The Skin You’re In
Looking back, it’s a bit ironic to think that I was a swimmer in high school… because it necessitated so much of my body being shown. A body I was acutely aware of and which I covered as much as...
View ArticleLet’s Talk about Acne with Sofie Pavitt
If you had asked teenage Sarah about her skin, she’d have told you vehemently (with exaggerated arm gestures for added melodrama) that it was a zit colony, where all the disgusting pustules got...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Rosacea
Skincare is never a one size fits all type of scenario. With rosacea, the type of condition and treatment varies from individual to the next. It can be a frustrating and anxiety-inducing condition that...
View ArticleOur Brows
Sometime in 1997, before my freshman year of high school, I stole a pair of tweezers from my Mother’s makeup drawer, sat in front of a mirror with a photo of Kate Moss, and went to town on my brows. By...
View ArticleBeauty is Knowing Yourself
About a month after I had my baby, I FaceTimed my best friend, Bee, from my new office. By “new office,” I mean the rocking chair in my bedroom where I spent 80% of my time breastfeeding. My shirt was...
View ArticleLight Years Ahead
I somehow managed to skate by in High School with nary a pimple. Don’t worry though, acne caught up with me in my early twenties and by 22 I was in constant combat with deep cystic acne on my chin and...
View ArticleSlow and Steady Beauty with Dahlia Devkota
It started with a library card. As a child, Dahlia Devkota would spend Sundays at the public library with her father. “I would go and check out books on natural beauty,” she begins when asked about...
View ArticleHard Stop on Hard Water
When venturing abroad, your thoughts are rightly occupied by where to have pre-dinner drinks, how swiftly you can do the pool-to-bar lap and what gem-adorned shoes go with the most outfits pre-planned...
View ArticleTake Your Vitamins
Navigating the alphabet of skincare options out there can be a monumental task, not too dissimilar from learning the actual alphabet many years past. (If you’re using Vitamin A diligently though, not a...
View ArticleFour Things to Copy from Your Facialist
After the last two years of cute events like lockdowns and Covid-iso we may have gotten reasonably adept at our DIY aesthetician skills, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t ditch the YouTube and TikTok...
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