More Peaches 🍑

Morning 🦁 More Maggie, more Peaches, because it’s Friday and fuck it - let’s rip. She keeps sharpening her blades and putting spin on the ball. I’ll surf the tsunami again next week. Enjoy…

🍒 Strange fruits. One morning in Rio, my transitory Carioca boyfriend took me on a whirlwind weird fruit tour. At the market, I met acerola, a tart little cherry that resembles what I thought poppers looked like before I tried one—nature’s Jolly Ranchers. I mainlined vitamin C from pinha, a fruit the color of an olive grove with scaly, dragon-like skin. When ripe, it becomes so pliant a single touch will topple its custardy filling like a chaste woman caressed spills her secrets. One fruit I sigh saudades for is the biribá—never got to taste her. The “lemon meringue pie fruit” is known for its antioxidant and microbial actions; it contains a troika of aminos including threonine, which your body can’t make on its own. Fortunately for we colonizers, the North is already pillaging the Amazon to milk these babies for all they’re worth. When you eventually pocket some from your local supplements aisle, be sure to pick up a ’tupper of meringues as well so you can get the full effect.

🩹 Skincare minimalism. My brain no longer has the storage space to squish the never-ending alphabet of skincare wonder ingredients I encounter on a daily basis. Sorry, world! Keeping track of the vitamins alone (A, C, E…what next?!) has driven me to the depths of dyslexia—and yet, as I type this, I have about 8 different tabs open for vitamin C serums competing for my dollar.

Here’s what I, the daughter of a derm who still subscribes to Moles Magazine (actually JDPA, but same diff), have to impart: First, never upload too many new ingredients to your facecloud all at once. Your skin will wig, as I learned from this self-taught skincare savant I met last week. Second, certain ingredients (vit-C, for example) can be notoriously unstable in certain forms. Others, like the larger (and cheaper) form of hyaluronic acid, won’t even be able to penetrate the top layer of skin. Choosing a product for its top-billing ingredient alone does not mean it’ll have any effect on your face. You need to (sigh) consult the label—or, better yet, use your disposable income to consult with a professional. If your face is truly the money-maker, I’m sure you’ll make it back.

How about them Peaches? Hit us with any comments or questions or hate speech. All is encouraged.

Maggie 🍑 + Andrew🍎 

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