Whether youre putting yourself together or stealing private moments with a jade roller, chances are you spend some time at a vanity each day. But did you ever wonder what the contents of your beauty cabinet say about you?

In todays culture, vanity is tied up with a sense of validation that often comes from outside sources: Social media can foster an excessive preoccupation with how you appear to others. Meanwhile, beauty brands are also using social platforms to target sales , putting the power of media and marketing into the hands of influencers who are helping to democratize the beauty industry.

The standards for whats considered beautiful are now more fluid and self-determined than ever before. Here, we celebrate people who find joie de vivre in vanity the models, style influencers and product junkies who give us an inside look at their glamour inventory. For them, vanity is a transformational experience that unlocks identity.

Alexis Henry, model

I want to appear like Ive made an impact somehow.