Archive for May, 2008

Praventin prevents acne? I don’t think so

A health water claimed to prevent acne is launched in the UK. The evidence that it works is very weak.

Waitrose Baby Bottom Butter Update

Waitrose Baby Bottom Butter uses hydrogenated olive oil. This is not a good thing, it is possible that it will disrupt the skin barrier.

Boots No 7 Protect and Repair Serum

I wrote this article for my old website in 2007 but as it has proved my most popular post I have put it back up as it was even though it is a bit out of date now. I will get round to updating it some day soon.

The skincare and beauty industries in Britain have [...]

John Masters Organic Zinc and Sage Shampoo with Conditioner

The Observer gave this John Masters Organic Shampoo 5 stars, but gave almost no information about it. This is a very detailed review of what goes into it and what makes it tick.

Waitrose Baby Bottom Butter

Towards the end of April I started getting people telling me about the latest skincare craze. Some posters on a mother and baby web forum had been singing the praises of Waitrose’s Baby Bottom Butter as a face cream. This had led to people going out and buying it, and later to coverage [...]