Silk Pillows:A New Category of Beauty Product
Can a silk pillow improve your skin?
Beauty Tips
Tips and ideas to enhance your attractiveness
Hair Loss – what you can do about baldness
A quick review of baldness – how it is perceived and what you can do about it.
Fake Reviews Online
A quick guide to telling whether or not you should take online reviews seriously.
Does The Way You Sleep Cause Wrinkles?
Can you avoid wrinkles by sleeping on your back?
Why You Shouldn’t Use A High SPF Moisturiser
There is no doubt about it. The biggest thing that makes your skin look old is sunlight. There is plenty of academic backup for this suggestion, but most of us can prove it simply by looking at ourselves. Areas of skin that are routinely exposed to light always look older than parts that don’t. In …
Do You Need Shampoo?
I don’t generally trust the Daily Mail, and in fact usually try to avoid it. But I couldn’t miss a fascinating story about falling shampoo sales. It seems that last year some of the big brands lost as much as 11% of their sales. What is going on? The Mail of course is never short of …
Is It A Good Idea To Make Your Own Cosmetics?
I don’t like the Daily Mail. There are a number of reasons. There’s their support for the fascists prior to the second world war. There’s their campaign against the MMR vaccine which led to a major public health problem. And there’s the general nastiness of their columnists. But I am also a bit worried that …
Why I decided to try the 2:5 diet
In July 2014 I decided it was about time to do something about being overweight. I weighed in the region of 91Kg, but for my height the NHS recommended range only goes up to 84Kg. I had 7 more kilograms than I wanted. But how should I go about it?
Sleep And Skin Tone
I have written several times on this blog that I can’t make sense of all the diverse and often contradictory information out there about health. I am a great believer in the scientific method, but it has to be admitted that it isn’t good for everything you would like to know. A good example is …
