Got a snail craving that K-beauty and Asian cosmetics blogs no longer fully satisfy? The beauty bloggers behind Snow White and the Asian Pear, fanserviced-b, Fifty Shades of Snail, and Holy Snails are here to give you your fix in this podcast featuring Korean skincare, the Asian beauty industry, and behind-the-scenes blogger confessions. We may be snails, but slugs will be salted.
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Got a snail craving that K-beauty and Asian cosmetics blogs no longer fully satisfy? The beauty bloggers behind Snow White and the Asian Pear, fanserviced-b, Fifty Shades of Snail, and Holy Snails are here to give you your fix in this podcast featuring Korean skincare, the Asian beauty industry, and behind-the-scenes blogger confessions. We may be snails, but slugs will be salted.
The snail unit discusses the evolution of self-care from activist motto to marketing slogan. canceling plans is ok. staying home to cook is ok. disappearing for a bit to get your life together is ok. resurfacing in a foreign country with a new name 10 years later is ok. it’s called self care — Kevin...Read More »
From the vault (April 2017): The snails gather at Tracy’s House and talk about the products they found inside. First in-person meeting of @thesnailcast was a smashing success! Much food was eaten, much #kbeauty browsing was done, we recorded a couple of episodes, and we even went and caught EXO in concert! I love the...Read More »
The Holy Fan duo discuss their adventures at the Cosmoprof beauty trade show, the most interesting products from the show, and the dangers of overly curious cleaning ladies when you have something to hide. Resources: Tracy’s Cosmoprof post Honey Baby Naturals Nairian’s site The company that makes dissolving poof stuff and travel balls Tracy’s pussy...Read More »
Join the Snailcast for their first ever in-person recording. The team talks brick-and-mortar versus online shopping, ironic Instagram wine, dick-shaped bath bomb molds, and the compatibility of bb cream and foundation with sunscreen. Also food. Lots of food. [Apologies for the extra bad audio quality of this episode; we literally sat around the dining room table...Read More »
The snail unit dreams up fantastical futuristic skincare, and end up talking about catfishing, commercial cannibalism, and copycat curation. Resources Tracy’s Avecko post Cat and Kahime’s Avecko post Snailcast sponsorship ep Tracy’s list of blogs and Instagrams to follow Fiddy’s cannibal mushrooms Tracy’s stem cell skincare article on Racked Non-shady shop picks Fiddy: Beautibi Tracy:...Read More »
The whole Snail Unit is out in force to name our loved and hated skincare gimmicks. Start your dick count score cards! Racked article on metal masks Tracy’s post on injection masks Chel’s post on the trouble with Vitamin C serums A’pieu Hole Cleaner Video of Lush employees making products without hair and facial hair protection...Read More »
In this week’s episode, the HolyFan (Chel from Holy Snails and Tracy from fanserviced-b and fanserviced) sub-unit teams up for an enthusiastic round of shameless kpop music appreciation, confessions of plushie hoarding, and explaining why k-pop guyliner is #goals. Note: when we say “CF,” we mean commercial (commercials are called CFs, commercial films, in Korea)...Read More »
The snail unit talks self care, finding your porn, and our favorite moments from the last year. Today is our first snailiversary by the way!!! Resources: Cat’s Skincare SOS Cat’s non con Sulwhasoo soap review Tracy on skincaretainment Fiddy on how her kbeauty routine helps her fight depression Chel’s routine hack A photo posted by The...Read More »
The Snail Twins subunit (Chel from Holy Snails and Fiddy from Fifty Shades of Snail) reminisce on pregnancy and new motherhood, and how that affects skincare – aka the episode that functions as inadvertent birth control. Dick count is 0, but prepare for the barrage of nipple talk. Resources: Fifty Shades of Snail: How...Read More »
The Snow (Cat from Snow White and the Asian Pear)-Darling (Tracy from fanserviced-b) Sub Unit of the Snailcast talk about beauty boxes, fields of product zombies, and dicks. Resources: spreadsheet post Amore Pacific Mall mystery box Mask Genie Mishibox 3B box Tracy’s Clio Beauty Box our amazon routine posts: Cat and Tracy Tracy’s Birchbox article...Read More »
In this beauty roundtable with the ladies of the Snailunit, Tracy needs an intervention for her giant beauty stash, Chel reminds us that there’s more to K-beauty than cosmetics, Cat (fka Snow) whips out a seasonal skincare hack and talks pulling back on the acids, and Fiddy answers a listener question about brightening and hyperpigmentation. Resources:...Read More »
The Snailunit discusses misleading marketing on preservatives, MLM metal masks, and cutesy x collab overload. Resources: Chel’s post on parabens Fiddy’s Hera x Nicholas Kirkwood Limited Edition cushion adoredee’s post on How to beauty haul responsibly History of Whoo Limited Edition cushions on @jolenecyl on Instagram Amway/Artistry skincare Tracy’s post on Korean ingredients list order...Read More »
The snails celebrate the 20th episode with a whole lot of dicks and free talk about current beauty news. Resources: Diving Is the K-Beauty Trick for Melt-Proof Makeup – Vogue KFC Sunscreen Jessica Jung’s Skincare Routine Makeup Addiction Subreddit post about setting sprays Truth in Advertising Calls Out the Kardashians Scott Disick’s Instagram Mistake The...Read More »
This episode we’re talking about skincare techniques that we love. Find out which of us can’t follow directions for shit, why Fiddy needs to buy swim goggles, who has hair that reaches her mid-thigh, and the story behind why Chel slathers her whole body in Shark Sauce. Resources: Grit routine for clearing pores Sheet mask...Read More »
This episode on how we organize our stashes was inspired by an episode request from Dora, a listener, who asked: “Can you maybe talk about storage for vast collections of beauty products? I have no clue where to put all my stuff so that it is still readily available and doesn’t clutter the whole bathroom....Read More »
This episode topic was suggested by Patricia, who wrote: Can you guys do an “All About That Acid” segment? I.e., what each kind of acid/active does, what side effects you have experienced, what order you have found them to be the most successful (for those who are using all of them), which particular brands/products have been...Read More »
Join Fiddy, Snow, and Tracy for a discussion about kbeauty vs. Western beauty price and value, and who belongs in a body bag. Seriously. Dick rating: off the charts.
Regrets from our early days in kbeauty…we all have them and they’re really funny (in retrospect). Join the snails on a discussion of $400 routines that turned out to be terrible, a glowing Etude House palette review, Laneige lust gone wrong, and a burningly funny look back at a Nature Republic aloe gel review. Our...Read More »
Inevitably, in every hobby/skincare obsession, there’s going to be a honeymoon period where everything is exciting and unknown; when you don’t yet know a BHA from a PHA, when you can’t yet disassemble and reassemble a 15-step routine blindfolded, and when your wallet greets every new shop with a shriek of terror. When those days...Read More »
Join the snails for a looooong discussion on tretinoin, the prescription skincare drug that can help treat acne, wrinkles, and skin damage. Resources Fiddy: Curology 5 Month Update Fiddy: Missha Borabit Ampoule review Snow: A Review of Curology (PocketDerm) & Why I’m an Azelaic Acid Fangirl Snow: What’s In My Skincare Wardrobe: Actives (Prescriptions, Antioxidants, and...Read More »
Got a snail craving that K-beauty and Asian cosmetics blogs no longer fully satisfy? The beauty bloggers behind Snow White and the Asian Pear, fanserviced-b, Fifty Shades of Snail, and Holy Snails are here to give you your fix in this podcast featuring Korean skincare, the Asian beauty industry, and behind-the-scenes blogger confessions. We may be snails, but slugs will be salted.
