The Beauty Brains

Bollywood’s Tom Cruise Promotes Skin Lightening

25 October 2009

Mid Brain reports:
This story about Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan’s endorsement of a skin lightening product demonstrates just how controversial a cosmetic product can be. Khan, who’s been described as the Tom Cruise of Bollywood, is being criticized for reinforcing prejudices and stereotypes. The product he’s pitching is called Fair and Handsome and it’s supposed to [...]

Fun Way To Learn Chemistry

24 October 2009

Mid Brain reports:
Take a look at this video. It features a fun way to learn about chemical reactions.

If only more videos like these were available when I went to school. Perhaps more of my classmates would’ve taken an interest in chemistry.
Have you seen interesting science videos? Leave a comment below and let the Beauty [...]

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Cosmetic Chemist Celebrates Mole Day

23 October 2009

Mid Brain Declares…
Happy Mole Day!
In case you didn’t realize, today is Mole Day. It’s a day to celebrate the famous and ever-so-important (to chemists anyway) constant, Avogadro’s Number. The number, 6.022 * 10 ^ 23, is a basic unit of measure in chemistry and represents the count of particles in a mole of a material. [...]

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Chic Clicks: The Best Of This Weeks Beauty Blogs

23 October 2009

In this week’s Chic Clicks, one of our favorite beauty blogs dares to invoke Gilligan’s Island. Yes, that’s right – we said Gilligan’s Island. Happy clicking!

Shoes, stilettos, patricia field and more are featured in “the high heel” a new short video on Girlawhirl.
StyleBakery hunts for chic riding boots that aren’t too tall.
SheZoom features up and [...]

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Hooray For Hand Hygiene!

22 October 2009

This month Mid Brain reports on new cosmetic science stories while the Left and Right Brains take time off to work on the new Beauty Brains book.
Mid Brain reports:
In the time it takes you to read this article, 75% of the people you know and love will become infected with Swine Flu.
Actually that’s not true, [...]

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A Remedy For Herbal Remedies

21 October 2009

This month Mid Brain reports on new cosmetic science stories while the Left and Right Brains take time off to work on the new Beauty Brains book.
Mid Brain Reports:

Just in case you’re missing the Left Brain’s tirades on “natural versus synthetic,” here’s an article on herbal products that does a nice job of summarizing the [...]

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How Advertising Tricks Your Brain

20 October 2009

This month Mid Brain reports on new cosmetic science stories while the Left and Right Brains take time off to work on the new Beauty Brains book.
Mid Brain reports:
Ah, the power of advertising. New research shows that if you’re told positive things about a product before you try it, you’re more inclined to like it. [...]

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Mosquito Madness

19 October 2009

This month Mid Brain reports on new cosmetic science stories while the Left and Right Brains take time off to work on the new Beauty Brains book.
Mid Brain reports:
We’ve blogged before about using Avon Skin So Soft as a mosquito repellent and why nothing can beat DEET, the active in OFF! But recently researchers [...]

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Why Does Kate Moss Spend More On Perfume Than Gasoline?

18 October 2009

Mid Brain reports:

In one of the oddest stories I’ve heard in a while, Kate Moss admitted that she thinks gasoline is one of the best scents in the world. According to the report I read at CosmeticsDesign.com (which I have to assume is partially tongue in cheek) she is considering creating a gasoline-inspired perfume. This [...]

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