All About Shopping in The World

Welcome to the Cut Shop, a stylish corner of the internet where we help you make good choices about what to spend your money on.

For over a decade, we’ve given advice on the right lip-liner-and-lipstick combos, recommended which new collections are worth it (yes, the Gap x Dapper Dan hoodie is worth it), and explained why finding a wedding dress in a size 20 is so hard. We’ve wiped our beauty routines to try out the latest celebrity beauty drop so that we could recommend the one item you actually should buy (it’s Kim’s night oil). We stood in lines and braved fitting-room mires to check out real-life stores so you didn’t have to leave your couch. We’ve helped you figure out what to wear now that you’re back to the office.

Now we’re doing more of it, and all in one place. Our guiding principle is to be

• Facebook is shutting down its live video shopping feature on October 1.
• The feature, released two years ago, let influencers and retailers host live shopping events on Facebook.
• Parent company Meta will focus instead on Reels on Facebook and Instagram.

Facebook is shutting down its live video shopping feature on October 1, two years after releasing the feature.

The feature let influencers and retailers host live shopping events directly on Facebook, where they could invite their followers to purchase from a carousel of products. The platform is shutting down this native live stream shopping initiative, as well as the ability to create product playlists or tag products on Facebook, parent company Meta confirmed to Insider, adding that it will focus instead on short-form content.

“As consumers’ viewing behaviors are shifting to short-form video, we are shifting our focus to Reels on Facebook and Instagram, Meta’s short-form video product,” the company