Skincare

Zombie fillers: the super-rich are plumping themselves up with dead people’s fat

A few years back, I lost a significant amount of weight. It came off entirely by accident following a major unforeseen life crisis that resulted in a prolonged reduction of appetite. Almost overnight I went from being a healthy average-sized middle-aged woman to a thin one. Everyone was very complimentary, of course. But this was in 2022, back when shedding weight still seemed like an accomplishment and evidence of restraint rather than something to be bought and administered via needle and private prescription. I waited for my dress size to rebound to an eight from a four as it had in the past but this time round, for whatever reason, it did not.

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The White House press corps’ Korean skincare glow-up

In there like skincare President Trump arrived back from the Far East last week with a trade deal or two and an improved relationship with China’s President Xi Jinping. But he’s not the only one benefiting from his visit. A significant chunk of the White House press corps took advantage of the trip to APEC to stock up on sought-after Korean skincare products. “I brought back two face washes, a cream and a hundred masks,” one producer told Cockburn. “Via Google Translate, I asked the workers at a skincare store called Olive Young for some of their favorite products – they showed me this cream, they said it’s very popular in South Korea.” The ROK is “the Turkey of skincare,” she added.

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Beauty tips for the people, by AOC*

My face is important. Your face is important, too. All our faces are important. That’s why I’d like to take some time to tell you about my beauty regime. As the youngest ever female congresswoman, I’m delighted that I live in an era where women can be both into mascara and Martin Luther King, serums and Shakespeare. You know what I call that? Freedom. I double cleanse, systematically. This means washing my face twice, to remove all the impurities. There’s nothing wrong with impurities, but do I want them on my face? No. Do you want them on your face? No. Scrub scrub scrub, with your muslin cloth. I aim for that sort of ‘I just owned Trump’ kind of a glow.

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