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I know that in America we obsess over looks, always trying to look thinner, better, toned-er, younger. I’ve really been trying not to care, to love myself as I am now and not for who I might be if I were 6 pounds lighter with shinier hair. But seriously, I recently looked in the mirror and for the first time saw what I swear is a wrinkle under my eye.

A WRINKLE.

I know I only have myself to blame. My eyes look baggier, darker, and worse for the wear after all those all-nighters finishing finals followed by all-nighters celebrating that finals are so yesterday (literally). And while those all-nighters are worth it (well the celebratory ones), the consequences, yeah, not so much. Read More »

Like most ladies, the way my face looks is pretty important to me. I like to minimize bright red zits, reduce the black circles under my eyes after a long night at the ‘brary, and generally not look like a 45 year old woman at the ripe old age of 22.

And like most ladies I load up on every product that will keep my face looking fresh, clean and daaaamn good.

But according to a recent article in The New York Times, most ladies are pretty dumb for buying into all that facial cream mumbo jumbo.

No matter how smart we are, we all want to believe that a skin cream can fix all of our problems. Yes, even relationship issues. And it doesn’t hurt when the beauty companies throw scientific terms into the mix, furthering our beliefs that this product is different, and that one really will work!

But if what all the experts in this article say is true, we could get the same effect from a wash cloth and some basic soap that we would get from purchasing a $40 bottle of “rejuvinating night cream.” The same goes for all those “cellular level cleansers,” “biomolecular” eyecreams, and that “microsmoothing” face serum. Read More »