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It’s easy to say, “Apply your sunscreen generously and top it up every couple of hours.” How the heck do you do that when your skin is covered with its own grease?! Oily skin + sunscreen = tricky relationship. Go down the mineral sunscreen route and you’re left with a white, oily cast that makes […]
Jeannie Jarnot is on a mission to deliver beauty you can trust, one Hero product at a time. After a long career as a spa director, she founded Beauty Heroes, an online shop where she curates the best of green beauty. Her criteria are strict. To make the cut, each product must be innovative, luxurious […]
Borghese Cura Di Vita Protettivo Moisturizer SPF 15 is a day cream fit for a princess. Literally. Princess Marcella, a member of the Italian royal family with a passion for all things beauty, created the Borghese brand in the ’50s. How cool is that? The bottle of the moisturizer reminds me of perfume – a […]
What’s the best Paula’s Choice Skin-Brightening product? The brand has a dozen serums, essences and boosters all promising to even out your skin tone, brighten your complexion and fade away dark spots once and for all. But not all are created equal. Some can make your skin glow, but are powerless against dark spots. Some […]
Move over, parabens! There’s a new preservative in town. It’s called Phenoxyethanol. Rumour has it, it’s gentler, safer and still as effective at keeping bacteria and other nasties out of your skincare products. Is that too good to be true? Are brands doing the right things in phasing out parabens for phenoxyethanol? And should you […]
Humectant is one of those fancy words us science beauty bloggers like to throw around to prove we know our stuff. But everyone else is probably scratching their heads, wondering what the heck we’re talking about. What are humectants? What do they do for your skin? Why are they in pretty much every skincare product […]
