Product review
Lotus Herbals Dry Touch Whitening Sunblock SPF 40 PA+++
This is a “dry-touch”, “whitening” product that is also a “sunblock.” My mind hurts in trying to reconcile the nonsense of these marketing words.
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NIOD Myrrh Clay product review
This is a product review of NIOD’s once a week Myrrh Clay product.
Skincare
The colorism bandwagon
Today’s topic personally affects me, and I was in two minds about writing this post. However, if I do not speak for myself, companies and two-a-penny social influencers have taken it upon themselves to be my mouthpiece. The falsetto tones
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The Face Shop White Seed White Moisture Cream
No harmful chemicals that I look for are present in this product. Frankly, the first time I read the product list, I was underwhelmed. It is quite a short list of ingredients for a Korean product and I didn’t identify
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innisfree white tone up cream
This is one of innisfree’s brightening creams. Like other South Korean brand’s it has a really long list of ingredients that are mainly “actives.” An active ingredient, is supposed to do something to your skin. E.g., Niacinamide as an active,
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L’Oreal Paris White Perfect Night Cream
This is the “White Perfect” night cream from L’Oreal.
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Pond’s white beauty BB+ cream SPF 30
Pond’s have added this relatively cheap BB cream that offers everything: fairness, SPF protection and is a BB cream…
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Fair & Lovely fairness cream
Product review of India’s No 1 fairness cream. This has been around since 1975 so let’s find out what the fuss is about.
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Lotus Herbals Whiteglow Skin whitening & Brightening Hand and Body lotion
I will be applying this test: Q1) Are there harmful chemicals contained in this product? Some of the harmful chemicals I look for include parabens and this contains, methyl- and propyl- paraben. Parabens – are cheap and effective preservatives that
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kaya brightening day cream
Review of kaya’s white lumenis skin lightening product
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swiss image Absolute Radiance Whitening Day Cream
Product review of an absolute radiance whitening cream
Vedic Line Natural Fairness Lotion
This product says its designed to “promote fairness & Sun Block.” Today, I won’t hold the appalling grammar against this company. I would only stress to you that there is no chemical or sunscreen that makes you 100% resistant to
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Garnier White Complete Fairness Night Cream
This is one of Garnier’s fairness creams that occupies every pharmacy and mom & shop in India. Should you be rushing out to buy it?
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111 Rose Gold Brightening Facial Mask
After the success of the 111 Eye Mask, will a full face mask deliver an excellent result?
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Kiehl’s Turmeric & Cranberry Seed Energizing Radiance Mask
I have a love-hate relationship with Kiehl’s. Some of their products I really love…at the moment, I am using their Butterstick Lip treatment, a product which I don’t know how I managed to survive without. However, I dislike the fact
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Skin lightening ingredient: Azelaic Acid
Azelaic Acid has been used as a prescription grade treatment mainly for melasama, acne and roseacea. However, recently you may have noticed the plethora of products that contain Azelaic Acid ranging from The Ordinary’s 10% Azelaic Acid to Paula’s Choice
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Skin lightener: sandalwood oil
Before I started researching this blog, I wrote out everything I knew about sandalwood. As you can see, it would neatly fit onto a matchbook: Grows in Australia and India Possibly the plant equivalent of an endangered species (?) Used
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Skin lightening ingredient: Kojic Acid
The trade names “Dermawhite HS”, “Vegewhite” or my favourite, “Melarrest” are all trade name mixtures where the principal skin lightener is kojic acid. Kojic Acid is a natural agent that’s obtained from koji malt, which has been used for the
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Skin Lightening Agent: Vitamin C
I have written endlessly about the benefits of Vitamin C. I am a fan. Is it also a skin lightener?
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Skin lightening ingredient: Niacinamide
Niacinamide is not an ingredient that you would associate with skin lightening, so find out why its so prevalent in products.
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How is skin pigment melanin made?
Understanding how melanin is made in our bodies forms the foundation of figuring out how good the ingredients are in your skin lightening product. But it starts with this super-geeky blog
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What gives our skin its colour?
The foundation of any skin lightening or brightening product is the reduction of melanin in our skin. Does melanin play a photoprotective effect on our skin?
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Garnier SkinActive Fairness Cream
It’s not always easy figuring out why certain products contain sunscreen filters, when evidently they are not sunscreens…
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Shiseido 30 day product road test
I am road-testing Shiseido’s Vital Perfection skincare range over a 30 day period.
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fresh Vitamin Nectar Vibrancy Boosting face mask
This is the first “natural” product that I’ve used outside Forest Essential’s range. You’ll be pleased to hear that I paid the full retail price of GBP 21 for 30ml for this product. I purchased it from Space NK (and
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skyn ICELAND Arctic Hydration Rubberizing Mask
I unashamedly bought this in the winter sale at a discount – US$ 20 for 3 masks or US$ 7/mask. It retails at US$ 12/mask. This is a DIY rubber mask – its not literally made of rubber (because that’d
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Glamglow Powermud dualcleanse treatment
Find out if you should donate your money to charity or like me, buy this cleanser/face wash in the sale
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Wishful Yo Glow Enzyme Scrub
This is the year’s first significant skincare launch, sold out within hours on cultbeauty…is it worth your attention?
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Skin whitening ingredient: Arbutin
Arbutin is a skin whitener /lightener/brightener, depending on your political sensibilities. It comes in three forms: Beta, Alpa and Deoxy (the latter is not used in cosmetics). Beta Arbutin is found naturally in leaves and barks of plants and is
Skincare
Skin lightening – are we deeper trouble than we thought?
I am about to tackle skin lightening products and this is a controversial area. Here is my twopence.