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Beauty Unfiltered

2016 Is Back — and Beauty Tells Us Why

From maximalism to structure to escapism, the return of 2016 beauty says a lot about how we’re coping right now.

Jan 16 • Zoe Weiner

In Defense of Sparkle

The psychology behind why beauty feels brighter in December—and why that feeling is worth holding onto all year long.

Dec 18, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

Why "Add to Cart" Feels Like Self-Care

Buying calm, one click at a time.

Dec 4, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

Stress Has a Look—And It's Written All Over Your Face

My skin knew I was burnt out long before I was ready to admit it.

Nov 6, 2025

Essays

I Wanted a Perfect Wedding. I Got a Taylor Swift Rain Show Instead.

Here's what I learned from dancing through the storm.

Jan 11 • Zoe Weiner

Everyone Else Made Pregnancy Look Easy.

But from nonstop nausea to losing every coping mechanism I relied on, getting pregnant forced me to let go of control and finally listen to my body..

Nov 13, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

Scary Beauty: The Wildest (and Most Horrifying) Treatments I’ve Ever Tried

From microwaving my armpits to getting foundation tattooed onto my eyelids, here are the beauty experiments that still haunt me to this day.

Oct 20, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

The Shower Theory: How One Ritual Keeps My ADHD Brain in Check

My morning shower is the unofficial starting bell of my day—the mental cue that it’s time to get my shit together and actually start working.

Oct 15, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

Beauty Therapy

Mikayla Nogueira on Why Glam Is Her Grounding Ritual—Not Just Her Job

The creator opens up about identity, boundaries, and what it takes to stay yourself when your face is your livelihood.

Dec 19, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

The Beauty Products That Make Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner Feel Their Most Beautiful

Yes, they're sharing them on tour.

Nov 14, 2024 • Zoe Weiner

Lindsay Hubbard Shares Her Beauty Journey: From Breakup Hair to Pregnancy Glow

Plus, how she stayed true to herself through it all

Nov 14, 2024 • Zoe Weiner

The 'Wake Up Call' That Got Hailee Steinfeld To Use an Anti-Aging Moisturizer

Same girl, same.

Aug 21, 2024 • Zoe Weiner

Feel-Good Products

The 2025 Feel-Good Gift Guide: Smells Like Calm, Sparkles Like Dopamine

For everyone on your list (especially yourself 😇)

Dec 11, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

The Beauty Products Standing Between Me and a Holiday Meltdown

Everything I'm using to avoid screaming at my family over Thanksgiving.

Nov 19, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

Feel Good Products of the Month: October 2025

All the stuff that made me look—and feel—my best this month.

Oct 30, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

Feel Good Products of the Month: September 2025

All the stuff that made me look—and feel—my best this month.

Oct 1, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

Full-Coverage Friday

Resolutions Make Me Feel Broken — So I’m Doing This Instead

Feeling Good > Being Better

Jan 9 • Zoe Weiner

Full Coverage Friday: Permission To Be a Little Extra

Fuck it, let's sparkle

Dec 19, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

Keep Calm and Moisturize On

Full Coverage Friday: Stressed skin edition.

Nov 7, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

Full Coverage Friday: Why Do We Put Ourselves Through This Sh!t

"Beauty is pain" is such BS.

Oct 24, 2025 • Zoe Weiner

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