Laugh Lines is Here (For Real This Time)
About that newsletter I've been talking about for the last few years...
I’ve spent the last three years figuring out what a Zoë Weiner newsletter should be. If you’ve been here for the whole ride—thank you for sticking around through my existential crises, months-long disappearances, and infinite rebrands. 😅
Turns out, I wasn’t just trying to launch a newsletter. I was trying to figure out what came next in my life.
After five years as a full-time beauty editor, I left my job with no real plan—just the feeling that I wanted something different. I missed writing for publications, sure, but mostly, I missed writing for me.
So I started experimenting. I pitched beauty stories to every major outlet by day, and by night, I wrote about my mental health on Substack. Over time, the two subjects started blending together—one day, I was writing about how my body-care routine healed my body dysmorphia for Women’s Health, the next, I was telling my subscribers about the emotional support beauty products that got me through emergency surgery.
Almost by accident, I found the common thread: The link between beauty and mental health.
Welcome to Laugh Lines.
For real this time.
Laugh Lines is about beauty that does more than just work—it makes you feel good. Because for me, beauty has never been just about the products; it’s about the joy, calm, and confidence they create.
It’s about the lipstick that makes you feel like a main character, the moisturizer that feels like a hug, the perfume that smells like a past life. It’s about using beauty as a tool for self-care, self-expression, and, honestly, survival.
And now, it’s a full-blown platform.
📌 What to Expect
💌 Full Coverage Friday (Free for Everyone) – A weekly beauty & mental health roundup with product recs, stories you might have missed, and whatever else is on my mind (a book I can’t put down, a great therapy tip, a sweatsuit you need).
📝 Monday Features (For Paid Subscribers) – Twice a month, deep-dive reported stories on the psychology of beauty, personal essays, and exclusive expert interviews.
🔗 Yahoo & Substack-Exclusive Stories (Linked in Friday’s Roundup) – Beauty news, celebrity interviews, and product reviews—published throughout the week, but not in your inbox.
💬 Occasional Bonus Content (For Paid Subscribers) – When I have something deeply personal to share, but don’t want it out in the wild, my paid subscribers will get first dibs.
🎟️ Why Go Paid?
This newsletter is free to subscribe, but for $6/month (or $60/year), you’ll get:
✨ Exclusive deep dives on beauty & mental health.
✨ More personal essays & Q&As.
✨ First access to giveaways & special perks.
✨ The satisfaction of supporting independent journalism.
Let’s Build This Together.
Right now, Laugh Lines is a newsletter. Soon, it’ll be all over my social media. Eventually, I hope it’ll be a much larger platform that helps women use beauty to feel good in their own skin—because that’s what we all deserve.
If that sounds like something you want to be part of, I’d love to have you.
If you’re reading this, you’ve got early access to what’s coming. The first official edition of Laugh Lines drops on February 17, and in the meantime, I’ll be making some changes on Substack and gabbing about this all over social media. Now’s the perfect time to subscribe (for free or paid) so you don’t miss out.
Let’s do this!!!! 🚀