Sodium laureth sulfate is in just about every shampoo and foam bath, as avid readers of ingredient lists can confirm. The name tells you pretty much what it is, if you know about these things. It is the sodium salt of sulfated lauryl alcohol, which has been ethoxylated. If you had hadn’t ethoxylated it, it […]
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Coal tar is no longer legal in cosmetics. It was banned in 2005, in the process destroying two really well known brands: Vosene and Wright’s Coal Tar soap. There was evidence that coal tar could cause cancer. This was based on various bits of information, but most convincingly by an increased incidence in cancer amongst
Colin’s Beauty Pages is a science blog as well as a beauty blog. Think of it as a sort of social media two in one shampoo. And so it is always great to get a question in from a scientist. This comes from my friend David Bradley, the man behind the blog http://www.sciencebase.com (which incidentally,
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Titanium dioxide is a white pigment widely used ingredient including in cosmetics and particularly in sunscreens.
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Micellar water based eye makeup removers are getting a lot of coverage right now. They are mild and effective and are a good choice, but aren’t as different or new as you might think.
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Polysorbate 80 and the other polysorbates are versatile materials that can be used to create products that might otherwise be impossible.
Jean writes: The old one about SLS and SLES I have tried using products with more, allegedly, greener detergents but my skin reacts to them, itching and dryness, but when I use products with the above detergent, I don’t have a problem. Is it because , although It is claimed that SLS and SLES are
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Cocamidopropyl betaine is a bit of a mouthful, but that doesn’t stop it from being one of the most widely used ingredients in shampoos and foam baths. Wikipedia is a good source of information on cosmetic ingredients as a rule, but the entry on CAPB is a bit opaque and was clearly written by someone
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