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Wow! The number of people visiting my blog has gone up by 10% over the last few days. I think you’re all here about the challenge Dr Dunn has put forth to soapmakers and the preceding discussion. (This discussion happened on the old blog and I don’t think it’s of any value to bring over...
Cordy wrote this comment in this post: Hi Susan, I get what you’re saying (and would tend to agree with you that there’s a lot of “greenwashing” out there, or pseudo-science) but I have a question: The website you linked to is funded by cosmetics companies. Now, that may not mean that there’s a conflict of interest...
Welcome to a short series on much maligned ingredients, those that are considered thisclose to being evil when it comes to cosmetic products. I’ll be taking a look at propylene glycol and mineral oil first, then moving on to a few of those found on the Suzuki Foundation’s “Dirty Dozen” list. As a quick note,...