When Nora Ephron wrote the words “I feel bad about my neck” it was a rallying cry for women everywhere. Yes, they thought. Finally! A woman widely considered an intellectual had come clean about the fact that no matter your deep and worldly concerns, your keen understanding of the beauty industrial complex’s choke hold, or your desire to be free of it, you will—at some point or another—realize that you are aging, and you won’t like it. Nora was a beloved friend and mentor, but it took me a long time to understand what she was talking about.

I have been test-driving beauty trends at Vogue for over a decade. In my tenure I’ve done everything from microblading to lash extensions , red lipstick to red hair , tooth whitening to mob-wife nails —and even a foray into the Gen

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