#( loretta bio )

[eldritchxembers]

Walking through the picturesque streets of Cardinal Hill, you find Loretta LaGrange, the 48 year old midwife & death doula originally from Cardinal Hill, WA. Living alongside them in such a small town, you know that they're intelligent and blunt, but what you might not know is that they are a witch, and that they’re hiding something… ― Kathryn Hahn, lesbian, woman, and she/her.

Name: Loretta LaGrange

Nicknames: Moon, Moonie, Star (by her mothers), Ms. Loretta (by anyone younger than her), Ms. Loretta (by anyone older than her)

Family: Her six witch-mothers (Elena Rodriguez, Maeve O'Connor, Sila Brightman, Rosa Chen, Deborah Williams, Alma Hernandez)

Likes: Vintage medical textbooks and magical grimoires, midnight gardening, handcrafted bone china teacups...from human bones, complicated puzzle boxes

Dislikes: unnecessary medical intervention, synthetic fabrics, people who interrupt her during ritual preparations, disrespect towards natural cycles of life and death

Pets: A large, silver-brown chausie named Hex, an irish wolfhound named Jinx

Familiar: North American Opossum named Mems the IX

Favorite Song: The Witch of the Westmorland by Stan Rogers

Theme Song: "Season of the Witch" by Lana Del Rey

Character Inspirations: Yubaba (Spirited Away), Granny Weatherwax (Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett), Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHolic)

Noteworthy: Loretta wears an eyepatch over her left eye. It always matches her outfit.

Loretta's childhood was shaped by a constellation of witch-mothers - six women who found each other not through bloodlines, but through a deeper, more intentional magic - they were all called to each other through dreams -- all brought to Cardinal Hill as though it was their destiny. When she was abandoned as an infant on the steps of the local community center, these women recognized something in the abandoned child -- they had each dreamed of her before. Elena Rodriguez, the eldest, always said Loretta arrived with starlight caught in her hair and moonstone eyes.

The witch-mothers were never a traditional coven, but a chosen family of women who each brought unique magical talents. Maeve O'Connor could read the language of trees. Sila Brightman understood the intricate conversations of birds. Rosa Chen could heal with a touch. Deborah Williams knew the secret languages of herbs. Alma Hernandez could communicate with spirits. And Elena Rodriguez - she understood the magic of transformation.

They raised Loretta collectively, each teaching her different aspects of their craft. She wasn't just learning magic; she was learning how to be a caretaker, a guardian of life's most delicate transitions. This is why she became both a midwife and a death doula - not as a profession, but as a calling.

As a midwife, Loretta understands that birth is a profound magical moment. Each new life is a complex negotiation between the physical and spiritual worlds. She doesn't just deliver babies; she accompanies souls as they cross from whatever ethereal realm they come from into human existence. Her hands are both practical and mystical - she knows how to manage medical complications and how to whisper protective spells that ensure safe passage.

As a death doula, she does the opposite journey. She sits with those preparing to leave the physical world, helping them navigate their final transition with dignity, peace, and magical protection. She helps souls unravel their earthly attachments, guides them through their life's narrative, and ensures they're spiritually prepared for whatever comes next.

When her witch-mothers realized their individual magical talents could help more communities, they made a collective decision to spread out. Each went to a different small town, establishing their own "Whisper Houses" - magical sanctuaries that served as healing centers, spiritual refuges, and protective spaces for those who needed them.

But Loretta remained in Cardinal Hill, in the original Whisper House. She became the heart of their magical network, the central point from which their collective magic still flowed. They would gather virtually, through rituals that connected them across distances, sharing wisdom, supporting each other's work.

Her home became a place of subtle, complex magic. The fence isn't just a physical boundary but a magical one. Children who peer over are met with a grumpy hound or an angry cat. The fruit trees are particularly enchanted. Those who take fruit without asking might experience intense, sometimes disturbing dreams that reveal uncomfortable truths about themselves. But those granted permission? They're given dreams of pure wonder - landscapes of impossible beauty, conversations with ancestors, glimpses of potential futures filled with hope.

The rumor that people enter her house and never leave is both true and not true. Some visitors are transformed so completely by their experience that they are, in a sense, different people when they emerge. Not harmed, but fundamentally shifted.

Loretta knows that magic is not about controlling life, but about understanding its complex, interconnected nature. She is a guardian of thresholds - between life and death, between the seen and unseen, between individual experience and collective wisdom.

And while the other witch-mothers have spread their magic to other towns, they all know that Loretta - with her starlight-infused eyes and her deep understanding of life's most profound transitions - remains the beating heart of their magical lineage.

[potterandpromises]

Possible season 4 victims but it's only characters I personally think might be foreshadowed to die

In Only Murders in the Building character deaths tend to be foreshadowed in some way (although not necessarily to the victim's identity, often it's to the manner of death.) Examples include Sazz talking about the chatter on her ham radio in season 3, the broken elevator in season 2, dialogue relating to cold cases in both season 3 and season 4, and so on. Of course these things may be foreshadowing something other then the character's untimely demise, or may not be foreshadowing anything. That's the fun of it!

Propaganda:

Loretta:

Zach and Oliver talked about his wedding venue as setting the tone for their marriage; they're getting married in the courtyard of the Murder Building.

Both Mabel and Charles have had someone close to them (their oldest friend, albeit estranged on Mabel's part) get murdered. Oliver has not yet had that.

Jan:

She's still loose in New York, not Florida, doing god knows what or killing god knows who. Chekhov's gun applies.

Teddy:

Several times, Zach, who's playing Oliver, has been described as Greek. Meanwhile Oliver has twice this season broken into an Irish accent while talking to an Irish person, emphasizing that he is Irish and not Greek. This references the season 2 plotline re: Teddy being Will's bio father and Oliver lying about being Greek, etc.

In 4x09 Mabel says: ""We're the most listened to murder podcast on the Upper West Side that's sponsored by a deli chain." They were sponsored by Dimas Delis (Angel Inc) in season 1, and apparently still are, somehow.

In 4x09 there's a TV broadcast shown about "Nicky "the neck" Caccimello, the Dry Cleaning King of Brooklyn" who has ties to a crime family, and has gone missing. Teddy has been described as "the deli king" and is part of a two person crime family. There could be a plotline related to organized crime, and their murders could be related in one way or another.

See second point about Loretta—it also applies to Teddy.

Lester:

See third point about Teddy. Lester is seen with dry cleaning in season 1 (possibly multiple times, although I don't recall.)

Nicky "the neck" Caccimello, the Dry Cleaning King of Brooklyn:

He has gone missing and the show went way out of it's way to tell us that. He could turn up dead in the Arconia and the next season could simply be about his murder.

Counterpoints:

Loretta:

It might be like, way too sad to kill her off at this point, given that she's marrying Oliver and has only just reunited with her son.

There's likely not as much to learn about her as there has been with previous victims—she already had a secret explored re: Dickie, and it isn't clear that she has more.

Jan:

Season 4 had a Charles-centric victim, and I'm not sure they'd want to have two in a row.

Teddy:

He hasn't actually been in the show since season 2, just indirectly referenced.

Lester:

After a season about the theater and a season about Hollywood movies... would they really have a season about dry cleaning?

Nicky "the neck" Caccimello, the Dry Cleaning King of Brooklyn:

See point about Lester.

Might be seen as a kind of emotional downgrade to bring in an unknown victim right after Sazz.

[mayapapaya33]

Season 3 does a really good job of explaining without justifying who Ben was and why he was the way he was. I feel empathetic but it doesn't excuse his dickish behavior, and he needed a severe attitude adjustment. Right when you're getting mad at him for being mean to Dickie or something, you imagine little 8 year old him being worried about financially supporting his family and you just want to shake their parents for causing all of this (Not Loretta, the adoptive parents should have treated Dickie and Ben as equals, no matter how talented Ben was or that he was their bio kid). No wonder child stars often end up complete monsters when you think about it, honestly.

[cookinguptales]

I am not for a minute the kind of person who believes that bio parents are always more important than adoptive parents, but I will say there is something so... wistful to the dynamic playing out in s3 of OMITB with Loretta and Dickie.

I grew up in a religious area with a strong emphasis on having and raising children, so... honestly, I've seen it happen before IRL. Couples who thought they couldn't have bio children so they adopt a child, only to then have a "real" child who they end up doting on far more. It's a cruel thing to do to a child, and it would be an even more awful dynamic if your brother was rich and famous and the whole world loved him. Especially if you know that it was your ideas that made him famous, but he was just so charismatic that he got the love and fame and accolades anyway.

I can only imagine how much Dickie longed for a family that prioritized him. That put his needs first. I can only imagine how much he wanted just one person to look at both him and his fancy, famous, selfish brother and choose him. I can't help but think that he wondered about his bio parents and why they, too, didn't want him.

And then for him to find this woman who's treated him more like a son than his own parents ever did, who is finally prioritizing his needs, who finally cares about his mental health, who is finally seeing his talent, and... he doesn't even know it, that she's his bio mother. That she always missed him, but assumed he was living a better life without her. That she always watched him from afar and loved him.

It's almost like something out of a neglected child's fantasies, isn't it? That he has a real parent somewhere who loves him desperately. That he really is special and precious and worthy of love; he just had to find the right person to give it to him.

But at the same time... how much will it hurt when he realizes who Loretta really is? When he realizes how much time they've lost? When he realizes how long she's stayed away? When he realizes that she's lied to him as long as she's known him?

Loretta has spent her whole life sacrificing her own happiness for his, staying away because she believed he was happier with his adoptive family, and then as soon as she meets him IRL... she does it again! She sacrifices for him in a way that ends up leaving him all alone again. It's both kind and terribly cruel, isn't it?

It seems like love and stability are two things that he's craved all his life, and they're two things that have largely been denied to him. His brother loved him, but he treated Dickie like dirt. (But still a possession to be hoarded.) His parents presumably love him to some degree, but they made it very clear to him that he was always the backup plan, never the talented, perfect bio child they actually wanted. Even Loretta, with her flighty, dreamlike Broadway lifestyle, could never have given him the stability he needed, even if she did love him.

idk, Dickie's a really fascinating character to me. He really, really creeps up on you, doesn't he? But I feel like I'm so invested in his happiness now. I really want him to finally get the life he's always wanted, even if it had to be born of a tragedy that he never asked for.

[theodimasbabygirl]

Finding out Dickie is adopted basically confirms that Loretta is his bio mom right???

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Arthur (Series) OC - Anthony "Tony" Samuel Read

Age: Over 3 Years Old

Species: Arctic Fox

Family: Arthur Timothy Read - Adoptive Eldest Brother Dora Winifred "D.W." Read - Adoptive Older Sister Kate Read - Adoptive Younger Brother David Read - Adoptive Father Jane Read - Adoptive Mother Thora Read - Adoptive Paternal Grandmother Bud - Adoptive Paternal Uncle Loretta - Adoptive Paternal Aunt Monique "Mo" - Adoptive Paternal Cousin Dave - Adoptive Maternal Grandfather Jessica - Adoptive Maternal Aunt Richard - Adoptive Maternal Uncle Cora - Adoptive Maternal Cousin Fred - Adoptive Maternal Uncle

Favorite Colors: Red and Pink

Hobby/Hobbies: Drawing pictures, scalping, singing privately, making stink bombs or any kind of prank tools, disobeying his parents' absurd strict rules, and especially pranking (mostly his older siblings)

Friends: George Lungden - Closest Male Big Kid Friend Fern Walters - 1st Closest Female Big Kid Friend Sue Ellen Armstrong - 2nd Closest Female Big Kid Friend James MacDonald - Closest Male Kid Friend Buster Baxter - Friend via Arthur Alan "Brain" Powers - Friend via Arthur Shelley "Binky" Barnes - Friend via Arthur Molly MacDonald - Friend via James

Enemies: D.W. Read Cora Francine Frensky Muffy Crosswire Timmy Tibble Tommy Tibble

Likes: Pranking his siblings for fun, pranking his enemies for spite, semi-cloudy soft-windy days, winter and spring, scavenger hunt, sleeping in his (not-so) secret hiding spots, Bionic Bunny, Dark Bunny, his adoptive brother, their friends, and especially his crushes: Fern and Sue Ellen.

Dislikes: His meal interrupted (he gets grumpy), harsh sunny days especially in summer, practically almost anything D.W. likes (Mary Moo Cow, Crazy Bus, Tina the Talking Tabby, etc.), and anybody who picks on his siblings (only he gets to do it)

Personality: Tony is just your typical little toddler boy, who is a curious thrill/adventure seeker. He is just ready any form of excitement and yet knows when to sit down and relax. And although Tony can be slightly carefree and mischievous, he has a lot of more common sense than he leads, for a kid. Tony even throws snarks every now and then, most notably just to mess with his big brother Arthur and their friends. Plus Tony seems to have a short temper, especially when it comes to the nonsense of obnoxious and spoiled brats, and all those who wrong his family and friends. He can be a bit protective. And not to mention, surprisingly, Tony can be extremely shy when meeting girls he likes, specifically Fern Walter and Sue Ellen. Although, he later on, he builds his confidence around them. Tony is oblivious when preschool girls have a crush on him. He's just not used to being crushed on. Plus being adopted can be a sensitive topic for Tony when someone tease him about it. Tony, however, resent the fact that David and Jane have favorite D.W. This is also a sensitive topic.

Bio: Tony Read is the adoptive younger brother of the titlcular character: Arthur Read. Tony's birth parents were family-friends of David and Jane Read. However his parents unfortunately passed away due to different circumstances (child birth and car accident).

After the deaths of their friends, David and Jane adopted Tony to honor them. Tony has live a decent life with his adoptive family, mostly with his brother Arthur, who doesn't seem mind too much to take him with him around despite the sibling rivalry between them. D.W., on the other hand, cause trouble for Tony as much as she does with Arthur. However, Tony retaliates by pranking her. Tony can be prideful, which is essentially his downfall. He take pride when it comes to his schemes or skills and talents. He never see it could lead into consequences to bigger ones that are almost too much to handle.

Since Arthur took Tony to hang with his friends ever since Arthur was in the 2nd grade, Tony got along with Buster, Brain, and Binky very well. Although, Tony can't stand Francine's arrogant attitude and Muffy's bratty behavior, all remind him too much of D.W., and how they antagonize his big brother despite being Arthur's "friends". And Tony got make a friend of his when meeting George. He found George to be a fun and interesting guy, and loves his puppet play. And he got acquainted with George's friend Carl. Of course, when Tony first met Fern, he had a huge crush on her. Tony thinks Fern is adorable. Initially he often goes quiet as he's extremely shy when seeing face-to-face with her, and as well as goes hiding. After gaining his confidence to talk to Fern, they became friends. He enjoy mysteries and detective stuff with her, and he doesn't mind scary stuff. And since Sue Ellen moved in to Elwood City, Tony's had the same reaction when meeting a new crush, he was timid around Sue Ellen yet he is interested in her. Tony thinks Sue Ellen is cool as she's brave and knows martial arts. He even ask Sue Ellen for lessons on a couple of moves. Tony thinks Sue Ellen is cute too. They became good friends as well.

Of course Tony does make friends at preschool, like James MacDonald, who they became good friends after Tony leads the conversation and protect him from the Tibble Twin's shenanigans. Emily is another preschooler that Tony made good friends with even back when D.W. doesn't like her being perfect. Yet Tony does tease D.W. that Emily is better than her in every way. Although, Tony does not like Tibble Twins at all, considering how obnoxious and loud they are. Though, of all the kids to bombard with pranks, the Tibble twins are Tony's favorite targets

Trivia: - I figured that if Arthur had a younger brother as suppose to he had a twin brother relationship with Buster and see an older brother in Brain, I thought it would be interesting how he would handle a younger brother. - Plus I wanna have Arthur interact with Fern and George more. So the connection they had with Tony makes it possible. - I also figure that how D.W. would handle against someone who doesn't care she has parental favoritism on her side.

[thebreakfastgenie]

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🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

CJ keeps her last name. Danny considers changing his to Cregg, but ultimately decides not to for professional reasons. They give their kid both names.

🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual?

Following me lol. I follow back probably the majority of the time. I tend to take a cursory glance at the bio first. If you send me a message or comment on one of my posts in a friendly manner I will definitely follow you back. Also if I see you posting Billy Joel content I will follow. Any of my other interests I will probably follow.

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

Got a guinea pig!

Going to fancy tea on Saturday!

Nice weather (this may seem small but I have gotten so seasonally affected lately I need this)

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

One time I looked up if yellow fever was endemic to South Korea and I didn't even actually need to know for the line to work.

❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best?

How can there be just one? As for who would write it best, me, almost always. That sounds egotistical but I'm just a neurotic control freak who doesn't trust anyone with my vision. That doesn't mean I'm not happy when other people write fics I want to read lol I just can't say someone would be the best. One thought I've had is a houlihawk fic where Margaret volunteers as a nurse in Vietnam because she thinks she can help (supposedly Loretta Swit said she thought Margaret would do that) and comes back all messed up and traumatized and has nowhere to go so she shows up at Hawkeye's door and he balances caring about her while also disagreeing with her volunteering and they navigate their philosophical differences and also have sex.

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14 44 46 for the music asks! 🎶🎶🎶

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14. A song or album from the 50s or earlier

Oooo, a few actually, but Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's Ella and Louis Again is an all timer. Just iconic version of iconic song after iconic version of iconic song.

44. Have you watched any musician’s biopics? Do you have a favorite?

I actually love music bio pics, even when they're bad, haha. I don't know! They're such a genre of their own and maybe it's because of the celebrity of who they're usually playing, but it really can sometimes just feel like watching actors play dress up.

Coal Miner's Daughter is the one that immediately springs to mind though as a favourite / one of the great ones. It's so affecting, and Sissy Spacek's in top form as Loretta Lynn. Just a really, really good film.

46. Do you like comedy songs? If so, do you have a favorite?

I do! I don't know if I'd say I listen to a ton of them, or at least not outside of the broader shows they're from, but I do enjoy them. My brother's been on a Sammy J and Randy kick lately, so he's been sending me a bunch which reminded me of how much fun I always find this one:

The ultimate music ask game

[heartsbreaking-migrated]

BRIEF INTROS FOR ALL THE OCS WHO'S BIOS ARE UNFINISHED/NOT POSTED !

because i do have a long to do list of oc bios to finish, but i have to be in a very specific headspace to finish a bio these days but i HATE not having bios up

CHARLOTTE 'CHARLIE' BAILEY

scream, 17+, fc: sadie stanley

the youngest of the wayne bailey's children, she's a senior in high school during the events of scream vi. she didn't know anything about their plan though she did know they began planning something after richie's death. charlie's mostly innocent, but as soon as every member of her immediate family has become a killer, she's gotten pinned with a shitty reputation.

AVA SCHNEIDER

scream, 21+, fc: zoey deutch

ava is the daughter of leslie macher and brett schneider and vince schneider's elder sister. stu macher's niece. her family history is steeped with blood, her mother never fully recovered from her brother becoming a murderer with his best friend and dying in the final stand off with sydney prescott. her mother's trauma seeped into every aspect of her life, and as a result ava had to grow up quickly, especially after her parents divorce. her brother was murdered by richie kirsch and amber freeman when they began killing as ghostface. she's just trying to survive being a grad student.

LORETTA DAWN BYERS

stranger things, 30+, fc: crystal reed (gc)

formally named loretta, goes by her middle name 'dawn', lonnie byer's younger sister, she's a news reporter. she used to be really close with joyce and the kids, but when joyce and lonnie broke up, dawn became distant and thus didn't know how to help them when will went missing.

KIRBY BENNETT

fandomless, 21+, fc: erana james (gc)

kirby is a stunt driver in training. her family is from new zealand, but she and her father moved to los angeles when she was seventeen. her father is a retired pro-racecar driver who began driving stunt cars for films once he retired from the sport. he down runs a stunt driving company now, and kirby is training to work for him. she does stunt driving for movies as well, but they're not the most dangerous or the flashiest. she's working towards that.

OPHELIA WAMBSGANS

succession, 16+, fc: sadie sink

the daughter of tom wambsgans and shiv roy, she's had a tumultuous childhood in the public eye. her parents are some of the most powerful media moguls in the states and she attends one of new york's best private schools, and yet in her constant efforts to make her parents proud, ophelia feels totally crushingly alone.

[orngejce]

Hola party people, tis I, Mon. Below the cut is Dylan's bio, keep in mind she's my brain child and i'm still working out some minor kinks but am very very excited to write her and get back into group writing with everyone here! feel free to message me here or on discord for plots pls & thx bye.

welcome to marina, DYLAN WILCOTS ( cisfemale, she/her ) ! they are a/n 23 year old who has lived on the island for 23 YEARS. word on the street is they’re currently living in LOCKE ROW and works as a WAITRESS. everyone also says they look a lot like MEG DONNELLY. what do you think? —mon, 29, she/her, est

name: DYLAN LORETTA WILCOTS dob: AUGUST 13th, 2000 residence: LOCKE ROWE sexuality: BISEXUAL occupation: WAITRESS, SUNNYSIDE DINER character board

TLDR; Basically, Dylan is the disgraced princess of the Wilcots family, once upon a time she was a spoiled brat, and how she's just a... trailer trash brat. She's sweet and affectionate and falls in love with everyone, she's a two-legged golden retriever with a bad habit of making things about her.

FAMILY BACKGROUND

Dylan Loretta Wilcots was born midday on one of the hottest days of the year, so hot that her mother, Loretta Wilcots, used to swear she’d given birth to the literal sun that day, something that stuck. It was a silly thing she always told her when she was a girl, that Dylan was nothing but sunshine and love, the one thing that brightened up the gloom and doom of her mother’s days. But it was just sweet girlhood memories, a sentiment that Dylan hadn’t heard about herself since her mother passed when she was ten years old, leaving her alone with her detached and callous father, and brand-new stepmother just a few months after they’d put her mother in the ground.

Gregory, daddy Greg, hadn’t planned on having Dylan when he did, in fact he hadn’t planned on marrying Loretta, she was meant to be a small town girlfriend, someone he would get to forget about once he graduated and got to go off at college. So, when she ended up pregnant with little Dylan, he was less than pleased, even less than when it caused him to give up his dreams of getting out of Marina, his dreams of being something else, something bigger. Instead, he was stuck with an unwanted child, and doing what his father had always wanted, following in his footsteps and keeping up with the family’s canning business. Wilcot Cannery stocked most of the grocery stores on Marina Island, by keeping everything in house it was a business that was always booming, and Gregory quickly fell in line and became the mirror image of his father after his passing.

Gregory always had a resentment towards Dylan, which bred Dylan’s own resentment back, plus his quick finding of a new mommy dearest for her didn’t help that. Dylan quickly filled the shoes of the spoiled-entitled brat, as sweet as sugar on the outside, but when she didn’t get her way she made it known, she spit and she cried and she screamed and made her father’s life as difficult as she possibly could, he didn’t deserve anything else in her eyes, he never loved her mother, never loved her, so why should she go out of her way to plead for it. No instead she pleaded for the tangible things he would shove in her face to get her out of his hair, whatever toy she wanted, whatever clothes she wanted, if Dylan whined, Dylan won.

It stayed like that for years, Dylan promised good behavior and pretty smiles as long as her dad gave her anything she asked for, and it worked, for years it worked until one year her dad asked for something she just couldn’t give to him. The Wilcots’ typically picked who they’d let into the family, pretty girls or pretty boys who didn’t care to argue anything, who would look on in the paper, and when Dylan was 18 her father wanted her to marry Ezra Jaymes, a boy whose father owned a big farm out on Prospect Hill. A business deal, a daughter for a son, a way to expand and put even more money in the Wilcots’ pockets. Dylan said no, and when she continued to say no her father slowly cut her off. First, he closed her banking cards, then he closed out the credit cards, and then finally he had the sheriff show up to escort her out of her home. She was 18 after all, and if he didn’t want her on his property there wasn’t anything they were able to do, even as she was crying for her daddy to let her stay. That was five years ago now, and while she still sees her father from time to time, she’s no longer able to whine her way to what she wants, now she was the disgraced Wilcot, and her younger half-siblings were her dad’s new pretty paper perfect dolls.

PRSENTLY

These days Dylan spends most of her time working, or at least pretending to work, at the diner flirting with the customers that come in or helping herself to the various freshly baked pies they serve daily. When she isn’t at Sunnyside she’s either roaming around downtown, trying to find the new high in her life, something or someone she can whine to fill the void her father left, someone who looked at her and saw the sun like her mom always had, or she’s got her feet propped up on the creaky swing she set up on the porch of her powder blue trailer in Locke Row, feeding the various strays that wander up to her home when she forgets to take her trash off the porch.

PERSONALITY

Dylan is bubbly. She’s a bubbly, giddy, giggly mess of a girl who means well and is good natured but can come off entirely shallow and self-absorbed. She cares about people deeply, prides herself on being an empath, but finds herself babbling about herself more than nodding in agreement when speaking to people. She’s a hopeless romantic, always searching for that fluttery feeling her mom used to tell her that she felt with her father, though she’s not sure how that was possible at all but is sure she herself will be able to find it, after all she fell in love at the drop of the hat. A pretty girl with round cheeks, a handsome boy with pearly whites, really a whisper of a compliment was enough to do her in, a serial dater. When she isn’t bubbly, she’s morose, a modern-day Eeyore, where anything and everything that can go wrong will, and she lets it be shown on her face, she’s never been very good at hiding her emotions.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

JILTED EX; Dylan ended things abruptly with them, no rhyme or reason to it, one day they were happy and planning future dates, then the next they got a cryptic text from Dylan stating it was over.

UNLIKELY FRIEND; the black cat to her golden retriever, they shouldn't work but they do, in fact they work so much that they can be darn right inseparable at times, even when Dylan is being overly affectionate and getting on their last nerves.

GIANT CRUSH; Dylan gets crushes on everyone, in fact no one takes her flrting seriously since there isn't a single person left in town that Dylan hasn't at least batted her eyelashes at once, but for some reason this person is always on her mind, the one she can't shake, the one who could be the one, if you wanted to get lame about it.

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Exfoliation is a cornerstone of any skin care regimen worth its Dead Sea minerals. The best face scrubs will smooth out irregularities, unclog pores, and get rid of debris and dearly departed skin cells to achieve consistently healthier, more youthful-looking skin. At the end of the day (which also happens to be a great time to exfoliate), the best face scrubs encourage cellular turnover, allowing you to show up with the cleanest, brightest, and softest skin possible, better than your regular old face wash.Of course, even a cursory glance at the available options can be enough to make your head spin. So, naturally, we had to roll up our sleeves and see what’s new and how they hold up against old favorites. The product picks you’ll find below are the result of rigorous testing over multiple weeks (in some cases, months), as well as guidance from our favorite skin care experts, including dermatologists, estheticians, and other industry professionals who make it their business to know our own skin better than we do. Peruse the options, find the one that’s right for you, and never look back.The Best Face Scrubs for Men, According to GQLooking for something specific?AccordionItemContainerButtonThe Best Face Scrub Overall: Aesop Purifying Facial Exfoliant PasteAesopPurifying Facial Exfoliant PasteThis cream-based scrub from Aesop is, in my opinion, the perfect hybrid exfoliator—combining physical and chemical exfoliants in a lightweight, 100% vegan formula. You’ll want to be gentle with this one, as the primary exfoliant is derived from quartz (as in the crystal). That said, even with light pressure, this scrub leaves my skin feeling soft, clean, and polished, thanks in part to the inclusion of lactic acid—a popular alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that promotes cell turnover, helps strengthen the skin barrier, and generally supports healthier skin texture. The product also seems to last forever; I use this scrub more than any other, and the tube in my shower is still going strong almost a year later.The Best Face Scrub for Dry Skin: Dr. Loretta Resurfacing Enzyme PolishDr. LorettaResurfacing Enzyme PolishIf you’re partial to enzymes but enjoy the instant gratification of a physical exfoliant, this is a great option—and equally worth checking out if you’ve never tried an enzymatic exfoliator. (If you’re in the latter camp, just note the application instructions, as enzymatic exfoliants typically need to stay on for a few minutes.) Combining physical exfoliation in the form of a bio-fermented polish with pomegranate-derived enzymes, as well as vitamin B3 to help protect your skin from environmental factors, this combination scrub gently but thoroughly sloughs away dead cells and leaves your skin feeling clean and hydrated.The Best Face Scrub for Sensitive Skin: Caudalie Vinoclean Gentle Buffing CreamCaudalieGentle Buffing Cream Facial ExfoliatorIf you have super-sensitive skin, you may have to avoid physical exfoliants (i.e. scrubs) altogether in favor of a purely chemical or enzymatic formula. However, before you do, take a look at Caudalie’s Vinoclean Gentle Buffing Cream. Of all the scrubs on this list, this one is the lightest. Unlike exfoliants derived from walnut or other potentially abrasive materials, this scrub relies on jojoba microbeads. Made using oil from the jojoba plant, these tiny, pressure-sensitive pellets are round in shape, which allows for thorough exfoliation while greatly reducing the risk of causing microtears in the skin. To boot, they’re paired here with cold-pressed grape seed oil to nourish freshly exfoliated skin and support elasticity.The Best Face Scrub for All Skin Types: Atwater Skin Armor Face Scrub CleanserAtwaterSkin Armor Face ScrubThis scrub was full of surprises in testing. First, the smell: a strong, minty scent that caught me so unexpectedly that I had to double-check the tube to make sure I wasn’t about to spread toothpaste on my face. Then, the color: It is dark green. Cue me checking the packaging once more, this time to make sure the product hadn’t expired. Of course, this is all as it should be. (The color comes from the chlorophyll extract, which helps to reduce inflammation after exfoliating.) But while the hue probably isn’t for everyone, this hybrid scrub just might be, thanks to the combination of gentle jojoba beads and pore-plumbing salicylic acid, which sent my skin on its way looking and feeling decidedly radiant. The final surprise? The price. At $26, you’ll be hard pressed to find more bang for your buck.The Best Drugstore Face Scrub: Versed Day Maker Microcrystal ExfoliatorVersedDay Maker Microcrystal Exfoliating CleanserIf you’re looking for a straight-up face scrub with no chemical exfoliants or enzymes, Versed’s Day Maker Microcrystal Exfoliator is the move. The exfoliant is made from plant-based (and biodegradable) microcrystalline cellulose, which gives the tiny beads their superfine—and, critically, uniform—texture. That would be enough for me right there, but there’s so much more to like about this scrub, like raspberry leaf extract to help keep excess oil in check, black currant leaf extract to minimize inflammation, and jojoba oil to lock in moisture. And, to top it off, the light scent gives freshly picked lemons.The Best Face Scrub for Daily Use: Goldfaden MD Doctor’s Scrub

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Exfoliation is a cornerstone of any skin care regimen worth its Dead Sea minerals. The best face scrubs will smooth out irregularities, unclog pores, and get rid of debris and dearly departed skin cells to achieve consistently healthier, more youthful-looking skin. At the end of the day (which also happens to be a great time to exfoliate), the best face scrubs encourage cellular turnover, allowing you to show up with the cleanest, brightest, and softest skin possible, better than your regular old face wash.Of course, even a cursory glance at the available options can be enough to make your head spin. So, naturally, we had to roll up our sleeves and see what’s new and how they hold up against old favorites. The product picks you’ll find below are the result of rigorous testing over multiple weeks (in some cases, months), as well as guidance from our favorite skin care experts, including dermatologists, estheticians, and other industry professionals who make it their business to know our own skin better than we do. Peruse the options, find the one that’s right for you, and never look back.The Best Face Scrubs for Men, According to GQLooking for something specific?AccordionItemContainerButtonThe Best Face Scrub Overall: Aesop Purifying Facial Exfoliant PasteAesopPurifying Facial Exfoliant PasteThis cream-based scrub from Aesop is, in my opinion, the perfect hybrid exfoliator—combining physical and chemical exfoliants in a lightweight, 100% vegan formula. You’ll want to be gentle with this one, as the primary exfoliant is derived from quartz (as in the crystal). That said, even with light pressure, this scrub leaves my skin feeling soft, clean, and polished, thanks in part to the inclusion of lactic acid—a popular alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that promotes cell turnover, helps strengthen the skin barrier, and generally supports healthier skin texture. The product also seems to last forever; I use this scrub more than any other, and the tube in my shower is still going strong almost a year later.The Best Face Scrub for Dry Skin: Dr. Loretta Resurfacing Enzyme PolishDr. LorettaResurfacing Enzyme PolishIf you’re partial to enzymes but enjoy the instant gratification of a physical exfoliant, this is a great option—and equally worth checking out if you’ve never tried an enzymatic exfoliator. (If you’re in the latter camp, just note the application instructions, as enzymatic exfoliants typically need to stay on for a few minutes.) Combining physical exfoliation in the form of a bio-fermented polish with pomegranate-derived enzymes, as well as vitamin B3 to help protect your skin from environmental factors, this combination scrub gently but thoroughly sloughs away dead cells and leaves your skin feeling clean and hydrated.The Best Face Scrub for Sensitive Skin: Caudalie Vinoclean Gentle Buffing CreamCaudalieGentle Buffing Cream Facial ExfoliatorIf you have super-sensitive skin, you may have to avoid physical exfoliants (i.e. scrubs) altogether in favor of a purely chemical or enzymatic formula. However, before you do, take a look at Caudalie’s Vinoclean Gentle Buffing Cream. Of all the scrubs on this list, this one is the lightest. Unlike exfoliants derived from walnut or other potentially abrasive materials, this scrub relies on jojoba microbeads. Made using oil from the jojoba plant, these tiny, pressure-sensitive pellets are round in shape, which allows for thorough exfoliation while greatly reducing the risk of causing microtears in the skin. To boot, they’re paired here with cold-pressed grape seed oil to nourish freshly exfoliated skin and support elasticity.The Best Face Scrub for All Skin Types: Atwater Skin Armor Face Scrub CleanserAtwaterSkin Armor Face ScrubThis scrub was full of surprises in testing. First, the smell: a strong, minty scent that caught me so unexpectedly that I had to double-check the tube to make sure I wasn’t about to spread toothpaste on my face. Then, the color: It is dark green. Cue me checking the packaging once more, this time to make sure the product hadn’t expired. Of course, this is all as it should be. (The color comes from the chlorophyll extract, which helps to reduce inflammation after exfoliating.) But while the hue probably isn’t for everyone, this hybrid scrub just might be, thanks to the combination of gentle jojoba beads and pore-plumbing salicylic acid, which sent my skin on its way looking and feeling decidedly radiant. The final surprise? The price. At $26, you’ll be hard pressed to find more bang for your buck.The Best Drugstore Face Scrub: Versed Day Maker Microcrystal ExfoliatorVersedDay Maker Microcrystal Exfoliating CleanserIf you’re looking for a straight-up face scrub with no chemical exfoliants or enzymes, Versed’s Day Maker Microcrystal Exfoliator is the move. The exfoliant is made from plant-based (and biodegradable) microcrystalline cellulose, which gives the tiny beads their superfine—and, critically, uniform—texture. That would be enough for me right there, but there’s so much more to like about this scrub, like raspberry leaf extract to help keep excess oil in check, black currant leaf extract to minimize inflammation, and jojoba oil to lock in moisture. And, to top it off, the light scent gives freshly picked lemons.The Best Face Scrub for Daily Use: Goldfaden MD Doctor’s Scrub

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Exfoliation is a cornerstone of any skin care regimen worth its Dead Sea minerals. The best face scrubs will smooth out irregularities, unclog pores, and get rid of debris and dearly departed skin cells to achieve consistently healthier, more youthful-looking skin. At the end of the day (which also happens to be a great time to exfoliate), the best face scrubs encourage cellular turnover, allowing you to show up with the cleanest, brightest, and softest skin possible, better than your regular old face wash.Of course, even a cursory glance at the available options can be enough to make your head spin. So, naturally, we had to roll up our sleeves and see what’s new and how they hold up against old favorites. The product picks you’ll find below are the result of rigorous testing over multiple weeks (in some cases, months), as well as guidance from our favorite skin care experts, including dermatologists, estheticians, and other industry professionals who make it their business to know our own skin better than we do. Peruse the options, find the one that’s right for you, and never look back.The Best Face Scrubs for Men, According to GQLooking for something specific?AccordionItemContainerButtonThe Best Face Scrub Overall: Aesop Purifying Facial Exfoliant PasteAesopPurifying Facial Exfoliant PasteThis cream-based scrub from Aesop is, in my opinion, the perfect hybrid exfoliator—combining physical and chemical exfoliants in a lightweight, 100% vegan formula. You’ll want to be gentle with this one, as the primary exfoliant is derived from quartz (as in the crystal). That said, even with light pressure, this scrub leaves my skin feeling soft, clean, and polished, thanks in part to the inclusion of lactic acid—a popular alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that promotes cell turnover, helps strengthen the skin barrier, and generally supports healthier skin texture. The product also seems to last forever; I use this scrub more than any other, and the tube in my shower is still going strong almost a year later.The Best Face Scrub for Dry Skin: Dr. Loretta Resurfacing Enzyme PolishDr. LorettaResurfacing Enzyme PolishIf you’re partial to enzymes but enjoy the instant gratification of a physical exfoliant, this is a great option—and equally worth checking out if you’ve never tried an enzymatic exfoliator. (If you’re in the latter camp, just note the application instructions, as enzymatic exfoliants typically need to stay on for a few minutes.) Combining physical exfoliation in the form of a bio-fermented polish with pomegranate-derived enzymes, as well as vitamin B3 to help protect your skin from environmental factors, this combination scrub gently but thoroughly sloughs away dead cells and leaves your skin feeling clean and hydrated.The Best Face Scrub for Sensitive Skin: Caudalie Vinoclean Gentle Buffing CreamCaudalieGentle Buffing Cream Facial ExfoliatorIf you have super-sensitive skin, you may have to avoid physical exfoliants (i.e. scrubs) altogether in favor of a purely chemical or enzymatic formula. However, before you do, take a look at Caudalie’s Vinoclean Gentle Buffing Cream. Of all the scrubs on this list, this one is the lightest. Unlike exfoliants derived from walnut or other potentially abrasive materials, this scrub relies on jojoba microbeads. Made using oil from the jojoba plant, these tiny, pressure-sensitive pellets are round in shape, which allows for thorough exfoliation while greatly reducing the risk of causing microtears in the skin. To boot, they’re paired here with cold-pressed grape seed oil to nourish freshly exfoliated skin and support elasticity.The Best Face Scrub for All Skin Types: Atwater Skin Armor Face Scrub CleanserAtwaterSkin Armor Face ScrubThis scrub was full of surprises in testing. First, the smell: a strong, minty scent that caught me so unexpectedly that I had to double-check the tube to make sure I wasn’t about to spread toothpaste on my face. Then, the color: It is dark green. Cue me checking the packaging once more, this time to make sure the product hadn’t expired. Of course, this is all as it should be. (The color comes from the chlorophyll extract, which helps to reduce inflammation after exfoliating.) But while the hue probably isn’t for everyone, this hybrid scrub just might be, thanks to the combination of gentle jojoba beads and pore-plumbing salicylic acid, which sent my skin on its way looking and feeling decidedly radiant. The final surprise? The price. At $26, you’ll be hard pressed to find more bang for your buck.The Best Drugstore Face Scrub: Versed Day Maker Microcrystal ExfoliatorVersedDay Maker Microcrystal Exfoliating CleanserIf you’re looking for a straight-up face scrub with no chemical exfoliants or enzymes, Versed’s Day Maker Microcrystal Exfoliator is the move. The exfoliant is made from plant-based (and biodegradable) microcrystalline cellulose, which gives the tiny beads their superfine—and, critically, uniform—texture. That would be enough for me right there, but there’s so much more to like about this scrub, like raspberry leaf extract to help keep excess oil in check, black currant leaf extract to minimize inflammation, and jojoba oil to lock in moisture. And, to top it off, the light scent gives freshly picked lemons.The Best Face Scrub for Daily Use: Goldfaden MD Doctor’s Scrub

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Exfoliation is a cornerstone of any skin care regimen worth its Dead Sea minerals. The best face scrubs will smooth out irregularities, unclog pores, and get rid of debris and dearly departed skin cells to achieve consistently healthier, more youthful-looking skin. At the end of the day (which also happens to be a great time to exfoliate), the best face scrubs encourage cellular turnover, allowing you to show up with the cleanest, brightest, and softest skin possible, better than your regular old face wash.Of course, even a cursory glance at the available options can be enough to make your head spin. So, naturally, we had to roll up our sleeves and see what’s new and how they hold up against old favorites. The product picks you’ll find below are the result of rigorous testing over multiple weeks (in some cases, months), as well as guidance from our favorite skin care experts, including dermatologists, estheticians, and other industry professionals who make it their business to know our own skin better than we do. Peruse the options, find the one that’s right for you, and never look back.The Best Face Scrubs for Men, According to GQLooking for something specific?AccordionItemContainerButtonThe Best Face Scrub Overall: Aesop Purifying Facial Exfoliant PasteAesopPurifying Facial Exfoliant PasteThis cream-based scrub from Aesop is, in my opinion, the perfect hybrid exfoliator—combining physical and chemical exfoliants in a lightweight, 100% vegan formula. You’ll want to be gentle with this one, as the primary exfoliant is derived from quartz (as in the crystal). That said, even with light pressure, this scrub leaves my skin feeling soft, clean, and polished, thanks in part to the inclusion of lactic acid—a popular alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that promotes cell turnover, helps strengthen the skin barrier, and generally supports healthier skin texture. The product also seems to last forever; I use this scrub more than any other, and the tube in my shower is still going strong almost a year later.The Best Face Scrub for Dry Skin: Dr. Loretta Resurfacing Enzyme PolishDr. LorettaResurfacing Enzyme PolishIf you’re partial to enzymes but enjoy the instant gratification of a physical exfoliant, this is a great option—and equally worth checking out if you’ve never tried an enzymatic exfoliator. (If you’re in the latter camp, just note the application instructions, as enzymatic exfoliants typically need to stay on for a few minutes.) Combining physical exfoliation in the form of a bio-fermented polish with pomegranate-derived enzymes, as well as vitamin B3 to help protect your skin from environmental factors, this combination scrub gently but thoroughly sloughs away dead cells and leaves your skin feeling clean and hydrated.The Best Face Scrub for Sensitive Skin: Caudalie Vinoclean Gentle Buffing CreamCaudalieGentle Buffing Cream Facial ExfoliatorIf you have super-sensitive skin, you may have to avoid physical exfoliants (i.e. scrubs) altogether in favor of a purely chemical or enzymatic formula. However, before you do, take a look at Caudalie’s Vinoclean Gentle Buffing Cream. Of all the scrubs on this list, this one is the lightest. Unlike exfoliants derived from walnut or other potentially abrasive materials, this scrub relies on jojoba microbeads. Made using oil from the jojoba plant, these tiny, pressure-sensitive pellets are round in shape, which allows for thorough exfoliation while greatly reducing the risk of causing microtears in the skin. To boot, they’re paired here with cold-pressed grape seed oil to nourish freshly exfoliated skin and support elasticity.The Best Face Scrub for All Skin Types: Atwater Skin Armor Face Scrub CleanserAtwaterSkin Armor Face ScrubThis scrub was full of surprises in testing. First, the smell: a strong, minty scent that caught me so unexpectedly that I had to double-check the tube to make sure I wasn’t about to spread toothpaste on my face. Then, the color: It is dark green. Cue me checking the packaging once more, this time to make sure the product hadn’t expired. Of course, this is all as it should be. (The color comes from the chlorophyll extract, which helps to reduce inflammation after exfoliating.) But while the hue probably isn’t for everyone, this hybrid scrub just might be, thanks to the combination of gentle jojoba beads and pore-plumbing salicylic acid, which sent my skin on its way looking and feeling decidedly radiant. The final surprise? The price. At $26, you’ll be hard pressed to find more bang for your buck.The Best Drugstore Face Scrub: Versed Day Maker Microcrystal ExfoliatorVersedDay Maker Microcrystal Exfoliating CleanserIf you’re looking for a straight-up face scrub with no chemical exfoliants or enzymes, Versed’s Day Maker Microcrystal Exfoliator is the move. The exfoliant is made from plant-based (and biodegradable) microcrystalline cellulose, which gives the tiny beads their superfine—and, critically, uniform—texture. That would be enough for me right there, but there’s so much more to like about this scrub, like raspberry leaf extract to help keep excess oil in check, black currant leaf extract to minimize inflammation, and jojoba oil to lock in moisture. And, to top it off, the light scent gives freshly picked lemons.The Best Face Scrub for Daily Use: Goldfaden MD Doctor’s Scrub

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Exfoliation is a cornerstone of any skin care regimen worth its Dead Sea minerals. The best face scrubs will smooth out irregularities, unclog pores, and get rid of debris and dearly departed skin cells to achieve consistently healthier, more youthful-looking skin. At the end of the day (which also happens to be a great time to exfoliate), the best face scrubs encourage cellular turnover, allowing you to show up with the cleanest, brightest, and softest skin possible, better than your regular old face wash.Of course, even a cursory glance at the available options can be enough to make your head spin. So, naturally, we had to roll up our sleeves and see what’s new and how they hold up against old favorites. The product picks you’ll find below are the result of rigorous testing over multiple weeks (in some cases, months), as well as guidance from our favorite skin care experts, including dermatologists, estheticians, and other industry professionals who make it their business to know our own skin better than we do. Peruse the options, find the one that’s right for you, and never look back.The Best Face Scrubs for Men, According to GQLooking for something specific?AccordionItemContainerButtonThe Best Face Scrub Overall: Aesop Purifying Facial Exfoliant PasteAesopPurifying Facial Exfoliant PasteThis cream-based scrub from Aesop is, in my opinion, the perfect hybrid exfoliator—combining physical and chemical exfoliants in a lightweight, 100% vegan formula. You’ll want to be gentle with this one, as the primary exfoliant is derived from quartz (as in the crystal). That said, even with light pressure, this scrub leaves my skin feeling soft, clean, and polished, thanks in part to the inclusion of lactic acid—a popular alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that promotes cell turnover, helps strengthen the skin barrier, and generally supports healthier skin texture. The product also seems to last forever; I use this scrub more than any other, and the tube in my shower is still going strong almost a year later.The Best Face Scrub for Dry Skin: Dr. Loretta Resurfacing Enzyme PolishDr. LorettaResurfacing Enzyme PolishIf you’re partial to enzymes but enjoy the instant gratification of a physical exfoliant, this is a great option—and equally worth checking out if you’ve never tried an enzymatic exfoliator. (If you’re in the latter camp, just note the application instructions, as enzymatic exfoliants typically need to stay on for a few minutes.) Combining physical exfoliation in the form of a bio-fermented polish with pomegranate-derived enzymes, as well as vitamin B3 to help protect your skin from environmental factors, this combination scrub gently but thoroughly sloughs away dead cells and leaves your skin feeling clean and hydrated.The Best Face Scrub for Sensitive Skin: Caudalie Vinoclean Gentle Buffing CreamCaudalieGentle Buffing Cream Facial ExfoliatorIf you have super-sensitive skin, you may have to avoid physical exfoliants (i.e. scrubs) altogether in favor of a purely chemical or enzymatic formula. However, before you do, take a look at Caudalie’s Vinoclean Gentle Buffing Cream. Of all the scrubs on this list, this one is the lightest. Unlike exfoliants derived from walnut or other potentially abrasive materials, this scrub relies on jojoba microbeads. Made using oil from the jojoba plant, these tiny, pressure-sensitive pellets are round in shape, which allows for thorough exfoliation while greatly reducing the risk of causing microtears in the skin. To boot, they’re paired here with cold-pressed grape seed oil to nourish freshly exfoliated skin and support elasticity.The Best Face Scrub for All Skin Types: Atwater Skin Armor Face Scrub CleanserAtwaterSkin Armor Face ScrubThis scrub was full of surprises in testing. First, the smell: a strong, minty scent that caught me so unexpectedly that I had to double-check the tube to make sure I wasn’t about to spread toothpaste on my face. Then, the color: It is dark green. Cue me checking the packaging once more, this time to make sure the product hadn’t expired. Of course, this is all as it should be. (The color comes from the chlorophyll extract, which helps to reduce inflammation after exfoliating.) But while the hue probably isn’t for everyone, this hybrid scrub just might be, thanks to the combination of gentle jojoba beads and pore-plumbing salicylic acid, which sent my skin on its way looking and feeling decidedly radiant. The final surprise? The price. At $26, you’ll be hard pressed to find more bang for your buck.The Best Drugstore Face Scrub: Versed Day Maker Microcrystal ExfoliatorVersedDay Maker Microcrystal Exfoliating CleanserIf you’re looking for a straight-up face scrub with no chemical exfoliants or enzymes, Versed’s Day Maker Microcrystal Exfoliator is the move. The exfoliant is made from plant-based (and biodegradable) microcrystalline cellulose, which gives the tiny beads their superfine—and, critically, uniform—texture. That would be enough for me right there, but there’s so much more to like about this scrub, like raspberry leaf extract to help keep excess oil in check, black currant leaf extract to minimize inflammation, and jojoba oil to lock in moisture. And, to top it off, the light scent gives freshly picked lemons.The Best Face Scrub for Daily Use: Goldfaden MD Doctor’s Scrub