Will Benzene in Sunscreens Give You Cancer? (with video)
In case you haven’t already heard, the 2021 edition of “This Anti-Cancer Product Is Giving You Cancer” is that there’s been benzene found in a bunch of sunscreens. How much …
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Zinc Sunscreens Don’t Work Better: Every Myth Busted (with video)
There are so many myths around mineral or physical sunscreens – the ones with zinc oxide and titanium dioxide – and how they’re supposedly better than chemical sunscreens with scarier …
Products I Used to Love (with video)
I’m a dinosaur in beauty blogger years. I started my blog in December 2011, and in the last 10-ish years, I’ve learned a lot as I’ve read way too deeply …
Octocrylene Causes Cancer? and I’m Propaganda Now (with video)
There’s been a recent study published about the sunscreen ingredient octocrylene turning into benzophenone over time. According to the paper, “benzophenone is a mutagen, carcinogen, and endocrine disruptor”. I wasn’t …
Ultra Violette Review: Full Range!
This post is sponsored by Ultra Violette. Exciting news – one of my favourite sunscreen brands, Ultra Violette, is now available in the UK through Space NK. I’ve raved about …
Do They Work? Evy 6-Hour Sunscreen, Dermablend Drops in SPF
Being the “sunscreen nerd” person, I get a lot of questions about unusual sunscreen products and whether or not their claims work out. Last time I talked about the Colorescience …
Skincare School Podcast and Beauty Blog Research
I’m taking a short break from proper posts (will be back at the end of the week), so here’s some other stuff you might want to check out in the …
Sneaky Marketing? The Inkey List Succinic Acid Acne Treatment
The Inkey List are a brand that I generally quite like (well not anymore, now that I’ve seen their response to me raising this issue, and some of their other …