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My Emergency Routine for Treating an Irritant Breakout

March 7, 2018 By Michelle 26 Comments

My Emergency Routine for Treating an Irritant Breakout

A couple of weeks ago I had an irritant breakout reaction from testing a product, and I posted about it on Instagram. I’m still not 100% sure which product it was, but I used an anti-breakout routine that flattened my pimples in about 24 hours, and they were almost completely gone in around 3 days….

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Filed Under: Skincare, Tutorial Tagged With: acne, Cosrx, KraveBeauty, Paula's Choice, skincare, Stratia, tutorial, Ultraceuticals

Vitamin C serum review: Paula’s Choice, Ultraceuticals, Ausceuticals

November 8, 2016 By Michelle 36 Comments

Vitamin C serum review: Paula’s Choice, Ultraceuticals, Ausceuticals

I’ve been trying out a lot of vitamin C serums lately as long summer days and increased UV exposure looms closer. In case you’ve forgotten from my reviews of the Obagi, Indeed and Ole Henriksen serums, vitamin C is an amazing skincare multitasker. It can soak up incoming sun damage, fade existing sun damage and…

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Filed Under: Review, Skincare Tagged With: active ingredients, Ausceuticals, Paula's Choice, review, skincare, Ultraceuticals, vitamin

Antioxidants in Skincare: What Do They Do?

September 19, 2016 By Michelle 30 Comments

Antioxidants in Skincare: What Do They Do?

You can find antioxidants in all sorts of products – from food and supplements, to creams and lipstick, and even shampoo. Skincare expert Paula Begoun almost immediately downgrades a product on Beautypedia if it doesn’t contain antioxidants. What are antioxidants doing in your skincare products, how do they work, and what should you look for?…

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Filed Under: Review, Science, Skincare Tagged With: active ingredients, anti-ageing, La Mav, O Cosmedics, Paula's Choice, review, skincare, The Jojoba Company, vitamin

Paula’s Choice Blush It On Palette and Flawless Finish Powder review

May 23, 2016 By Michelle 3 Comments

Paula’s Choice Blush It On Palette and Flawless Finish Powder review

I love Paula’s Choice products, but I hadn’t used any of their makeup products until I tried the Blush It On Contour palette and the Resist Flawless Finish powder recently. The Blush It On palette ($55 AUD/$36 USD from Paula’s Choice or Amazon) has a set of 4 blushes, a champagne highlighter and a taupe…

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Filed Under: Make-Up, Review, Swatch Tagged With: blush, highlighter, make-up, Paula's Choice, review, swatch

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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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