Archive for December, 2008
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Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Hello Beauty Brains community. Today, we have a guest post from a cosmetic chemist who started her own company.
Joan Brindle, cosmetic chemist and owner of The Creative Cosmetic Company shares her recipe for a terrific sugar scrub.
Make Your Own Sugar Scrub
A few years ago as I was getting ready to [...]
Reasons To Avoid Home Electrolysis
Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Meredith Muses…Do home electrolysis devices work? Do they really permanently remove hair and are they safe?
The Left Brain Lacks Enthusiasm:
Electrolysis is a process that involves inserting the tip of a metal stylus into your hair follicle; the stylus shoots a mild electric current through your skin to destroy the root of [...]
Chic Clicks: The Best of This Weeks Beauty Blogs
Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Girlawhirl finds the best gifts for under $25.
Are you feeling not-so-skinny in those skinny jeans? Sing your way to a svelte new you with SheZoom’s own Dr. Lou.
SheFinds spreads the word on how to earn extra cash by batting your eyelashes to show off a company’s logo on your lids.
Smarter [...]
Top 10 Beauty Science Toys
Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
The mission of the Beauty Brains is to educate our community on the science behind beauty care. It’s especially important to get this message to Teens and Tweens who may not have the critical thinking skills they’ll need to sort out the BS from the Beauty Science. Unfortunately, many kids are [...]
Follow the Beauty Brains on Twitter
Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
The Beauty Brains have finally moved into the new Millennium!
We have a Twitter page and have been updating fairly regularly for the last month.
If you are familiar with Twitter click the icon below to follow us.
If you don’t know about Twitter, you need to get on board. It is amazingly fun [...]
What Lip Balm Should You Use?
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DVG declares…My lips have been chapped and dry - which causes me to do the worst thing for them: I unconsciously bite at them when they are chapped. I have tried several lip balms and is it possible that they can cause my lips to dry out more than moisturize them? [...]
Artificial Skin May Reduce Need for Animal Testing
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Mid Brain reports…
Next year, the EU has scheduled a ban on all animal testing for cosmetics. Industry experts are skeptical it will actually be implemented. As the Beauty Brains have previously reported, there are not suitable alternatives to replace all animal testing yet.
Artificial Skin Alternative
But they may be changing. Scientists from [...]
Can Moisturizers Actually Make Skin Drier?
Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Ginger has a hunch about humectants: I’ve heard that that humectants only work if there’s a high moisture level in the air and other wise they’ll draw the moisture out of your hair. Is this possible?
The Right Brain replies: Humectant is a very misused word in the beauty industry. Many people [...]
Are Your Cosmetics Left or Right Handed?
Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Lisa’s curious about chirality: I recently learned about products that are chiral. They do sound more beneficial (since I now understand chirality), but does that necessarily mean that the other products that don’t claim to be chiral are no good?
The Left Brain’s leftist reply:
You must be taking Organic Chemistry right now [...]
Is Wen Conditioner a Wonder?
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Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Aspenstar wonders…What do you think of the Wen cleansing conditioners by Chaz Dean? supposedly they are not actually a shampoo, but a treatment product? Is it more hype than fact?
Right Brain says Wen:
The Left Brain previously wrote about Wen Cleansing Conditioners. Essentially concluding that WEN Cleansing Conditioner [...]
