A question from Ashley Dear Colin, I am 47 of age…lives in tropical country having dry sensitive skin which feel tight after washing, feel itchy after exposure in sun and prolonged air-conditioning. I surfed the web a lot and got confused on the ingredients to avoid until I found your blog which I think is […]
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One of the highlights of 2014 for me was a talk by Peter Vukusic of Exeter University at the Society of Cosmetic Scientist’s meeting on May Day near Oxford. It was about alternative ways of creating colours for cosmetics.
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The human body is continually breaking itself down and reassembling itself, even bones. This is a good feature because it keeps everything in good condition. It also means that many problems can be reversed. So for example if you give up smoking the damage it has done is gradually repaired. If you give
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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 at your best. But none of them lead to any kind of build up
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I have a bit of a soft spot for geraniums. My grandfather used to grow them in his front garden and introduced me to their ability to display a range of strong smells. The lemon geranium was my favourite, closely followed by the rose geranium. I was also impressed to come across a scheme that
A gentleman describing himself on Twitter as a celebrity dentist called Dr Gerry Curatola put out this alarming tweet on the 9th of December 2013. “There is enough #flouride in a standard tube of toothpaste that, if ingested, can be fatal to two small children.” This being twitter I have no idea if this really
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Okay, this is the internet so I have a right to talk about subjects on which I know next to nothing and pontificate on matters where my opinion is totally uninformed. So here is a blog post about a business I have never used and have no intention of using any time soon. I noticed
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Rosin is a resin derived mainly from pine. It is a bit like one of those odd job men you run into who can do all sorts of odd things. It is used to coat violin bows so they run smoothly over the strings. It is used as a base for some kinds of glue.
Bath bombs have come a long way. The chemistry behind them is simple enough. Citric acid and sodium bicarbonate react together to release carbon dioxide which makes it fizz when you add them to a bath. A simple if unsophisticated pleasure. I don’t know who first thought of the idea but I first became aware
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