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What’s in a moisturising cream?

November 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This article was originally published in the the March 2007 issue of the South African Aesthetic Review journal by John Knowlton, who is a cosmetic scientist.
It was not so long ago that cosmetic skin care products, and the miraculous promises that they made, were perceived as nothing more than marketing hype, with the benefits actually [...]

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Good skin care product ingredients

October 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This post was written in response to a question from a subscriber. In reality there are no such thing as a product or ingredients that is “good” for everybody to use. Hypoallergenic is also a relative term. People can be allergic to so-called hypoallergenic products as well. In some cases the words “sensitive” and “hypoallergenic” [...]

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