Category Archives: Waxes

Why You Can’t Use The Bit At The Bottom Of A Lipstick

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Colin

A friend of mine has a premium lipstick they use for serious socialising, and a cheaper workaday one that is good enough for when they are seeing less important people like me.  She hit on a whizzo wheeze of melting … Continue reading →

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Lanolin

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Colin

I wrote recently about hypoallergenic products and and pointed out that one of the few ingredients that we have any data on the incidence of allergic reactions is lanolin. This isn’t a coincidence. Lanolin was really the original cosmetic ingredient … Continue reading →

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Cosmetic Ingredients – Natural or Synthetic?

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Colin

Since at least the nineties and arguably even before that, the trend has been towards making personal care products that are as natural as possible. The cosmetics business has gone green, both metaphorically and in the case of the labels … Continue reading →

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