Woke Up With a Giant Zit? The Morning-Of Emergency Protocol

The sun is streaming through your window. The birds are singing a little too loudly. Your prom dress is hanging on the door, looking absolutely ethereal. You stretch, feeling like the main character in your own coming-of-age movie, and float over to the mirror for that morning glow check.

And then you see it.

The audacity. The sheer disrespect. A red, angry mountain has decided to set up camp right in the middle of your forehead (or chin, or nose—it really has no boundaries). It’s giving uninvited guest. It’s giving villain origin story.

First of all: Do not scream. Okay, scream into your pillow for exactly five seconds if you need to let it out. But then, stop. We are not spiraling today, bestie. We are strategizing.