Can you spot the TRUE story in this week’s Beauty Science Game? 4 of these facts are fake – guess the real beauty science story and leave a comment. I’ll post the answers tomorrow.
- Beauty breakthrough from the deep blue: Sea Cucumber extract is found to boost collagen production.
- McDonald’s is the latest fast food franchise to hop on the personal care products bandwagon with a line of new fragrances based on their popular shake flavors including Arctic Orange and Shamrock.
- Chemical manufacturers have developed a new type of sunscreen that you don’t put on your skin – you put it in the swimming pool. After swimming the chemical sticks to your skin to prevent sunburn.
- Bogus beauty claims may soon be a thing of the past: A new software program is being used to write more meaningful claims for cosmetics of the future.
- A new nail polish spiked with silver stops toenail fungus before it starts.
Have fun!
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I’m going with number 5.
Umm.. 5? but I got things wrong last time too..
I’m going with 1. But they all sound pretty absurd >_>
Number 1
This time I’m really not sure.
I think number 5 would be considered a drug not just “nail product” this week is tricky but I’m going with 3 because u know they have play doh perfume.
i mean nail polish
I say #2 is true. After all, Burger King had colognes that smelled like their burgers. It could be marketed to little girls. A small bottle of it could be used as a Happy Meal prize.
Bonne Bell should put those milkshake flavors into Lipsmackers, and McDonald’s could use them as Happy Meal prizes.
I know this is cynical, but wouldn’t cosmetic companies love to create brand loyalty and brand identification by giving out children’s versions of their products with Happy Meals?
If I was a kid and got a mini perfume or lip gloss I would have just loved it! I remember being 4 and loving shimmery lip smackers and pouting out my lips and say daddy see my lips!
Ah, let’s go with number one, I like to be different.
Number 1 will be my guess.
Ho ho ho…Santa says congrats to Tiffany, Leslie, Moxie, and Julia for getting the correct answer:
1. True: Reseachers identified the genes that make Sea Cucumber tissue stiffen and have hypothesized how they may be used in anti-aging skin care.
http://www.cosmeticsandtoiletries.com/research/biology/Sea-Cucumber-Peptides-to-Affect-Collagen-182029731.html
2. McDonald’s is the latest fast food franchise to hop on the personal care products bandwagon with their line of new perfumes based on their popular shake flavors including the Arctic Orange and Shamrock shake.
False but Pizza Hut is coming out with a new “bread dough” fragrance.
http://mobile.cosmeticsdesign.com/Formulation-Science/Pizza-Hut-perfume-really
3. Chemical manufacturers have developed a new type of sunscreen that you don’t put on your skin – you put it in the swimming pool. After swimming the chemical sticks to your skin to prevent sunburn.
False but chemical giant Ashland has developed a sunscreen that can be applied to wet skin.
http://mobile.cosmeticsdesign.com/Formulation-Science/Ashland-develops-a-way-to-apply-sunscreen-to-wet-skin
4. Are you tired of bogus cosmetic claims that don’t really make any sense in the first place? Well products of the future may be written claims for future beauty products may be written by a new claims software.
False but the next book you read may be software generated. Researchers have generated new algorithms that can tell stories.
http://www.newscientist.com/mobile/article/mg21628945.700-storytelling-software-learns-how-to-tell-a-good-tale.html
5. A new silver laced nail polish stops toenail fungus before it starts.
False but researchers have developed new socks that contain silver to stop stinky feet.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20595226
I would want to read a software generated book I appreciate stories that come from real people and passion more.
I want that sunblock!!