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IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream review

August 13, 2015 By Michelle 12 Comments

IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream review

IT Cosmetics has landed with Sephora in Australia recently, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by their base make-up products. IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream is the product that got me researching snail slime science recently. It’s not actually the first snail slime product I’ve tried – that was actually a tiny sachet…

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Filed Under: Make-Up, Review Tagged With: active ingredients, face, foundation, IT Cosmetics, make-up, review, skincare

MAC SS15 Trend Forecast Collection review

March 12, 2015 By Michelle Leave a Comment

MAC SS15 Trend Forecast Collection review

MAC’s SS15 looks had lots of bold eye colours and natural, understated lip shades. Here are the matching SS15 Trend Forecast palettes: These are MAC’s descriptions of the eye shades: Superfresh – light mint green Humble – soft muted beige-taupe Power Player – deep burgundy Blue Forecast – light periwinkle blue with white pearl Urbanist – muted plum…

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Filed Under: Make-Up, Review, Swatch Tagged With: eye, face, lip, MAC, make-up, review, swatch

Face brush comparison: Benefit, Essence and Real Techniques

June 3, 2014 By Michelle 16 Comments

Face brush comparison: Benefit, Essence and Real Techniques

Two short years ago, I owned one makeup brush, and it came in a blush compact. Now I have about 50 (don’t ask me to actually count!), and I’m addicted. The smooth application is fun, not to mention the face tickle you get from the touchably soft brushes! Here are some face-stroking ranges I’ve been…

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Filed Under: Make-Up, Review, Tools Tagged With: Benefit, brush, Essence, face, make-up, Real Techniques, tools

How to read an ingredients list: Face moisturisers

May 25, 2014 By Michelle 23 Comments

How to read an ingredients list: Face moisturisers

Earlier this week I posted about the different types of base ingredients in moisturisers: occlusives, emollients and humectants. I’ve dug up a few facial moisturisers I have lying around to deconstruct. When looking at most product ingredients lists, the ingredients will be in order from the highest concentration to the lowest. Typically, when deciding if…

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Filed Under: Science, Skincare, Tutorial Tagged With: active ingredients, Clinique, face, First Aid Beauty, Jurlique, moisturiser, Nivea, science, skincare, tutorial, Uriage

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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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