Cosmetics on Trial: 12 Angry Ingredients
02/12/2010 -
So you buy organic fruits and vegetables, antibiotic- and hormone-free meats and you drive an eco-friendly car, but what about your personal care products—shampoos, foundation, perfume—ever read the ingredient label on those?
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What’s Gender Got to Do With It?
02/01/2010 -
Generally, makeup is marketed exclusively to women. But what if women aren’t the only ones using beauty products? One out of 10 British men admitted using foundation or concealer.
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Dyeing for Color
12/11/2009 -
The fun part about makeup is the variety of colors and shades that can brighten, darken or accent; colors and dyes are essentials to cosmetic formulation. The question is which dyes and pigments used in these products are safe?
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Lashing Out
10/27/2009 -
The bigger the lashes the better. According to NPD Group, even though sales for prestige beauty products were down 7 percent during the first half of 2009, lash enhancers were still booming.
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Natural Actives for Hair Care
09/01/2009 -
Ingredients such as green coconut water, soapnut and neem are powerful tools for formulators developing hair care products that tap into consumers’ desire for all-natural, botanical offerings.
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Dissecting Hair Care Products
06/24/2009 - There are a range of ingredients in many so-called natural hair care products and it is often unknown exactly what they are and what they do to the hair and scalp. The primary ingredients in shampoos are called surfactants or surface-active-agents. These substances are capable of emulsifying oils and holding dirt in suspension so that they can be rinsed away with water. Soap and synthetic...