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18-05-2025
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The Big Business of Utah Beauty
All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by Glamour editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. 'Love Thy Selfie' reads a large black billboard towering over one of Utah's sprawling highways. The advertisement is for Utah Beauty Lab and Laser, a med spa owned by The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member Heather Gay. It's one of the many med spa signs drivers will see as they pass through the state. Welcome to the big business of Utah beauty. In 2017, Salt Lake City ranked number two in most plastic surgeons per capita, second only to Miami. Rachel Olsen, an aesthetic nurse injector and owner of RO Aesthetics in the Salt Lake City area of Millcreek, speculates that there are 10 other med spas within 10 miles of her own. And Gay isn't the only Utah Housewives cast member to venture into beauty: Angie Katsanevas owns her own hair salon while Whitney Rose recently started a skin care line. The list goes on. Utah's beauty obsession isn't new. During the 2010s, beauty influencers hailing from the Beehive State captured our timelines and built big followings from their long mermaid hair, tanned skin, and fluffy eyelashes. Amber Fillerup-Clark, founder of the hair care line Dae, rose to prominence with her blog Barefoot Blonde and on Instagram amassed more than a million followers who obsessed over her long, dirty blonde hair and in-depth braid tutorials. Similarly, lifestyle blogger Cara Loren went viral for her flawless spray tan and has since founded the workout app Burn as well as her own athleisure line, Cara Loren Active. And when fashion blogger Rachel Parcell shared wedding photos on her site Pink Peonies, her bridal braid ended up on Pinterest boards across the internet. Years later, she was able to drive a million dollars in sales to Nordstrom's site during their sale. Today, a new crop of Utahns are bringing the aesthetic to the next generation. But instead of bloggers, it's mostly TikTok influencers and reality TV stars driving the shift. Influencer Emilie Kiser, who has more than 3 million followers on TikTok, is known for sharing videos of her heatless curl tutorial and morning routine (Pilates is mandatory). The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast members Taylor Frankie Paul and Whitney Leavitt both had Instagram followings before joining the reality TV show, but their numbers soared after the premiere. In the past, coastal cities like New York City and Los Angeles have set the trends in the beauty industry. But thanks to the popularity of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the widespread use of social media, the hyperfeminine, done-but-not-overdone vibe that characterizes Utah beauty has emerged as highly influential for women across the country. Personally, I'm no stranger to Utah's beauty influence. My Pinterest boards from high school are full of Fillerup-Clark's tutorials and Loren's workout routines. I own at least three different satin heatless curling rods but have yet to perfect Kiser's bouncy blowout. I've been watching Utah Housewives since Mary Cosby accused Jen Shah of smelling like a hospital (season one) and panic-ordered Kérastase Nutritive Nectar Thermique Heat Protecting Cream after watching Lisa Barlow recommend it during season five. 'Utah is full of beautiful people,' says Savanah Norman, a professional makeup artist based in Salt Lake City, 'and everybody wants to look like them.' Whitney Leavitt, beautiful person and internet-appointed villain of Mormon Wives season one, believes the 'Utah look' is unique to the state. 'The look is a blend of high glam and natural elegance. We have radiant skin, but also big lashes and bouncy hair,' she says. 'When you're going to the grocery store, everyone is super done up, but we also want to look effortless.' Beauty professionals agree: The Utah look is real, and it is in high demand. 'You can always tell when a girl on Instagram is from Utah,' says Peyton Warr, a professional makeup artist for Mormon Wives. The tells? 'Usually white, blonde, thin, long hair full of extensions, big eyelashes, dewy skin, and light makeup,' says Mariah Wellman, a communications professor at Michigan State University and influencer expert. At the end of the day, effortlessness sets the Utah look apart. 'The goal is to look natural,' explains Wellman. 'However, the goalposts for natural are shifting. In Utah, looking 'natural' requires more and more procedures.' See: hair extensions, lip filler, spray tans, Botox, lash extensions, and boob jobs. Alyssa Grenfell, a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and content creator, describes the look as 'ethereal' and 'almost fairy-like.' 'The vibe that people are going for is more of a you-but-better look,' says Warr, 'We were into the 'clean-girl aesthetic' before that was an aesthetic.' 'In Utah, it's all about looking polished, youthful, and put together 24/7,' Leavitt says. 'There's a commitment to appearance, and it's hard not to fulfill that especially when you grow up there.' For example, Warr and Norman's clients most frequently ask for a 'soft glam' look. 'It's the same amount of makeup as full glam, but the tones are softer. Instead of using a black liner, I would use a brown to make it look more natural,' Warr explains. Norman's clients specifically ask for 'perfected skin' and request she avoids a 'cakey or heavy' look. Cosmetic surgery, however, might be where the Utah look is the strongest. Devan Griner, a board-certified plastic surgeon at Peak Plastic Surgery in Draper, about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City, gets clients from all over the country clamoring for a natural result. 'The number one thing that I hear from them is that they don't want to look 'Hollywood.' They want to keep people guessing,' he says. 'We want to look like we're minimalists,' says Leavitt, 'but we're definitely not.' Their subtle work has started to become synonymous with the state. 'Utah is a really sophisticated place to get things done,' says Olsen. 'We are home to some of the top-performing med spas in the nation.' This 'natural' aesthetic extends beyond makeup and plastic surgery. 'Utah hair' went viral on TikTok shortly after season one of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered, with tutorials racking up millions of views and hundreds of thousands of likes. The hairstyle is long (usually past the shoulders), thick (usually padded by extensions), with loose waves culminating in straighter ends. The end result looks unfussy, but it requires laborious styling. Mormon Wives star Leavitt categorizes her attitude toward beauty as somewhere in the middle on the Utah scale. She admits her full beauty routine is extensive. She puts SPF on her face every morning regardless of the season, and she wakes up earlier than her children to lay under her $1,750 Celluma Pro red light every day without exception. Yet her look is arguably the most laid-back of her castmates'. While the rest of them carried waist-length wefts, Leavitt stuck to an unusual-for-Utah chin-skimming bob. 'Fake hair is where I draw the line,' she says. 'It's uncomfortable. I feel the same about lashes.' Grenfell finds it difficult to separate the state's aesthetic from its dominant religion. 'Mormons often get tied to the tradwife movement, because their aesthetic is so traditionally feminine: blonde hair, a large chest, and very thin,' she says. 'In New York, girls might aspire to look like Julia Fox. In Utah, Hannah Neeleman [a.k.a. Ballerina Farm] is the standard.' During the past year, Utah's impact on the beauty industry is unavoidable. The trends have shifted away from exaggerated enhancements in favor of quieter alternatives. Phrases like 'old money beauty' and 'quiet luxury' have slipped their way into salons and spas across the country as women are seeking a more pared-back approach to aesthetics. In a 2024 piece, The Hollywood Reporter dubbed this change 'The De-Kardashian-ification of America,' but perhaps a more apt name would be 'The Beau-tah Effect.' This shift is in part due to the advancements Utah has made in the space and their level of influence in the broader beauty community. Dr. Griner points out that many surgical procedures and techniques were pioneered in Utah before making their way into other offices across the country. 'People don't usually come in asking for a trendy procedure,' he says. 'Usually they want a natural-looking result and we work with them to make it happen.' The evidence of the state's influence is everywhere. Leavitt believes it is about time the state got the recognition it deserves. 'Utah has been under the radar for way too long,' she says. 'This is where the brow game started. This is where the brow-laminating trend started. Spray tans are basically a part of the religion at this point. Almost all the original influencers started in Utah.' For example, the entire 'Get Ready With Me,' or GRWM, genre of video was spearheaded by Utah creators on TikTok, notes Warr. Leavitt isn't wrong. For example, brow lamination, the treatment that keeps your eyebrows fluffy for weeks, may not have been created in Utah, but experts credit Utah influencers in making it popular. Its hashtag currently has over 400,000 impressions on TikTok and counting. The truth is in the numbers. Currently, every cast member from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has more Instagram followers than Salt Lake City has residents. As for what is next in beauty, we suggest tuning into season two. Anneke Knot is a freelance writer based in San Francisco. Follow her at @annekeknot. Originally Appeared on Glamour The bridesmaid burnout Your bridesmaids secretly resent you. Here's how to tell. To all my friends, this is my bridesmaid resignation letter Brides who say 'it's my day' should pay for everything. It's that simple. 11 bridesmaids on their most cringe-worthy wedding horror stories
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Big Business of Utah Beauty
All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by Glamour editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. 'Love Thy Selfie' reads a large black billboard towering over one of Utah's sprawling highways. The advertisement is for Utah Beauty Lab and Laser, a med spa owned by The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member Heather Gay. It's one of the many med spa signs drivers will see as they pass through the state. Welcome to the big business of Utah beauty. In 2017, Salt Lake City ranked number two in most plastic surgeons per capita, second only to Miami. Rachel Olsen, an aesthetic nurse injector and owner of RO Aesthetics in the Salt Lake City area of Millcreek, speculates that there are 10 other med spas within 10 miles of her own. And Gay isn't the only Utah Housewives cast member to venture into beauty: Angie Katsanevas owns her own hair salon while Whitney Rose recently started a skin care line. The list goes on. Utah's beauty obsession isn't new. During the 2010s, beauty influencers hailing from the Beehive State captured our timelines and built big followings from their long mermaid hair, tanned skin, and fluffy eyelashes. Amber Fillerup-Clark, founder of the hair care line Dae, rose to prominence with her blog Barefoot Blonde and on Instagram amassed more than a million followers who obsessed over her long, dirty blonde hair and in-depth braid tutorials. Similarly, lifestyle blogger Cara Loren went viral for her flawless spray tan and has since founded the workout app Burn as well as her own athleisure line, Cara Loren Active. And when fashion blogger Rachel Parcell shared wedding photos on her site Pink Peonies, her bridal braid ended up on Pinterest boards across the internet. Years later, she was able to drive a million dollars in sales to Nordstrom's site during their sale. Today, a new crop of Utahns are bringing the aesthetic to the next generation. But instead of bloggers, it's mostly TikTok influencers and reality TV stars driving the shift. Influencer Emilie Kiser, who has more than 3 million followers on TikTok, is known for sharing videos of her heatless curl tutorial and morning routine (Pilates is mandatory). The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast members Taylor Frankie Paul and Whitney Leavitt both had Instagram followings before joining the reality TV show, but their numbers soared after the premiere. In the past, coastal cities like New York City and Los Angeles have set the trends in the beauty industry. But thanks to the popularity of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the widespread use of social media, the hyperfeminine, done-but-not-overdone vibe that characterizes Utah beauty has emerged as highly influential for women across the country. Personally, I'm no stranger to Utah's beauty influence. My Pinterest boards from high school are full of Fillerup-Clark's tutorials and Loren's workout routines. I own at least three different satin heatless curling rods but have yet to perfect Kiser's bouncy blowout. I've been watching Utah Housewives since Mary Cosby accused Jen Shah of smelling like a hospital (season one) and panic-ordered Kérastase Nutritive Nectar Thermique Heat Protecting Cream after watching Lisa Barlow recommend it during season five. 'Utah is full of beautiful people,' says Savanah Norman, a professional makeup artist based in Salt Lake City, 'and everybody wants to look like them.' Whitney Leavitt, beautiful person and internet-appointed villain of Mormon Wives season one, believes the 'Utah look' is unique to the state. 'The look is a blend of high glam and natural elegance. We have radiant skin, but also big lashes and bouncy hair,' she says. 'When you're going to the grocery store, everyone is super done up, but we also want to look effortless.' Beauty professionals agree: The Utah look is real, and it is in high demand. 'You can always tell when a girl on Instagram is from Utah,' says Peyton Warr, a professional makeup artist for Mormon Wives. The tells? 'Usually white, blonde, thin, long hair full of extensions, big eyelashes, dewy skin, and light makeup,' says Mariah Wellman, a communications professor at Michigan State University and influencer expert. At the end of the day, effortlessness sets the Utah look apart. 'The goal is to look natural,' explains Wellman. 'However, the goalposts for natural are shifting. In Utah, looking 'natural' requires more and more procedures.' See: hair extensions, lip filler, spray tans, Botox, lash extensions, and boob jobs. Alyssa Grenfell, a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and content creator, describes the look as 'ethereal' and 'almost fairy-like.' 'The vibe that people are going for is more of a you-but-better look,' says Warr, 'We were into the 'clean-girl aesthetic' before that was an aesthetic.' 'In Utah, it's all about looking polished, youthful, and put together 24/7,' Leavitt says. 'There's a commitment to appearance, and it's hard not to fulfill that especially when you grow up there.' For example, Warr and Norman's clients most frequently ask for a 'soft glam' look. 'It's the same amount of makeup as full glam, but the tones are softer. Instead of using a black liner, I would use a brown to make it look more natural,' Warr explains. Norman's clients specifically ask for 'perfected skin' and request she avoids a 'cakey or heavy' look. Cosmetic surgery, however, might be where the Utah look is the strongest. Devan Griner, a board-certified plastic surgeon at Peak Plastic Surgery in Draper, about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City, gets clients from all over the country clamoring for a natural result. 'The number one thing that I hear from them is that they don't want to look 'Hollywood.' They want to keep people guessing,' he says. 'We want to look like we're minimalists,' says Leavitt, 'but we're definitely not.' Their subtle work has started to become synonymous with the state. 'Utah is a really sophisticated place to get things done,' says Olsen. 'We are home to some of the top-performing med spas in the nation.' This 'natural' aesthetic extends beyond makeup and plastic surgery. 'Utah hair' went viral on TikTok shortly after season one of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered, with tutorials racking up millions of views and hundreds of thousands of likes. The hairstyle is long (usually past the shoulders), thick (usually padded by extensions), with loose waves culminating in straighter ends. The end result looks unfussy, but it requires laborious styling. Mormon Wives star Leavitt categorizes her attitude toward beauty as somewhere in the middle on the Utah scale. She admits her full beauty routine is extensive. She puts SPF on her face every morning regardless of the season, and she wakes up earlier than her children to lay under her $1,750 Celluma Pro red light every day without exception. Yet her look is arguably the most laid-back of her castmates'. While the rest of them carried waist-length wefts, Leavitt stuck to an unusual-for-Utah chin-skimming bob. 'Fake hair is where I draw the line,' she says. 'It's uncomfortable. I feel the same about lashes.' Grenfell finds it difficult to separate the state's aesthetic from its dominant religion. 'Mormons often get tied to the tradwife movement, because their aesthetic is so traditionally feminine: blonde hair, a large chest, and very thin,' she says. 'In New York, girls might aspire to look like Julia Fox. In Utah, Hannah Neeleman [a.k.a. Ballerina Farm] is the standard.' During the past year, Utah's impact on the beauty industry is unavoidable. The trends have shifted away from exaggerated enhancements in favor of quieter alternatives. Phrases like 'old money beauty' and 'quiet luxury' have slipped their way into salons and spas across the country as women are seeking a more pared-back approach to aesthetics. In a 2024 piece, The Hollywood Reporter dubbed this change 'The De-Kardashian-ification of America,' but perhaps a more apt name would be 'The Beau-tah Effect.' This shift is in part due to the advancements Utah has made in the space and their level of influence in the broader beauty community. Dr. Griner points out that many surgical procedures and techniques were pioneered in Utah before making their way into other offices across the country. 'People don't usually come in asking for a trendy procedure,' he says. 'Usually they want a natural-looking result and we work with them to make it happen.' The evidence of the state's influence is everywhere. Leavitt believes it is about time the state got the recognition it deserves. 'Utah has been under the radar for way too long,' she says. 'This is where the brow game started. This is where the brow-laminating trend started. Spray tans are basically a part of the religion at this point. Almost all the original influencers started in Utah.' For example, the entire 'Get Ready With Me,' or GRWM, genre of video was spearheaded by Utah creators on TikTok, notes Warr. Leavitt isn't wrong. For example, brow lamination, the treatment that keeps your eyebrows fluffy for weeks, may not have been created in Utah, but experts credit Utah influencers in making it popular. Its hashtag currently has over 400,000 impressions on TikTok and counting. The truth is in the numbers. Currently, every cast member from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has more Instagram followers than Salt Lake City has residents. As for what is next in beauty, we suggest tuning into season two. Anneke Knot is a freelance writer based in San Francisco. Follow her at @annekeknot. Originally Appeared on Glamour The bridesmaid burnout Your bridesmaids secretly resent you. Here's how to tell. To all my friends, this is my bridesmaid resignation letter Brides who say 'it's my day' should pay for everything. It's that simple. 11 bridesmaids on their most cringe-worthy wedding horror stories
Vox
28-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Vox
The rules of being a good Real Housewife, explained by messy Mormons
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season five finale ends in a twisted game. The women are having an already tense dinner in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, when cast member Heather Gay suggests that they pull out their phones and share the meanest things they've written about each other as a 'healing' exercise. This moment is clearly designed to set up next season's feuds, but Gay, the crafty ringleader of the bunch — practically a producer on the show — frames it as a necessary release for the paranoid group of friends. Naturally, the scene ends with Gay's castmate and cousin Whitney Rose tricking frenemy Lisa Barlow into reading a sexually graphic rumor about her and her husband, John, which leads to Barlow reactively blurting out a sexually graphic rumor about on-and-off friend Angie Katsanevas's husband, Shawn. Any rebuilt trust among the group quickly unravels, and the women are, rest assured, back at square one. With a less outrageous and colorful cast, this clearly produced moment may have landed with a thud rather than a bang. But the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast has discovered an effective and refreshingly simple way to approach conflict as the 10th installment in the Real Housewives universe: Give the audience what they want, no matter how pre-meditated or contrived. Meanwhile, the women of the Real Housewives of New York City reboot have struggled to create fresh, compelling storylines as the newest show in the 20-year-old franchise. Their second season also recently concluded with a jaw-dropping finale, although it was ultimately more shocking than satisfying. After a season of failed pranks and boring arguments, the finale took a sharp and disturbing turn, focusing on a cast member's sexual assault and bringing out some troubling racial dynamics in the group. Both RHOSLC and the RHONY reboot have demonstrated the tricky business of joining a reality franchise so late in the game. However, after a few unbalanced seasons, RHOSLC has managed to carve out its own identity while leaning into the most classic Real Housewives tropes. Meanwhile, the level of self-awareness of the cast of RHONY is one of the reasons for its downfall. Since The Real Housewives of Orange County premiered on Bravo in 2006, there have been 11 different shows, almost 200 Housewives, and numerous tell-all books, all forming an exhaustive manual on how to succeed (and fail) on the popular franchises. RHOSLC , which premiered in 2020, is an example of a show that has clearly taken notes, sometimes feeling more contrived than earlier shows like RHOC and Real Housewives of New Jersey. The group of mostly practicing or excommunicated Mormons arrive each season with trivial beefs, fresh gossip, and even gimmicks (i.e., Angie K's literal scroll of grievances against Meredith Marks this season) ready to argue with anyone at any moment. But five years in, this setup has proven to create reality TV magic, producing instantly repeatedly one-liners, like 'high body count hair,' and indelible images, like Mary M. Cosby accidentally lurking in the background of a middle-aged woman's bat mitzvah. Finally, a coterie of ladies who are always ready to play the proverbial game. Even previously difficult cast members have come a long way in serving the show's funniest moments and biggest fights. Cosby has gone from ditching group outings for the McDonald's drive-through to being a primary player in this season. Additionally, Marks dropped her 'disengaging' act; now she is fully lunging at castmates from the back of vans. It's fair to say that the series has all but replaced the original RHONY as the campy, theatrical franchise, proving that a level of staging and blatant engineering can work on a reality show when everyone is equally committed. This more staged approach didn't always work. The show's first three seasons were heavily dominated by the series' overpowering antagonist, now-felon Jen Shah. Every time the dubious marketing maven entered a scene or spoke in a confessional, it seemed like she was reading directly out of a Housewives handbook, while also lacking a much-needed sense of humor. She also weaponized 'receipts' — a classic trope — until it became exhausting; to the point where the women were walking on eggshells around her when they should've been confronting her. Her closest friend in the cast, Gay, was particularly held back by her allegiance to Shah. It's no coincidence that the show has finally been allowed to breathe with Shah no longer present. (In 2023, Shah was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison, though it's since been reduced.) Notably, Gay has emerged in a more dominant role, as the voluntary guardian of the group. She seemed to assign herself this position after she uncovered the shocking revelation in season four that new cast member Monica Garcia secretly ran a gossip account that exposed dirt on several of the Housewives. Now, it's become her job to side-eye the newbies and deliver a monologue about friendship at any given moment. Gay has also shown that she's eager to be the producer's puppet, doing whatever it takes to keep the momentum of the show going, including leading the group into a therapy session where they spew vile things at one another. It's fascinating to watch Gay essentially replace Shah as the authoritative figure for the cast, even if the fans don't agree with it. Instead of blackmailing the cast into submission, though, she's pulling their best performances out of them. It doesn't hurt that this particular cast, even out of all the shows on Bravo, are clearly yearning to be famous. On RHONY , the women are guided by the same awareness of what it means to be an iconic Real Housewife. But while the cast of RHOSLC is eager to be Bravo's show ponies, the New York Housewives have been much more hesitant to play the game. This replacement cast took over for a group of iconic but thoroughly exhausted housewives, including Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, and Countess Luann de Lesseps, but after its first season, fans and Bravo pundits diagnosed the new RHONY with having a PR problem, aside from the women not exactly being the funniest bunch. The show's group of women, including fashion executive Jenna Lyons, were more professional and more renowned, and weren't willing to scream across tables at restaurants and get excessively drunk on TV, like their endlessly amusing predecessors. The second season was a bit different. Some of the cast, mainly Brynn Whitfield and Erin Lichy, were more eager to get down and dirty, spreading rumors and causing (admittedly not that compelling) rifts among the group. However, Lichy and Whitfield struggled to recognize the difference between embracing drama and completely manipulating the plot. Whitfield, the season's main menace, seemed to assume that the editors wouldn't reveal flashbacks of her being told one thing by her castmates and twisting it into another, or that she wouldn't get caught telling blatant lies. This all caught up to Whitfield in last week's season finale, where her tensions with castmate Ubah Hassan come to a disturbing head. After spending most of their cast trip in Puerto Rico provoking Hassan, Whitfield gets wound up over a hypothetical Hassan throws out about Whitfield 'maybe sleeping with someone' to get cast on the show. However, Whitfield continues to add on to the remark, claiming that Hassan used more graphic language and called her a 'whore.' Whitfield tells the group that Hassan's comment is particularly triggering because she had been raped, and that Hassan knows that. By the time this gets back to Hassan, it's clear she had no idea about Whitfield's assault and appears devastated by the news. At the end of the night, Whitfield eventually tells the group that Hassan 'may not have clocked' this anecdote within a larger conversation they had. With a group of more alert Housewives, Whitfield would've immediately been called out for egging on Hassan and blowing up the entire exchange. (Fans online also recirculated a scene from a previous episode where Whitfield tells her brother that he's the 'only person she's told' about the assault.) Instead, the women rush to Whitfield's defense and take her word over Hassan's before later admitting that they've probably been taken advantage of by Whitfield. While producer Andy Cohen excitedly teased the season's 'dark' finale, it didn't suddenly make the reboot any more compelling than it had been in its short time on the air. In fact, it felt like a desperate move for an already floundering show. The lack of content warnings demonstrated a careless attitude toward the episode's subject matter. It was also frustrating that Whitfield, a white-passing biracial woman, was effectively able to weaponize her real trauma against Hassan, a dark-skinned Somali woman, and briefly turn the entire cast against her, despite Whitfield's well-documented history of fabricating stories to the rest of the women. The entire encounter made Whitfield unwatchable from now on and revealed a colorist dynamic among the rest of the group. Oppositely, on RHOSLC, the women are surprisingly delicate when discussing dark subject matter, including family trauma and their scars from the Mormon church. The women, mainly Katsanevas, were especially respectful in honoring the privacy of Mary Cosby and her son, Robert Jr., when he confessed during the season that he had a drug problem and, later, went to rehab. All in all, the rules of being a good Real Housewife have never been more accessible, but the disparity between RHOSLC and RHONY proves that there's a delicate art to making a mess. Everyone has to be game and have a sense of humor. Most importantly, everyone has to know where to draw a line in the sand. You've read 1 article in the last month Here at Vox, we're unwavering in our commitment to covering the issues that matter most to you — threats to democracy, immigration, reproductive rights, the environment, and the rising polarization across this country. Our mission is to provide clear, accessible journalism that empowers you to stay informed and engaged in shaping our world. 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