Sponsored: Nuts for Coconuts, feat. Health+Harmony Coconut and Lime Body Care
I’m sometimes asked to share my body care routine, and until recently, I had to fend off requests with a wave of my hand and a ton of secret shame. […]
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Category Archives: Hype Watch
Skin care isn’t all snake oil, but a lot of it is. Hype Watch takes a critical look at trendy buzzwords and face care fads to help you develop a resistance to meaningless marketing hype.
There Are No Magic Ingredients, Part 1: The Limitations of Extracts in Skincare
Let’s talk ingredients! Only this time, instead of talking about all the wonderful things that our favorite ingredients can do, let’s talk about some of the times when those favored […]
Do You Need Actives in Your Skincare Routine?
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 […]
Smart Skincare Shopping: Managing Skincare Product Expectations
There’s a predatory side to the beauty industry, a shadowy underbelly where cosmetics marketers reinforce societal pressures and exploit consumers’ personal insecurities to sell product. One way to deal with this ugly reality […]
Casual Quickie: My Skincare and K-Beauty Biases
While I’m not the most sciencey AB blogger (not by a long shot; I’m not even the most sciencey Snailcaster!), I do try to practice ingredient awareness both as a blogger […]
Debut Review: Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream
I don’t generally participate in team kill reviews, where shops send a specific product out to a number of bloggers to deliberately generate hype. But I recently made an exception for Wishtrend, owner of the […]
6 K-Beauty Myths to Chuck Like a Moldy Cream, Part 2
Okay, where were we? When we left off, we’d covered the first three of six K-beauty myths that I’d like to see put to bed…forever. We’ve established that K-beauty does […]
6 K-Beauty Myths to Chuck Like a Moldy Cream, Part 1
It’s human nature to fill in the gaps in our knowledge with myth and superstition. We’ve been doing it since the dawn of recorded civilization, spreading and passing down stories […]
Jen from Beautibi Talks Taiwanese Sheet Masks
For a Taiwanese American sheet mask lover who’s been using Asian skincare almost exclusively for nearly two years now, I sure did take a long time to get into Taiwanese […]
COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence and COSRX Advanced Snail 92 All In One Cream Reviews
Fiddy reviews COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence and Advanced Snail 92 All In One Cream.
