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Sasha Ellery

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Sasha Ellery @selleryjuice.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

💉NATURAL BEAUTY x YELLOWFACE 👀 ELIXYR is an upmarket speculative novel complete at 88,300 words, in which a cult beauty company sends an underqualified intern on a deep-sea mission in Indonesia, to discover the next big thing in skincare. #questpit #Q #A #WF #ownvoices

Elixyr. 88,300 words. Upmarket Speculative

Pitch: A cult beauty company sends Greer, an underqualified intern, to a deep-sea research habitat in Indonesia to help hunt a creature rumoured to reverse skin ageing.
But when Greer falls for the mission’s head scientist and discovers what the company really plans to do, she must choose between the career-making future they promised her and stopping them from stealing what was never theirs to take.

It combines the beauty-culture deconstruction of Ling Ling Huang's Natural Beauty, the corporate absurdity of Natalie Sue’s I Hope This Finds You Well, and the satirical energy of R.F. Kuang's Yellowface, turned on the wellness industry.

First lines: Three months into my internship, I have my first work-related ugly cry.
Unfortunately, it happens while I am waiting for Marlowe in her office, where there is no mirror nearby to assess the damage. I can only hope my mascara hasn’t left black streaks around my eyes; I wouldn’t want Marlowe to know I’d been crying or, worse, mistake the smudging for dark circles.

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Sasha Ellery @selleryjuice.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

💉NATURAL BEAUTY x YELLOWFACE 👀 ELIXYR is an upmarket speculative novel complete at 88,300 words, in which a cult beauty company sends an underqualified intern on a deep-sea mission in Indonesia, to discover the next big thing in skincare. #questpit #Q #A #WF #ownvoices

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