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22 Not-So-Green Cosmetics Companies

July 1, 2015 by Winnie Okello

Greenwashing in cosmetics is such a tricky subject. Some of the beauty brands I’ve listed below are blatantly misleading consumers through greenwashing practices. Others on this list may be less deliberate

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International Beauty: Regiments from Around The World

June 26, 2015 by Winnie Okello

What do roses, sake and cacao have in common? Other than being the makings to one truly magical date night, these three enticing ingredients all boast powerful skin-enhancing essentials like

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DNA in Cosmetics: The New Frontier in Customized Cosmetics

June 22, 2015 by Winnie Okello

The cosmetics industry invests heavily in innovation. It is a dynamic market in which consumers are always avid for novelty. Recent years have seen the launch of a new class

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Nanoparticles in Cosmetics

June 19, 2015 by Winnie Okello

Technology; once a luxury for the wealthy, now a necessity for this very interconnected information-at-your fingertips society we live in. As technology advanced, it’s physical characteristics shrunk, and we now have

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Cosmetic Chemistry: The Science Behind Manufactured Beauty Products

June 15, 2015 by Winnie Okello

The latest edition of the Cosmetics Toiletries and Fragrance Association (CTFA) Dictionary lists more than 10,000 raw materials. Every year hundreds of new ingredients are added to the list of

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Innovators: In-cosmetics 2015 Crowns Top Innovation Zone and Green Ingredient Innovations

June 11, 2015 by Winnie Okello

Induchem, Dow Corning and Laboratoires Expanscience were all recognised for innovative new ingredient launches at last nights in-cosmetics Barcelona award ceremony. For the first time, the Innovation Zone Best Ingredient

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Synthetics in Cosmetics: Watch Out for These10 Ingredients

June 8, 2015 by Winnie Okello

In most of today’s popular cosmetic products; from the necessary to the optional selections, synthetic chemicals lurk in the tiny-prints of the ingredient list, as most consumers hardly glance at

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What’s Up with Microbeads in Cosmetics?

June 2, 2015 by Winnie Okello

It has only recently become clear that: Microbeads are used in hundreds of personal care products (including toothpaste, shaving cream, shower gel and exfoliating scrubs); A single product may contain

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20 Uses for Coconut Oil

May 18, 2015 by Winnie Okello

1. Body Butter Skip the chemicals and fake fragrances found in conventional lotions and whip up your own instead. My homemade body butter recipe uses shea butter, coconut oil, jojoba

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Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers

May 11, 2015 by Winnie Okello

A growing body of medical research shows a link between the chemicals that make nail and beauty products useful — the ingredients that make them chip-resistant and pliable, quick to