Month: December 2024

  • how to do a skin patch test

    How to do a skin patch test

    Last Updated on March 2, 2025 by Giorgia Guazzarotti Did You Know Any Ingredient Can Cause an Allergy or Irritation? Yep, even something as seemingly harmless as chamomile or water can irritate someone’s skin. I know, it sounds wild. Water?! What could be more natural and safe than water? But there are people out there […]

  • how to prevent foundation from oxidising

    Why Does My Foundation Turn Orange On Me (And How To Prevent It)?

    Last Updated on March 2, 2025 by Giorgia Guazzarotti Tell me if you can relate to this… You’ve spent a small fortune over the years to find that elusive foundation shade that perfectly matches your skin tone. It was a bit more expensive than you usually like to spend on makeup, but you don’t care. […]

  • Dicaprylyl Carbonate skincare

    Know Your Ingredients: Dicaprylyl Carbonate

    Last Updated on March 2, 2025 by Giorgia Guazzarotti Have you heard of Dicaprylyl Carbonate? It’s one of those ingredients that lurks in almost all your skincare products and has a suspect name that makes it look a little… well, it’s not natural, is it? Should you worry? Not really. Here’s why: What Is Dicaprylyl […]

  • stop reading women's magazines

    Why I don’t read women’s magazines anymore

    Last Updated on March 2, 2025 by Giorgia Guazzarotti I started reading women’s magazines in high school while trying to figure out this makeup thing. I couldn’t ask my mum – the only makeup she ever wore is nail polish. My friends weren’t into it – if anything, they came to me for advice. Youtube […]

  • aleppo soap

    Aleppo Soap Is The World’s Oldest Soap – Is It The Best One, Too?

    Last Updated on March 2, 2025 by Giorgia Guazzarotti I keep hearing raves about Aleppo soap. It’s an ancient type of soap from Syria made mostly of olive oil and a variable amount of laurel oil (the one I have contains 30% of it). To say that I was excited to finally try it would […]

  • beauty uses for vaseline

    22 Surprising Beauty Uses For Vaseline

    Last Updated on March 2, 2025 by Giorgia Guazzarotti Vaseline is a staple in my beauty bag. I lost count of the amount of times it came to my skin’s rescue and helped me out of a beauty emergency. Hard to believe, isn’t it? Vaseline doesn’t look like much. Plus, it’s so cheap. Surely, there’s […]