SUNDAY BITES #40

Beauty finds, internet chaos, and a word every mother should probably know

Mar 08, 2026

hello hello,

sooooo I’ve been thinking a lot about Zillion Trillion and I’ve decided I want to start opening it up to collaborations with other writers. This little project has somehow grown to more than 190,000 of you, which feels kind of wild, and it only feels fair that the community gets a more permanent stake in shaping it.

So if you’ve ever wanted to contribute, write something, or collaborate in some way — DM me and let’s talk.

And while we’re at it, I really want Zillion Trillion to become more of what you want it to be. Topics you want covered, conversations you want to see happen, things you think I should explore.I genuinely want the feedback. Even the critical kind. I promise I take it well. I just want to make this better.

Actually Worth It

Stretch mark magic. I’ve tried more stretch mark creams than I care to admit at this point. Two pregnancies plus weight loss will turn anyone into a reluctant expert. The Nemaah stretch mark cream is the first one that actually made a visible difference. Their scar cream too.

Witchcraft in a bottle. Let me be clear: I think most skincare is honestly BS. Including the beloved Augustinus Bader, which in my experience does… very little.But this one? My skin looks brighter, firmer, and my lines actually look softer. Expensive yes, but honestly worth every penny.
The foundation that made me wear foundation again : Mary Phillips just launched a foundation. Truthfully I haven’t worn foundation in years. Years. But after falling into a TikTok rabbit hole I went to Sephora yesterday to try it. It’s that good.
The hair tool nobody told me about : I’m very late to this but the Mane Addicts heat brush is excellent. Why didn’t anyone tell me?I look like I got a professional blowout in ten minutes.
Yesterday I actually had 30 minutes to do my makeup (a luxury these days) and honestly… I missed it.Here’s the full face beat with a few of my current favorites.

Extra Extra

The push to make “matrescence” a mainstream word : A campaign by Peanut and Tommee Tippee is trying to push the word matrescence—the identity transformation women experience when becoming mothers—into the dictionary. Which honestly makes sense. We have words for puberty, adolescence, midlife crises… yet the experience of becoming a mother,arguably one of the biggest identity shifts a person can go through, never got one. Feels overdue
Apparently Upper East Side parents are up in arms because their daughters are obsessed with OnlyFans creators. And honestly… same? Here I was thinking my biggest concern was the Sephora kids phenomenon. Turns out that might be the least of our problems.
Some schools are going the opposite direction — removing tech. In Ireland, some schools are ditching iPads and screens altogether and going back to Montessori-style classrooms with hands-on tools and outdoor learning.
Which honestly sounds kind of dreamy. But I also can’t help wondering… is keeping kids away from AI actually the move? Or are we about to raise a generation that knows how to use wooden toys but not the technology that’s about to run everything.
The internet might require ID soon.More governments are considering laws that would require age verification to access social media.
Sounds reasonable until you realize enforcement could mean biometric scans or digital ID just to log onto platforms.In other words the anonymous internet we grew up with may quietly disappear.