The Halo Effect
The Halo Effect has a big effect on what we think of the products that we use, particularly ones like natural products which offer no tangible benefits.
Science
Hard core science straight from the journals.
The Truth About Looking Young BBC2 23.7.12
Dr Rozina Ali is a good choice to front an hour long review of the current developments in anti-agening research. She is a plastic surgeon who not only looks extremely good for her age, but is also a very good speaker. If she wrote her own script (and it sounded as if she had) she
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Climate Change – A Common Sense Guide
I spend a lot of time, probably too much, on this blog debunking the scammers and scaremongers who make a living spreading tall tales about the dangers of cosmetic and personal care products. But a lot of the same stories and concerns also turn up in blogs by people of a green persuasion, with
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Skin Lightening Products
I don’t often say this, but I am indebted to inveterate scaremonger Stacey Malkin for drawing my attention to a dangerous ingredient in some cosmetic products. Stacey Malkin is the author of a very misleading book warning people about imaginary risks she claims you run using everyday personal care products. She also has a blog
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Do Sunscreens Protect Against Skin Cancer?
Summer is here and my favourite scare mongers are at it again. They are putting out dire warnings of the risks of using sunscreens if you don’t first check with them and then buy the ones they recommend. I am sure readers of Colin’s Beauty Pages are savvy enough to see through anything so transparently
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Mad Scientists
Working in a lab you often get people describing you as a mad scientist. It’s hilarious every time and never ceases to be funny. But just too make sure that nobody thinks that scientists are really mad I have prepared a diagram that explains the true situation. Basically there are a lot of people some
Langerhans Cells
Langerhans Cells (from Wikipedia) Microscopes began to be used around 1600 but it wasn’t until 1868 that a medical student called Paul Langerhans noticed some small black smudges in the skin. And it took over a hundred years before it began to be realised that what are now called Langerhans Cells are among the
Why your face is the most sensitive part of your skin
I used to assess new idea proposals for a big pharmaceutical company. Smaller companies with novel ideas, products and technologies would pitch them to me and some clever but non-technical colleagues. A lot of the ideas were very involved and needed a lot of explanation. One of the things I learned from that was that
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How Genetics Works
This photo appears around the internet. I am afraid I no longer know where it comes from. I put up a link when I originally posted it, but it has subsequently broken and I don’t think it was to the originator anyway. But it is still fun. If this is your photo let me known
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Great Photograph of Dermis and Epidermis from Wikipedia
A very clear picture of the upper layers of the skin.
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