Pine Oil – Why It Sometimes Smells of Lemons
Why pine oil sometimes smells of lemons.
Oils
Marula Oil Sediment
Some thoughts on noticing sediment in some marula oil. #BeautyScientist #NaturalOils A post shared by Colin Sanders (@beautyscientistuk) on Apr 20, 2018 at 12:59am PDT I don’t know how long I’ll keep it up, or indeed how long people will put up with it for. But for the last week I have started the day …
Sweet Almond Oil
Sweet almond oil is a viscous oil with a yellowy colour. Cosmetic scientists like it because it gives a rich lubricious feel to cream formulations. Marketers like it because it sounds natural. More on that in a minute. It contains a lot of unsaturated fatty chains. This is something that might turn out to …
The Palm Tree – The Cosmetic Industry’s Base
Some things I write about seem quite important to me but somehow don’t really resonate with the people who read my blog. For example I wrote a post on palm oil which explained how the palm oil business works. Nobody read it. But I still think it matters so here we go again. Basically palm …
Nut Allergies To Cosmetic Products
There has been a big increase in the number of people suffering from allergies of all kinds, and although there is a perception that the problem is bigger than it actually is it still remains a problem. Nut allergies are one of the biggest categories and we have all become used to pervasive labelling of …
Dangers of Mineral Oil In Lipstick
A paper in the most recent International Journal of Cosmetic Science has just drawn attention to a little noticed issue that has been bubbling away in the background of the cosmetic science world for a while. The issue is the use of long chain hydrocarbons in lip products. This sounds pretty formidable, but it is …
Monoi Oil
Gardenia perfume Lingering on a pillow Wild strawberries Only seven francs a kilo And still my heart has wings, These foolish things, Remind me of you These lines are from the famous song where a man wanders around Paris to find that the sights, sounds and smells all remind him of his lost love. …
Do Anti-Ageing Creams Cause Autism?
Another day, another scare story. This one suggests that ingredients in anti-ageing creams can affect the development of unborn children causing autism. Well, nothing is totally impossible. But this one seems a bit more far fetched than most. The research has found that brain development can be affected by high levels of lipids. This doesn’t …
Why natural oils are better for your skin
Despite what a lot of marketing suggests, there is no particular reason to suppose that natural ingredients are safer or superior to synthetic ones. It depends on what you are doing with them. It’s horses for courses. You pick the material that has the properties you need for whatever it is you are trying to …
