Selling Lies as 'Self Love': The Price of Beauty, Hygiene and Self-Care Under Capitalism

To My Sisters

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships

4.9 • 856 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The sisters are pulling back the curtain this week 👀 — we’re unpacking the real cost of the “soft life.” From overpriced facials to the ever-growing list of hygiene must-haves, is self-care becoming another trap? We’re questioning whether we’re prioritising rest or just repackaging hustle under a prettier name. Let’s talk maintenance, marketing, and the pressure to present perfection in a world where wellness is big business..

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0:00.0	Soft life or selling lies.
0:03.2	It's because you've seen the wellness girl who do it
0:05.7	and now you think that's what you have to do to simulate wellness.
0:09.2	The rise of wellness and holistic healing practices
0:12.5	means that we no longer have experts.
0:15.2	We're buying products that maybe have only one drop of active ingredient.
0:19.6	I didn't need to know that you did a buff
0:21.6	before and now they've been able to charge you 899 but history points history books will tell the
0:26.5	tell the tell do some ashton hall put some banana skin on your face like this and next thing you know
0:32.8	then your skin is bright.
0:42.3	Hello and welcome to the Two My Sisters podcast.
0:43.1	I'm Courtney.
0:46.6	And I'm Renee and we are your online sisters and hosts of the Two My Sisters Podcast.
0:47.2	We are all about promoting the wellness, growth and development of a community of sisters
0:51.0	around the world.
0:51.7	And in today's episode, we are going to be talking about soft life or selling less,
0:58.0	beauty, hygiene, self-care under capitalism.
1:02.1	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:03.2	I'm very excited to talk about this conversation, friend.
1:06.2	And to give a little bit of context as to why this topic, why it's important to talk about.
1:11.7	We have seen the rise of the wellness industry in the last few days, decades, years.
1:19.2	And it's been beautiful to see a lot of women really embracing this notion of taking care of
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