The irrepressible @just3nita on Twitter drew my attention to a product from Decléor describing itself as a micellar oil. I have already covered what a micellar water is. Micelles are simply one kind of arrangement that molecules adopt in solution, one which can sometimes make them quite effective for solubilising oily materials like for example makeup. […]
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The popular singer Beyoncé is not backward in coming forward and has come up with a striking fragrance offering, Beyoncé Heat Eau de Parfum Spray. It is described as a rich, sophisticated scent with hints of red vanilla, magnolia,honeysuckle and almond. It sounds great, and the pack is clearly a work of art in itself in a
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Elemis have some highly rated products but their Pro-Collagen Marine Cream seems to have a particular appeal to people who want a moisturiser that doesn’t bring them out in spots. The fact that it doesn’t have this downside gets mentioned a lot by reviewers. The other things that come up a lot are that it
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Facial masks have been around for ages, and are popular enough to get stocked in supermarkets in the UK. But they are still exotic enough that you can’t assume people know what they are. The idea of putting a clothe soaked with a fluid on your face and leaving it there for about 20 minutes
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Almost every successful wart product in the world is based on salicylic acid. The level is somewhere between 10 and 20% and the base is a solvent rich gel that dries to form a white film. They all work pretty well, and there is not much if anything to choose between them. The popular one
One of the problems with being a beauty blogger is sourcing samples. Do you spend your own money on them? That’s an expensive proposition if you post regularly. Or do you accept free samples from brands, and compromise your integrity? It is a tricky one. I suppose there is always shoplifting. Luckily as a
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The second highest selling personal care product in the UK at the moment is Olay Regenerist Daily 3 Point Treatment Cream. (The top seller is Bio-Oil, but I have already done that one.) Users are giving it pretty good reviews, and if Olay are stuffing the reviews with fake positive ones they are doing it
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I was at the Natural Products Show three years ago when I first heard about putting bee venom into cosmetics. There is a steady stream of things like this. Somebody has an idea and takes a stand at a trade fair in the hope of interesting some companies to give them a try. Most
The pert and perky Dave Bradley of ScienceBase has a way with words so I can’t do better than cut and paste an e-mail he has just sent me. Hi How’s it going? Dunno if you’ve come across this before, but I just noticed a sudden surge of spam emails advertising – Hydrolyze – apparently
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Cold sores are unpleasant things at the best of times, but for some people they have the particularly nasty trick of returning year after year in the same spot usually in the depth of winter when you are at your lowest ebb.
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