Sali Hughes #64 Terminal Pan Decline

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GalofHal said:
I used to enjoy the comments under her Guardian column, picked up some ideas and liked the discussions. Shame the comments were disactivated.
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I think that the comments were disabled by Sali's request. Far too many former fans (like a lot of us on here) were querying why she was claiming to have ollways loved a product despite not having mentioned it before.
What the holy duck is this advice (can't remember what I was looking for now) but are we not dressing for Leonard any more? Why do women have to be a 'type' or have a 'look' and not deceive innocent little men until after the honeymoon period?
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Django said:
I think that the comments were disabled by Sali's request. Far too many former fans (like a lot of us on here) were querying why she was claiming to have ollways loved a product despite not having mentioned it before.
What the holy duck is this advice (can't remember what I was looking for now) but are we not dressing for Leonard any more? Why do women have to be a 'type' or have a 'look' and not deceive innocent little men until after the honeymoon period?
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Omg 😲 that 'advice' is like something from a guide for 50s housewives.

And the Guardian comments were also full of people utterly pissed off that she kept mentioning certain brands constantly - Tilbury springs to mind. This in turn pissed off Sali as it marred her 'impartial and honest' persona. I rather suspect the Guardian comment section was what annoyed her, more than Tattle tbh. But she conflated the two.
 
Jelly Bean said:
Omg 😲 that 'advice' is like something from a guide for 50s housewives.

And the Guardian comments were also full of people utterly pissed off that she kept mentioning certain brands constantly - Tilbury springs to mind. This in turn pissed off Sali as it marred her 'impartial and honest' persona. I rather suspect the Guardian comment section was what annoyed her, more than Tattle tbh. But she conflated the two.
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My favourite conspiracy theory is that @Aude is Livia Druscilla!
 
Mr Munch must be seriously confused that one day I have naked skin and a fringe ( bangs ) that have more kinks than the 60’s band and then other nights I’m out with him looking like a 50’s femme fatale with a red lip ( thanks Sal) winged liner and ironed hair .
FFS we can have many versions of ourselves that’s the fun of make up and hair products . She is so dry . I’m also there and out the other side and still like to play dress up with my make up sone times !
 
Django said:
I think that the comments were disabled by Sali's request. Far too many former fans (like a lot of us on here) were querying why she was claiming to have ollways loved a product despite not having mentioned it before.
What the holy duck is this advice (can't remember what I was looking for now) but are we not dressing for Leonard any more? Why do women have to be a 'type' or have a 'look' and not deceive innocent little men until after the honeymoon period?
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Sweet lord, if there was an internalised misogynistic view on how to approach dating, she’s nailed it. I do feel sorry for her in that her views are a projection of how she feels about herself. The tags below tte article are depressing as hell too.
 
skronkywildcat said:
I don’t think any uk based beauty journalist can hold a candle to people like Sable Yong. I got her book ”Die Hot with a Vengeance” and she properly digs into all the things we talk about and what she did in her role as a beauty editor - how the tweakments are so available you forget your original face, all the dirty stuff about capitalism, consumerism and waste. It’s very good, I think you would all like it. She also has a perfume podcast.
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Thanks for this book recommendation, I have it on my reading list. I like Sable Yong's Substack posts.

Currently I am reading (UK writer) Ellen Atlanta's book Pixel Flesh, which covers similar ground about how young women, as consumers and as influencers, are harmed by social media's distorted views of beauty. The chapter on age (The Fetiishisation of Youth) mentions an influencer marketing agency study that found a >150% pay gap between influencers aged 18-30 and those aged 30-45. Which might explain quite a bit about teeth straightening/whitening, Botox (weak and otherwise), and sundry activities that we have seen recently...
 
She's going full Essex influencer. Fake Teef, filled lips, bleached blonde hair, long extension, botox n' fillers, I wouldn't have recognized her at all unless told it was her.

It smells of full on midlife crisis to me, this level of faux-youthening, sudden reinvention after years of having her own quite distinct look. I can't understand people who are so bloody focused on trying to look twenty years younger as if it's shameful to be female and alive after a certain point in life, but ok, I get it's probably difficult ageing in front of an online audience ... but wow. She has 100% leant into her face being her fortune rather than her bloody writing. Sad!
 
It's all so ... pre-packaged bland and basic is the thing. I could literally lose her in a crowd of the same desperate houswife midlife yummy mummy blandness. Style is having your own look that reflects your own character and tastes. She did have that at one point.

Also occurs to me it's not very Brighton, unless Brighton has changed a lot demographically since I was last there.
 
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