Many cosmetics come with promises to make us look 鈥渇orever young.鈥� But there are some suggestions that many contain 鈥渇orever鈥� chemicals that may actually interfere with our efforts to prevent aging...
Take some corn syrup, water, flour, red food dye and blue food dye. Blend these ingredients together in the right ratio and you鈥檒l have a great batch of fake blood! It won鈥檛 be of any good for...
On hot, humid summer days many women rely on waterproof mascara to keep their lashes soft and smooth. 聽The main chemical responsible for smoothing the lashes is a type of silicone polymer known as...
Several people have sent me this video of a Harvard student "inventing" a 3-D printer that cranks out cosmetics at home. She starts out by telling us that the cosmetics industry, a $55 billion...
Not if you look at the numbers. Many cosmetics now advertise "no parabens," as they cater to chemical paranoia. Parabens are very effective preservatives and prevent bacterial growth in creams and...
Had a question about lead in lipstick. You won't see lead listed on the label but doesn鈥檛 mean that there is no lead in the product. Certainly there is no lead added on purpose, but the presence of...
Siobahn O鈥機onnor and Alexandra Spunt are two very pleasant ladies who came to see me when they were doing research for their recently published book, No More Dirty Looks. I was a little...
Lipsticks, (the waxy kind that come聽in the traditional tube), contain a variety of natural waxes, such as beeswax, carnauba wax, ozokerite, ceresin, or microcrystalline wax, which is聽derived from...
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