“There are many things that we know we know. There are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also things that we don’t know that we don’t know. And this last category grows each year.” This statement applies to many things in life, but also especially to do with the safety of cosmetics. How can we be sure and guarantee that ingredients in cosmetics are safe if we don’t ask ourselves what effect daily use has, on children, pregnant women and from long term use. Safety is a relative term that has been demonstrated many times throughout history. Remember a certain type of phthalates which were once safe but are now no longer permitted to be used in cosmetics. “At that time we didn’t know that we didn’t know it, but now we do know it”. Therefore today more information about Oxybenzone.
Tropical temperatures and packed beaches; summer is here! The sun creams should be selling like hot cakes. But with all the attention in the media about “dangerous” ingredients in sun cream you’re almost afraid to use it!
A lily white skin. You can find many stories in history books about this ‘ideal’. It was not only in the Georgian times, when wigs and white faces were fashionable, that people strived for a pale smooth face, but even long before this.
Whilst the icicles were still hanging from the roofs and the open fire was still crackling away, I was, together with a journalist from the Dutch magazine Mama, busy putting together a list of all the facts about the sun.
Luckily, at last some sunshine again! Although it’s nice having lovely weather, I have already written extensively in my blog about the negative effects from exposing your skin to sunlight. So slap it on well! During my search for suitable sun creams, I discovered another good reason for not going into the sun unprotected….
Last week my husband went on an annual trip with his “old” student friends. On his return (because, of course, we missed him so much…) the kids were waiting by the door to greet him with their banners, drawings, practiced dance routines, etc. When he eventually arrived home the children didn’t gave all their usual screams of joy. It was only our eldest, after a few minutes of silence, who dared to make the remark: “Papa you’re so red”. It turned out he’d spent a day on a sailing boat and hadn’t noticed anything due to the cold wind. Seriously burnt! After some harsh remarks (I write about the dangers of the sun daily, and this happens…) I did give him a few tips.
The report “self confidence from sun” was in the ‘Spits kopt’ last Monday. This emerged from market research on behalf of the tanning studio chain, Sunday’s. The comments made here were that, provided that you become tanned sensibly, there won’t be any health risks involved.
I wrote earlier in my blog about self tanning creams. DHA (Dihydroxyacetone) is used in ‘self tanners’.
Some people use a tanning bed in the winter for a healthier look. I believe that it is not a tanned skin that makes you look healthy but rather the condition of your skin. If you look after your skin (and don’t have too much stress) it can always look good, whatever time of year it is.
Do anti-wrinkle creams really work? How then? A short time ago I received this question via e-mail. Below is a short answer to this.