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: AHAs
Alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) help detach dead skin cells from the epidermis to reveal the fresher, brighter, smoother and more youthful layers of living skin underneath. Their uses range from the treatment of closed comedones to the fading of age spots and the stimulation of collagen growth for younger-looking skin.
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Self-perception is whack. Because we see ourselves in the mirror every day, we often fail to see changes taking place over time. Sometimes the brain refuses to perceive changes and keeps showing us the same image of ourselves we used to see. Other times, the brain continually rewrites our self-image, tricking us into thinking we’ve…
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It’s that time of year again! The clocks have shifted back an hour, darkness falls before 6pm, Mariah Carey has risen from her slumber to lay claim to her rightful season of power, and the days have begun their inexorable march to that date that basically every brand and retailer in the United States waits…
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I don’t post nearly as much here as I do on Instagram, but I am always writing something! Here are my latest articles on other sites. GlowieCo and I have developed a good relationship primarily based on our shared love of Taiwanese sheet masks. I’ve wanted to write a big sheet mask ingredient guide for…
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Recognize the signs of overexfoliation and learn how to treat and prevent it for improved skin health.
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I almost didn’t write this review. A couple of months ago, my friend Tracy at Fanserviced-B published her extensive and detailed review of Sunday Riley Good Genes, and I wasn’t sure, when I started testing the product, that I’d have anything to add to the conversation. The more time I spent with Good Genes, however,…
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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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I have a complicated relationship with AHAs. They’re some of the most proven actives around for my skin concerns (brightening and anti-aging), but over the past year, I’ve looked for ways to pull back on them rather than go harder. Thanks to prescription tretinoin, I generally seek out products to strengthen my barrier rather than further thin it…
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I know I haven’t been great about answering comments and questions here latelyand I’m super sorry and am working to catch up!, but since I manually approve every comment that comes through, I have still been reading them. Lately I’ve noticed one particular type of question come up more often than most. Lots of you…
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The most recent episode of the Snailcast was all about acids and how to exfoliate safely and effectively, and I’m super bummed because I wasn’t able to join thanks to moving hassles. But the topic got me thinking about acids and reminded me that I’ve been doing mine in a different way than I used to. A…
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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 much has been happening with my life and my skin! Which sounds dire but in reality isn’t. Even when I’ve been let down by something I’d been…
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