Taking the guesswork out of skincare
Is your skin all angry at you right now? Maybe you used a skincare product it doesn’t like. Or you’ve stayed in the sun a little too long. Or you’re dealing with another rosacea outbreak. Whatever the reason, your skin is now a big, red and inflamed mess. Don’t worry, I’m here to help. Here […]
Did you know Diane De Poitiers was 20 years older than her royal lover, King Henry II of France? Yet, they looked the SAME age. Her secret? Gold. Diane drank a cuppa every day. Gold is the same shiny colour as the sun and, like the sun, it was thought to give you life. Youth. […]
Growing up, talc was a staple in my house. My mum would dust the powder on me and my sister after a bath. I don’t think we liked it much because when we became old enough to have baths on our own, we stopped using it. But talc didn’t give up on me. It sneakily came […]
Truth bomb: just because a serum has vitamin C, it doesn’t mean it’ll help you keep wrinkles away. (By the way, you can substitute vitamin C with any other ingredient). It’s not just what’s in a serum that matters. How much of it is in the serum does, too. If you add 15% vitamin C to […]
You know me. I usually turn to science to figure out if an ingredient is good or bad. But sometimes, science can’t give you the answer. If no one has done a study on it, science stays mute. It doesn’t have an opinion. It only deals with facts. That’s why it’s so hard to figure […]
Ever wondered what PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil is? It’s in all your skincare products (or so it seems). And it must have something to do with castor oil, right? But what does it do exactly and, more importantly, is it safe? Here’s what science says: What Is PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil? You’ve probably guessed it […]
