How to choose a foundation shade without seeing it
Depth is the easy half. Undertone is the half that decides whether it looks like skin. Plus oxidation, why the wrist test is useless, and what to do...
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Depth is the easy half. Undertone is the half that decides whether it looks like skin. Plus oxidation, why the wrist test is useless, and what to do...
Neither term is defined in EU cosmetics law, and an unscented product can contain a fragrance whose only job is to hide a smell. The one line on...
Almost every published clinical result for topical niacinamide sits between 2% and 5%. Here is what was measured at each level, how long it took, and why a...
Baby cosmetics carry a heavier legal burden than adult ones, and almost none of it appears on the front of the pack. What the law actually requires, which...
The same ingredient hydrates at one concentration and dissolves the surface of the skin at another. Here are the ranges, what each one is for, and why a...
There is no legal definition of "vegan" in EU cosmetics law. Here is what the word is actually resting on, which INCI names give the game away, and...
The rule everyone repeats is thinnest to thickest, and it is a decent approximation of something more useful: each step has to be able to reach the skin...
The back of a cosmetic is a regulated document, and almost all of it is readable once you know four conventions: where the descending order stops, why colourants...
The white cast is an optical problem with an optical cause, and “mineral” is not the whole of it. How the two filter families work, why particle size...
The same word is used for two materials that European law treats completely differently — one of them cannot legally be in a cosmetic sold here at all....
A capsule needs a shell and a powder that flows. A tablet needs a binder and a disintegrant, which are opposite jobs. An oil needs an oil. Those...
Two vitamins in one bottle is a formulation decision with chemistry behind it. The mechanism, the difference between MK-4 and MK-7, what "all-trans" on a label is declaring...