Fionnuala Jones: Comments about how my skin looks on a video make me want to scream

When you’re younger, you can afford to stay out of the beauty rat race, because youth is on your side. Now that my skin is lightly wrinkling, I have even more to hide by societal standards.

Fionnuala Jones: 'My decision to mostly abandon beauty regimens is also a symptom of hustle culture.' Picture: Gareth Chaney

I am pretty sure 16-year-old me would be horrified at who I’ve become. Back then, I was committed to my morning makeup routine. I’d set my alarm early so I could get at least 30 minutes of application time before school, depending on the look I wanted to pull off that morning.

More often than not, it involved reams of kohl eyeliner and enough Elizabeth Arden compact foundation to power a small town.