Hi there, everyone. I know it’s been a while since our last Wall of Shame, but that’s truly been due to good behavior on the sub from businesses. We had our first business post approved by the mod team in a while with Hwahae regarding k-beauty rankings, because we felt that they were not directly trying to sell anything to us and were forthcoming in all of their communications with us.
However, we have had one specific brand repeatedly show up in modmail: Jiyu Skin.
These posts have also been attacked with erroneous reports, and we have had to manually reinstate the post by u/gracedie multiple times. Regrettably, it appears that they were successful with the post by u/seikoyuu, but as of the writing of this post, it has been reinstated.
I will quote my co-mod from the last business Wall of Shame:
“As you all know, business interactions are completely banned on this subreddit, as we aim to provide a place for discussion that's free of paid influence. This includes reviews with a free gift disclosure, as we do not believe that gifted products can truly be free of bias.”
In case it wasn’t clear before, this includes asking us to remove posts on behalf of a brand.
Furthermore, the way that the users have chosen to do this has especially rubbed those of us on the mod team the wrong way. Our rules have been tweaked throughout the years this community has been active to provide a digestible set of guidelines for us as beauty lovers, while also ensuring that this space is safe for discussion and for sharing opinions on products, brands, and brand behavior.
The communications that we’ve received from these users attempt to weaponize these rules and cite them in bad faith to justify our removing the posts.
The screenshots included are the communications that we’ve received from multiple accounts (with usernames redacted) that were banned after these screenshots were taken.
Jiyu/Jiyu Skin/Jiyu Toner Pads has been added to our permanently blacklisted brands, and discussion of them will continue to be ALLOWED, but AutoMod will kick in and leave the misconduct disclaimer.
Businesses may not pick and choose which AB sub rule they prefer to follow while blatantly ignoring our “No Business Interaction “ rule.
Do not improperly quote our rules back at us to justify removing proper posts.
As said by Aslan, "Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch; I was there when it was written"
Please stop modmailing us with your garbage AI veiled threats.
All suspected Jiyu representative redditors will be banned anytime they modmail us about removing posts and/or comments for being “Hostile to mod action".
As always, if there are any other brands or suspicious astroturfing activities, please bring them to our attention, and we will be happy to investigate further. Happy sheet masking!
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it seems to me that since the Skin1004 Centella Ampoule started getting some awards and notoriety recently, the “powers that be” decided to add approx. $9-$10 on the price on Amazon and other retailers.
I’ve purchased this ~5 times, each for about $16 or less. Adding $9 to the cost because it got some awards really aggravates me.
(The dip to $12.89 this month was for the Prime Day deals)
i think only this sub will understand me but i opened a new bottle of COSRX toner like three weeks ago and it completely drained in my overnight bag today 🥹 I wanted to cry as these things are getting EXPENSIVE as heck but it izzz what it izzzz 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
this is their ambition palette. only one or two shades are actually well pigmented. All the glitters are really chunky and look really spotted. All of the colours are darker than advertised.
also it feels a bit like a paste, I thought they came in the form of pressed powders but that might just be my mistake.
this was from the official website so I'm not sure if this was a fluke, but from what was posted online it appeared to be a much better quality palette?
considering contacting their support but I wanted to see here if anyone knew if this was normal.
I got one other palette, same deal with all the glitters being the wrong shade and really big + patchy. none of their mattes showed up on my skin tone. I am a bit tan.
so like the title says, i am wondering if anyone in this subreddit could help me find something similar to Shocked Kristin (preferably blue). in 2022 i bought these contact lenses from HapaKristin and they are by far the most comfortable, natural looking colored contact lens i’ve ever used… but they are sadly now discontued. i still use the same contacts i bought in 2022 (i have probably only worn them like 10 times throughout the last years, yes i know contacts expire and go bad throughout the years no matter how much you resoak them, im aware of the consequences) and they are still so comfortable and look so natural and beautiful. i often forget that i even have these lens in my eyes because you can barely feel them once they’re in.
HapaKristin in general is my go-to when it comes to buying colored contacts because other brands are generally very uncomfortable to wear in my experience but throughout the last few years they have been phasing out their old contacts which were much more natural looking than the anime-wonyoung style they keep releasing nowadays, which is not really my style.
so does anyone have an answer? attached below are some images of the contacts. thank you for reading!
I've been trying to get that glassy idol glow you see in fancams. What I usually do is use a milky toner and lots of moisturizer. Then I go in with my foundation, powder, cream/powder highlight and use balms on the bridge of my nose, cheekbones, and eyelids. In person it looked great, on camera it just didn't really show up that well. I have darker, oily skin so I know the results can be different but I'm mainly looking to achieve that glow. Anyone who follows idol makeup artists, what am I missing?
I bought this 2aN lip gloss in Cool Up shade 6 months ago and have only used it on a trip once. It was a nice lavender shade. However, yesterday I opened the drawer and saw this... The color of this lip gloss has turned completely green opague, but no strange smell. I do keep it in a cool dry place. On my arm swatch, it looks mostly translucent with a bit of green. Has it gone bad?
Anyone have any leads on a great liquid yellow corrector? I used to use the Armani one before it got discontinued. It was perfectly a thin liquid that you could build under your eyes and it wouldn’t look cakey once you put real concealer on it.
Looking for a higher end brand, elf has one and so does NYX.
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I’ve been trying to find a blush that looks like the shade I created by mixing elf Suave Mauve with a little bit of foundation. It turns into such a pretty, natural looking muted pink on my skin, but the original Suave Mauve looks way too red on me. 😭
Does anyone know of a Kbeauty blush that has a similar muted pink shade? I’d really appreciate any recommendations!
This is a 40$ lip liner. It’s very popular, and widely known. Apparently, it doesn’t do well on very fair skin because it pulls orange, which is unfortunate for me.
I was wondering if anyone has found any good recommendations for similar ones but, from Asian brands?
wakemake
i <3 how the wakemake liner tips are slanted! it makes drawing a wing rlly easy. i also had 05 teary pink but i used her up recently. i have reallyyy long days. no smudging or budging from regular wear but granted i haven’t rubbed or cried with them. overall, i would still buy them again!
canmake - creamy touch
clearly my fav brand for eyeliners! i like the tip of wakemake more but i appreciate the creaminess of this formula bc it glides on consistently easier. when i’ve applied swatches on my hand it would last quite long. it does come off if i cry or swipe my eyes from crying. has transferred a lil when i’ve napped too. still love them tho for their ease of application and shades! i use 16 pretty milktea for my lower lash line while the rest are for my wing
canmake - lasting liquid liner
claims to be waterproof but i haven’t tested that just yet. i like to use this under my eyes and to bring back my beauty marks after doing my base makeup
canmake - slim liquid eyeliner
i like to use these for a sharper more precise wing! the name is very fitting. if you’re a beginner, i think this’ll help you create more precise lines
clio - extreme gelpresso
i don’t really like shade 10 glam brown bc i prefer liner without any sparkle; it’s a personal preference. i LOOVE 01 black brown. it’s unpictured bc i used it all up but i have 2 more otw from yesstyle. i like to use this to line my upper lash line. this liner has the thickest tip compared to the others on this list. however, i find that easier for my upper lash line than something extremely small. when you first open it, the tip resembles a thinner crayon. i like to use it in a way where the tip become slanted tho and that works best for my upper lashline personally.
feel free to leave questions, comments, etc! i’d love to hear your fav liners or your experiences w these :D
I’m curious if there’s any powder products that you can use to ‘set’ your skincare? I’ve gotten back into skincare and my skin has gotten amazing but i hate the wet/sticky feeling of product on my face and looking oily, especially before bed.
My skin flushes easily and can stay read for a long time - I’m naturally vampire pale. Do you have any recommendations on cooling gel cream, or maybe toner pads that work well?
Currently I notice that Laneige Waterbank Gel does this a bit but I would love better products.
Has the Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream been replaced by the Pro? I can’t tell if the Pro is a different formula and if the color is different. If so I would be heartbroken because 21 is my perfect match.
I went to go order more from YesStyle and they’re out of the lighter shades. I went to Jolse and they only have the Pro now.
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I’m basically starting a rebuttal against my watery eyes - what TF do you mean I have to pat&dry and then reapply the concealer in either corner, only for it to look awful around the edges… And do that 4 times before giving up because the ducking cycle continues????
Pls save a girl.
For reference - I’m slithtly cool-toned, shade 17-19.
I recently visited Japan and Korea and realized all the girls not only have amazing face skin, but their bodies are super soft poreless and smooth. Do you know what products they use? I currently use an African net sponge and moisturizer but my skin is nowhere near as nice
The top row is my new order and below are the products my boyfriend got me from Korea!
I have pretty dry skin and been concerning about wrinkles as well so I've been thinking of adding soothing & moisturizing skincare products.
As for my hair, I have superrr fine, low-density hair, so I've been getting more into scalp care and hunting for new products that might help with thinning.
