Category Archives: Cosmeceuticals
The ABC of UVA
Lois Rogers The Sunday Times 19 July 2015 If you’re lying by a pool with the delicious sensation of the sun penetrating deep into your skin, stop reading now. Yes, you know the sun’s rays are harmful, but did you realise the shrivelled-prune effect favoured by a certain breed of thin Frenchwoman is caused by the longest waves of […]
City air makes skin age faster
The Sunday Times 09 November 2014 DIRTY air in the city may not make you feel so pretty. Scientific research suggests that pollution could age the appearance of women’s skin 10% faster than those who live in the countryside. A study of 200 women aged 30 to 45 in China compared those who lived in […]
Sun Safe?
The Sunday Times 27 July 2014 Skin cancer is on the rise, as doubts increase about the efficacy of sunscreens. We report on the latest research Lethal skin-cancer rates have quadrupled in a generation, as increasingly we don’t seem to be getting the best from our sunscreen. And this is a deadly serious matter: malignant […]
Cracking idea to thicken hair with windscreen fixer
The Sunday Times 12 January 2014 SCIENTISTS working for one of the world’s biggest cosmetics companies claim to have developed a shampoo that thickens hair by using technology devised to repair chipped car windscreens. Experts at L’Oréal say filloxane, a new ingredient in a forthcoming range of hair products, works like the silica gel particles […]
Getting even: The days of age spots and wrinkles may soon be over. An independent trial suggests a new breakthrough product really could really hold back the years.
The Sunday Times 21 July 2013 Many women who have been quietly appalled by friends’ forays into plastic surgery are starting to place their faith elsewhere. Not anywhere outlandish, mind you; they’re simply placing their bets on skincare once more. That’s because there’s a new generation of scientifically validated skincare innovations that offers ways of […]