Cosmetics
Cosmetics and cosmetic realted posts.
Now that we’ve got your attention, let’s talk about argan oil. Don’t worry, we will get around to the poop. Surely you’ve heard of corn oil, sunflower oil, peanut oil and canola oil. But unless you’re familiar with Moroccan traditions, or are in the habit of frequenting trendy hair salons, chances are that argan oil has escaped your attention. So what is this oil that most people have never heard of? [To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:22 AM |
Sometimes researchers remain stubbornly wedded to their ideas even when their own work begins to unravel the fabric they have woven. I believe such is the case with Dr. Phillipa Darbre of the University of Reading in England. Back in 2004 Darbre achieved tabloid fame with her allegation that antiperspirants were implicated in breast cancer because they accosted breast tissue with preservatives known as parabens. These compounds have estrogenic properties [To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:04 PM |
It is a very small molehill. But to the folks at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC) it seems more like Mount Everest. This organization’s recently released report features a cute baby smothered in lather, sitting in a bathtub under the headline “Baby’s Tub Is Still Toxic.” What is this all about? Acrylic monomers leaching out of the tub? Lead in the water? Chemicals out gassing from the shower curtain? Reactions to mould on the grout? Nope. [To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Sunday, November 13, 2011 9:12 PM |
It’s a fingernail biting problem. You would like to have nice, long, shapely nails but yours just won’t grow properly. Time for a little chemical help. You know you can avail yourself of the latest acrylic technology at your local nail salon, but you have a lingering concern about safety. You’ve heard about the nasty things that methylmethacrylate can do. Redness, swelling, itching, blisters, lifting of the nail from the nailbed, irritation of eyes [To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Sunday, October 09, 2011 8:20 PM |
There’s lots of interesting chemistry in acrylic fingernails. Actually you have two types of acrylic fingernails. You have the type that is made of acrylic and is attached to the fingernail with cyanoacrylate glue, which is also a type of acrylic. And you also have the gel type that is painted on to the fingernail and is hardened by exposure to ultraviolet light. That involves some fascinating chemistry with the polymerization actually taking place on the finger[To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:05 PM |
What a strange world this is. On one hand people are terrified of bacteria. They shell out without abandon for all sorts of antibacterial cleansers. They’re wiping their kitchens, their bathrooms and their hands with a myriad products formulated to destroy bacteria. But when it comes to applying makeup to their face, mascara to their eyes or deodorants to their armpits, then heck with the bacteria. Bring’em on. [To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Friday, April 15, 2011 1:44 AM |
Everyone wants pearly whites. And carbamide peroxide can deliver the goods. You’ll find it in most tooth-whitening products for the simple reason that it can deliver hydrogen peroxide, H2O2, to the tooth surface. Hydrogen peroxide itself is a liquid and difficult to apply to teeth, but when it’s mixed with urea it forms a gel of carbamide peroxide that can easily be painted on teeth...[To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:34 PM |
I like to listen to the radio when I cook. And I was just in the midst of chopping my veggies when the lead item on the newscast caused my ears to perk up: “Carcinogenic chemicals found in baby shampoos!” I knew I had better get ready for the onslaught of phone-calls and the emails because the words “carcinogen” and “baby” in the same sentence add up to a formula for panic. But first things first. The chicken was already in the pot and I had to finish chopping my parsnips, carrots, onions an
posted @ Friday, May 01, 2009 11:44 AM |