Say what happened to your skin. That is the whole brief.

What belongs here

• What you actually used. Your skin type, how long you used it, and what changed. “Six weeks, combination skin, no difference” is a useful post.
• Questions about ingredients. Nobody is expected to already know what an ingredient does. Asking is the point of the questions board.
• Disagreement. A product that worked for one person and broke another out is the most useful thread on any board.

What does not

• Undisclosed promotion. If a brand gave you the product, paid you, or you earn from the link, say so in the post. This is not a house style preference — the FTC requires it, and it applies to you personally, not just to us.
• Affiliate and referral links. Link to the product page, not through your tracking code.
• Medical advice. Share what happened to you. Do not tell someone to stop a prescription, and do not diagnose anyone. Isotretinoin, prescription retinoids and steroid creams are between a person and their doctor.
• Photographs that are not yours. Post your own photos. Brand and retailer images are their copyright, and we remove them.
• Personal attacks, or anyone’s private information. Including your own — posts are public and indexed.
• Counterfeits. No links to fakes, and no advice on sourcing them.

What happens when something is reported

Anyone signed in can report a post or a comment, and every report reaches a moderator. Reports carry the reporter’s username: an anonymous report button is a brigading tool, and we would rather a report cost something to send.

Removed content is replaced by a note saying a moderator removed it, rather than vanishing. A comment disappearing mid-thread makes the replies unreadable, and a silent deletion is indistinguishable from a bug. Repeatedly breaking these rules costs the account.

Your posts stay yours

You keep the copyright in everything you write and every photo you upload. Posting grants us a license to display it here and nothing more — we do not sell it, license it on, or use it in advertising. Delete a post and it stops being shown. The Terms of Use set this out in full.

Telling us about a problem

Report it if it is a post or comment. For anything else — a copyright complaint, a privacy concern, or a moderator decision you think is wrong — email admin@meticbeauty.com and a person will read it.