Approved
Skincare
TODO(meagan): product name
This is where the one line verdict goes. Say the thing you would say to a friend in a text message, not the thing a brand would put on the box.
Maybelle score8.5
Would repurchase: Yes
Tested, lived with, then written about
Nothing I would not buy twice.
Every product here has been tested, lived with and held to one standard: would I recommend it without hesitation. Gifted or paid never decides the answer.
Recently earned a spot
TODO(meagan): product name
“This is where the one line verdict goes. Say the thing you would say to a friend in a text message, not the thing a brand would put on the box.”
Maybelle score8.5
StatusApproved
Tested forFour months
Disclosure
Would I repurchaseYes
Latest reviews
What I have been testing.
Every entry carries a verdict, a score and an honest note on who should skip it.
The approved edit
The permanent favourites.
Maybelle Edit Approved is the highest recommendation on this site, and being featured here does not earn it. It means I would repurchase or recommend without hesitation. It is never given for commission, sponsorship or gifting, and it comes off again if a product stops earning its place.
Real life
In routines, on counters, in bags.
Products behave differently once they leave the product shot. This is where they get photographed doing the job.
How I actually wear it 
Writing up the week's tests 
Out of the studio
Elsewhere
On Amazon, on TikTok, in the feeds.
The storefronts hold everything that earned its place. The feeds are where it gets tested out loud, long before it earns a write up.
Amazon storefront
Everything I recommend, collected by routine.
Six collections, from morning routine to mom life, updated as things earn their place. Shopping there costs you nothing extra and is what pays for the testing.
TikTok Shop
Tested on camera, tagged in the video.
The same standard, in motion. Products are tagged in the video they appear in, so you can watch something get used before you decide to buy it. The shop itself lives in the TikTok app.
Meet the editor
I test everything myself, then tell you the truth about it.
I am Meagan Greene, a mom in West Palm Beach, FL with ten years in the beauty industry behind me. That decade taught me to tell the difference between a product that genuinely works and one that is simply marketed well.
“No gatekeeping. No hype. Not just another TikTok trend, although some of those do work out sometimes. If I would not buy it twice, it does not belong here.”
The good stuff, first
Newly approved finds, honest skips, and the seasonal edits.
Twice a month. One thing that earned a spot, one thing I stopped using, and one useful routine note.
- One thing that earned a spot
- One thing I stopped using, and why
- The routine note nobody asks for but everybody needs