Drunk Elephant?

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Anonymous wrote:I have 10 and 13 year olds and it's all the rage (along with Lululemon legging). It's ridiculous that preteens should be using incredibly expensive skin care products. Unless they have issues like bad acne, there's no need for them to use anything beyond Cetaphil and moisturizer. Though if she has very fair skin, it might make sense to use a daily moisturizer that has SPF.

It’s “all the rage” if your girls watch vapid TikTok videos of girls paid to talk about how cool they will make you.

Agree. I have a 14 yr old DD and she doesn’t ask for lululemon, drunk elephant, or Stanley cups.

Omg what a fabulous trendy for being un-trendy child you have 🙄 You know that your attitude is no better, right?

Actually it is. It’s heathy to be an independent thinker and have preferences that aren’t based on what everyone else is doing or says is “in”

Of course those are great qualities! It's also developmentally appropriate for kids this age to look for material ways to fit in that they may let go of when they age.

Adding it's also not mutually exclusive. My sixth grader likes a lot of this stuff but also is an independent thinker! Who they are now - with the Drunk Elephant and Stanley or without - will not be who they are in six months, one year, five years. It's called growing up.

I don’t even think my 12 year old washes her face. Brushing her teeth, showering, clean hair is enough. She has perfect skin at age 12 and is beautiful without makeup.

You can definitely be both but watching TikTok videos of 12 year old putting foundation on will squash that soon enough. Can you give an example of ways that she’s a free thinker?

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Anonymous wrote:I have 10 and 13 year olds and it's all the rage (along with Lululemon legging). It's ridiculous that preteens should be using incredibly expensive skin care products. Unless they have issues like bad acne, there's no need for them to use anything beyond Cetaphil and moisturizer. Though if she has very fair skin, it might make sense to use a daily moisturizer that has SPF.

It’s “all the rage” if your girls watch vapid TikTok videos of girls paid to talk about how cool they will make you.

Agree. I have a 14 yr old DD and she doesn’t ask for lululemon, drunk elephant, or Stanley cups.

I have a 15 yr old DD, and she knows better than to ask for those things.

I bought her a nice skincare set from Europe, and it was cheaper than DE.

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I tried to put the message in terms of using products made for your skin and teen is really different from “mature.” I stay away from topics about trends, price, etc as that likely to push us further apart.

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Drunk Elephant products aren't great. Adults started to realize that so that's why they shifted their marketing to teens.

It's not a great brand.

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Anonymous wrote:I tried to put the message in terms of using products made for your skin and teen is really different from “mature.” I stay away from topics about trends, price, etc as that likely to push us further apart.

Exploring with her the real reasons she wants/feels the need for these products shouldn’t push you apart. If your 12 yr old is on social media (or their friends are) then you are obligated to help them navigate stuff like this and the power “influencers” are having over them (and getting paid for it)

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, my 12 year old got the DE goldi drops for chirstmas and she blends a wee bit with her bubble sensitive skin moisturizer for a little glow and wears her fun lip gloss and it's totally fine. Not harsh at all, not causing her to break out. She is into washing her face and wearing moisturizer and also into spf so I think her being influenced by friends w/ social media has been pretty OK for her. I do notice that she takes better care of the stuff she's asked for b/c she's coveted it. She uses cerave to cleanse. Bubble (and the Ordinary at sephora and ulta) are similar/less $ than Cerave.

What lip gloss does she use?

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Anonymous wrote:I tried to put the message in terms of using products made for your skin and teen is really different from “mature.” I stay away from topics about trends, price, etc as that likely to push us further apart.

Exploring with her the real reasons she wants/feels the need for these products shouldn’t push you apart. If your 12 yr old is on social media (or their friends are) then you are obligated to help them navigate stuff like this and the power “influencers” are having over them (and getting paid for it)

I agree but I don’t get the impression that many of the posters are “exploring” with their kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I tried to put the message in terms of using products made for your skin and teen is really different from “mature.” I stay away from topics about trends, price, etc as that likely to push us further apart.

Exploring with her the real reasons she wants/feels the need for these products shouldn’t push you apart. If your 12 yr old is on social media (or their friends are) then you are obligated to help them navigate stuff like this and the power “influencers” are having over them (and getting paid for it)

I agree but I don’t get the impression that many of the posters are “exploring” with their kids.

Also I don’t dismiss something because it is marketed on social media nor do I just accept it. Both seem like thoughtless reactions.

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Anonymous wrote:I have 10 and 13 year olds and it's all the rage (along with Lululemon legging). It's ridiculous that preteens should be using incredibly expensive skin care products. Unless they have issues like bad acne, there's no need for them to use anything beyond Cetaphil and moisturizer. Though if she has very fair skin, it might make sense to use a daily moisturizer that has SPF.

It’s “all the rage” if your girls watch vapid TikTok videos of girls paid to talk about how cool they will make you.

Agree. I have a 14 yr old DD and she doesn’t ask for lululemon, drunk elephant, or Stanley cups.

Omg what a fabulous trendy for being un-trendy child you have 🙄 You know that your attitude is no better, right?

Actually it is. It’s heathy to be an independent thinker and have preferences that aren’t based on what everyone else is doing or says is “in”

Right, and to also act like you’re soooo much better than those who are not as independent minded and mature as you.

No expects teens and tweens to be super independent minded. But as parents, we should be able to tell them why makeup for mature skin isn't for them. It's not the same as a Stanley or Guess sweater.

that went out in the 80s.

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Anonymous wrote:I have 10 and 13 year olds and it's all the rage (along with Lululemon legging). It's ridiculous that preteens should be using incredibly expensive skin care products. Unless they have issues like bad acne, there's no need for them to use anything beyond Cetaphil and moisturizer. Though if she has very fair skin, it might make sense to use a daily moisturizer that has SPF.

It’s “all the rage” if your girls watch vapid TikTok videos of girls paid to talk about how cool they will make you.

Agree. I have a 14 yr old DD and she doesn’t ask for lululemon, drunk elephant, or Stanley cups.

Omg what a fabulous trendy for being un-trendy child you have 🙄 You know that your attitude is no better, right?

Actually it is. It’s heathy to be an independent thinker and have preferences that aren’t based on what everyone else is doing or says is “in”

Right, and to also act like you’re soooo much better than those who are not as independent minded and mature as you.

No expects teens and tweens to be super independent minded. But as parents, we should be able to tell them why makeup for mature skin isn't for them. It's not the same as a Stanley or Guess sweater.

that went out in the 80s.

Shoot! I loved Guess.

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I wouldn't get any of this for a tween. For an older teen (17-ish), I'm fine with the lip balm, marula oil and sunscreen. They really don't need actives.

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I would say yes to many things, including one of those ridiculous Stanley cups, but I would draw the line at unnecessary skincare products for tweens.

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My teen was also really into the idea of Drunk Elephant skin care. I let her buy some at Sephora (I wish so could remember exactly which product it was). I’m glad she bought it there as she reacted to it (she got a rash). Sephora gladly let us return it a few days later. She went right back to her Cetaphil and that was that!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 10 and 13 year olds and it's all the rage (along with Lululemon legging). It's ridiculous that preteens should be using incredibly expensive skin care products. Unless they have issues like bad acne, there's no need for them to use anything beyond Cetaphil and moisturizer. Though if she has very fair skin, it might make sense to use a daily moisturizer that has SPF.

It’s “all the rage” if your girls watch vapid TikTok videos of girls paid to talk about how cool they will make you.

Agree. I have a 14 yr old DD and she doesn’t ask for lululemon, drunk elephant, or Stanley cups.

I have a 15 yr old DD, and she knows better than to ask for those things.

I bought her a nice skincare set from Europe, and it was cheaper than DE.

+3

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Anonymous wrote:Drunk Elephant products aren't great. Adults started to realize that so that's why they shifted their marketing to teens.

It's not a great brand.

This. Anyone who tried it -including me- is no longer using it. I’m sure it has its fans but honestly saw zero difference when using it and it made my face breakout. And I was paying a premium for the experience.