The Panic Pimple Meets TikTok You know the one. The pimple that waits. It holds off patiently for weeks, then materialises — fully formed, throbbing, impossibly visible — exactly twelve hours before the one event you actually care about. It…
The TikTok Hype vs. Reality You’ve seen the videos. Someone pulls out a tiny beige roller, drags it across a genuinely horrifying amount of shine, and the skin goes instantly, almost offensively matte. The whole thing takes maybe four seconds.…
They feel similar. They look similar. But they need completely different treatments — and confusing them is one of the most common ways people make their skin worse. The Great Moisture Misunderstanding Your skin feels tight, so you layer on…
The reason your skin keeps getting worse despite a careful routine may have nothing to do with your products — and everything to do with the structure underneath them. The Essential Guardian of Your Glow You know the feeling. You…
The science behind two of dermatology’s most-recommended actives — and the precise protocol for using both without compromising your skin barrier. The Ultimate Skincare Dilemma Ask ten people whether you can use retinol and Vitamin C in the same routine…
The $14 Question: Is It Really a Charlotte Tilbury Dupe? My e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter review starts the same way it started for a lot of us: a TikTok video I watched at midnight with my phone two inches from my…
I put the internet’s most overhyped exfoliant to the test — pores, purge, and all. Here’s what six weeks of honest use actually looks like. The “Miracle” Liquid Everyone Talks About Welcome to my honest Paula’s Choice 2% BHA review — and…
Welcome to my honest Laneige lip sleeping mask review. I am, by nature, suspicious of anything sold at Sephora with its own TikTok fan club. So I bought it anyway and tested it for two months straight. $24 for Lip…
The TikTok Hype: Is It Justified? Welcome to my honest COSRX snail mucin review. My For You Page was basically a shrine to this thing. The COSRX Snail Mucin 96% Power Repairing Essence — I must have scrolled past a…