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: Japan
Japanese skin care and makeup hauls, reviews, swatches, and how-tos.
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The other day, I read an article on Refinery29 about a Japanese blush style that sounded like it might work for me. The method involves placing the blush quite high up on the cheeks and blending it out horizontally rather than at the angle of the cheekbones. It creates a more youthful, soft, and round-cheeked appearance…
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It may sound like total insanity to start tailoring one’s daily skin care routine based on the weather forecast, but, you know, it is what it is, and I accept who I am, so I’m okay with that. Late last week, I caught a local weather forecast that predicted a very warm and dry weekend.…
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It’s a lovely sunny day where I am, the perfect kind of day for a soft spring look. This quick and easy FOTD builds a little extra pink on top of my everyday makeup look and only takes about 5 to 10 minutes to do. Products, tools, and some tips for short and stubborn Asian…
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Post updated 6/25/16. Everyone has an inner conflict. Here’s (one of) mine: I love getting my skin very, very clean, but I hate all the cleansers that feel like they actually get that job done. If you want healthy skin, you need clean skin. Left on for too long, dirt, oil, dead skin, sunscreen, and…
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Well! Finally managed to take a few selfies that don’t make me cringe and want to live in a cave forever, so here’s my first FOTD. Pictures taken in indirect natural light, a few feet away from the bedroom window at midday. Product list and tools below! Product list: Skin: Missha M Perfect Cover BB…
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Four bottles are ordered and on their way to me at this very moment, and I can honestly say I’ve never been so excited to receive a sunscreen before. The only flaw I found in the old PA+++ version was that it wasn’t PA++++, so there’s a good chance the updated formula will be my…
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The beginner stage of the Asian skin care journey can be an expensive one. Skin care is so YMMV that it’s almost inevitable you’ll end up trying and discarding at least a few products before finding the right ones for you. For a few months early last year, I felt like I was constantly receiving packages or waiting…
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Note from Auntie Snail: This post was updated on 4/23/2015 to reflect some new information I’ve read about effective sunscreen quantities. I spent most of my twenties wondering why my face was still getting tanned (sun damage) and why I was still getting dark spots on my cheeks (sun damage) even though I tried to wear…
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