🗞️SKINCARE NEWS

Concerns Arise Over Lip Oils as Users Report Irritation and Discoloration⚠️

Social media users, primarily on TikTok, are reporting adverse reactions, including discoloration, dark spots, irritation, and peeling, after using lip oils. Here’s a quick summary:

• Multiple women on TikTok are sharing their concerns and experiences of irritation and discoloration after using lip oils💄

• Reported issues include lips darkening, cracking, peeling, and a burning sensation with some users posting before-and-after photos to illustrate the changes in their lip appearance📸

• Although several videos specifically mention Dior lip oil, women have reported reactions to many different lip oil brands including Fenty and e.l.f.💋

• Dermatologists online have also reported that they are observing an increase in patients complaining of lip hyperpigmentation associated with lip oils📈

• Recommendations include immediately discontinuing any lip product that causes burning or peeling to prevent dark spots and hyperpigmentation❌

• Experts also emphasize the critical importance of using SPF-based lip products, especially after any lip sensitivity or damage🩺

Allure's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards Announce Top-Rated Skincare Products🏆

Allure announced the winners of its Reader's Choice Awards for skincare products in 2025. Here are a few highlights:

📲SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS

TikTok Introduces In-App Guided Meditation and Expands Mental Health Support📱

TikTok is rolling out new in-app guided meditation features. Here’s a quick summary:

• TikTok is launching a new guided meditation feature directly within the app, which will include animated on-screen prompts to help users regulate breathing and calm their minds🚀

• The new meditation function will be integrated into TikTok's sleep prompts, designed to encourage users to take breaks from the app📵

• For teens under 18, the "Meditation in Sleep Hours" feature will be turned on by default and will interrupt their For You feed after 10 PM🕙

• TikTok's testing showed that 98% of teens who tried the meditation feature chose to keep it enabled✅

• TikTok is collaborating with child psychiatrist Dr. Willough Jenkins on a series to promote the "Meditation in Sleep Hours" feature📱

• TikTok is also donating $2.3 million in ad credits to 31 mental health organizations across 22 countries through its Mental Health Education Fund🧠

• These initiatives aim to connect more users with mental health assistance and potentially address regulatory concerns about social media's impact on teens🎯

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