I don’t know what it is about Asian beauty products, but holy cow, seriously, what’s up with the names? They’re so ridiculously long! I say this because I’ve found my holy grail of cleansers, and the name is a dozy. Are you ready? It’s the Innisfree Jeju Bija Anti-Trouble Cleansing Gel. Yeah, I’m going to call … More My HG cleanser with the ridiculously long name
It occurs to me that I have not been very good about recording what sheet masks I’ve tried out. While my local TJMaxx did not stock popular AB brands like My Beauty Diary or Naisture or Leaders, they did have a crap ton of other brands I’d never heard of like Global Beauty Care. (I … More Sheet masks!
It’s been a week of solid testing and, I’m excited! Meet my first ever holy grail item! This is a facial oil by A’pieu called Essential Source Rose Hips Facial Oil. I love it. I use it as an occlusive moisturizer at the end of my evening routine to seal in the moisture on my face. I’ve … More My First Holy Grail Item!
So. Over the course of a week, I noticed that my skin was getting little, angry red bumps. At first, I thought it was due to all the house work we’ve been doing lately on fixing up the house we bought. (The ceilings hadn’t been painted in 30 years, to start. They’re getting painted and … More Humble pie – or I should have listened to everyone else about patch testing.
So, I started my journey with asian beauty products around October of 2014. It’s been pretty great so far, I’ve gotten rid of the wretched, dry, flaky patches of skin that have plagued me skin puberty. One of the first two products I added to my “beauty routine” included Skinfood’s Black Sugar Cleansing Oil. The … More After 7 months of Skinfood
The Quest for the Golden Nautilus 