Are supermarket own brand cosmetics as good as big name ones?
Supermarket own brands are good choice if you want to save money.
Archive for the 'Beauty News' Category
Aldi Day Moisturising Cream and Night Nourishing Cream Review
Aldi Day and Night Creams reviewed by Cosmetic scientist. Good value for money and very respectable formulations.
Fish Pedicure
Fish are being used as a the latest pedicure.
Yves Rocher Organic Range due in October
Yves Rocher have announced a new organic range for the autumn. It is good big cosmetic houses are taking organic products seriously.
Jo Malone brand goes East
Jo Malone is owned by Estee Lauder. This may surprise some users. It is now moving into China making it a true international brand.
Body Shop Coconut Body Butter
And I don’t know where they found the fragrance, but it wasn’t very nice. In fact it was downright virulent. I have been wondering what effect the takeover of the Body Shop by L’Oreal was going to have. I think I am beginning to see.
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old website in 2007 but as it has proved my most popular post I have put it back up as it was even though it is a bit out of date now.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 [...]
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 [...]
