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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]