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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Category: Missha
Makeup and skin care from major midrange Korean brand Missha.
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It has come to my attention, thanks to a post on Reddit’s Asian Beauty community, that Missha is reformulating its famous First Treatment Essence and rebranding it as First Treatment Essence Intensive. The new formulation, per Reddit user /u/naoti, ditches the licorice root extract and changes the proportions and quantities of FTE’s plant extracts. Boo. Licorice…
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I know I said that I don’t haul very much anymore because I’ve established a great skin care routine, but a couple of nights ago, I saw a 15-piece Innisfree sheet mask assortment for sale on Amazon. I have Amazon Prime and poor impulse control, so here they are. Aren’t they lovely? I’ve been in a pretty…
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The beginner stage of the Asian skin care journey can be an expensive one. Skin care is so YMMV that it’s almost inevitable you’ll end up trying and discarding at least a few products before finding the right ones for you. For a few months early last year, I felt like I was constantly receiving packages or waiting…
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Time for a review! Today we’ll be looking at the Missha Super Aqua Oxygen Micro Visible Deep Cleanser. I have a love/hate relationship with Missha. When I love their products–like the Time Revolution First Treatment Essence–I love them so much that you wouldn’t be able to pry them out of my hands if you were…