My moisturizer is fine??? But now every skincare influencer is telling me I need a separate night one. For reasons.

She has perfect skin. I have acne. Am I doing too much? Or is she just genetically blessed??

Followed a girl I met one time at a party and now she’s posting the most unhinged, 30-slide IG stories. I cannot do this anymore. Do I mute? Hard unfollow? Accept my fate and suffer?

Every few months the urge hits. Every few months I resist. One day, I will not. That day may be soon. Will I regret it? Yes. Will I do it anyway? Maybe.

I’m so tired of brands launching 40 shades of foundation but still making the deepest ones look ashy or straight-up orange. Or they’ll do a whole campaign about being “inclusive” but still only send PR packages to influencers with lighter skin. It feels like brands just want the image of diversity without actually putting in the work to make good products for darker skin tones.

I keep seeing people say that cosmetic chemists make barely anything and that most of the big-name brands outsource formulation to third-party labs anyway. But at the same time, I love the science behind skincare and I’d love to be part of formulating products. If I go this route, am I setting myself up for a job that’s underpaid and undervalued, or is there actually room to make a good career out of it?

Every time I see a brand advertising themselves as “clean,” I just assume they’re overpriced and full of fear-mongering. Like, parabens aren’t even bad?? And yet so many brands slap “paraben-free” on their labels like they’re saving my life. Also, half of these brands claiming to be “clean” are owned by huge corporations that test on animals anyway, so what’s the truth??

I own like 10 at all times. They all vanish before I ever hit the bottom. Is this a me problem or is the universe eating them??

Every cool girl I know has one perfume that’s so them. Meanwhile, I have 15 because I’m indecisive and match my scent to my mood. Am I doing it wrong?? Is having a single “signature” scent actually better or just ✨capitalism✨ making me insecure?

Two weeks ago I loved my wardrobe. Today I looked in my closet and wanted to set it on fire. Is this a quarterly crisis? Do I need to throw everything out and start over? Or am I just in my I hate everything era?