Event – Lab Muffin Beauty Science

Free Sunscreen Science E-Summit!

Michelle Wong — Sun, 08 May 2022 13:34:00 +0000

Here’s a special event for all the sunscreen nerds! I’ve teamed up with Jen of The Eco Well to organise the Sunscreen E-Summit, which is happening 15 May! This is a FREE event featuring some incredible speakers that you’d normally have to pay expensive conference fees to learn from, including academic researchers, ingredient supplier representatives, sunscreen formulators and regulatory experts. ...

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The Cost of Misinformation in the Beauty Space (Ventech Talk)

Michelle Wong — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:15:22 +0000

This was a talk I gave on 15 September 2021 for Ventech’s panel on Scientific Literacy and the Price of Misinformation. I talked about my insights on debunking myths over the last 10 years of Lab Muffin (yeah I’m old), how there’s financial incentive for many brands to bust beauty myths and communicate science, and the larger public health implications ...

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Beauty Expo Australia 2018

Michelle Wong — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 22:12:07 +0000

Beauty Expo Australia was on September 8th and 9th this year, at the International Convention Centre in Sydney. This is one of my favourite events each year! As well as a trade show, there are presentations and demonstrations galore. Educational sessions are the highlight of the expo for me! There are dedicated education sessions that go for 75 minutes each ...

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Beauty Expo Australia 2017 Round-Up

Michelle Wong — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 20:53:00 +0000

Last month I went to Beauty Expo Australia, the biggest beauty industry event in Australia each year. For the past couple of years, the International Convention Centre in Darling Harbour was being renovated and the Expo had to be moved to Glebe Island, which is an absolute pain to get to (there were complimentary buses and ferries, but as you can ...

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My Refugee Week Ration Challenge Experience

Michelle Wong — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:52:26 +0000

I did the Refugee Week Ration Challenge this year, where from June 18 to 25 I ate only the rations that a refugee in a camp in Jordan would receive through the Act for Peace charity. I did this to raise money for this important overseas aid program, and so far I’ve raised $1287, which is enough to send 35.5 ...

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Refugee Week Ration Challenge 2017

Michelle Wong — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 21:27:56 +0000

I’m doing the Ration Challenge this year, where I’m going to attempt to survive on refugee rations for a week from June 18-25 (Refugee Week). Refugees are a big political issue here in Australia, and I get very upset when I see the uncompassionate way the major political parties treat and even just talk about fellow human beings who have ...

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2017 Beauty Trends with Priceline

Michelle Wong — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:43:11 +0000

I recently attended a Priceline media event where we were treated to a preview of what was coming to Australia’s leading health and beauty store in the next 6 months. Here’s what caught my eye… Trend 1: Really Nifty Packaging I love a good product, and that includes the packaging, which I think is really, really underrated as part of ...

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Beauty Expo and Australian Beauty Industry Awards 2015

Michelle Wong — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 20:51:45 +0000

Last last weekend I went to Beauty Expo Australia. It’s a trade-only event for people in the beauty industry, and as well as a plethora of stalls with massive discounts, there’s also informative education sessions with industry leaders, and live demonstrations of all the latest technologies. I attended an amazing lecture run by the very knowledgeable Chiza Westcarr, all about ...

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Spa & Beauty Expo 2: NAILS! Meeting Jeff Pink and inkjet nail printers

Michelle Wong — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:16:00 +0000

This is the final installment of my Spa & Beauty Expo posts! After my haul and expo experience posts, this one’s all about the nails 🙂 The Spa and Beauty Expo was more nail-centric than I anticipated, since I barely saw three polish brands at IMATS last year. There was a celebration of nail technology, old and new, with most ...

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Spa & Beauty Expo 1: All the things, Expo-going advice and bloggers galore!

Michelle Wong — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 22:06:00 +0000

I posted my haul yesterday, but the point of an expo isn’t hauling, its everything else! So onto my round-up of the Spa & Beauty Expo, with everything except nails (that’s tomorrow’s post!). I battled the expo with a bunch of Sydney beauty and nail bloggers – Jen (The Nail Polish Project), Rose (Every Little Polish), Michaela (Lather Rinse Repeat, ...

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