How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

(Un)Likely Stories

pricey moisturizers and other fractured fairy tales

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Valerie Monroe
Apr 20, 2021
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Order, order! But first, chaos.

I started this post thinking I’d tell you, in a straightforward way, the order in which you should apply your face products. Then I wondered what products you might be using. And then I tripped on questions of why you might be using them and what you might expect from them before finally tumbling down a dark and deep rabbi…

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