Will exercising your facial muscles with yoga really reduce wrinkles? Also, does eating ice cream make you a murderer? Tune in and find out! Bonus: You won’t believe Perry’s wacky push up challenge! If you enjoy our podcast will you PLEASE show your support and buy our new book? Click here to get your copy [...]
Our FaceBook page was abuzz recently over this HuffPo article on the woman who hasn’t washed her hair in 5 years. If you really did NOTHING to clean your hair and scalp, would that be bad for you? Increased oil Trichologist and fellow cosmetic scientist, Tony Maleedy, weighed in on the debate with this analysis: [...]
Read this week’s Beauty Science News and feel your brain start to swell with more smartness. Dove banned from barbed wire advertising. Why phthalates may not be so bad after all. Are we getting closer to a true cure for baldness? Aphrodisiacs through history. The FBI warns counterfeit cosmetics may contain human urine.
This Africa’s Best product is a beauty best seller on Amazon this week. Let’s look at the label to see what else it contains besides olive oil. I’ve copied the ingredient listing directly from the Walgreen’s website (since it wasn’t included on Amazon) and as you can see below it’s a bit of a mess [...]
Alessandra asks…I hope you can help me with a hair dilemma. I am a 44-year old woman with hair that tends to split mid-shaft, about 1 or more inch from the ends. I don’t color my hair, which is baby-fine but abundant, and I don’t style it with hot tools, except for blow drying only the [...]
Sophie says (via Facebook)…I’ve been reading about Matrixyl but I can’t understand the studies. Does it really postpone the advent of wrinkles? The Beauty Brains respond: One of our favorite beauty science blogs, Colin’s Beauty Pages, has covered this topic recently so rather than reinvent the wheel we’ll steal…uh… we’ll plagiarize…uh…I mean we’ll reference the [...]
Laurie longs to learn…I’ve been a fan of the WEN type products for years. My short blonde hair works well with this type of product. I recently read a review of Herbal Essences new Naked Cleansing Conditioner and it sounds like it does what WEN does for a lot less. Should I give it a [...]
This week you’ll learn all about fragrance allergies – what they are and how to avoid them. We also update our discussion on pore minimizing products AND we poke fun at Refinery29’s article about using left over alcohol on your hair. Bonus: Our first (and probably last) beauty science joke! Would you like to ask [...]
Adelinna asks…I have been looking for a simple hydrating cream for eyes without any anti-aging ingredients. My skin is very sensitive and some of them give make my skin itch. I finally tried a cream suggested by a friend from German brand Balea. It feels very good and it is very cheap. The price make [...]
We may be frozen in the Polar Vortex but that doesn’t stop us from sharing more beauty science news! How to think like a scientist so you’re not tricked by cosmetic companies It looks like we all might live forever with this anti aging breakthrough. New discovery may spell the end for mascara testing on [...]