It Might Be Time For Us To Give Up The Quest For Glowing Skin
Refinery29
2/10/2021
“How do I get my skin to glow like this
?” read a recent text message from a friend, accompanied by a picture of an influencer. Although clearly wearing makeup, her skin shone in all the right places and appeared entirely poreless without a bump or blemish in sight. “Excellent genes, million-dollar facials and a live-in makeup artist? Also, most probably a filter, but I could be wrong,” I replied.
While the quest for luminous skin is nothing new, it is definitely evolving. Radiance-enhancing skin-care trends such as slugging (covering your skin in petroleum jelly overnight) or mirror skin and glass skin (skin so dewy, it’s almost reflective), are taking Pinterest, Instagram, and TikTok by storm as we buy into skin-care products and hacks that promise to impart an otherworldly glow. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to take care of your skin or even wanting it to look a certain way. But never has flawless, glowing skin felt more unrealistic than in the midst of a global pandemic.