Curelle - Part 2

In the second part of my reviews of the Curelle line of products I look at the body lotion and body wash. Some images for us. [...]

Friday, August 23, 2013×0

The next chapter

Life is like a book, and as with any book there are chapters. The same applies to things like careers and in this case a blog. As you[...]

Thursday, August 22, 2013×0

Staying cool in black

When you are trying to stay cool in the hot and humid summer weather, black might now be the obvious choice. But this silk and linen dress from[...]

Friday, July 12, 2013×2

Vitamin C

The Ingredient of the Week is ascorbic acid, also known as Vitamin C. L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) Vitamin C formulations are well-known in the world of cosmetics, and[...]

Tuesday, July 9, 2013×4

A Fashion Manifesto

A couple months ago, I was hunting through the magazine racks at the bookstore, and stumbled across this title that I had never seen before. The Economist Intelligent[...]

Tuesday, July 9, 2013×0

Phenoxyethanol

This week's Ingredient is phenoxyethanol. 2-phenoxy-1-ethanol As mentioned in last week's review of parabens, it is becoming more and more popular to market products as being "paraben-free". In[...]

Tuesday, July 9, 2013×0

Black/White

The past few years have seen an explosion of bright colour, to the point that it started to feel like sensory overload. Not surprisingly, the fashion pendulum has[...]

Tuesday, July 9, 2013×0

Food Grade Preservatives

This week's featured Ingredients are food-grade preservatives sometimes used in cosmetics and beauty products: benzoic acid, sorbic acid, levulinic acid, and their related salts. Soya sauce contains sodium[...]

Friday, July 5, 2013×1

Cheap thrills

Today is the deadline for tax returns in Canada, and this year especially, I have been feeling the pinch of pursestrings snapping shut. A long time ago, I read[...]

Wednesday, May 1, 2013×0