It’s Saturday, and that means it’s time for SNS Saturday! As promised, I’ve got a giveaway for you guys! (more…)
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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The Snailcast made Racked’s list of 5 Beauty Podcasts to Download Immediately, in some really good company!
As many of you guys know, the Snail Unit (Snow of Snow White and the Asian Pear, Tracy from Fanserviced-B, Chel of Holy Snails and Holy Snails handmade skincare, and me, Fiddy, Fiddy Snails) has a podcast. Every two weeks, we release 45 minutes or so of #sheetfaced K-beauty and skincare talk. Many cackles and much shade are involved. The Snailcast is our place to let loose in our own voices, and the response we’ve gotten for it is amazing! Check out this Racked article that features the Snailcast as one of the 5 beauty podcasts people should listen to. Woo!
On Racked: “Here Are 5 Beauty Podcasts To Download Immediately”
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I’ve had a few bad reactions to products in my time as a K-beauty and skincare enthusiast, but never have I ever had a reaction as immediate and as bad as I did to the clay mask I used tonight. Within minutes after putting the thing on, I was in full ABORT! ABORT!! ABORT!!! mode. Let’s talk about the Skin & Lab Dr. Pore Tightening Glacial Clay Facial Mask, the better alternatives for cleaning out and minimizing the look of pores, and what masks I can count on to save my face tonight.
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Just a quickie today to announce a new thing I’m doing on my social media accounts: SNS Saturdays! Those of you who snagged Beautibi and Memebox coupon codes last Saturday have already experienced an SNS Saturday, but that initial code dump was just the beginning.
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You’ve heard me talk about it on Twitter. You’ve seen it creeping inexorably, product by product, into my skincare wardrobe. You got a taste of it when I reviewed the L’Herboflore Ginseng Anti-Aging Mask. And if you follow my Instagram, you’ve watched it work its way into my nightly skincare routine until it seems like there’s no way I could possibly add any more, except that somehow I always can. There’s always room for more. Now I’m finally ready to talk about it. And by “it,” I don’t mean sex (even though it is sometimes used as a “male vitality” treatment). I mean ginseng! Let’s dig down around this traditional herbal remedy and find out why it’s so popular in modern skincare.
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There are certain brands I constantly overlook. Like Mizon. I just don’t think about them much these days, which is a shame. Mizon might be easy for a fickle blogger to outgrow in the quest for exciting new things, but the brand’s solid if unglamorous products have a lot to offer at really reasonable prices (if you buy them from the right places). Take the Snail Wrinkle Care Sleeping Pack. Do you like snails? Do you hate wrinkles? Do you enjoy sleeping? You might like this! (more…)
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So I thought I’d try out something different today and give you guys a look at the latest addition to my skincare wardrobe and daily routine. I’ve been coveting Innisfree Jeju Lava Seawater Essence since it first appeared on Innisfree’s Instagram profile, and I stalked the new arrivals page on Jolse until it surfaced there. Then I pounced. My package arrived today, so now I have some details to share!
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While I’m not the most sciencey AB blogger (not by a long shot; I’m not even the most sciencey Snailcaster!), I do try to practice ingredient awareness both as a blogger and as a regular old skincare consumer. The more we understand ingredients and our skin’s responses to them, the better we become at picking the products that can help us achieve our personal skincare goals. Most of the time. But it’s easy to develop ingredient biases, little triggers that make our hauling fingers twitch. Sometimes these biases lead us to holy grails we can’t imagine living without. Other times? They don’t.
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The OG version of Hada Labo’s famous Gokujyun “Lotion” never held my interest for long, even though I did keep it around and occasionally changed my mind, but when I first heard about the Hada Labo Gokujyun PREMIUM Lotion, I knew I had to have it. Its five different molecular weights of hyaluronic acid called to me. FIVE. That’s a lot of different kinds of hyaluronic acid!
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If there were an official AB FAQ, “How do I fade a tan?” would be right near the top, yet it’s one of the easiest to answer (though not to do). To fade a tan, you don’t need products marketed as “whitening.” You’ll need sun protection, progressive exfoliation, melanin inhibition, and a buttload of time and patience.
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