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Experts Do Not Recommend Applying Sunscreen Like Gwyneth Paltrow
In a recent Vogue beauty tutorial, Gwyneth Paltrow brought a camera into her bathroom to share her morning skin-care routine. As far as celebrity medicine cabinets are concerned, Paltrow’s lineup is pretty predictable: mostly her own GOOP-brand picks, with a few other labels mixed in. While the products Paltrow gravitates to aren’t surprising or problematic, the way she’s using one of them in particular has sparked serious backlash. The actress and wellness CEO’s flippant approach to sunscreen — she dabs it only on her nose and cheeks (“where the sun really hits”) — has earned criticism from skin experts and hundreds of YouTube commenters, as has the terminology she uses when talking about “clean” beauty. Yesterday, anonymous beauty collective Estée Laundry shared a critique of Paltrow’s…
