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: News
News about the Japanese and Korean skin care industries and how Asian skin care is giving the Western cosmetics industry a run for customers’ money.
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The products featured in this post were provided for review by Memebox US. All opinions and recommendations in this post are my own unless otherwise noted. Learn more about my rules for store partnerships by checking out my sponsorship policy and sponsor list. The first step I made towards developing a solid skincare routine was to start double cleansing to gently…
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The shop featured in this post is a Fifty Shades of Snail sponsor and, along with other Fifty Shades of Snail sponsors, provided some of the products mentioned below for review. Press samples are marked with an asterisk. This post does not contain affiliate links. Hey, guys! Who loves sales? I love sales! I love…
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My days of wildly hauling huge quantities of unfamiliar products are mostly behind me, but every once in a while, the urge strikes and then things like this happen: I’m set for months for new products to test and have already tried a few of the many things I hauled. Some have been winners that I’ve already…
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The product featured in this post was provided for review by COSRX. Affiliate links are marked with an asterisk(*). Finally! Some of us have been waiting since all the way back in May for the COSRX low-pH facial cleanser. For me, dreams came true on September 14, when I got a package in the mail from COSRX…
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Hi guys! Just a quick note to say that my introductory blog post is now live on the Memebox blog. Click here to read “K-Beauty Fun with Fiddy” and to get a Memebox 30% off coupon code for some of my favorite Korean skincare products! We will return shortly with our regularly scheduled programming.
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*Or at least household name status Despite having never bought a single beauty box in my life (I’m picky and not the biggest fan of surprises), I’ve somehow developed a huge fondness for Memebox. I discovered some of my all-time favorite masks on Memebox (the Freeset Donkey Milk Aqua and Donkey Milk Healing and the practically legendary Banila…
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No, not that kind. PocketDerm!
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As both a skincare blogger and a skincare fan (hobbyist? fanatic?), I’ve always been mildly bothered by the unavoidable subjectivity of the typical skincare product review. There are a lot of “feel” statements–“My skin feels more hydrated”–without many objective data points. I do it a lot myself, and I hate it. I’ve been longing to find…
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Crazy Snail Disclosures: Samples of the products featured in this post were sent to me by The Beauty Shelf for testing. If you have any questions about my standards for accepting press samples, please see my sponsorship policy or contact me directly. This post contains affiliate links. Of all the beauty tools I’ve tried since…
