Finding Skincare Dupes by Ingredients Analysis, and My SCA Post on Creme De La Mer Dupes!

Edited to Add: Due to shady dealings by the skincare-addiction.com website owners and previous subreddit owners, I can no longer recommend the skincare-addiction.com website. I've edited this post to remove all SCA links, and have republished the Creme De La Mer Dupes post here on my own blog instead.

I've recently been asked to contribute an article (or a few articles, depending on what I feel like) to the Skincare Addiction blog, which in turn is a blog written by and for the /r/SkincareAddiction subreddit. My guest post, "Skincare Dupes and Analysis: Creme De La Mer" is up on the SkincareAddiction blog. It's got my usual ingredients analysis, and some skincare science thrown in! So my skincare geekery is hanging out on that post in full force!

My first SCA blogpost is on skincare dupes for Creme de La Mer (Image source)

When the SkincareAddiction people approached me to write a post, I readily agreed, because skincare science was right up my alley, and I always love exchanging views and interacting with such people. (Coincidentally, I had just gotten a Reddit account at the time and was a lurker on the SkincareAddiction subreddit, as well as a few other beauty-related subreddits - because I'm creative like that, my Reddit username is also musicalhouses.) They were open to whatever I wanted to write, and stylistically, their blog accommodated quite a few different writing styles. In fact, other than standardizing things like formatting, my blog post was published as-is.

For this post though, rather than just do a "go read my post! XOXOXOXO" and a link and that's it, I thought I'd explain how we can find skincare dupes through ingredients analysis. I've been getting some questions from real-life friends and acquaintances on how you can find skincare dupes (or if not dupes, similar products) through ingredients analysis and ingredients comparisons of skincare products, so I thought I'd just outline what exactly we're doing when we do ingredients analysis below. So read on if you're interested, or if not, go ahead and find out what La Mer dupes there are. (You can also view the accompanying thread on Reddit with more comments from readers and responses from yours truly.)

An Introduction to UK Nail Polish Brands on Turtle Beauty!

So I'm guest-posting again. Cydonian Makeup is on hiatus this week, so she has asked me to write a guest post for her, focusing on UK-based nail polish brands. As you know, I'm really nice :P so I've agreed. The result is my post on UK Nail Polish 101! If you'd like to get a not-that-quick overview of some of the most popular UK nail polish brands, check out my post HERE.

All About the Kawaii at Zuneta Today!

As an Asian girl, I have the prerogative to be as kawaii as I want. Like, puke-inducing kawaii. Hey, I grew up with Sailor Moon, Hello Kitty, and I even had a tamagotchi - what did you expect? I even had friends who followed those sappy Korean dramas (and I'm proud to say I never caught on to the Bae Yong-Joon craze...darn you, Winter Sonata and all your sappy spinoffs).



But this doesn't mean that kawaii can't be practical. If you want to see kawaii that is not puke-inducing and practical, check out my guest post at Zuneta now!

Edward Bess Bronzer Swatches on Zuneta!

Remember Edward Bess? I'm sure you do - when his makeup range was launched in the UK, it caused quite the hubbub. And for good reason too - the colours are pretty, wearable, and neutral, and the quality is excellent. One of the standouts in his range are his bronzers. And since it's summer, 'tis the season for bronzer!

I know you're going to want to see swatches, so head on over to The Zuneta Blog to check out my guest post!

The Perfect Red Lip: Uncovered at Zuneta Today!

See this kick-ass red lipstick swatch? Do you want to see it on my lips? Do you want to know what it is?

If you're curious, head on over to Zuneta Blog right now to see my guest post featuring this kick-ass red lipstick! CLICK HERE to view my blogpost! I promise you won't be disappointed - I mean, it's an awesome red lipstick!

Guest Post at Body and Soul Beauty: Teal NOTD with Flakies!

See that teal mani with flakies? Wanna see more pics of its colour changing properties? Then head on down to Mary's blog, Body and Soul, to check it out and show some love! She's a real nice lady too, and I promise the NOTD isn't too shabby either, and there are awesome pictures! It's teal with flakies - what could be better than a pop of colour with flakies to jazz it up even more? Well, you wouldn't know til you see it HERE, so please check it out!