Skincare, beauty, mental health, productivity, and hamster butts
Lately I keep thinking about how long I’ve been using and writing about Korean skincare. It’s been a looong time. Almost ten years, to be exact. I wandered into Reddit’s Skincare Addiction community sometime in 2013 and very quickly followed the mysterious mentions of “Korean snail essence” to the much smaller but already fervently dedicated [...]
This post is sponsored by Reflect Beauty. By the Reflect Beauty Team Let’s Recap The last 4 weeks were pretty epic. We identified and honored the very best in makeup, hair, and skin products that meet the unique beauty needs of multicultural women, aka the products WE use on the regular! Each week, the Reflect [...]
By Nikki Walton Sponsored by ReflectBeauty.com A few years ago, in the hopes of preserving my sexy, I sat down and consumed a ton of those trending, ‘What Would You Tell Your 20-Year-Old Self?’ beauty articles, and found that no matter her race, or ethnicity, she was basically like, “drink your water, stay SPF’ed, don’t [...]
This post is sponsored by Reflect Beauty. Ready to discover the best of makeup, haircare, and skincare for the needs of multicultural women? Welcome to Makeup Week of the first-ever Reflect Beauty Awards! Here’s my perspective on makeup, as an Asian American woman of a certain age. The YouTube and Instagram beauty guru trend of [...]
This post is sponsored by Reflect Beauty. Much like makeup and skincare, haircare needs can vary by ethnicity. The Reflect Beauty Awards celebrate the best of beauty for women of all ethnicities, so here are my two cents on Asian hair and what many of us need! It’s impossible to boil down the diversity of [...]
By guest blogger Cat of Snow White and the Asian Pear You know what's a terrible idea? Copying someone else's skincare routine step-for-step, especially if they have a different skin type than you, live in a different climate, and have completely different skin goals. Naturally, that meant that when the idea of swapping skincare routines with [...]
My latest delivery from Sulwhasoo US caused me extreme mixed emotions. The 20th anniversary limited edition First Care Activating Serum EX made me feel like my son last Christmas when his cool uncle got him the Cozmo. The newly launched First Care Activating Masks, on the other hand, gave me a shiver of mingled excitement and [...]
There's a fine, fine line between effective exfoliation and too much exfoliation. (Finer than the fine lines that we're trying to minimize here.) Finding that line can be a challenge, since it's so fine and its location varies so much from person to person. Some people do best with little to no exfoliation. Others like to use [...]
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 as a reason to spread the love...of skincare! Be warned, though. Gifting skincare can be hazardous, especially if you're giving it to a skincare newbie. It can be [...]
The skincare routine post is a staple of AB blogs, and I've done my fair share. Routine posts are challenging for me because my own routine changes constantly as I choose what my skin needs the most from my unreasonably large beauty stash. Most of the time, I prefer to document what I'm using on my Instagram instead of [...]
Fifty Shades of Snail 