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The technician who gave you that shiny manicure may be inhaling dangerous levels of toxic chemicals on the job.
A historical trail through its medicinal properties.
Contradictions abound as companies seek to style themselves as advancing gender equality while at the same time marketing sexist products or thriving on sexist employment practices.
The new laws are an improvement, but still allow for continued cruelty to animals in the name of testing, and need to be more stringent.
Less-toxic hair dye would be a great invention. But discounting the risks that come with nanoparticles could undermine other efforts to protect human health and environmental from their effects.
The history of dangerous cosmetics shows us the harms that women have suffered to meet expectations of what is beautiful.
The actress knows it’s not all about creams.
In two years Kylie Jenner has gone from socialite to the head of a leading cosmetics brand. What does this success say about the power of social media in building strong brands?
Why is Cher, 71, celebrated when she wears a near-nude costume while Madonna, 58, receives revulsion? 19th century women’s magazines reveal how the double standards of beauty for older women came about.
A bill has been proposed to ban testing cosmetics on animals in Australia. It will only affect a small number of animals, but it’s an important step towards a global ban.
In Japanese popular culture, new trends come and go. But the Japanese have toyed with gender norms for generations.
For those with facial conditions and injuries, makeup can be the difference between living and having a life.
Surely only a weirdo wouldn’t enjoy the smell of flowers and pine forests? But as Kate Grenville writes in her latest book, fragrance causes untold misery to many of us.
The nail salon industry is booming. But along with polished nails come toxic health effects for the workers, due to the chemical compounds in nail care products.
The death this week of a Victorian toddler after allegedly drinking “bath milk” is a reminder of how dangerous some natural cosmetics can be. The product – Mountain View Organic Dairy’s Organic Bath Milk…
UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health has investigated 32 different lipsticks and lip glosses for potential health risk through…
Do you buy expensive moisturisers in a bid to combat the ravages of age, or does catching a mid-afternoon whiff of your pits have you reaching for the roll-on? We smear various lotions and potions on our…
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