I like makeup and skincare, I’m far from a professional but I have my knowledge, I’d have thought someone whose job is dedicated to the industry would know much more than me…
Well turns out this woman gave me the worst advice ever super confidently. I have very dry skin, I’ve always used hydrating foundations even if they transfer they make my skin look glowy.
Well this woman said that the brand I use is so terrible I should use another brand that was more expensive and of “better quality for the skin”, my makeup looks cakey for the first time in my life, this foundation is so dry it sucks up the little moisture I have of my skin.
I did some research and turns out the price of a foundation doesn’t make it healthier for your skin, all brands here have the same safety quality by law, so you’re basically paying for the brand.
She also didn’t know, as an aesthetician, that retinol can get rid of acne. I mentioned it to her and she said very confidently that retinol doesn’t do that and that retinol destroys people’s skin… Obviously if you use it wrong it will destroy your skin but the point is to use it as indicated. Also it was literally invented to get rid of acne so how can you be so sure the purpose of retinol is only for ageing?
Idk this woman really made me think I can only trust myself when it comes to beauty advice, that or a very professional Korean aesthetician because the western ones know jack shit.
Yeah, every profession has people bad at their job, but if you think you’ve got a bad provider, get a second opinion. Don’t write off a whole body of healthcare over one person.
Man even this is not that simple. These days I say that if you want proper medical care, you need to see a university medical center doctor. I’ve seen so many private practice doctors in all the specialties for chronic conditions and even the good ones write completely wrong information in my chart, miss obvious things based on assumptions, and forget that I have to go home and coordinate all these tests they ordered while being completely untreated and unmedicated for the condition (which does get used against you if you’re able to do it, but you don’t get any care if you can’t). A series of “bad” doctors, and by that I mean like 2-3, will waste years of your life. And I’m not trying to be a hater. They’re just so overworked and drowning in paperwork and insurance bs, that the burnout is palpable.