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5 More Myth Busting Sources Around the Web

by thebeautybrains on November 7, 2009 · 0 comments

While the Beauty Brains focuses on dispelling myths about beauty products here are some others trying to burst the bogus bubble in other areas.

1. On Nutrition: See Medical News Today – Dispelling the Top 10 Nutrition Myths.

2. On Exercise: See About.com – Fitness Myths.

3. On General Science: See Livescience – Most Popular Myths in Science.

4. On Urban Legends: Try Snopes.com

5. On the Environment: Discover Magazine – Environmental Myths.

And let’s not forget one of our favorite shows on TV. Mythbusters! We love Adam and Jamie.

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Chic Clicks: The Best Of This Weeks Beauty Blogs

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Recycled wrappings and led lights keep girlawhirl’s holiday prep green and clean.
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Win a Free $25 Kohls Gift Card by Joining the Forum

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We have decided to give it away to one of our active forum members.
What do you have to [...]

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Penelope’s pain…I just had my second go round of fake eyelashes applied at a salon. My eyelids swelled up and got really red in the crease of the upper lids. It was painful!
The Right Brain responds:
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The Left Brain updates:
I created quite a stir in the world of silk pillow cases last year when I tried to answer the question “Are Silk Pillow Cases Good For Your Skin? (Follow the link for the original post and all the entertaining comments.)
Silk from a sow’s ear?
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Amy I know this book is going on my Amazon Wish List!

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The Beauty Brains Blog Becomes More Beautiful

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Women Need Skin Products More Than Men

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It’s bad enough that men make more money than women for doing the same job, but this is just ridiculous. According to skin researchers in Germany, women’s skin ages faster than men’s! Life is so unfair.
In their study, the researchers used pulses of laser light to measure the amount of collagen and elastin [...]

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Halloween Beauty Science

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Happy Halloween everyone!
In honor of this spooky holiday, we’re going to tell you about a demonstration of a scientific principle that not only make for a good Halloween trick, but it also has application in beauty science.
Water to blood
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