High protection with a weightless, invisible finish: Missha All Around Safe Block Aqua Sun Gel almost has it all.
Updated Review: Missha All Around Safe Block Aqua Sun Gel SPF 50+ PA++++
Category: Holy Grails
These are my absolute favorite products, the ones that stand head and shoulders above the competition.
Review: Sulwhasoo Timetreasure Invigorating Sleeping Mask
I'm upset. I'm upset to have fallen in love with a product. I haven't been this upset since the last time I fell in love with a lavishly priced Sulwhasoo mask, the Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Creamy Mask, and that was back in 2017. The only reason I'm not more upset right now is that while [...]
Review: NIOD Copper Amino Isolate Serum 2:1 (CAIS2)
This review has been a long time coming. Not just because it typically takes me at least one or two months to determine whether a "serious" (e.g. anti-aging or spot fading) product actually does anything for me, but also because I've had a bias against Deciem brands for the longest time. Especially against NIOD, the [...]
The Super Seven: Skincare Classics I Never Want to Go Without
These seven Korean and Japanese skincare products stand the test of time.
I Got Snail on My Eye: COSRX Advanced Snail 92 All In One Cream as Eye Cream
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 [...]
Beauty Monogamy: My Long-Term (Skincare) Relationships
Skincare products come and go, but these regularly repurchased holy grails are here to stay.
HGs Revisited: Sulwhasoo US Lunar New Year Special Editions
After all the salt I spewed over the weekend, I'm glad to have something positive to talk about. The Year of the Dog is almost upon us, and that means Lunar New Year promotions and specials. Sulwhasoo's LNY promotions feature several of my longtime favorite skincare products, which I'm already determined to get onto as [...]
A Good Low pH Cleanser Isn’t Hard to Find (Anymore)
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 [...]
My Top 6 Day Moisturizers for Spring and Summer
These six day creams deliver hydration and moisture without greasiness or long drying times.
Review: Amorepacific Intensive Vitalizing Eye Essence
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. The product reviewed in this post was provided by a Fifty Shades of Snail [...]
