TikTok provided a much-needed escape for Gen Zers during the pandemic, enabling them to watch an endless stream of entertaining, educational, and immersive videos. For many, it was the go-to platform to improve their self-care routines. Canvas8 spoke to ten people to find out why.

‘Scene culture’ was an early-aughts mainstay on social platforms like MySpace, and it’s having a 2020 revival on TikTok. The lifestyle, characterised by dark poetry and gothy aesthetics, is giving young people an outlet for creativity to navigate feelings of uncertainty and angst.

The social media era has made it easy to discover skincare products, yet while influencers and media outlets champion various high-priced and hard-to-find items, a growing number of TikTok users are turning to their local drugstore. Why are ‘skintellectuals’ snapping everyman brands?

Digital platforms have long been performative places for expressions of beauty and creativity, and on TikTok, traditional beauty rules are meant to be broken. Tapping into this attitude, Revolution has partnered with TikTok to launch a pageant to scout the best diverse beauty talent online.