Archive for September, 2008
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Mid Brain muses:
Ok, it’s probably not the sort of thing that non-scientists would get excited, but I’m tickled pink about the Beauty Brains being written up in the September 8, 2008 issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN).
For those who don’t know, C&EN is the official weekly magazine of the American [...]
Chic Clicks: The Best Of This Weeks Beauty Blogs
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Giralwhirl looks at the Spring 2009: top fashion trends from New York Fashion Week.
SeenON!wants you to win a Kritik for Lisa Kline hoodie and shorts.
SheFinds is baffled as to why women would resort to back fat surgery. Is bra bulge really that bad?
Smarter Fashion shows us how to get some [...]
Six Bra Sizing Secrets
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Mid Brains muses:
We’ve blogged before about Titillating Tidbits About Bras so, although it’s not exactly cosmetic science, I thought our Beauty Brains community would be interested in these bra-boosting tips from Tomima Edmark, the creator of HerRoom.com.
1. Slippery straps
Your straps are not tight enough. This may seem obvious but many women simply don’t [...]
How Does JK Jemma Kidd Lip Gloss Change Color?
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Pam is perplexed: I read a review about a lipgloss that adapts to your natural lip color. It’s called JK Jemma Kidd Lip ID color adapt gloss. Does this really work?
The Right Brain replies:
The quick answer is “sort of.” For the detailed response, we’ll have to descend into the Stygian depths [...]
16Can Potato Starch Straighten Your Hair?
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Haleigh’s hair hope: Okay someone told me that if I took the juice from a potato and let it sit in my hair that it would straighten it. Does this work ?
The Left Brain’s stiff response:
Like I said when I blogged about using coffee to color hair, I love questions like this [...]
Why Is There Shark Oil In My Skin Cream?
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Jamie’s suspicious about squalane: My friend swears by pure squalane oil but I find it kind of suspicious. Supposedly it’s derived from olive oil or shark liver. It’s found in quite a few body products but what exactly does it do?
The Right Brain’s shark attack:
To answer your question about squalane we [...]
How Do You Stop Nail Polish From Bubbling?
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The Beauty Brains receive hundreds of questions each week and while we read each and every email, there’s no way we can answer them all. So, we thought we’d try something new - we posted a few of your recent questions in our Forum where we’re blessed with over 1000 helpful [...]
Is Biotherm Aquasource Cream As Good As 5,000 Liters of Spa Water?
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Venessa’s very skeptical: Hey, I recently saw Biotherm’s Aquasource Nonstop face cream, which supposedly equals ‘all the benefits of 5,000 litres of spa water concentrated in a single jar’. I was wondering if you guys have any experience with this face cream, and how it works?
The Right Brain replies:
To be honest, [...]
The Mascara You Should NEVER Wear With Contact Lenses
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Rebecca’s contact concern: I read at Consumer Reports.org that contact lens wearers should not use lash-extending mascaras because they contain microfibers that become trapped under the lens and scratch the cornea. What qualifies as a lash-extending mascara? Do the labels “lengthening” and “lash-extending” mean the same thing? Do they mean anything? [...]
Chic Clicks: The Best Of This Weeks Beauty Blogs
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The nude nail is Girlawhirl’s glamour look for fall.
SheFinds throws a wrench in your beauty regime. Should you nixe the moisturizer?
Smarter Fashion introduces Smarter.com’s first new Facebook application called “What Would You Buy?” which can be used to send polls to your friends so they can help you make fashion [...]
