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: Naruko
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Skincare products come and go, but these regularly repurchased holy grails are here to stay.
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It’s funny thinking about it now, but I actually didn’t get into skincare at all until I was 33. Before then, I typically washed my face with whatever decently priced and usually scrubby facial cleanser was on sale at the drugstore. I thought the dry, tight, desperate-for-moisturizer feeling I got after every wash meant my…
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These six day creams deliver hydration and moisture without greasiness or long drying times.
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Quickie today! I’m sorry for the lack of posts lately–there’s been a lot going on, but I’ll be back at you with fresh reviews very soon. Affiliate links in this post are marked with an asterisk(*). In the meantime, three announcements: Early in the morning, I’ll be flying out to NEW YORK CITY!!! To meet…
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So I was looking at Instagram today when a DM came in from my longtime beautyfriend Rachel at Naruko US, letting me know that she’d created a coupon code for my readers for a few items she knows I like a lot. At first I was like, “Ooh, that’s so nice!” And then I realized…
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It’s that time again…time to announce some giveaway winners! The 10 winners of the Naruko x Fifty Shades of Snail CNY “Year of the Cock” giveaway, randomly selected by Rafflecopter, are: 1. Stephanie Moore 2. Luna Gray 3. Caitlyn Ferdinand 4. Jen Anderson 5. Marta Kubic 6. Pamela Puglisi 7. Amy Casanova 8. Minna Chow…
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With the Lunar New Year just behind us, let’s get the Year of the Cock started out right with another nice big giveaway from Naruko US!
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They may not be as exciting as serums and ampoules, but hydrating toners are some of my favorite Asian beauty products. One such hydrating toner is the very clearly named Naruko Jingcheng 60 Actives Youth Activating Enhancer. Personally, I think we should all know from the name exactly what this thing does, but just in case you’re…
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2016 was a pretty wild year in a lot of ways. Even my face got a taste of the turmoil. I tried a lot of different products from a lot of different brands this year, and while some of those products were truly great (and I appreciate the opportunity to try them all), others…weren’t. I took…
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My skincare closet is overflowing with bottles and jars, and not all of them have stuff in them anymore. It’s time for a purge!
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