4 Skincare Habits in 2025 That Are Making Me Question My Sanity

4 Skincare Habits in 2025 That Are Making Me Question My Sanity

             
4 Skincare Habits in 2025 That Are Making Me Question My Sanity

4 Skincare Habits in 2025 That Are Making Me Question My Sanity

If you’ve ever scrolled on TikTok or Instagram at 2 AM and wondered,
“Why do people hate their skin so much?”
Same.

Skincare in 2025 is not just a routine anymore, it’s a performance, an Olympic sport, a public personality trait, and unfortunately… a source of deep psychological torture for anyone who actually knows what they’re doing.

So let’s talk about the 4 skincare habits that are making me want to check myself into a spa, a clinic, or possibly an institution — ANYWHERE that’s far away from whatever chaos is happening online.

Because someone needs to say it.

 

1. The Retinol Olympics: Who Told You to Apply That Much?

Let’s begin with the one that makes every dermatologist twitch:

People are using retinol like it’s frosting.

I don’t know who started this trend of drawing 32 retinol dots all over the face like some haunted constellation map, but please… stop. For the love of skin barriers everywhere: stop.

Here’s the actual science.

Retinol = strong.
Retinal = stronger.
Too much = congratulations, you’ve cooked your skin.

And no, applying:

  • 6 dots on each cheek

  • 6 dots on each temple

  • 6 dots on the forehead

  • 6 dots on the chin

  • 6 dots on the neck

  • AND THEN rubbing it like moisturiser

…is NOT “boosting results.”
It’s boosting inflammation.

The correct amount?
A pea-size.
For the entire face.
Yes, the whole thing.

A pea.
Not a spoon.
Not a tablespoon.
Not a dollop.
Not a retinol smoothie.

A pea.

And don’t get me started on the transparent paper on the neck.

Where did this even come from??
People are applying a fistful of retinol on their neck, covering it with some plastic wrap, and acting surprised when their skin wakes up looking like a grilled shrimp.

Retinol doesn’t become “stronger” because you suffocated your neck overnight.
It becomes dangerous.

If you want to use retinol on your neck?
Also a pea-size.
Gently.
With patience.
Like a civilized human being.

2. Beef Tallow on Skin: I’m Begging You to Stop Putting Steak Grease on Your Face

This one… I don’t even know where to begin.

Apparently in the U.S., people are taking beef tallow — literal cooking fat — melting it down, and slathering it onto their face like it’s La Mer.

Beef.
Tallow.
On.
Skin.

Your pores are crying.
Dermatologists are crying.
Cows are probably crying too.

Let’s be clear:

Beef tallow belongs in a pan.
Not on your pores.
Not on your forehead.
Not on your hormonal chin acne.
Not on the place where your blackheads live and thrive.

Beef tallow is highly comedogenic, meaning it clogs pores. Deeply. Aggressively. Under-the-skin breakout level. Congested-for-three-months level.

People online are like:

“My skin looks like a glazed donut!”

Yeah. Because it’s glazed with beef fat.

Your favorite skinfluencer telling you it’s “ancestral skincare” does not change the fact that you are moisturizing with hamburger grease.

In 2025, can we normalize using ingredients designed for actual human skin?
Like ceramides? Hyaluronic acid? Squalane? Niacinamide?

Not… cow fat?

 

3. Testing Skincare on Fruit: Your Skin Is Not a Lemon

You’ve seen it.

The viral videos where people “prove” their skincare works by dropping serum on:

  • Apples

  • Bananas

  • Lemons

  • Oranges

  • Avocados

  • A random tangerine from someone’s kitchen

Apparently, if vitamin C doesn’t oxidize the fruit, then the product is “chef’s kiss.”
If retinol makes the fruit peel nicely, it’s “super potent.”
If moisturizer hydrates the apple slice, it “locks in moisture.”

Bestie…
Skin ≠ fruit salad.

Skincare is formulated for living human skin, not for a Granny Smith.

Your skin has:

  • A microbiome

  • A barrier

  • Sebum

  • Hair follicles

  • Pores

  • pH levels

  • Enzymes

  • Collagen

  • Texture

  • Sensitivity

A fruit has:

  • Juice.

  • Vitamin C inequality.

  • A future in compost.

Please stop judging your skincare routine based on whether an apple slice “looks hydrated.”
That apple wasn’t wearing sunscreen, dealing with hormones, sweating at the gym, or living through Lebanese humidity.

 

4. “Eat Your Skincare”: The Wellness Delusion That Has Gone Too Far

This one deserves its own Netflix documentary.

People on TikTok are now blending:

  • Spinach

  • Mango

  • Turmeric

  • Blueberries

  • Some suspicious powder

  • Water

  • A prayer

…and calling it “botox juice.”

BOT-OX.
As in botulinum toxin.
As in a neurotoxin.
As in “you inject this in your face, not in your smoothie.”

Let’s be clear:

You cannot eat your Botox.

You cannot drink your fillers.
You cannot chew collagen and expect it to settle in your laugh lines.
You cannot swallow retinol and expect it to smooth your forehead.

Carrot plates claiming to “eat your retinol”?
No.
Oral vitamin A does not behave like topical vitamin A— AT ALL.

Please also stop trusting every AI platform that agrees with you just because you asked nicely. Including me, don’t blindly follow me. Cross-check. Ask a real human professional.

Eating healthy helps the skin, yes.

But your green juice won’t lift your brows.
Your chia pudding won’t smooth your 11s.
Your jello goo won’t “replace your dermatologist.”

Botox is a medical procedure.
Skincare is topical.
Food is… food.

 

So What Should You Actually Do?

If you have skin concerns — texture, acne, pigmentation, fine lines, breakouts, or irritation from following TikTok chaos, please don’t fix it with beef fat, fruit experiments, or retinol marination.

Talk to a dermatologist or a certified medical practitioner.
Talk to someone who knows skin, not someone who needs content.

Safe advice
Personalized routine
Real treatments
Real results

And if you want science over chaos, expertise over trends, and an actual plan that helps your skin glow without trauma…

Visit Silkor.
Your skin deserves professional care, not influencer roulette.

Catch you next time!