10/12/2022 note: This article originally appeared on the now-defunct Kalista Edit. At some point I wasn’t aware of, both the site and my article vanished. I’ve edited…… Read more “How to Ask for Skincare Advice Online, Part Two: What Questions to Ask to Get Helpful Answers”
Category: Shopping Guides
2016 Holiday Gift Guide: K-Beauty Gift Sets for Beauty Lovers in Their 20s and 30s
Happy Black Friday and welcome back to the 2016 Holiday Gift Guide series, hosted by me and my friend Christina Hello! In our first installments, I gave…… Read more “2016 Holiday Gift Guide: K-Beauty Gift Sets for Beauty Lovers in Their 20s and 30s”
2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Skincare Gifting Dos and Don’ts & Gift Ideas for Asian Beauty Beginners
Holiday gifting season is almost here (AGAIN, wtf, where did the year go?). If you’re anything like me, you’re feeling the temptation to use the gifting season…… Read more “2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Skincare Gifting Dos and Don’ts & Gift Ideas for Asian Beauty Beginners”
My Top 9 Sheet Masks on Amazon Prime
While recording the Snailcast a while ago, Chel and I got to reminiscing about the early days of AB life. Just a couple of years ago, hauls were…… Read more “My Top 9 Sheet Masks on Amazon Prime”
#Enabled: May Skincare Purchases and the Stories Behind Them (aka Shopping Habits of a Beauty Blogger)
As a beauty blogger, I make a lot of skincare purchases. Many more, I imagine, than a typical non-blogger beauty consumer would. We’ve talked a bit about…… Read more “#Enabled: May Skincare Purchases and the Stories Behind Them (aka Shopping Habits of a Beauty Blogger)”
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…… Read more “Smart Skincare Shopping: Managing Skincare Product Expectations”
K-Beauty Shopping with Fiddy! Memebox Mini-Review Megapost and Discount
So I was idly browsing Memebox US and adding things to my cart, as I do, when I realized that a shopping guide would be a much more constructive…… Read more “K-Beauty Shopping with Fiddy! Memebox Mini-Review Megapost and Discount”
Asian Skincare Shopping Tips: When to Pass on Tempting Products
In the AB world, the graveyard of regrettable purchases stretches for miles in every direction, a barren and blighted necropolis marked by inexplicably cute headstones and forever haunted by…… Read more “Asian Skincare Shopping Tips: When to Pass on Tempting Products”
Shopping with Fiddy! Jolse Surprise Sale, COSRX Low pH Cleanser Coupon, and Open Post
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…… Read more “Shopping with Fiddy! Jolse Surprise Sale, COSRX Low pH Cleanser Coupon, and Open Post”
Shopping with Fiddy! Put Together a Simple (or Starter) Asian Beauty Routine with Amazon Prime
If you’re just getting into Asian skincare through the coverage it’s been receiving in the Western media, you may be feeling really overwhelmed. It’s all too common…… Read more “Shopping with Fiddy! Put Together a Simple (or Starter) Asian Beauty Routine with Amazon Prime”
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