The Don't Buy List: EmRata, Death by Phthalate, & The 'Science' of Beauty

Plus, a *very* rare product recommendation.

Hello, dewy dust bunnies, and welcome to another edition of The Don’t Buy List! This week, The New York Times tackled beauty culture and called it what it is: “violence”. The whole article, centered on the Linda Evangelista/CoolSculpting saga and written by Rhonda Garelick, is worth a read. This passage captures the absurdity of casual beautification pa…