The Acne Pads I Refuse to Use on My Face Are Doing Wonders for My Body

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Hannah
This teen staple has officially redeemed itself — as long as it stays below the neck.

There is a time in our lives where we are led to believe that if something's burning, that means it's working. That time is usually during early pubescence, when we're encouraged to slather alcohol-heavy toners and tonics onto our newly blemished pre-teen skin in the hopes that burning away the bacteria will make us look "clean and clear and under control."

Thankfully, I learned early on that those ingredients made my sensitive, dry skin recoil in horror, and I chucked their containers to the back of the bathroom cabinet. I learned to baby my face — but that didn't stop me from treating the skin below my neck like wood that need to be sandpapered.

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Marci
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I am acutely aware that fall doesn't start for another three weeks, but that doesn't put a damper on my joy over tomorrow being the first day of September. It gives me so much hope for great new things! I'm not even sure why — maybe it's a glimmer of how I used to feel as a kid when I actually looked forward to going back to school, before I became an ennuinager. 

Almost as much as my birthday and perhaps even more so than New Year's, September inspires me to make resolutions and adjustments and to try new things. And the weeks between the 1st and the equinox feel like a grace period when I can decide if something I'm trying to do differently is something for me to stick with. For example, I'm planning to do a total overhaul of my skincare routine this weekend so I have a new regimen solidified for the rest of the year.

One thing I won't start doing in September, however, is what's happening in our first beauty news blurb this week.

People are treating Sephora like a bathroom, and they're not sorry.

To clarify, people are not peeing or pooping in the middle of Sephora. At least not that I know of. (I seriously just Googled "defecate in Sephora" to confirm.) Anyway, what I mean is that an increasing number of people stop by Sephora on their way to wherever — work, a date, etc. — to unashamedly do their makeup, hair, and even their nails using the testers.

 Pretty sweet vanity.