The Mother Project with Sophie Beresiner

2 months ago | sophieberesiner.substack.com | Sophie Beresiner

Let’s call it what it is: hormonalface betrayal. One day I was existing with reliably good skin, (it took me years to master it - and that was with abundant, serious-expert help and access to phenomenal products). And then, at some point over a period of approx 24 hours, it chose chaos. Bumpy texture, red patches, mostly around the nose. Dullness, spots - at my age! Perioral dermatitis (ugh), oily bits, dry bits, eczema (argh), on my effing eyelids.

Feb 19, 2025 | sophieberesiner.substack.com | Sophie Beresiner

If you think about it we’ve been told since the dawn of advertising, that thick, voluminous hair equals beauty, equals youth, equals health. So when it thins (apparently for one in four of us women) - even in a gradual way like mine, it feels like a loss of something foundational to how we see ourselves.

Feb 12, 2025 | sophieberesiner.substack.com | Sophie Beresiner

OK, here is what I’m thinking. My IG algorithm is feeding me constant posts about how we are the generation of mothers who aren’t having it all, we are doing it all, and so we are TIRED. And how we are the mothers who literally - literally - sacrifice our lives for our families. Not just our careers, time or our sanity/skin clarity etc. No, actual years of our lives. Studies have found that marriage with kids can increase the life expectancy of the men in that equation, but decrease it for the women.

Feb 8, 2025 | sophieberesiner.substack.com | Sophie Beresiner

Hi. Me again! Happy Friday, and day 2 of MotherProduct week. I sincerely hope I’m not coming across too spammy with a daily email of offers, but there’s nothing not to love about excellent free things, or money off other amazing things (I think, anyway), so I’m taking the stance that if I’d be happy to get this message, then hopefully you will too. Normal service will resume next week… But for today - Buggy Boarding.

Feb 8, 2025 | sophieberesiner.substack.com | Sophie Beresiner

If I had to describe myself in 3 words I might be tempted to waste two of them with ‘Savvy’ and ‘Shopper’. It is true that I sometimes shop too much (depends who you compare me too) but I’ve got to say finding the small things for the little people has been one of the most fun parts of being a mother for me. It’s a natural extra-curricular extension of the day job, but when I’m stressed, or night feeding, or simply bored, I research. Baby stuff.