Ali asks…I was wondering what is the best approach to dealing with blackheads. What are they and what can we do to keep them at bay. Thanks! The Right Brain replies: Ali, there’s really nothing to worry about.Blackheads are just pores on your skin that have a wider than usual opening. And this opening, [...]
Mandy’s Musing…Hey Brains!! Great website!! I’m a sucker for healthy hair and methods on keeping it healthy, and I was surfing through the net and found this article: http://www.tlhs.org/vid06.jpg. What do you think? Is it possible for hair to get used to not being washed and therefore not producing so much oil so that it [...]
Celeste asks…I have found out from this site that all I hear about silicone is not true. So what else is not true? Do I have to cleanse the silicone from my hair, or will it wear off? Can I use an Aubrey or some such shampoo or cowash? The Left Brain responds: Silicone is [...]
Are you curious about cosmetic ingredients? Every product sold in the United States is required to put a listing of the ingredients they use but do you ever wonder what those chemicals are? I know I did. During my college days I would read the ingredients on the shampoo bottle and wonder, what are these [...]
Kelly’s question…I wanted to see if you might have an answer for me about sunscreen and how to apply it. Forever, I have been told that you apply your products first – eye cream, serums, moisturizer and then your sunscreen is the last step before your makeup. Yesterday, on another well respected blog, Dr. Schultz [...]
Arlene Asks…I have been noticing lately that shampoos are made for different hair colors. Such as John Frieda and Pantene Pro-V Expressions. How are these shampoos any different from regular shampoos and do they really work? The Right Brain’s Rapidly Written Response: The trend toward different shampoo formulas for different hair colors appears to be [...]
HAPPI magazine reports that Ulthera Inc., a Mesa, AZ company has gained Food and Drug Administration approval to market a new device that can help cure saggy skin. The device is already for sale to plastic surgeons and dermatologists for facial tightening and eyebrow lifting and the company claims to be developing a handheld version [...]
Here’s an interesting news story from CosmeticsDesign.com about Massachusetts Senator Anthony Galluccio’s drunk driving arrest. The reason this caught the attention of my “beauty brain” is that the Senator claimed his that his toothpaste made him fail a breathalyzer test. Could this be true? Tipsy toothpaste The controversy centers around the ingredient sorbitol, a sugar [...]
Rosabella’s request…A friend of mine swears by Estée Lauder’s Idealist to make her pores look smaller. So do a lot of people online whose reactions and reviews I’ve read, but a lot of them can’t get over the price. Neither can I! Do you know what’s so special about the formula? Do you reckon it [...]
If Naturallycurly.com is correct, our post on 7 Sure Ways To Straighten Your Hair may soon be obsolete: that’s because scientists in Australia have discovered the gene that’s responsible for creating curly hair and they’re developing a treatment that could allow you to change your curly hair to straight just by swallowing a pill. In [...]