L’Oreal bestride the cosmetic and personal care world like a colossus. The L’Oreal brand itself is a huge business, but they also own Garnier, Maybelline, Redken, Lancôme, Helena Rubinstein, Kiehl’s, Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren to mention just a few and not that long ago acquired the Body Shop. Proctor and Gamble and Unilever are […]
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What do the following brands have in common? Garnier, Maybelline, Softsheen.Carson, CCB Paris, L’Oréal Professionnel, Kérastase, Redken, Matrix Mizani, Lancôme, Biotherm, Helena Rubinstein, Kiehl’s, Shu Uemura, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Cacharel, Viktor & Rolf, Diesel, Vichy, La Roche Posay ,innéov, Skinceuticals, Sanoflore, The Body Shop
It has been suggested that eating a lot of sugar might prematurely age the skin. The argument is a good one, but ultimately there is no actual proof and any effect is probably drowned out by more significant effects.
Does eating sugar give you wrinkles? Read More »
An e-book promoting the benefits of lavender oil for Artful Teasing.
Lavender Oil e-book Read More »
The bulk of dust in your house is dead skin from the people who live in it. The skin is continually renewing itself from below and part of this process is the shedding of dead cells. This creates a lot of dusting. As always seems to be the case with the skin, it is fascinating
Should you exfoliate? Read More »
With a lot of the Northern Hemisphere gripped in bitingly cold winter weather, I thought I would pass on a tip about lip balms. The best ingredient in lip balms for chapped lips is lanolin. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the success of the Burts Bees range of lip balms is due
Lip Balms – a quick tip Read More »
Okay, we live in an age of celebrity endorsements, and the cosmetics industry is one of the big players. Any celebrity who makes it big can squeeze a bit more revenue out of their fame by launching their own range. I am a bit sniffy about celebrity based brands. I guess I am too close
You couldn’t make it up….. Read More »
I have been reading scientific papers on the skin for many many years now, but I am afraid that people are publishing them quicker than I read them so I am sure that there is still a lot of interesting stuff out there that I haven’t seen yet. I am always grateful for a good
Now I know why so many people have sensitive skin on their face! Read More »
I have already posted about the features of an attractive female face. But what lies behind these observations? Could it be that your hormones make you beautiful? A few years ago scientists at the University of St Andrews took photos of 59 women aged between 18 and 25 every week for six weeks. They also
What makes you beautiful? Your hormone levels Read More »
I was intrigued on visiting Lee Stafford’s website to see that one of his offerings is dry shampoo. This seems to be some kind of powder that is applied from an aerosol. There are rave reviews of it on the website from satisfied users, but I suppose there would be wouldn’t there. They seemed pleased
