How Not To F*ck Up Your Face

My aim is to change the way we think about beauty from being hard on ourselves to being kind and compassionate. While you'll discover useful tips on how to apply eyeliner and find the perfect moisturizer (and more), I will always be here to guide you gently. My goal is to help you make choices that boost your self-esteem and promote a positive self-image.

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Sunscreen Surprise

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

Welcome readers, old and new! Please hit the ❤️ above to watch intrepid travelers learn what it feels like to go to high school in Japan. 👩🏽‍🦳 👩🏽‍🦳 👩🏽‍🦳Last week while checking out at the grocery store, one of the helpers approached me. “Are you a senior?” she asked. “How did you know?” I wanted to say (but didn’t). She gave me a discount, which I accepted.
Does Facial Acupuncture Have a Point?

1 month 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?
A Skin Care Chat with Veteran Beauty Editor Val Monroe

1 month 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
Scare Tactics

1 month 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.
Sebaceous Hyper-What?

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.
The Hardest Sell

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.
For Crying Out Loud

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

Welcome readers, old and new! Please hit that ❤️ above to see how “give me a hand” may soon mean something very different. A personal question: Have you been crying enough? I imagine some evolved and compassionate HNTFUYF-ers will answer, Too much! Crying too much! That I would understand. But after a long catch-up with one of my dearest friends, I wondered whether she and I had been crying enough.
Got Milia?

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

Welcome readers, old and new! Please hit the ❤️ above to discover why giraffes have their special spots—information with no practical value (unless you’re a giraffe) but that’s fun to know. ☺️ ☺️ ☺️In times of stress—wait a minute. Isn’t that how I began last week’s post? Sadly, yes. But a reader recently wrote me with a related suggestion I wanted to share with you.
Your Five-Minute Face

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

Welcome readers, old and new! Please hit the ❤️ above to discover a previously unsuspected reason for hair loss. 🌳 🌳 🌳In times of stress, I’m a believer in distractions. My favorite? Beauty. Not only the kind you often read about here (more of that later), but also the kind you feel when dissolving into the flow of transporting music, or awakening to the glory of a fuchsia sunrise, or… hugging a tree.
Updates: Tattoos, Teeth, and Retinoids

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

Welcome readers, old and new! Please hit the ❤️ above to find very good reasons (like better health and peace of mind) to give away a bit of your time for free.