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: Korea
Korean skin care and makeup hauls, reviews, swatches, and how-tos.
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Hooray! The weekend is finally here. That means I can kick back and start working through the backlog of product reviews I’ve been planning. First up: the biggest disappointment I’ve encountered during my sheet mask journey, the Innisfree It’s Real Squeeze Mask in Bija. (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ Purpose: The Innisfree It’s Real Squeeze Mask in Bija claims…
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Sale alert! From today through this coming Sunday, March 26 – March 29 EST, Etude House is having a Spring Weekend Sale with free shipping on orders over $50! And since I’ve been falling more deeply in love with the Etude House I Need You! sheet masks with every mask I use, now seems like a great…
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Man. I haven’t gotten the chance to try out so many new products, all at once, since I first started getting into Asian skin care. I got really lucky this month and got my hands on some really interesting things, and while it’s too early for me to write up thorough reviews of them, I’m…
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I talk a lot on this blog about anti-aging skin care ingredients, products, and routines, and I’ve even covered some good habits for healthy skin. There’s no doubt about it, the best way to prevent visible signs of aging is to take proper care of your skin. But I’ve also shown you some of my…
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Did you think I was done with reviewing sheet masks? Not even close! I’ve got over fifty stashed in my crisper as we speak, and I’m having a blasty blast trying out all the different varieties and figuring out which ones I love (and don’t love). Today we’re going to take a look at my…
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I love seaweed. It’s one of my favorite foods that are not Chinese restaurant spareribs. I love seaweed in soup, I love it crisp and wrapped around a nice big mound of spicy salmon and rice, and I could eat about a hundred strips of seasoned nori at a time. So when a box of sheet…
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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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I’m deathly afraid of bees, but I love honey. It’s an amazing glaze on hams and carrots, and a drizzle on buttered biscuits is like an express ticket to tastebud heaven. I like it in fried chicken batter and I like it in tea. It soothes sore throats, and, if kept properly, it never spoils. And…
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It’s amazing to see Asian skin care and cosmetics, especially the huge K-beauty side of it, making waves Stateside. Investors like Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang seem to agree, as the $29M that Korean beauty box company Memebox just raised to achieve its global ambitions shows. In today’s link, Forbes.com talks about Memebox’s rise and plans for…
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Note: This post was updated on March 9, 2015 with some additional notes on product fragrance. It took me a long time to get over my resistance to BB creams. I’ve always thought of BB creams as just another variety of “concealment” makeup, which isn’t my thing. My approach towards makeup focuses on enhancement rather than concealment.…
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