How Not To F*ck Up Your Face

2 weeks ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe

Welcome readers, old and new! Please tap the ❤️ above for a glimpse of astonishing majesty …and then feel the significance of your worry lines magically disappear!🤟🏻 🤟🏻 🤟🏻I often think of my mom these days; she died at 93 and would’ve turned 100 this year. Increasingly, I see her in myself in surprising ways. When she was my age (74), I remember her telling me she’d suddenly developed a tummy. Me, too, Mom, like clockwork—and what the hell?

3 weeks ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe |Sari Botton

How Not to F*ck Up Your Facephilosophical and practical advice for anyone who's ever looked into a mirror philosophical and practical advice for anyone who's ever looked into a mirror

3 weeks ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe

Welcome readers, old and new!Please hit that ❤️ above to learn why agreeing to disagree might be disagreeable for your relationships. But regarding agreeable relationships: Today at 3 pm EDT, I’ll be doing a live interview with Sari Botton, proprietor of The Oldster Magazine. I assume we’ll talk about appearance issues, but I’m sure there will be some surprises; you should be able to comment and ask questions in the chat. I’ll be looking for you! You can find the conversation here.

1 month ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe |Valerie Monroe

Welcome readers, old and new! Please hit the ❤️ above to learn why tinkle may be a little star—especially in the field of agriculture. ✈️ ✈️ ✈️It seems like only weeks, but I’ve actually been in Japan for months. By the time you read this, I’ll be back in the U.S., scraping the winter grime off my apartment windows and wading through the swamp of mail that awaits. An unpleasant prospect. I’m trying to focus on the positive: my friends, the theater, in-person activism.

1 month ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe

Welcome readers, old and new!Listening to various podcasts, reading various beauty posts, I’m noticing that even in some of the ones I especially like and think are smart, there’s bad beauty advice. Specifically, bad beauty product advice. Why? Likely because the hosts are beholden to advertisers in one way or another and, therefore, can’t afford to tell you the truth about the efficacy of most products on the beauty market.