-care. The irony is hard to miss. Even our attempts at becoming […]
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Here is something I have been sitting with lately: stress breaks out on my skin before I consciously register that I am stressed. The redness arrives first. The sensitivity follows. By the time my mind has caught up with what my body already knew, my skin has been broadcasting it for days. This is not […]
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