We've all done it. Used the peach emoji to refer to our behind. But how did a piece of fruit become the universal symbol of the butt?
Fruit Metaphors Are Old. Like, Really Old.
Long before emojis, people used food, especially fruit, as metaphors for bodies. In 17th and 18th century poetry, peaches symbolized innocence and sensuality at once. Victorian writers used them to hint at desirability without saying the quiet parts out loud. And phrases like "ripe," "plump," and "juicy" have been used to describe people, especially women, for centuries. In the American South, calling someone a "peach" was a sweet compliment by the 1800s. Over time, that compliment started to feel a little more physical.
Because let's face it: peaches have a shape.
Then Came the Emoji
In 2010, Unicode added the peach emoji, intended to represent a literal piece of fruit. But the internet had other plans.
It didn't take long before users noticed the uncanny resemblance to a human butt. Rounded, subtly split, slightly fuzzy, it was basically an emoji thirst trap. By 2014, the peach emoji was no longer just fruit. It was full-blown butt symbolism.
Apple tried to redesign the peach emoji to look less like a butt, and the internet revolted. Public outrage was swift, memes exploded, and Apple quietly reversed the change. The butt was back.
The peach wasn't just a fruit anymore. It was a digital wink, a visual euphemism, and a pop culture icon.
Here's the Thing Nobody Tells You About Peaches
Peach skin is delicate. Actual peach fuzz is fine, sensitive, and bruises the second you look at it wrong. Your butt skin has the opposite problem: it's thicker, it's under constant pressure from sitting, sweating, and friction, and it never gets the skincare routine your face gets every single day. That mismatch is exactly why butts break out, get bumpy, and stay that way — nobody's treating it like skin, because emoji jokes aside, most people still don't think of it as skin.
Buttface does. Facial-grade skincare, for down there.
Meet the Actual Butt Facial: The Back & Butt Facial
If the emoji is the joke, this is the punchline that actually does something. The Back & Butt Facial ($90) is a 3-step system built for the exact problems the peach emoji is standing in for: friction, sweat, clogged follicles, ingrown hairs, and the bacteria behind breakouts and bumps. It works on your back too — same triggers, same fix.
Step 1 — The Butt Resurfacer. A dense, high-grit exfoliant (not a gentle one — this skin needs more than that) that clears rough texture and clogged follicles, then replenishes with a ceramide barrier complex so you're not left stripped.
Step 2 — The Anti-Funk. Hypochlorous acid, the same antimicrobial compound your own immune system makes. It kills odor-causing and breakout-causing bacteria on contact, without wrecking your skin's microbiome the way alcohol sprays do.
Step 3 — BBL Firming Cream. Peptide-forward, built around Firmiderm and AC DermaPeptide Lifting, formulated to visibly plump and firm while it moisturizes. Fragrance-free.
Resurface. Reset. Firm. Three steps, in that order, for skin that's been getting ignored since forever.
Not Ready for the Full System? Start Smaller.
The Breakout Duo ($50) — Resurfacer + Anti-Funk, if bumps and buttne are the main issue.
The Butt Facial Duo ($65) — Resurfacer + BBL Firming Cream, if firmness is the priority.
The Original Butt Facial® ($95) — Resurfacer + Butt Mask + BBL Firming Cream, our OG hero bundle.
Butt Facial® Pro ($110) — all four products, full routine.
Every bundle uses the same fixed order for a reason: resurface first, treat second, firm and hydrate last. Skip a step if you're missing a product, but don't reorder it.
So Next Time You Send That Peach Emoji
You'll know its whole weird, 300-year backstory. And maybe you'll also know your actual butt deserves a routine that isn't a punchline. Shop the Back & Butt Facial →