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Sleeping beauty – benefits of getting enough shut-eye

May 25, 2012 By Michelle 19 Comments

Sleeping beauty – benefits of getting enough shut-eye

  (You think you love your sleep? If you’re not Japanese – think again. The Japanese are HARDCORE SLEEPERS. Google images of “Japanese subway sleeping” for some pro-level public transport power-naps that most of us mere mortals can only aspire to.) I’ve been staying up til all hours recently for a number of reasons (Diablo,…

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Filed Under: Health, Science Tagged With: biology, health, science

How Can I Get Rid of Stretch Marks?

May 14, 2012 By Michelle 29 Comments

How Can I Get Rid of Stretch Marks?

One of the things I hate the most about my body are my stretch marks. I have a lot around the sides of my bum from when I had my growth spurt in puberty. Every summer I’m paranoid about going to the beach in a bikini (yay swimming skirts!). So what can you do? Causes…

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Filed Under: Science, Skincare Tagged With: active ingredients, biology, science, skincare, vitamin

How does UV light “cure” gel polish?

May 7, 2012 By Michelle 15 Comments

How does UV light “cure” gel polish?

Shellac and other hybrid gel nails give long-lasting nail colour that can be soaked off with acetone. You simply paint your nails using special gel polishes, then “cure” each layer under UV light. What’s in those special polishes, and how does the UV light change that? Plastic – it’s fantastic To understand gel nails, first…

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Filed Under: Nails, Science Tagged With: gel, nails, science

Vitamin E – what does it do for your skin?

May 1, 2012 By Michelle 6 Comments

Vitamin E – what does it do for your skin?

3268zauber Vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols) can be found in lots of foods (vegetables, nuts, oils (e.g. sunflower), seeds, wholegrains)… and lots of lotions! What’s it doing there? Well, vitamin E is actually one of THE most important antioxidants in our bodies! Oxygen is essential for life, but it’s also very reactive and, when it…

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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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