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Episode 32: The Evolution of Self-Care
MAR 4, 2018
Episode 32: The Evolution of Self-Care
<p>The snail unit discusses the evolution of self-care from activist motto to marketing slogan.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">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&#8217;s called self care</p> <p>— Kevin Farzad (@KevinFarzad) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinFarzad/status/952272503258271744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h1>What we&#8217;ve been up to</h1> <ul> <li>Fiddy is now Director of Marketing at <a href="https://beautytap.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beautytap</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.snowwhiteandtheasianpear.com/2018/02/make-prem-safe-me-relief-moisture-foam.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cat got a puppy!!</a></li> <li><a href="https://tracyerobey.com/work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tracy is a journalist</a></li> <li>Chel has released <a href="https://www.holysnailsshop.com/collections/all/products/kadi-cleanser-pre-sale" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new Holy</a> <a href="https://www.holysnailsshop.com/collections/all/products/sunfish-serum?variant=953245859846" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Snails products</a> and shaved her head</li> </ul> <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S3awnCB18Fw" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <h1>Links</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.yoycart.com/Product/20196749256/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chel&#8217;s scalp massager</a></li> <li>&#8220;But ultimately, choosing instant gratification has proven catastrophically destructive.&#8221; comes from &#8220;<a href="https://qz.com/834607/the-rise-of-donald-trump-demands-a-new-kind-of-self-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The rise of Donald Trump demands we embrace a harder kind of self-care</a>&#8220;</li> <li>Chel and Fiddy&#8217;s Snailcast <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-24-the-snailtwins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode on motherhood</a></li> <li><a href="https://fashionista.com/2015/05/korean-skincare-depression" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fiddy&#8217;s essay on how skincare helped her with depression</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-7-hardcore-kbeauty-shopping/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cat and Tracy on kbeauty shopping research</a></li> <li>&#8220;Women and people of color viewed controlling their health as a corrective to the failures of a white, patriarchal medical system to properly tend to their needs.&#8221; comes from &#8220;<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2017/04/the_history_of_self_care.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A History of Self-Care</a>&#8220;</li> <li>&#8220;Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.&#8221; comes from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Burst-Light-Other-Essays/dp/0486818993/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1520100733&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=audre+lorde+burst+of+light&amp;dpID=51VJyCkDKEL&amp;preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&amp;dpSrc=srch" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A Burst of Light: and Other Essays</em></a></li> <li>McDonald&#8217;s self-care hashtag campaign mentioned in &#8220;<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-politics-of-selfcare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Politics of Conspicuous Displays of Self-Care</a>&#8220;</li> <li>College Humor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3awnCB18Fw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">satirical video on self-care</a></li> <li>Tracy on the lipstick effect in <a href="https://www.racked.com/2016/10/11/13149060/lipstick-effect-makeup-advantage-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Racked</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sephora.com/product/luxetrance-trade-lipstick-P423642?skuId=2005759&amp;icid2=products%20grid:p423642" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pat McGrath lipstick</a>, <a href="https://www.sephora.com/product/lip-color-P416057?skuId=1987171&amp;icid2=products%20grid:p416057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Ford lipstick</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.vivino.com/wineries/joel-delaunay/wines/vin-de-pays-val-de-loire-sauvignon-blanc-2016" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Holy Snail wine</a></li> <li>Lifehacker&#8217;s <a href="https://lifehacker.com/tag/how-i-work" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How I Work</a> series</li> <li><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/15/news/companies/cvs-beauty-photoshop-images/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CVS bans photoshopping beauty product ads</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thehairpin.com/tag/self-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hairpin&#8217;s self-care column</a>: &#8220;This column has a singular purpose: to talk to women about navigating a world where they are their own savior.&#8221;</li> <li>Where to find The Tub in Philly (<a href="http://www.monaco-philadelphia.com/hotels-in-philadelphia/boutique-hotel-rooms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">King Spa Room</a>)</li> <li>&#8220;Overextending myself is not stretching myself. I had to accept how difficult it is to monitor the difference.&#8221; Quote by Audre Lorde from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Burst-Light-Other-Essays/dp/0486818993/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1520100733&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=audre+lorde+burst+of+light&amp;dpID=51VJyCkDKEL&amp;preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&amp;dpSrc=srch" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A Burst of Light: and Other Essays</em></a>.</li> </ul> <p>The post <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-32-evolution-self-care/">Episode 32: The Evolution of Self-Care</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com">The Snailcast</a>.</p>
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65 MIN
Episode 31: Tracy’s House
DEC 17, 2017
Episode 31: Tracy’s House
<p>From the vault (April 2017): The snails gather at Tracy&#8217;s House and talk about the products they found inside.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BTVmDy6FzM8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">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 girls even more now that I&#8217;ve squeezed them for real. Also, we&#8217;re doing a sheet mask exchange because of course. . #thesnailcast #snailsquad #snailunit #rasianbeauty #abcommunity #sheetmaskaddict #????</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by Jude Chao (@fiddysnails) on <time style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;" datetime="2017-04-26T05:49:21+00:00">Apr 25, 2017 at 10:49pm PDT</time></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></p> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipes/1144-thick-and-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sephora.com/product/perfection-mist-airbrush-blush-P404716?skuId=1765890" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sephora spray blush</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.snowwhiteandtheasianpear.com/2017/07/make-prem-blue-ray-sun-cream.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The sunscreen Cat was testing</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianBeauty/comments/5aci98/whats_going_on_with_son_park/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drama around Son &amp; Park</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mishibox.com/products/skylake-oriental-herb-cool-shampoo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Skylake shampoo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mishibox.com/products/skylake-green-energy-essence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Skylake Green Energy Essence</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/29+W+32nd+St,+New+York,+NY+10001/@40.748073,-73.9891457,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c259a8e3c9f32f:0xfe186c0c6555b660!8m2!3d40.748073!4d-73.986957" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Skylake in Koreatown</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Stem-Cell-Beauty-Restoration/dp/B01M0P1WVI/ref=sr_1_sc_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513216276&amp;sr=8-1-spell&amp;keywords=Plant+Stem+CellCream" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SN-T Plant Stem Cell Cream</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/175+Canal+St,+New+York,+NY+10013/@40.7168897,-73.999455,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25a279b6b136d:0x34ddfed695583cfa!8m2!3d40.7168897!4d-73.9972663" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Saem Canal Street</a></li> <li><a href="https://imgur.com/a/fJ4WB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Besfren Beauty</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=33+W+32nd+St,+New+York,+NY+10001,+USA&amp;ftid=0x89c259a8e3c1ef33:0x914b0604d9dae4f0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nature Republic in Koreatown</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-15-ragrets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#RAGRETS episode</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Papa-Recipe-Bombee-Honey-sheets/dp/B01N4BDKU7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Papa Recipe Bombee Honey Mask</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.fanserviced-b.com/authenticate-korean-beauty-products/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to verify Papa Recipe masks</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.snowwhiteandtheasianpear.com/2016/11/korean-buying-service-jung-saem-mool.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jung Saem Mool makeup</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.beautibi.com/collections/kingirls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Macaron sheet masks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/jungsaemmool" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jung Saem Mool videos</a></li> </ul> <p>The post <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-31-tracys-house/">Episode 31: Tracy&#8217;s House</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com">The Snailcast</a>.</p>
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47 MIN
Episode 30: Cosmoproofed
SEP 19, 2017
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65 MIN
Episode 29: The Snailcast’s First Rout
MAY 17, 2017
Episode 29: The Snailcast’s First Rout
<p>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.</p> <p>[Apologies for the extra bad audio quality of this episode; we literally sat around the dining room table and recorded this on a cell phone.]</p> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.wine.com/v6/White-Girl-Rose-2015/wine/162849/Detail.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">White Girl Rosé</a></p> <div id="attachment_1777" style="width: 730px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.thesnailcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/minho-shinee.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1777" class="wp-image-1777 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thesnailcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/minho-shinee.jpg?resize=720%2C523&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="720" height="523" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thesnailcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/minho-shinee.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thesnailcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/minho-shinee.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1777" class="wp-caption-text">The SHINee Minho poster under which Fiddy slept.</p></div> <p>Places we shopped in NYC: <a href="http://www.fanserviced-b.com/k-beauty-in-nyc/k-beauty-store-map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">map</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.sephora.com/luminous-silk-foundation-P393401" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kim K&#8217;s foundation</a> (well, one of them) Armani Luminous Silk</p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Klairs-Illuminating-official-distributor-authentic/dp/B00PGO5N0M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Klair&#8217;s BB Cream</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-29-snailcasts-first-rout/">Episode 29: The Snailcast&#8217;s First Rout</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com">The Snailcast</a>.</p>
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42 MIN
Episode 28: Year 3000 Skincare
MAR 21, 2017
Episode 28: Year 3000 Skincare
<p>The snail unit dreams up fantastical futuristic skincare, and end up talking about catfishing, commercial cannibalism, and copycat curation.</p> <p><strong>Resources</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.fanserviced-b.com/order-korean-shopping-site-yes/" target="_blank">Tracy&#8217;s Avecko post</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.snowwhiteandtheasianpear.com/2014/12/kahime-and-snows-guide-to-shopping-for.html" target="_blank">Cat and Kahime&#8217;s Avecko post</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-6-truth-asian-beauty-blogs/" target="_blank">Snailcast sponsorship ep</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fanserviced-b.com/top-korean-beauty-blogs-instagrams/" target="_blank">Tracy&#8217;s list of blogs and Instagrams to follow</a></li> <li><a href="https://fiftyshadesofsnail.com/2017/03/12/beautibi-anew-box-review/" target="_blank">Fiddy&#8217;s cannibal mushrooms</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.racked.com/2017/3/13/14855716/blood-breast-milk-semen-stem-cells-skincare" target="_blank">Tracy&#8217;s stem cell skincare article on Racked</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Non-shady shop picks</strong><br /> Fiddy: <a href="https://www.beautibi.com/" target="_blank">Beautibi</a><br /> Tracy: <a href="https://vutydesign.com/" target="_blank">Vuty Design</a><br /> Cat: RIP Via Seoul née Insider Beauty<br /> Cat: <a href="https://www.mishibox.com/" target="_blank">Mishibox</a><br /> Chel: <a href="https://www.bisoubeautybar.com/" target="_blank">Bisou Beauty Bar</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-28-year-3000-skincare/">Episode 28: Year 3000 Skincare</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com">The Snailcast</a>.</p>
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63 MIN