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Powered By Chemicals Coffee and Tea Molecule Mugs

October 18, 2018 By Michelle 2 Comments

Powered By Chemicals Coffee and Tea Molecule Mugs

Earlier this year I really wanted a molecule mug, but I could only really find ones with caffeine on them. But the chemistry of tea and coffee is so interesting – there’s EGCG in green tea for example, an awesome antioxidant that you’ll also find in skincare products, and there’s a bunch of scent molecules…

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Filed Under: Announcement, Science Tagged With: announcement, chemical, science

How Does Olaplex Hair Treatment Work?

September 22, 2018 By Michelle 331 Comments

How Does Olaplex Hair Treatment Work?

What is Olaplex? Olaplex is a line of hair repair, “bond building” treatments that’s getting heaps of buzz in the hair community, especially with people who have damaged hair from excessive bleach. It’s available in a couple of forms – Olaplex can be mixed in with bleaching products to minimise damage, or it can be used…

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Filed Under: Hair, Science Tagged With: active ingredients, chemical, hair, Olaplex, science

Surfactants Are Everywhere, aka Stop Being Terrified of Chemicals

May 26, 2018 By Michelle 10 Comments

Surfactants Are Everywhere, aka Stop Being Terrified of Chemicals

This post was originally published on the now sadly defunct awesome website The Toast in 2014. A reader suggested that I repost it on Lab Muffin… which I thought I did, but apparently that was all a fever dream. Here it is! There’s soap in your mayonnaise! As a scientist with a degree in chemistry,…

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Why Vitamin C Can Stain Your Skin (and How to Avoid It!)

November 9, 2017 By Michelle 40 Comments

Why Vitamin C Can Stain Your Skin (and How to Avoid It!)

Vitamin C is one of the few skincare ingredients with a ton of independent research to back up its properties, like its brightening and anti-wrinkle benefits. Those of you who are vitamin C enthusiasts may have noticed that with some vitamin C serums, you end up with slightly stained orange-brown skin after a few days…

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Filed Under: Analysis, Science, Skincare Tagged With: active ingredients, chemical, skincare, vitamin

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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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