Category Archives: Health

Health is closely related to beauty – if you look healthy you generally look good as well as feeling good.

Endocrine Disruptors

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Colin

As I made clear in my post on cosmetic safety assessments, as a rule cosmetics are safe and there is a good procedure in place to make sure they stay that way.   What I didn’t say is that this … Continue reading →

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Why Would A Company Switch To MI?

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Colin

I have just had someone get in touch to tell me that Ecover Wipes have just changed their formulation to include methylisothiazolinone  (MI) as the preservative.  I haven’t been able to confirm this myself so I will have to treat … Continue reading →

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Do You Need To Detox?

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Colin

So you’ve enjoyed yourself over Christmas and now it is time to detox, right?  Well no.  The Christmas period brings inactivity, heavy food consumption and prolonged exposure to one’s family.  These are all bad things and you are no longer … Continue reading →

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Do We Need A Low Allergy Standard For Cosmetics?

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Colin

The biggest cause of complaints to cosmetic companies from consumers are allergic reactions.  Anyone can develop an allergic reaction to anything at any time, so this is only to be expected.  There are some ingredients that are more inclined to … Continue reading →

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Is Benzophenone A Risk To Reproductive Health?

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Colin

Big corporations are run for profits and are not too scrupulous about how they seek them.  We have seen tobacco companies ignore the health of smokers.  Big chemical companies have pushed lead into petrol.  Mining companies leave the public to … Continue reading →

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Beware White Bread

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Colin

Multinational companies are soulless entities that exist for no other reason than to benefit their shareholders.  You need to take extreme care when you are looking at the adverts they produce which have no other object than to transfer the … Continue reading →

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Can Blue Light Reduce Pain?

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Colin

When you really want something to be true it is sometimes easy to let your normal standards of evidence to drop.  If you have back pain – and most of us do at some time – it would be really … Continue reading →

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Is Greenwashing What People Want?

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Colin

The first cosmetic science Twitter chat last Saturday was on the subject of natural products and how they have affected the scientists who develop them.  This is a bit of raw subject for most cosmetic scientists who are skeptical of … Continue reading →

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Supplements for muscle building

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Colin

Exercise is good for you, but it is also something that a lot of people enjoy as a  way of passing the time.  Some people also just like the idea of building their muscles.  They are likely to be interested … Continue reading →

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Lavender Oil – Scary Stuff?

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Colin

Lavender farmers are worried that under new legislation products containing lavender oil will have to bear a black and red warning symbol.  They will also have to bear the warning ‘fatal if swallowed’.   You can see why this might … Continue reading →

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