If you enjoy the Beauty Brains blog, you’ll also enjoy sharing your thoughts with others in the Beauty Brains Forum. There are thousands of comments from over 400 members on all kinds of beauty issues. As a special reward to the more prolific Forum members, we provide them with new beauty products to review. In [...]

I had to take a break from working on the Beauty Brains book to comment on this story. We’ve written about and debated whether eyelash growth products like Jan Marini actually work. Some say yes, some say no. The Beauty Brains have always said we were skeptical unless they are using an unapproved drug. Well, [...]

If you enjoy the Beauty Brains blog, you’ll also enjoy sharing your thoughts with others in the Beauty Brains Forum. There are thousands of comments from nearly 400 members on all kinds of beauty issues. As a special reward to the more prolific Forum members, we provide them with new beauty products to review. In [...]

Stephanie says: My friend raves about Estee Lauder Idealist Micro-D Thermal Face Polisher so I looked up the ingredients. The first one listed is calcium chloride, which, apparently, is corrosive and is used to make bleu cheese. How can this be safe to use on your skin? My friend also wants to know if adding [...]

Tamara’s temerity: Hello, Brains. I continue to adore the blog. Now, I humbly come before you again with a beauty query. My question concerns the efficacy of Frederic Fekkai More Nighttime Follicle Boosting Treatment. Freddy claims the following results: “Concentrated, continuous-release dose of niacin; Increases oxygenation of the follicle; Increases energy metabolism for a more [...]

With the rest of the Beauty Brains taking a break to work on their book, I thought this would be a good time for guest blogger Dr. Brett Kotlus to teach us about dark circles. Take it away Dr. Brett: During consultations in my cosmetic surgery practice, patients commonly ask about dark circles under their [...]

I know the Beauty Brains don’t recommend that you take dietary supplements and here’s yet another reason to avoid them. Colloidal silver can permanently turn your skin blue. According to these health experts the silver can accumulate in your body and give the skin a bluish gray color. And this change is permanent because there [...]

Is he bold or is he crazy? Here’s an Oxford-based neurosurgeon who is publicly calling for more animal testing. He’s even advocating the use of animal testing for cosmetics! This happened during a speech in front of a rally organized by Pro-Test, a group that supports animal testing for research. I wonder how this story [...]

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