2. "2000s skincare. There was no focus on moisturizer or skin barriers at all."
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-- Crafty-Judge-896
"I thought only old ladies with super dry skin wore moisturizer. That's what it seemed like anyway."
-- MarsailiPearl
"There was a focus, but it was on St. Ives apricot scrub."
-- Aprissitee
"Stridex, Oxy, then Noxzema. Sounds like we're selling something nefarious in a back alley."
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"Same! And it FRIED my hair so not only was it electric orange, it was frizzy and broken, too. I looked like a Cheeto puff."
"Olaplex -- specifically no. 3 -- actually dries your hair when you use it. That's why it's advised to use it on damp hair before BOTH shampoo and conditioning. The reason is that it needs to expand the hair strands for the formula to reach the cortex and work properly.
Olaplex is meant to only be used if you actually need it. Usually, for people with chemically treated hair. I'd go a step further and say mostly for bleached hair. And to add, Olaplex is meant to be used as a whole system with 1, 2, and 3, and following it up with 4 and 5, the shampoo and conditioner.
When Olaplex was on the rise, while expanding its line, a lot of people who didn't need it bought into the hype and had complaints that it ruined their hair. There is no need for Olaplex on virgin hair or even just hair that has been damaged through thermal or mechanical means."
"I worked in a tanning salon when I was young, and now I'm dealing with the repercussions of indoor tanning like precancerous lesions. I'm aware that it's my fault, but it doesn't make it suck less."
"This! It's not for everyone. There are so many Retin-A/vitamin A formulas out there, and Tretinoin isn't for every skin type, no matter how you apply it!
I've been prescribed many types through the years, and I once asked my GP to give me a new script for one I used successfully years before, but it turned out to no longer be the right one for me. Oof, that was awful! So glad I'm using the proper one now."