Yuri Pibu Artichoke Power Essence Review

I generally don't pay much attention when stores rave about their own products, because, of course they would, but that changes when they start picking favorites in a big way, like Glow Recipe did with this essence. I saw this post on Instagram, checked the ingredients and saw artichoke and ceramides on the list, and needed to have …

March and April Empties

I haven't done an empties post since February, so there are lots of items in this post! Muji Sensitive Skin Cleansing Oil Previously reviewed. This is the best cleansing oil I've ever used! Acwell Bubble-Free pH Balanced Cleanser Previously reviewed. This cleanser doesn't play nicely with my face so I used it up as a hand …

COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence Review

I used to swim 2 hours a day, 11 months out of the year, and I played water polo before my high school even had a team, so when I moved to Southern California and decided to take up surfing, I assumed it would come naturally. I have probably a record number of battle scars …

Acwell Bubble-Free pH Balancing Cleanser Review

I've been agonizing over this review for quite some time now because, well, do you guys remember this song? When I shop for second cleansers, I have a list of deal breakers and pitfalls, such as having a high pH, producing foam, sodium lauryl sulfate or papain, because my skin doesn't tolerate those things well. This cleanser avoids every …

February Empties

See my January empties here. I just wrapped up part 1 of a project at work that has completely taken over my life the past couple of weeks. I'm hoping to make some progress on the backlog of posts I have in my draft file, but in the meantime, here is a quick rundown of …

Muji Sensitive Skin Cleansing Oil

I used to live with a girl who was manically obsessed with cleansiness and organization and who, following a trip to Italy, came back with a suitcase full of not only cashmere tights and Schoko-Bons, but also pens, containers, and storage tools she had purchased from a "Japanese, brand-less store" called Muji. This was my first introduction …

January Empties

Quick post for today! In a continuing effort to stop buying new things and actually use up things that I have, I will be sharing which products I've used up every month. As such, here are the things I've used up in January: Let's Cure Honeybunny 40 Propolis Ampoule - full review here Of all …

Quality 1st All in One Sheet Mask Review

Like most other people, every January I always feel the desire to be an overall better person. As it relates to my skincare hobby, I’ve resolved to be a more conscientious and less wasteful consumer. The main goal for the first part of this year is to get my stash of products down to a …

Swanicoco Skin Expert One Step Fermentation Snail Care Emulsion Review

If companies were graded on their ingredient lists, Swanicoco would be class valedictorian. Every single one of their products is chock-full of amazing sounding ferments, peptides, extracts, and other droll-worthy ingredients. Unfortunately, their products are not the easiest to come by (yet! hopefully) in the States so when this emulsion popped up on Testerkorea, I jumped …

Skin Watchers Original Facial Oil Review

This is one of the many face oils I picked up at the end of last year when trying to combat excessive winter skin dryness. This is not one of my favorites and I wasn't going to review it but I have a funny (ish) story regarding it so I wanted to share. But first …