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Are plastics and petrochemical products bad for the environment?

Michelle Wong — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:00:05 +0000

More beauty brands are talking about sustainability, but there’s a lot of greenwashing. In the last installment we talked about the impact of producing natural ingredients and after they go into the environment, as well as organic versus conventional farming. In this part, Jen of The Eco Well and I are breaking down myths about synthetic ingredients made from petroleum ...

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Natural ingredients aren’t actually better for the environment

Michelle Wong — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:00:35 +0000

Beauty brands are talking a lot more about sustainability and the environment, and it makes sense. Climate change is a huge problem, and most of us don’t want to make things worse. But beauty marketing is full of false promises and meaningless buzzwords. What’s actually better for the environment, and what’s just feelgood fluff? Well… a lot of it is ...

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Guest Appearance on The Proof podcast with Simon Hill

Michelle Wong — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:00:05 +0000

I recently chatted all things skincare with Simon Hill on his podcast The Proof for about three and a half hours. You can listen to the first part on sunscreen here and the second part on skincare, clean beauty, haircare… basically everything else – here. The Proof is a great listen if you’re looking for deep dives on pretty much ...

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SkinCeuticals Chat: Career Advice and Product Development Insights

Michelle Wong — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 13:31:07 +0000

I recently had the chance to sit down with Rabi Sahiti, who works as a Senior Chemist at SkinCeuticals! We discussed: How did you end up working for SkinCeuticals? What do you do at SkinCeuticals? What goes into making a SkinCeuticals product, from start to finish? What are you excited about with SkinCeuticals? What do you personally use in your ...

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How Bad Is Alcohol in Skincare, Really? The Science (video with KindofStephen)

Michelle Wong — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:30:18 +0000

Alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol, SD alcohol or alcohol denat) is one of the most controversial ingredients in skincare. You might’ve heard that it speeds up aging, kills skin cells, and creates inflammation. But what do the studies actually tell us? Stephen (@kindofstephen) and I have been working on this topic for a long time, and we hadn’t decided on the ...

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Blogger Spotlight: Beautiful With Brains

Michelle Wong — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:30:34 +0000

Welcome to another installment of the Blogger Spotlight series! Today’s interview is with Gio of Beautiful With Brains – when I was coming up with names for my blog way back when, “Beautiful With Brains” was on the list but she got it first! Her blog is a fantastic read and has been a big inspiration for me, with ingredient ...

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Blogger Spotlight: Musical Houses

Michelle Wong — Sun, 17 May 2015 21:05:32 +0000

This is the first in a series where I’ll be featuring interviews with some of my favourite bloggers – the ones who were nice enough to reply to my email anyway! 🙂 As you probably know, I love blogs that come at beauty from a scientific angle, and Of Faces and Fingers by Musical Houses is one of the best. ...

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The Science Behind Massage

Michelle Wong — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:17:52 +0000

If you’re like me, Christmas is 1/3 food, 1/3 fun and 1/3 hair-tearing stress. Gift-buying, feast-cooking and end-of-year deadlines – it gets pretty overwhelming come mid-December! If tea-drinking, baths and stress balls aren’t cutting it, it might be time to step up to a professional massage, which has lots of health benefits according to science! How to tell if you’re ...

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Guest Post: History of the Half Moon by Cassie (The Reluctant Femme)

Michelle Wong — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:53:00 +0000

Cassie of The Reluctant Femme is today’s guest poster. Cassie’s blog is not your run-of-the-mill nail blog – as well as pretty nail photos, there are thought-provoking posts about feminism, media, queer identity and general geekery. And she writes like a pro – her hilarious articles on Lacquerheads of Oz are worth checking out too! Today she’s marrying nerdery to ...

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Guest Post: Three Tips for Flawless Foundation by Amanda (Skincare HQ)

Michelle Wong — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:39:00 +0000

Today’s post is from SkincareHQ, and is on a topic that I’m yet to master – flawless foundation. I still haven’t managed to find a heavy coverage foundation that won’t break me out, but once I do, I’ll be using Rule 3! BLUR MOAR. Flawless foundation can be achieved much easier than you might imagine. It doesn’t take hundreds of ...

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