The Snailcast

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Episode 13: The Tretpisode (All About Our Experiences with Tretinoin aka. Retin-A)

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Join the snails for a looooong discussion on tretinoin, the prescription skincare drug that can help treat acne, wrinkles, and skin damage.

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Episode 12: Love Yourself–On Skin and Self-Care

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In this episode we delve into the feather-light topics of depression, motherhood, and the philosophy behind happiness–and how that all relates to kbeauty.

Mentioned in this episode:

Fiddy: “How My Elaborate Korean Skincare Routine Helps Me Fight Depression” in Fashionista

About “flow”

The outcome of Snow’s Sulwhasoo soap test: “Sulwhasoo Herbal Soap Review: The Day I Hanbanged Too Hard”

Episode 11: Condoms, Dead Things, and Shade (as Usual)

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled Snailcast for a Q&A episode featuring some burning reader questions … or maybe that’s just the scorched smell of Chel’s wallet as she’s caught in the friendly fire of the Snail Unit’s default setting: enabling mode.

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Decals Giveaway!

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Hey guys, want some spiffy custom made, artisanal, small batch, hand crafted decals to show off your love for a couple of skincare nerds?  We are giving away 5 decals to 5 lucky fans!  It’s super easy to enter.  More details below!

This giveaway is open worldwide.  Entrants must be 18 years of age or older, or must have the express permission of a parent or legal guardian to enter and receive the prize. Entries will be verified. There will be a total of five prizes and five winners. Each of the five winners will receive: 1 Snailcast decal. The Snailcast is not responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen prizes. All prizes will be shipped directly to the winner by Chel of Holy Snails. The winner is responsible for reading installing instructions before using them; The Snailcast is not responsible for the effect of any products received as part of a giveaway on skin or general health. We will notify the winners within 24 hours of the contest close. The prize winners will have 36 hours to contact us at asksnailcast@gmail.com with their mailing addresses. If any of the winners do not contact us within 36 hours, the winning entry is void and we will draw another winner. This giveaway is void where prohibited.

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Episode 10: Desert Island Skincare

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The snail unit takes a break from serious topics for a fluffy and fun episode on the 5 products we’d take with us if we were stranded on a deserted island.

Tune in for shocking sunscreen confessions, deep existential discussion on where our limitless supply of said products comes from (is it a social experiment? alien overlords? will we ever be rescued?) and whether Chris Hemsworth could, or should, be option for one of our 5 products.  Salt and shade rating: rinsing with seawater and products we love to hate of late.

 

Snow’s Picks
Goodal Mild Protect Natural Filter Sun Cream SPF50+ PA+++
Beauty of Joseon Dynasty Cream
Evercos Sheet Masks
Sulwhasoo Snowise EX Cleansing Foam
Curology

Tracy’s Picks
Glossier Milky Jelly Cleanser
Bioré Watery Essence
LJH Tea Tree Sheet Masks
SN-T Goddess Plant Stem Cell Cream
Holy Snails Snow Shark (Snowbang + Shark Sauce mixed together)

Fiddy’s Picks
Sulwhasoo Snowise EX Cleansing Foam
Curology
Senka UV Mineral Essence Sunscreen (Shisedo Senka Aging Care)
Etude House Korean Ginseng Mask
Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream

Chel’s Picks
CosRx Low pH Good Morning Gel
Illi sunscreen
AHA
Holy Snails El Dorado
Banila Co Miss Flower and Mr Honey Hydrogel

Episode 9: Talking with Coco from The Beauty Wolf

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We’re freaking psyched to be talking to Coco Park, The Beauty Wolf, this episode. Coco has been a professional makeup artist, esthetician, digital artist, and journalist–all long before most of the snailcasters took their first slide into blogging. She’s the co-author of Korean Beauty Secrets: A Practical Guide to Cutting-Edge Skincare & Makeup, a comprehensive kbeauty handbook published by Skyhorse Press in 2015 (some of the snailcasters contributed to it!).

Products Coco Mentions (where possible we’ve linked to Coco’s review^^)
Blithe Tundra Chaga Pressed Serum
VDL Lumilayer Primer
VDL Eyeshadows
Etude House Look at My Eyes Cafe Eyeshadow
Clio Lipnicure
Peripera Wholly Deep Jewel Pots
Tony Moly Backstage Gel Eyeliner
Shark Sauce
Klairs BB Cream
Innisfree Ampoule Intense Cushion
Innisfree BB Cream
It’s Skin Prestige Crème Ginseng d’Escargot
Vaseline Cocoa Butter
Too Cool for School Dinoplatz Twisty Tail Mascara

YouTubers Coco Mentions
Hover
Liah Yoo

We counted 7 mentions of “dick in this episode”–how about y’all? ahahaha Let us know in the comments below!

Episode 8: Talking with Kerry from Skin & Tonics

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This episode we’re absolutely delighted to be chatting with legendary blogger Kerry Thompson from Skin & Tonics, one of the pioneering and most influential voices that carved out the field of kbeauty blogging. She’s the co-author of Korean Beauty Secrets: A Practical Guide to Cutting-Edge Skincare & Makeup, a comprehensive kbeauty handbook published by Skyhorse Press in 2015 (some of the snailcasters contributed to it!).

What Kerry is using now

Episode 7: Hardcore Kbeauty Shopping with the Snow-Darling Subunit

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Join Snow from Snow White and the Asian Pear and Tracy, sometimes known as Darling, from fanserviced-b as they dive deep into the most extreme ways to shop for kbeauty without leaving your home.

Sites we mention that have English language, global shipping wings:

Proxy shopping services:

Shopping resources:

Ingredient Resources:

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Episode 6: The Truth about Asian Beauty Blogs and $$$

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Join Chel, Fiddy, Snow, and Tracy as we #realtalk about blogging economics including paid posts (spoiler alert: we don’t do them), sponsorship and press samples, affiliate links, and why we blog.

Episode 5: Reader Q&A #1

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The Snails answer readers’ questions:  where to go to get samples and bargains in the US, readying your routine for chemical exfoliants, whether you should get #sheetfaced over alcohol in your skincare, and more!  Listen along as we discuss face goo, evils of skincare, and why you shouldn’t be listening to that girl at the makeup counter trying to make splash masks happen.

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