Extract from Healthy Home Healthy Family (2nd edition) by Nicole Bijlsma. Due in September 2012. The cosmetic industry is largely self-regulated which can mean little or no regulation. Put simply manufacturers can put (almost) whatever ingredients they want into their products. Many of the ingredients are...
The demand for fake tan products has grown significantly in the past decade as a result of the known risks of developing skin cancers associated with direct sun exposure. However, recent research has questioned the health effects associated with many of the ingredients in fake...
Remember the good old days sunbaking in the nude slathered in coconut oil? How things have changed! As a result of concerns associating excessive sun exposure with skin cancers, an entire industry has grown providing fake tans. But at what cost? The demand for fake...
As a result of consumer pressure to ban BPA from everyday products, the US Food and Drug Administration recently banned BPA from baby bottles and children's drinking cups. Remarkably a 2009 study revealed that BPA was still found in many BPA free products. Find out...
Like you, I have often questioned the validity of working under fluorescent lights day after day; but hey...
Like you, I have often questioned the validity of working under fluorescent lights day after day; but hey...
Written by Katina Benis - Feng Shui consultant, Sacred Space healer and lecturer. ‘Our homes are mirrors of ourselves. They reflect our interests, our beliefs, our hesitations, our spirit and our passion. They tell a story about how we feel about ourselves and the world...
Extract from Healthy Home Healthy Family (2nd edition) by Nicole Bijlsma. OUT NOW in Dymocks and all good bookstores. Interview on Makeup on Channel 7 Sunrise My five year old daughter came home with her face made up by her ten year old (going on twenty five)...
I had the good fortune to study colour therapy with renowned colour therapist and author Pascale Osanz. When my mother walked in to the class room, Pascale explained how mum had recently experienced a shock which changed her life in a way that she could...
What are you putting on your lips? If its L'Oreal, its time to consider another brand. L'Oreal and its subsidiary Maybelline contained five of the top ten lipsticks for lead content. Read more...
