A friend of mine started getting serious about skincare last year 😭. Not because anything was wrong, but because he kept seeing conversations online about routines, ingredients, and steps he felt like he was missing 📱. Before all of that, his skin was actually fine. Not perfect, but calm. No constant breakouts, no irritation, nothing that made him feel like he needed to change anything. He just wanted it to look “better.” So he started adding things. A cleanser upgrade, then a toner 🧴, then a treatment, then something else he saw people swear by. Nothing extreme at once… just small additions that felt like improvements. At first, everything seemed normal. No reaction, no issue. So he kept going. Added a little more, switched a step, tried something else. Then slowly… things started changing. His skin started feeling tighter. Then dry. Then irritated 😬. Now he’s looking in the mirror trying to figure out what went wrong, because in his mind, he was doing everything “right.” Being consistent, taking care of his skin, doing more than he was before. But nothing about what he was doing looked the same anymore. And that’s what stood out to me 😌, because before all of that… his skin wasn’t asking for anything new. 💬 Be honest… have you ever added something to your routine when nothing was actually wrong?

What’s something a stylist did to your hair… that didn’t feel right… but you stayed quiet? 👇🏾 What happened?

📬 RINOURE INBOX This might sound small, but it’s been bothering me. Hello, A friend of mine has been doing her own hair for a while now, and she keeps saying her results never last. She’ll finish styling it, and everything looks fine in the moment, but by the next day it feels like it’s already starting over. She told me she follows the same routine every time. Same products, same steps, nothing really changing. But every time she explains it, it sounds slightly different. Not enough to notice right away, but enough that it doesn’t feel exactly the same either. One time she said she sections her hair. Another time she said she just works through it. Sometimes she says she takes her time, and other times she says she just tries to get through it quickly. When I asked her to walk me through it step by step, she kept going back and forth trying to explain it. It was like she knew what she was trying to do, but not exactly what she was actually doing. Now she’s frustrated because she feels like nothing holds, and she’s starting to think her hair just doesn’t keep styles the way it should. I don’t know if it’s the routine itself or how it’s being done, but something about it doesn’t feel consistent. I just can’t tell where the disconnect is. — Zariah 💬 What feels inconsistent or unclear about this routine?

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Good morning, Melaninaires. Before you move into a new week… what’s one thing you understand better now about your hair or your skin? 👇🏾 Share it below