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: Eye Creams
Not everyone needs an eye cream–plenty of people get by just fine with dabbing a bit of their face cream around their eyes–but there are some standout eye creams tailor-made to treat the unique skin issues of the eye area.
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One night a few months ago, a terrible thing happened. I went to put on my eye cream–at the time, I was using the Su:m37 Secret Repair Concentrated Eye Cream–and discovered that I’d scraped the entire jar empty. I further discovered a distinct lack of other eye creams in my beauty product black hole of…
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This will be quick, much like my time with Sunday Riley’s Auto Correct Brightening and Depuffing Eye Contour Cream. One week after starting this product, I’m throwing in the towel. Auto Correct is nearly unbearable for me to use, and my experience has made me so churlish that I need to share my reasons why.
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Find out why I detest Klairs Gentle Black Deep Cleansing Oil. Sunday Riley C.E.O. Rapid Flash Brightening Serum, and Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Concentrate Matrix.
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Christopher Walken once said that Winston Churchill once said that “the eyes are the windows of your face,” and I’ve been thinking about that quote a lot lately as I’ve gathered my notes for this review of Amorepacific Intensive Vitalizing Eye Essence.
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Part 1 | Part 3 It’s a hard life, beauty blogging. Much like the hunter-gatherers of prehistoric times, we bloggers enjoy periods of plentyof awesome new beauty finds but also suffer through long spells of hungerfor great skincare. And much like those Paleo nomads of ancient days, we record our victories and defeats for posterity. They did…
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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. But I recently realized that some things never get banished from the basket, even for a night. That got me thinking about the ways my…
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You’ve heard me talk about it on Twitter. You’ve seen it creeping inexorably, product by product, into my skincare wardrobe. You got a taste of it when I reviewed the L’Herboflore Ginseng Anti-Aging Mask. And if you follow my Instagram, you’ve watched it work its way into my nightly skincare routine until it seems like there’s no way…
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Disclosing Snail Discloses: The product reviewed in this post was given to me by Cupidrop for my feedback and unbiased review. If you have any questions about my rules for accepting press samples, please check out my sponsorship policy or get in touch with me directly. For something that comes in such small quantities, eye…
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As you may have noticed, my routine is an ever-evolving thing. Our skin condition isn’t static, and for best results, we should adapt our routine on a day-to-day basis to account for things like weather and other environmental changes, as well as for our own health and skin conditions and anything else that might affect…
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If you’ve checked out my skin care routine in the last month or so, you may have noticed a few changes. I’ve made some additions and subtractions and marked the products that are currently in the testing phase. Flexibility is critical when you’re trying to make sure that your skin remains in its best possible…
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