As some of you might know, I am on a one year very-low-buy. An over-abundant skincare wardrobe brings some people happiness. Recently, its been giving me anxiety. My goal is to emerge on the other side of this no buy with a carefully curated assortment of skincare products that brings me joy with every single … Continue reading Everything I’m Using Right Now – Spring 2018 Skincare Routine
You know the drill. Here are the things I emptied and now get to throw away: Disclaimer: All products purchased by me unless indicated next to the product name. This post does contain affiliate links. Purchasing an item through an affiliate link does not add any cost to the customer but does help support this … Continue reading Q1 2018 Empties
One of my college roommates was obsessed with drinking kombucha, a rather expensive habit for a college student, so she made her own. At any given time, there were two jumbo sized mason jars that sat on our bookshelf in which resided a pancake sized and shaped SCOBY that would scare many an unsuspecting visitor. … Continue reading Ingredient Spotlight: Bifida Ferment Lysate
Lately, I've been really, really into sake products and after many late nights browsing google-translated Japanese shopping sites pondering where this obsession comes from, finally concluded I have a weird nostalgic attachment to how sake smells. More so than any other month, Autumn is the season for nostalgia and so it feels like an appropriate … Continue reading Kuramoto Bijin Hakumai Ferment Milk and Hakumai Fermentation Lotion Review
Disclaimer: All Swanicoco items mentioned except the Snail Fermentation Snail Emulsion were provided to me at no cost as press samples. All opinions expressed are my own. This post contains affiliate links. Purchasing an item through an affiliate link does not add any cost to the customer but does help support this site’s upkeep. My … Continue reading Summer 2017 Empties
With most product reviews, I take scattered notes on my phone and when my SO is watching a boring basketball game, I sit down, piece everything together into a review. While reviewing my notes on the Hydrating Waterfull products, I couldn't help but feel the resulting review/s might would be too repetitive to the reviews … Continue reading Swanicoco Hydrating Waterfull, Snail Fermentation, and Fermentation Care SkinToner and Emulsion Review
This is what 3 months worth of empties look like! Cheating a bit by including one (large) hair product, but everything else is skincare. Disclaimer: All products featured in this post were purchased by me, except for 3: Stratia Velvet Cleansing Milk was a gift from Stratia. The Nov L&W cream was a deluxe sample … Continue reading March – May Empties
Opening new products can be exciting in a lot of different ways. With some brands (Blossom Jeju, Papa Recipe), I eagerly anticipate the delicious scents the product is sure to reveal. With cushion foundations, the joy lies in dipping a finger (or rubycell puff if you're good) into an untouched sponge. With Swanicoco products, particularly … Continue reading Swanicoco Swan Cream Review
Of all the items Ippin was kind enough to send me to try, these three from Cotte were the ones I was super excited about. I love sake based skincare - my skin has a history of responding well to rice based products - and Cotte is the skincare line of 95 year old Hakkaisan … Continue reading Cotte Face Gel, Face Mask, and Hand Cream Review
It's the first second week of march which means it's time for a roundup of items I emptied in February. From Left to Right in the picture above: A.True Sweet Song Black Tea One-Step Cleansing Water This cleansing water is ok. It removes most of my makeup easily but stings my eyes and dries my skin … Continue reading February Empties
