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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 […]
Preservatives are a necessary evil. If you don’t want fuzzy little bacteria to grow in your fave moisturizer, you need to use some sort of poison (for them, not us) to kill them off. But, why do brands have to use stuff that releases formaldehyde or parabens, I hear you ask? Can’t they use something […]
Can you get your Vitamin D fix from a cream? Getting it from foods is hard. Barely any have it! The sun gives you plenty – together with wrinkles and dark spots. A supplement seems like the safest bet, but what if you don’t like to pop a pill? It’s tempting to turn to the […]
Remember when fat was the enemy? Then it was carbs. Now everyone’s freaking out about parabens. Walk into any beauty store and you’ll see “paraben-free” plastered on everything like it’s some kind of badge of honor. Brands act like they’ve just saved your life by removing these supposedly toxic preservatives from their formulas. But here’s […]
Sunscreen gave you a bad rash? Still got a sunburn after a few hours in the sun? So many sunscreens aren’t up to the job. Their UV filters are either irritating as hell or are so unreliable, they stop working within a couple of hours. But how can you tell which ones you can trust? […]
