Colin’s Beauty Podcast 6 Click to listen now. Right click and save to listen later. (Control and click on a Mac) Well it has been a long wait for the next podcast, and indeed for any posting at all on my blog. Like most bloggers, blogging is not only not my full time job it [...]

I often start the day by dipping into the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.  The stoical Roman emperor’s comments on life and philosophy are usually interesting and sometimes useful.  Yesterday I found one where he mentions that people use an egg and sponge treatment for sore eyes.  As it happened I was doing some work on [...]

Colin’s Beauty Podcast 5 Click to listen now. Right click and save to listen later. (Control and click on a Mac) I have uploaded the latest Colin’s Beauty Pages podcast, which unlike the previous four has a proper structure and is a sensible length. It covers a couple of news stories about L’Occitane de Provence [...]

I came across a website called hairnailskincare.com just after my last post, and they were suggesting that users were experiencing reactions to bismuth oxychloride.  They thought that this was due to chemical sensitivity – but  I think this is unlikely.

I got a question today from one of my Twitter chums, Charlotte of the popular blog  Lipglossiping.

I promised to keep readers up to date with Danone’s defence of the claims that they are making for their yoghurt products which they suggest stimulate the immune system and therefore make you less likely to suffer from infections.

Colin’s Beauty Pages Podcast Episode 3 Liz Earle – not the Messiah just a naughty marketeer Click to listen now. Right click and save to listen later. (Control and click on a Mac) I recently bemoaned the lack of committed entrepreneurs in the cosmetic industry.  I was thinking of people like Steve Jobs of Apple, [...]

The personal care and cosmetics industry is much smaller than the food industry, so it is worth keeping half an eye open on what goes on in food for what might be coming along.

I am not a great fan of chemical sunscreens or high SPF sun products.  My preferred strategy is low SPF physical sunscreens.  I can’t recommend any brand – I make my own when I feel the need.  But people often ask me about what the best sunscreen is and seem a bit disappointed that I [...]

The big news today is the sale of Liz Earle to Avon. Liz Earle described themselves as the biggest independent UK personal care company – a claim that might be disputed by some other companies but was nonetheless a well founded one. They currently develop their products at their site on the Isle of Wight, [...]