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: Masks
A fun occasional addition to your daily routine, sheet masks, clay masks, and face scrubs provide instant results. Ideal for special occasions or just to treat your skin. Also great for scaring roommates, significant others, spouses, children, household staff, delivery people, and pets.
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: flexibility is critical to maintaining healthy skin. Your skin is a complex living ecosystem, subject to all sorts of ever-changing influences, like diet, lifestyle, stress levels, living environment, overall climate, and day-to-day fluctuations in the weather. And if that wasn’t complicated enough, just about anyone’s skin…
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I was looking through my bins o’ sheet masks earlier and found myself drawn to the ElishaCoy Honey & Royal Jelly. As my eyes scanned down the front of the packet, however, my attraction quickly turned to some straight-up WUT. Why, you ask? Let’s take a closer look. Let that sink in. Maybe reading a…
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Good morning! At least, I hope it’s a good morning for you. But if it isnt, if you haven’t gotten enough sleep or you just aren’t feeling your best, why not try to make time in your regular skin care ritual for an eye mask? Typically made out of either the same thin pulp or…
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After many trials and tribulations, I’m finally ready to review the My Beauty Diary Mandelic Acid Brightening Mask! But before we get into it, let’s talk about this mask’s learning curve. Because I’ve never before encountered a mask that had a learning curve. They wouldn’t have had a learning curve if I’d bothered to read…
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Happy Monday, everyone! Over the weekend, Fifty Shades of Snail hit 40,000 pageviews. I only started this blog in February, so this feels huge for me, and I’d like to hand out some gifts as a way of thanking you all for being such a great and loyal audience! That’s where this “My AB Story”…
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Though these lace Hey! Pinkgo Girl (alternative name: Hey! Apple Girl) sheet masks have been around for a couple of years, with some positive reviews from bloggers I like despite ho-hum ingredients lists, I didn’t pick any up until recently. I was excited to try one. I really wish I could say I liked it. Purpose:…
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So I tried out the My Beauty Diary Platinum Mandelic Acid Brightening Mask for the first time tonight, and I was pissed off for the entire 30 minutes I had it on because of the mask sheet material. The blue mask sheet was thick, stiff, and would not conform to my features or adhere to…
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“Natural” and DIY skin care advocates have long recommended the use of straight lemon juice to brighten skin and fade dark spots. Unfortunately, that’s really not a good idea. Undiluted citrus juices can be far too acidic, even capable of causing chemical burns; they can also be irritating and photosensitizing, leading to increased sun damage…
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Let me just say up front that I love these masks so much they make me want to pollinate something. If you know what I mean. My first five-pack of Banila Co Miss Flower & Mr Honey hydrogel masks was the result of a small impulse haul from the Memebox site–the same haul that got…
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Hydrogel masks! They’re a little on the pricey side, so when I see them on sale, I jump all over them. That’s how I ended up with my Innisfree hydrogel mask haul, which introduced me to this, the first hydrogel mask that I haven’t loved. Sigh. Purpose: The Innisfree Green Tea Hydro Gel Mask claims…
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