Fifty Shades of Snail
Finding the best skin care products since 2014. Started with a focus on Korean skincare and grew from there. Skincare tips and beauty tips that work, maybe some hamster butts too
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Author: Jude Chao
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Good morning! At least, I hope it’s a good morning for you. But if it isnt, if you haven’t gotten enough sleep or you just aren’t feeling your best, why not try to make time in your regular skin care ritual for an eye mask? Typically made out of either the same thin pulp or…
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After many trials and tribulations, I’m finally ready to review the My Beauty Diary Mandelic Acid Brightening Mask! But before we get into it, let’s talk about this mask’s learning curve. Because I’ve never before encountered a mask that had a learning curve. They wouldn’t have had a learning curve if I’d bothered to read…
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For those who don’t share my passion, it must sound really weird to hear makeup called a hobby or an art. Over the last six months or so, however, those are exactly what the act of applying makeup has become for me. Makeup as art I can’t draw or paint or decorate a house to save…
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Tinfoil time! Innisfree either has psychics on staff or a deal with the NSA, because they always seem to have a great deal or promotion going just when I’m running out of my staples and looking for a change. Check out what I got and how my routine will be changing (spoiler: I’m replacing some…
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Happy Monday, everyone! Over the weekend, Fifty Shades of Snail hit 40,000 pageviews. I only started this blog in February, so this feels huge for me, and I’d like to hand out some gifts as a way of thanking you all for being such a great and loyal audience! That’s where this “My AB Story”…
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Though these lace Hey! Pinkgo Girl (alternative name: Hey! Apple Girl) sheet masks have been around for a couple of years, with some positive reviews from bloggers I like despite ho-hum ingredients lists, I didn’t pick any up until recently. I was excited to try one. I really wish I could say I liked it. Purpose:…
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Blushes are cheap, and I’ve somehow accumulated a lot of them. I’ve gotten so many different colors and have become so comfortable with applying them that I’ve started planning looks around which blush I feel like wearing on any given day. And I like blush so much that storing them in a makeup bag out of…
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Not everyone loves skin care, and not everyone cares about skin care. And many of the people who don’t care for skin care insist that those of us who do are deluded, that “none of it works. It’s all just marketing.” They’re not wrong about a lot of skin care products, but they’re completely wrong…
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The thing about ingredient-aware skin care shopping is that it drastically increases the chances of picking winners instead of ending up disappointed with losers. And after spending a week with my new CosRX Natural BHA Skin Returning A-Sol and Missha Longer Name Ampoule, I’m pretty confident I’ve found two more winners to add to my daily…
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Sometimes there’s just nothing like sheer pink for a fresh and easy springtime look. Products used: Skin: Missha M Signature Real Complete BB Cream in No. 21 Cheeks: Milani Baked Blush in Dolce Pink, Benefit Watts Up! Brows: Maybelline Color Tattoo cream eyeshadow, Tough As Taupe Lids: Maybelline Color Tattoo cream eyeshadow, Inked in Pink…
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