Longtime readers of the Beauty Brains are familiar with all that we have written about eyelash growth products. We were skeptical of claims by Jan Marini at first because there was no supporting data presented. Then we found a study that showed there was a material that seemed to have stimulated eyelash growth. We were [...]

Monica questions: What causes more hair loss straightening you hair with a flat iron or doing a relaxer at a salon? Left Brain straighteners her out: Great question Monica. A quick answer is that Relaxers lead to more hair loss than Flat Irons. Read on for why. If you want some additional options to flat [...]

The Beauty Brains have discussed animal testing and cosmetics on a few occasions. Here they explained how all ingredients on cosmetics were at one time animal tested and how companies can claim not to test on animals when they indirectly do. A number of people have expressed skepticism about those claims. Well, according to this [...]

Heather hopes the Brains can help: Hi, I’m currently looking in to Cosmetic Science as a career. I will be graduating from uni this year but have no previous experience in the area. I plan to do a diploma from the SCS in Cosmetic Science to start me off. If you have any advice or [...]

Carrie’s Curious About Cleaning: I am an aspiring makeup artist and I’m wondering what the best way to clean and disinfect my makeup brushes would be. In Cosmetology school we used Quaternary Ammonium Compounds to disinfect hair brushes but how can I disinfect brushes I use on the face? If you have any great ideas [...]

Sophia’s mineral malady: I am still trying to find a Mineral Makeup shade match. I have ordered many many sample kits from Everyday Minerals. Several shades, or mixes rather, work fine for a couple hours, but they all deepen in color,and by the end of the day I am either green or orange, and I [...]

Marchella’s mystery: I love love love this blog! I’ve got a quick question for you guys… I know you seem to respect The Cosmetics Cop’s reviews of products, but what do you actually think of her range? I’ve recently bought one of her toners and antioxidant serums, and I was wondering whether they’re really as [...]

If you believed everything you heard from animal rights activist groups, you might think that the cosmetic industry could easily stop testing on animals. They have suggested that there are dozens of alternatives to animal testing. Well, the scientists in the cosmetic industry and readers of the Beauty Brains know that this hasn’t been true. [...]

Mid Brain muses: The folks over at C&E News are reporting on a new technology for changing your eye color. Researchers at Ciba Vision and Bausch & Lomb have come up with a new way to change eye color that works much better than the current technology. While colored lenses have been around since the [...]