In the last quarter the Body Shop’s like for like sales were down 7.5%. Jobs are already going – 275 worldwide.
I first became aware of the Body Shop back in the seventies. I come from near Brighton and used to see what I guess was their first shop on shopping trips to the town. The [...]
I get quite a few e-mails asking me specific questions, but this one from Michelle caught my eye.
‘Colin, good day. I was searching for some information on lip balms and lip colors and I came across your article titled Waitrose Baby Bottom Butter Update. After reading it, I had to go and read the original [...]
Oregon Soap Trail on Twitter asks a question.
‘In reading your beauty pages, I wonder, what is your opinion on the current phthalate controversy?’
This took me back a few years because this was something that was a bit of a hot topic in the UK about 6 or 7 years ago. I remember having a pile [...]
The credit crunch is affecting the way we buy our personal care products.
Lynx run a series of tongue in cheek adverts promoting their product’s ability to improve your attractiveness to women. Some of them are very amusing. I always have a twinge of concern with these kinds of things though. Some people are very sensitive about their lack of appeal to the opposite sex, and I [...]
Even this time last year when this blog was only getting a couple of visits a day I used to get people asking me to promote their products. As the traffic has built up I generally get some kind of request for coverage from somebody most weeks. They rarely keep my attention for long. But [...]
Do appetite suppressants like hoodia work?
Yes that’s right. Nightingale droppings. In skin care.
Beauty Brains is a great American blog devoted to the science behind beauty, and I have just written a guest post on it.
