Comments on: 5 Places to Make Your Own Cosmetics http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/11/12/5-places-to-make-your-own-cosmetics/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:50:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wren http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/11/12/5-places-to-make-your-own-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-49550 Wren Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:01:56 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=8244#comment-49550 OMG! DIY IS THE BEST THING EVER!!! It's kind of a pain to have a lot of kitchen-type equipment that I have to keep separate from my ACTUAL kitchen equipment, but for someone who is as much of a control freak as me, it's the ultimate in DIY fun! The best thing about doing it @ home and not being a company's chemist is that you don't have to follow the non-safety related regulations for certain things. (Like spending money on denatured alcohol when there is already perfectly good everclear in your cabinet.) And, you get to use "fresh" ingredients as opposed to something that could have been sitting on a self for who knows how many years. I'd feel a lot better about that if more lotions had the little "expiration date jar" on the container like facial makeup does. OMG! DIY IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!
It’s kind of a pain to have a lot of kitchen-type equipment that I have to keep separate from my ACTUAL kitchen equipment, but for someone who is as much of a control freak as me, it’s the ultimate in DIY fun!

The best thing about doing it @ home and not being a company’s chemist is that you don’t have to follow the non-safety related regulations for certain things. (Like spending money on denatured alcohol when there is already perfectly good everclear in your cabinet.)
And, you get to use “fresh” ingredients as opposed to something that could have been sitting on a self for who knows how many years.
I’d feel a lot better about that if more lotions had the little “expiration date jar” on the container like facial makeup does.

]]> By: Hanna-Britta http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/11/12/5-places-to-make-your-own-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-46775 Hanna-Britta Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:25:00 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=8244#comment-46775 When I started to make my own cosmetics it did not just only give me the insight of how everything is done and composed, but also made me more interested in the science and history of beauty products (which made me read this blog, hooray!). And I know that making your own products is not more expensive, at least not here in Sweden. And yet, somehow I'm quite sure that my material costs are higher than others are (due to the value of the swedish crown, hehe). Anyways, making your own cosmetics in really fun and interesting and probably makes you a smarter costumer. When I started to make my own cosmetics it did not just only give me the insight of how everything is done and composed, but also made me more interested in the science and history of beauty products (which made me read this blog, hooray!).

And I know that making your own products is not more expensive, at least not here in Sweden. And yet, somehow I’m quite sure that my material costs are higher than others are (due to the value of the swedish crown, hehe).

Anyways, making your own cosmetics in really fun and interesting and probably makes you a smarter costumer.

]]> By: 5 Places to Make Your Own | Best Beauty Shoppe http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/11/12/5-places-to-make-your-own-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-45364 5 Places to Make Your Own | Best Beauty Shoppe Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:25:14 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=8244#comment-45364 [...] Read the full article ? [...] [...] Read the full article ? [...]

]]> By: MoxieHart http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/11/12/5-places-to-make-your-own-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-45294 MoxieHart Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:02:22 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=8244#comment-45294 Zenobia, you thought they were being condescending? Never visit <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/insolence" rel="nofollow">Orac's blog</a>, he's much less tolerant of the woo than the Beauty Brains. I'm very skeptical of handmade products. All it takes is a tiny bit of rotavirus, strep, or staph near your mucous membranes, eyes, or any pimples etc. and you'll have a very nasty infection. I'm not reassured by the image of some hipster making moisturizer in their kitchen. Zenobia, you thought they were being condescending? Never visit Orac’s blog, he’s much less tolerant of the woo than the Beauty Brains.
I’m very skeptical of handmade products. All it takes is a tiny bit of rotavirus, strep, or staph near your mucous membranes, eyes, or any pimples etc. and you’ll have a very nasty infection. I’m not reassured by the image of some hipster making moisturizer in their kitchen.

]]> By: anactoria http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/11/12/5-places-to-make-your-own-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-45217 anactoria Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:16:39 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=8244#comment-45217 Sugaring! That's a grand idea, Zenobiah, thank you! I've found sugaring easier on the skin too. I always thought it was because wax gets harder than the sugaring does, so yeah, it's still yanking hairs out, and maybe it''s mind over matter, but whatever works! Luckily, I don't have a lot of or thick body hair. This will be a weekend of sugaring and henna. ^_^ Sugaring! That’s a grand idea, Zenobiah, thank you!

I’ve found sugaring easier on the skin too. I always thought it was because wax gets harder than the sugaring does, so yeah, it’s still yanking hairs out, and maybe it’’s mind over matter, but whatever works!

Luckily, I don’t have a lot of or thick body hair. This will be a weekend of sugaring and henna. ^_^

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