FLESH WORLD by Jessica DeFino | Substack

Exit The Beauty Culture Matrix. Enter FLESH WORLD.

Reporting on the absurd world of beauty culture.

Jul 7, 2021 • Jessica DeFino

Recent posts

The Don't Buy List: Issue #108

Jan 13 • Jessica DeFino

Mess Is The Moment: Our Trend Forecast For The Year

Listen now | Episode 25 of The Mess World Podcast

Jan 6 • Jessica DeFino

1:37:59

2026 Beauty Predictions: Fetal Skincare! 'Bleph In A Bottle'! Mouth Stuff!

The forecast for the year ahead.

Dec 31, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

Recommendations

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Emily Kirkpatrick

internet princess

internet princess

rayne fisher-quann

Princess Babygirl

Princess Babygirl

.,¤°✿princess babygirl

Notebook

BDM

Mental Hellth

P.E. Moskowitz

Exit the beauty culture matrix. Enter FLESH WORLD.

Features

2026 Beauty Predictions: Fetal Skincare! 'Bleph In A Bottle'! Mouth Stuff!

The forecast for the year ahead.

Dec 31, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

What Was Beauty In 2025?

Surveillance tech! Therapist-formulated skincare! Cigarettes! A look back at my (alarmingly accurate) industry predictions for the year gone by.

Dec 28, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

The Year The Beauty Industry Made You Its Bitch

On dog beauty products, for CNN Style.

Dec 23, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

Happy Holidays, You Old Hag!

An inbox poem + an anti-product gift guide.

Dec 12, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

The Ordinary's Idiotic Table of Elements

“A scientific table with zero science.”

Dec 1, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

The Don't Buy List

The Don't Buy List: Issue #108

Jan 13 • Jessica DeFino

The Zone of Skinterest

The Don’t Buy List: Issue #107

Dec 21, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

'Gender-Neutral & Inspired By Horses'

The Don’t Buy List: Issue #106

Dec 5, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

Meghan Trainor Is The Moment! (Derogatory)

The Don’t Buy List: Issue #105

Nov 19, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

Lolita, Vaginal Wellness Influencer

The Don’t Buy List: Issue #104

Nov 6, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

Ask Ugly

'I Lost Faith In Skincare. But How Do I Take Care Of My Face?'

Read my latest Ask Ugly column!

Dec 18, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

'Wait, Why Do I Want A Facelift?'

Read my latest Ask Ugly column!

Nov 21, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

'I'm Literally Sick of Perfume'

Read my latest Ask Ugly column.

Oct 9, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

The Liberation To Labiaplasty Pipeline

Read my latest Ask Ugly column.

Sep 11, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

'Help! I'm Not Hot Enough For The Beach!'

Read my latest Ask Ugly column.

Aug 7, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

Interviews

Your Face = Ad Space

An interview with Glamour.

Nov 4, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

An interview with Marie Claire US on "keeping your lower bleph."

Oct 20, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

Erika Kirk’s Memorial Glam (Or, A Definitive Guide To MAGA Aesthetics)

Interview unlocked.

Oct 7, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

Makeover Madness!

My interview with the New York Times about the Skims Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap.

Sep 1, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

You Can't Shop Your Way To Safety

An interview with Lindsay Dahl, author of "Cleaning House: The Fight to Rid Our Homes of Toxic Chemicals".

Aug 14, 2025 • Jessica DeFino

“Yanking consumers out of the matrix made by the beauty industry.” - HuffPost

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