Category Archives: Curology

Beauty Monogamy: My Long-Term (Skincare) Relationships

May 3, 2018by Jude Chao 28 Comments

Skincare products come and go, but these regularly repurchased holy grails are here to stay.

January 2017 Empties Report

January 18, 2017by Jude Chao 14 Comments

It’s a new year, but I still got the same old face, and that face still needs to have things put on it and cleansed off of it on a […]

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Amorepacific, Ampoules/Serums, Banila Co, Cleansing/Micellar Waters, CosRX, Creams, Curology, Dr. G, Empties Report, Haircare, High-End Skincare, Holy Grails, Hydrating Toners, Japan, Korea, Lador, Lists, Mini-reviews, Mizon, Reviews, Samples, Senka, Shiseido, Sulwhasoo, Sunscreen, Toners, Treeannsea

Spring/Summer 2016 Flops and Faves, Part 3: Yet More Hanbang + the Return of the AHA

July 14, 2016by Jude Chao 20 Comments

Previously: Part 1: Classics and New Faves | Part 2: Best and Worst Ginseng Skincare This final installment of my spring/summer 2016 skincare routine update took me a very long time to write because so […]

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AHAs, Blunders, Chemical Exfoliants, Ciracle, Cleansers, Cleansing/Micellar Waters, Curology, Enzyme Exfoliants, Faves and Flops, Korea, Lists, Masks, Mini-reviews, Papa Recipe, Reviews, Sheet Masks, Sooryehan, Sulwhasoo

Mid-Year Megapost: Fiddy’s Faves and Flops of Spring/Summer 2016, Part 1

May 11, 2016by Jude Chao 19 Comments

This is my skincare basket. It’s the sturdy workhorse that carries everyday essentials chosen out of my much more extensive skincare wardrobe. The contents of my basket change on a fairly regular basis. […]

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Ampoules/Serums, Banila Co, Chemical Exfoliants, Ciracle, Cleansers, CosRX, Creams, Curology, Enzyme Exfoliants, Essences, Etude House, Eye Creams, Faves and Flops, Foaming Cleansers, Hada Labo, High-End Skincare, Holy Grails, Holy Snails, Innisfree, It's Skin, Japan, Korea, Leejiham (LJH), Lists, Masks, Mini-reviews, Moisturizing Toners, Reviews, Scinic, Sheet Masks, Sulwhasoo, Sunscreen, Toners, Tosowoong

Curology anti-aging prescription with tretinoin

Curology Month 5 Update

February 21, 2016by Jude Chao 38 Comments

It’s that time again! I finished off another bottle of my Curology anti-aging prescription and am back with an update. Just a quick one this time. No B&As, as I […]

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Curology, Holy Grails, Prescription, Reviews, Western Products

PocketDerm and Curology prescription bottles

Curology (formerly PocketDerm) Month 1 Update and Mini-Review

October 8, 2015by Jude Chao 40 Comments

Holy crap. I can’t believe more than a month has already passed since I received my first shipment of PocketDerm Anti-Aging prescription tretinoin. During that month, I finished off my […]

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Ampoules/Serums, Curology, Discounts, Prescription, Reviews, Uncategorized

Adventures in Prescription Medication

September 1, 2015by Jude Chao 28 Comments

No, not that kind. PocketDerm!

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@fiddysnails on IG

Who else flings their empty skincare products into a drawer until it overflows before making a new #empties post? . #Sekkisei product provided by @k_beautywave. #Historyofwhoo product provided by @beautytapofficial. #Sooae product provided by @clubcliousa. . Empties for the past couple months: . 2 tubes of #Missha Safe Block Aqua Sun Gel (and if I'd waited another day, it would be 3 tubes). Both tubes cut open so I could get at every last drop. Already repurchased. . #Sulwhasoo Overnight Vitalizing Mask EX, also cut open so I could get at the very last of it. Definite repurchase. . #Thehistoryofwhoo In Yang Neck & Face Sleeping Repair sleeping pack. Will repurchase when the weather gets colder or my skin gets drier. . Soo Aee Freeset Donkey Milk 3D Moisture Cream. Yes of COURSE I'm going to get myself more. This stuff fixes up a damaged barrier like nothing else. I especially love it on my neck when I've forgotten that my neck hates tret. . Sekkisei Treatment Cleansing Oil. I liked this almost as much as the Sulwhasoo Gentle Cleansing Oil and a little bit more than the Amorepacific Treatment Cleansing Oil! Medium thickness, great slip, does a good job removing makeup and sunscreen without running, emulsifies well, rinses clean. It's got a fragrance but not overwhelmingly so. . Mini of #Banilaco Miss Flower and Mr Honey Cream, OG version. Once I finish the other mini tub, I'll get the new version. . #Curology 0.07% tretinoin prescription. I have a constant supply and will be increasing the tret % soon. . #Thankyoufarmer Back to Iceland Cleansing Water. It's fine. It's cleansing water. Leaves a bit of sticky residue, but all cleansing waters do that for me. . #Muji cotton pads. These are my favorite cotton pads. @riovn knows the love of Japanese cotton pads--she's even written about them on @thestrategist! . I always feel a little lighter once I get the pile of empties photographed and then taken out to the recycling bin! . . . #skincareaddiction #beautyjunkie #skincareempties #skincarediary #koreanskincare #abskincare #jbeauty #abcommunity #rasianbeauty #beautyhoarder

Sexy Radish and I were having a blast answering your questions in my Q&A yesterday on my stories, but then PATERNALISTIC INSTAGRAM decided there is a limit to how many of my story posts you guys can stomach in one day and cut me off. So let's keep going here! Ask your questions for me (or the radish) in the comments, and if you asked something yesterday that I didn't get around to because IG cut me off, feel free to ask again here! I'll answer as many as I can in free moments today! . . . . #skinstagram #instaskincare #skincarequestions #qanda #kbeauty #abcommunity #rasianbeauty #skincarecommunity #skincareaddiction

Thinking ahead and taking advantage of daylight for once! Here's tonight's #skincareroutine. . #Holysnails products provided by my job @holysnails. #Wonjineffect product provided by @wonjineffect_global. #Goodal product provided by @clubcliousa. . Makeup/sunscreen removal: Quick swipe with #Nooni Snowflake Cleansing Water. I still have no feelings about this product whatsoever. It does the thing. The end. . Cleanser: Holy Snails Kadi Cleanser. This plus a konjac sponge gets my face clean and soft, no flakes and no dryness. I know Chel sent this for my son, but I get to use it too. . #Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum EX to maintain rosy glow. . #Naruko La Creme Face Renewal Miracle Essence for those brightening, smoothing, antioxidant rice ferments. . Goodal Waterest Lasting Water Oil to weightlessly fortify my skin barrier. . Holy Snails Great White, the Shark Sauce with 10% MAP vitamin C! I know MAP doesn't technically have a wait time like L-AA, but I still usually give it about 10 minutes to settle, just because. . #Hadalabo Gokujyun Premium Lotion for super hydration. . #Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence, because snail keeps my skin resilient and fast-healing. . Sheet mask: Wonjin Effect Medi Energy Infusion Concentrated Ampoule Mask. This is a super thin and comfortable mask that's somehow both drenched in essence yet totally non-drippy. No waterboarding. It's calming and contains ginger, licorice, sea water, peat water, and peptides. . Not pictured: The Cosrx snail cream that I use as eye cream. I forgot to bring it out. . Moisturizer: Sulwhasoo Timetreasure Renovating Emulsion EX, a most generous and undeserved gift from the lovely @fwetracy! I'm finally testing this out for real. It's rich enough for me to use as night moisturizer without feeling too heavy and smells like ginseng heaven. We'll see how much it can renovate over time. . Spring finally feels like it's here! . . . #skinstagram #instaskincare #skincarediary #skincareregime #pmskincare #antiaging #abcommunity #rasianbeauty #koreanskincare #abskincare #jbeauty #japaneseskincare #tbeauty #skincareaddict #beautyjunkie

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