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Clean Beauty Is Wrong and Won’t Give Us Safer Products

November 14, 2020 By Michelle 33 Comments

Clean Beauty Is Wrong and Won’t Give Us Safer Products

If you use beauty products, it’s impossible to not have heard of clean beauty. It’s a revolution. You want your products to be clean – you don’t want to use dirty products! You want your products to be good for your health and good for the environment. There are beautiful celebrities telling you about how…

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Don’t Use Lemon Juice on Your Skin

January 10, 2019 By Michelle 27 Comments

Don’t Use Lemon Juice on Your Skin

There are more DIY skincare recipes on the internet than you can shake a stick at, and most of them really, really like lemon juice. According to these DIY tips you should be slathering it all over your face and hair. Lemon juice smells nice, and it’s pretty cheap. But is it effective? And is…

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DIY Mattifying Face Powder: Just a bag of corn starch

February 14, 2018 By Michelle 19 Comments

DIY Mattifying Face Powder: Just a bag of corn starch

The latest high-impact addition to my make-up stash has been a $2 sack of corn starch. No, I haven’t turned into a “if you can’t eat it, don’t put it on your face” woo-meister… here’s the lowdown. Why Am I Putting Corn Starch on My Face? I am an oily beast. My skin is generally…

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Video: Are Natural Beauty Products Better?

August 27, 2017 By Michelle 36 Comments

Video: Are Natural Beauty Products Better?

I’ve uploaded a new video on whether natural beauty products are better or safer. This is a topic that’s close to my heart, as it was the reason I started my blog all the way back in 2011 and it was my first science post! So I donned my best natural-themed jacket and recorded this….

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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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