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Green cosmetics stories from a mad scientist or a scientist mad about cosmetics

Ingredients
March 17, 2014

Is alcohol bad for your skin?

How bad alcohol is for the skin? Or is it not? The inspiration came after reading some popular website portraying a very simple black and white picture, right and wrong about alcohol. I thought, actually there are colours and shades in the picture. So I…
Barbara Olioso
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Trends
March 10, 2014

Cosmetics reverse formulation

After receiving so many queries about cosmetics reverse formulation I decided it is time to write about it. Some people approached me to talk about how to research the formulation of a cosmetic product they really like to use it as a starting platform for…
Barbara Olioso
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Ingredients
February 24, 2014

Is Water Organic?

I asked the question is water organic to my natural cosmetics workshop students last November because I was really curious to hear their views on this hot topic. Nearly everybody agreed on the idea of water being counted as natural but not organic. I found…
Barbara Olioso
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Ingredients
February 16, 2014

Is your face exfoliant harming marine life?

I believe exfoliation is a very important beauty practise, but not when your face exfoliant is harming to marine life. How? The cheapest micro beads used in exfoliating cosmetics, from face exfoliants to body scrubs, are made of Polyethylene. They are perfectly round in shape (less…
Barbara Olioso
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Ingredients
February 11, 2014

My favourite natural aphrodisiac

Aphrodisiacs tend to come from a strange source or have a strange flavour or texture (think of oysters), apart from my favourite natural aphrodisiac: chocolate! it has a rich comforting texture, a rich brown colour with a flavour with no equals. In fact its botanical…
Barbara Olioso
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Trends
January 31, 2014

DIY Beauty products: how safe are they?

I know many women have the natural instinct of mixing beauty potions, but how safe are DIY beauty products made in the  kitchen? I ask myself this question because I see more and more companies offering cream bases to add essential oils and various extracts,…
Barbara Olioso
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