Teen Vogue insists that the desire to engage with grown-up hygiene practices is nothing new, and that children wanting multistep morning and evening face-care routines is no big deal. There was a concerned backlash followed by annoyed backlash, both of which were spurred by videos of makeup counters trashed with tester products and forum threads about kids fighting with their parents when their shopping baskets rang up in the hundreds of dollars. Multistep skin care routines were thought of as an adult's game. Pond's cream moisturizers have been around since before World War II to help women keep their skin looking beautiful. The pursuit of a makeup-free complexion was a trademark of women and some men in their 20s, with many Americans discovering the Korean multistep method that both preps the skin for makeup and protects it. Kids have flooded the skin care market with neon-packaged creams, masks and peels. It is normal for preteens to want to take care of their skin, even though it is healthy for them to do so. On the other hand, the phenomenon could be evidence of adults infecting them with our fear of aging. The Washington Post's Style section covers the arts, media, social trends, politics and fashion, all told with personality and deep reporting. For generations, it has been widely considered normal for little girls to want to participate in certain beauty rituals of adult womanhood. Girls have been playing with their own kiddie makeup sets for decades, and Target sells not just play makeup but miniature vanities. Girls learn self-pampering behaviors from both adult women and other girls. The clean girl aesthetic encourages a minimalist approach to beauty and fashion. She applies a mix of a Glow Recipe bronze skin tint and Drunk Elephant moisturizers on her face before she adds a niacinamide serum from the Ordinary and sunscreen. She said she doesn't do skin care to make it better.
Videos like the ones Sauvage watches frequently garner hundreds of thousands to millions of views and are sometimes sponsored by skin care brands. Heather Rogers, a Seattle-based dermatologist, is concerned about how kids are exposed to elaborate routines on TikTok, which she says has shifted the Zeitgeist to overindulgence. If a person with a lot of followers is doing a seven-step skin care regimen, they want to talk about it and videotape themselves doing it.
Making sure people aren't turning a healthy habit into a harmful one is the plight. Jamie Matheny, 38, who is shopping at a Northern Virginia Sephora about her daughter, said she tries not to get her too much stuff, which includes a Byoma cleanser, Bubble moisturizer and a Byoma gel sunscreen. They did their skin care routines together, and sometimes they put on face masks.
Developing healthy skin care habits early can be a positive development. All of the skin care procedures recommended by the Dermatologists are child-friendly and can help alleviate some of the symptoms of puberty. Common guidance about young people's skin has come a long way from the harsh anti-acne products of two or three decades ago. Brooke Jeffy, an Arizona-based dermatologist who primarily treats kids and teens, said that sunscreen is the most important thing to do at this age. It is possible that this trend is a symptom of a society obsessed with slowing down aging and staving off the inevitable. Some worry that the youngest consumers have been instilled with the same anxiety. Jeffy said that popular products like The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% peeling solution are not for children or adults unless someone knows how to deal with acids. The product can cause chemical burns if it is left on the skin too long. The peel and other harsh products can leave skin overly sensitive and prone to accelerated aging. Rogers says she gets frantic messages from her patients about kids who have developed irritations, so she advises them to stop everything.
I asked my child why she wanted to start skincare, but she said she didn't know if she would get wrinkled when she gets older.
The Drunk Elephant Protini polypeptide cream is a waste of money because it is benign, Jeffy said. According to the Drunk Elephant website, the cream is a great hydrator, which isn't a bad thing for teens. There are other ways to hydration the skin, and they don't need the main ingredient.
The Drunk Elephant agrees. On their website, they note that the cream, which they say is supposed to strengthen skin, is not useful for young people who are making moreCollagen in abundance. Monica Arnaudo, the chief merchandising officer at the retailer, said that teens may be drawn to brands like Drunk Elephant because of their colorful packaging. She said that the younger generation is driven by their passion for self-care and self expression and that they embrace products that allow them to celebrate their flaws. The irony of all this is that people who don't like aging want skin with a smooth texture and a youthful appearance. I said no, that is for old people like Mom. She said that it's a great product to treat mild acne, but it's still potentially irritating for younger skin. A doctor needs to make a solution for a patient. Grade-school kids with clear complexions don't need the same heavy-duty treatments adults do to maintain glowy, baby-soft, ultrasmooth skin