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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Tag: Barrier repair
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Man. Time sure flies when you’re taking your fine lines and sunspots to church with actives so powerful that only licensed medical professionals can provide them. I’m now in my third month on Curology prescription skincare. I’ve gone from 0.012% to 0.02% to 0.05% tretinoin, one bottle at a time (with the first, weakest prescription…
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Here in boringly sunny southern California, the temperatures have finally dropped, the leaves on the few trees that are not palm trees have started to kind of change color, the humidity has plummeted, and my struggles with winter-dry skin have begun. My Curology prescription is absolutely crushing my old sunspots and slowly but surely smoothing away…
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6/23/16: Soo Ae, the manufacturer of these masks, recently updated their packaging for the US market. I’ve compared the ingredients lists and verified that it has not changed, meaning that the mask’s ingredients have always been compliant with US regulations regarding ingredient order. Woo! I’ve also updated purchasing links and stuck a gallery of new packaging…
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Disclosing Snail Discloses: The product reviewed in this post was given to me by Cupidrop for my feedback and unbiased review. If you have any questions about my rules for accepting press samples, please check out my sponsorship policy or get in touch with me directly. For something that comes in such small quantities, eye…
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Crazy Snail Lady Note: The cleansers discussed in this post were given to me by retailers for review. To learn more about my sponsorship policy and testing schedule, please visit this page. There are no referral or affiliate links in this post. About a week ago, I posted some teaser news about one of my…
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Well hello, honey. It’s good to see you back. ლ(´◉❥◉`ლ) Ever since I discovered the joys of honey and propolis, I’ve been finding more and more ways to get the sweet stuff into my routine and loving just about every bee product I try. But as great as serums and ampoules and sheet masks are, they’re just not as integral as…
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Few skin care ingredients make me as happy as niacinamide does. Niacinamide is one of the few actives that I actively (ha, ha) seek out in my skin care products, and I’m always a little disappointed in products that don’t contain any. I just can never get enough of the stuff. Here’s why. What is…