What is going on on this blog.
Anything that has much water in it will go mouldy and harbour germs if it isn’t preserved in some way. As most cosmetic products contain water they need some kind of preservative. One of the most popular families of preservatives are the parabens. These are used in pharmaceuticals and food as well as cosmetics. They […]
The Truth about Parabens I – What they are Read More »
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
Colin’s Beauty Pages Podcast 5 – Lime Crime, King of Shaves, Olive Oil and Beauty Blogs Read More »
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.
Danone facing a challenge on the claims they make for their yoghurt Read More »
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
Simple Sun Sensitive Protecting Facial Hydrolotion SPF50 Read More »
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,
Liz Earle sells out to Avon Read More »
Regular readers will have noticed that I haven’t been blogging that much lately. But I haven’t been inactive. I have for some time thought that what I do would lend itself well to being done in a podcast format rather than just text. Very good. Unfortunately, it turned out that I didn’t have any of
Steve Job’s lesson for the cosmetics industry Read More »
Recent archeological research has turned up evidence that Neanderthals ground up shells to adorn their bodies. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jan/11/caveman-neanderthal-makeup-spain
Neanderthals who moisturised Read More »
The kind of man that a woman finds attractive varies over her monthly cycle. During ovulation more masculine looking men are rated more highly. Also men with more dissimilar immune systems are more appealing. During the less fertile stages, less masculine and more similar men immunologically are the preference.
Contraceptive Pill alters the Kind of Man you find attractive Read More »
I really thought I had seen it all, but this really is a novel marketing angle. A UK company has launched a lip gloss product that includes a test strip so you can check if someone has doctored your drink with a date-rape drug. The idea is that it will be on sale in vending
Whatever next? A lip gloss with drug testing kit… Read More »
