15/05/2026
So I was doom scrolling the other day and my feed was full of women drawing lines on their face with lip liner and then using a gua sha to “fix” them.
I wanted to scream into my phone.
THIS IS SO FU***NG BORING.
Have we forgotten that gua sha comes from the incredibly intelligent, profound lineage of Chinese medicine?
This tool is not a beauty hack.
It’s an ancient medicine practice that has been supporting human beings for literally thousands of years, and yet now we seem to have turned it into a linchpin of a cultural movement built on erasing, refining, and shrinking ourselves into something more acceptable.
This doesn’t serve women anymore — spending their precious time trying to fit into an old version of themselves.
We need women to step up and step out into their power, and I’m afraid to tell you… looking a bit older is kind of the whole point in this process.
And so here is my reframe on gua sha:
It’s a tool that can help us start to peel back the layers we’ve been wearing, and come back to something more honest underneath.
Less performance. More presence. More deep connection to your authenticity — and ultimately your beauty.
So I’ll leave you with this question:
Are you using your beauty rituals to shrink yourself… or to meet yourself more fully?
Now if you did want to learn how to use gua sha in a way that supports your magnificence… I’ve made a free guide.
For those who are curious to use the incredible magic of gua sha as a tool of expansion, not contraction — comment GUIDE and I’ll ping it over.
And remember: glow looks great on you, but transformation looks even better 🐍
