I really wanted to create a forum to be somewhere that people could have a good debate about beauty. I never managed to get more than a few people signed up for it, and recently it has been remorselessly spammed. I have got fed up for now: I am just too busy to spend time [...]
I just heard a report on the radio that the Bisphenol A (BPA) issue that I was talking about in September. You can find the full details on the BBC.
Basically the manufacturers are responding to public pressure in America, but over here where there has been less fuss they are carrying on as before.
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Today there have been some celebrations in London to mark the end of testing of cosmetics on animals in the EU.
Lots of people have opinions about animal testing of cosmetic ingredients – there was a time when I got asked about nothing else when I told people what I did for a living.
The trade press is reporting a study from America which has found that 28% of Americans have made their own cleaning product at home. As reported by the Soap and Detergent Association, this could have safety implications. Nancy Bock of the SDA hints darkly that it might be difficult to explain to the Poison Control [...]
Some viewers, including a doctor, complained about Olay Regenerist’s TV adverts. This product is one of many that use pentapeptides as anti-wrinkle agents. Another well known one is the famous Boots Serum that had women clearing the shelves in the stores a few years back.
I had been really looking forward to this programme after seeing it in the Radio Times. But I have to say it was a bit of a disappointment.
The premise was how to make your own products to promote health and beauty using commonly available materials. This sounds like a really fascinating idea. We are surrounded [...]
I am lucky enough to never have had my work pinched as far as I know.
One of the blogs I follow seems to have suffered it in a particularly blantant way http://www.themakeupgirl.net/archives/editors-note-blogging-plagiarism. I suggest readers steer clear of the Beauty Product Network.
