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I Hate These Skincare Products (with video)

October 24, 2020 By Michelle 10 Comments

I Hate These Skincare Products (with video)

I haven’t had a good Cranky Old Lady rant in a while, so here’s one today, ranting about products I hate. Honestly, it isn’t even the product most of the time – it’s just the marketing around it that I hate. Video is here, keep scrolling for the written version. Coffee Scrubs I’ve ranted about…

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The Only Skincare That Works According to Science? ASAP Science video response

October 10, 2020 By Michelle 10 Comments

The Only Skincare That Works According to Science? ASAP Science video response

Recently ASAP Science released a video called “The ONLY face cream that works! – according to science”. A lot of people asked me to do a response, so here it is (keep scrolling for the text version). So the idea of the video is that there’s lots of misleading marketing in skincare .The video is…

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Science vs Anecdotal Evidence and Reviews (with video)

June 14, 2020 By Michelle 8 Comments

Science vs Anecdotal Evidence and Reviews (with video)

“I don’t care what the science says, it worked for me” “I only believe what I see with my own eyes” “I’ve worked with clients for twenty years, so I can say for a fact that this works” If you really want to understand the science behind beauty products, you have to understand why science…

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More Sunscreens in Your Blood??! The New FDA Study

January 25, 2020 By Michelle 23 Comments

More Sunscreens in Your Blood??! The New FDA Study

You might remember a similar post that I published in May 2019, after the previous flurry of “The FDA Admits Sunscreens Are Poison” headlines. Now that the second study has been published, it’s time for Round 2. Gratifyingly, this time the coverage seems a little less hysterical (maybe they learned from last time?), with the…

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Hi! I'm Michelle, chemistry PhD and science educator, and I'm here to help you figure out which beauty products are worth buying, and which ones aren't using science!

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