Ingredients Dictionary: Titanium Dioxide

Titanium dioxide is one of the top 50 chemicals produced worldwide. It is a white, opaque and naturally-occuring mineral found in two main forms: rutile and anatase. Both forms contain pure titanium dioxide that is bound to impurities. Titanium dioxide is chemically processed to remove these impurities, leaving the pure, white pigment available for use. [...]

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Beauty Tip of the Day: Using Moisturiser

We’ve been known to coat our skin inch-thick with moisturiser. But a blob the size of a pea is enough to cover the entire face (add a second for the neck). The only exception is sunscreen. For that, you’ll need a teaspoon. – Allure: Confessions of a Beauty Editor This is a mistake I always [...]

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Poll: How Often Do You Use Sunscreen?

Happy Wednesday, ladies! It’s not such a good day for me, as I’m having non-stop sniffles and am pretty much stuck in bed with a hot water bottle and cups and cups of hot Lemsip. Okay, sniffles and nose-juice aside (tee hee hee), the question of the day, and I think it’s an important one, [...]

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Review: Cancer Council Australia Tinted Moisturiser

I’ve heard a lot of Cancer Council Australia sunscreens even when I was in Malaysia, and when Priceline had a 30% discount promotion on their Cancer Council Australia cosmetic sunscreen range, I thought I’d give their tinted moisturisers a go. The tinted moisturiser provides a natural-looking complexion, and contains UVA and UVB sunscreen filters for [...]

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Green Tea As Protection Against Sun Damage

Look at the skincare products on the market these days, and chances are, you’ll find a lot of them with green tea extract. A lot of beauty products are infused with green tea these days; hey, green tea’s the new black (tea).  So, what’s the big deal with green tea? We know that green tea [...]

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