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(“Any two regular mirrors at right angles will create a non-reversed image, but you can’t make eye contact correctly because there is a big seam down the middle that goes right through your eyes,” explains founder John Walter. What is True Mirror?Īt its most literal, True Mirror is a non-image-flipping mirror in a box frame, constructed by putting two front-surface mirrors together at right angles, without a seam down the center. So it seemed like the right time to try something I’d been curious about and that, in normal times, would likely send me into a self-loathing spiral: True Mirror. Over these past seven months of not being able to wander into clothing shops and buy things I don’t need not having to go to industry events I’d rather skip not carrying a makeup bag around the city, just in case a guy asks me out last minute, I’ve never felt more at ease and in tune with myself. The pandemic removed the superfluous from our lives. Related: Can Cheek Fillers Really Lift the Face? Experts Weigh In on What to Actually Expect During lockdown, I watched as my weight went up 12 pounds, my Botox and cheek filler disappeared, my hair grew heavier and more shapeless, my nail polish chipped off and never got repainted… and I felt next to nothing about it all. I wonder what age that is.” I thought about how I’ve just stopped caring lately and how it doesn’t feel anything like giving up, as Musk implies. “They say at a certain age, you just stop caring.

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I was watching TV the other night when that CoverGirl commercial with Maye Musk came on.

#TRUE MIRROR SKIN#

Every mirror presents an opportunity for a pulse check: How well am I doing at this beauty thing today? Do these shorts cover my cellulite? Did I conceal the evidence of my skin picking well enough? Do I deserve to feel good about myself for a few hours? For as long as I can remember, my self-worth has been tied up in how I look.īut this year has changed that. What I do know is that my obsession with looking at myself-in Zoom meetings, in the 100-pound, full-length mirror I’ve dragged across state lines and to five different apartments because it’s so flattering, in my blindingly fluorescent Riki Loves Riki makeup mirror, in glass buildings everywhere-stems from insecurity, not vanity.

I grew up in Los Angeles, live in New York City, and write about plastic surgery every day of the week… it’s hard to know what a healthy amount of caring is. “You’re such a beauty editor.” Meaning: you care too much about beauty. For as long as I’ve had an iPhone, I’ve had a mirrored case on it-mostly just to make sure there’s nothing in my nose or teeth, but people always say the same thing when they see it. The message we’ve been given our entire lives is to look perfect, but when we strive to, we’re superficial when we survey our progress, we’re narcissistic. I have a complicated relationship with mirrors, like so many women do.

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