Sea The Love – An Interesting Back Story
What does it mean when you get a press release from a university?
Product Reviews
Anti Ageing Products – Six Brands each with a Story
A review of anti ageing products I did for a talk I gave at the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The Ordinary Hand Chemistry Review
A review of a hand cream product from the highly original Decium family, makers of the Ordinary.
Honesty Baby Wipes Withdrawl – A Problem With A Silver Lining
We’ve had elections recently in France, the US and the UK. We’ve had quite a lot of them in the UK actually. One of the things that happens a lot in politics is that partisans for one side or the other are keen to make out that their opponents have made a lot of mistakes. …
Honesty Baby Wipes Withdrawl – A Problem With A Silver Lining Read More »
Veltie Premoistened Toilet Paper
Well this is a luxury I never even considered. Veltie is the name for pre-moistened toilet paper packaged as wet wipes. There are some claims on the pack, though not as many as you might expect. The key one is that they are flushable, which is good to know and indeed I think that if …
Antibiotic Free Rosacea Treatments – Dermalex
A question from Lucy Exciting to find your site… thank you for interesting articles. Do you know anything about Dermalex Rosacea Cream? It sounds tempting in so far as being antibiotic free and reducing redness but the scary-sounding ingredients are unfamiliar. Is it genuinely safe?I’d be grateful for your opinion
The Ordinary – Generic Cosmetics?
Just about every concept has been tried in cosmetic somewhere by somebody, so I don’t imagine the idea behind new brand The Ordinary is entirely new. But it is new to me and is certainly not one that anyone has tried before on a big scale. Cosmetic products typically have quite high margins when compared …
MAC Pro Longwear Nourishing Waterproof Foundation
Cosmetics in general are a very personal thing and it is hard to work out why a person would like one product rather than another. It is hard to even work out why you like it yourself. And this is particularly the case with colour cosmetics like foundations. What is it that makes one foundation …
MAC Pro Longwear Nourishing Waterproof Foundation Read More »
Do You Need Shampoo?
I don’t generally trust the Daily Mail, and in fact usually try to avoid it. But I couldn’t miss a fascinating story about falling shampoo sales. It seems that last year some of the big brands lost as much as 11% of their sales. What is going on? The Mail of course is never short of …
How To Enjoy Cosmetic Products
The cost of making cosmetics is relatively low compared to what they sell for. They have what business people call a high margin. This makes the sector very attractive to entrepreneurs who scent an opportunity to make a lot of money. And some indeed do. But the high margins don’t always translate into high profits. …
