I find drug store versions of name brand skincare products to be pretty fascinating. Recently I saw some pretty bold anti-aging claims on two SPF 70 sunscreen options at CVS. One was from the name brand (Neutrogena), while the other was CVS’s generic version, under a very similar name (Age Defense rather than Neutrogena’s Age Shield). A shield is a type of defense, so I think this is pretty much a case where the marketing team looked up “shield” in the thesaurus when it…
I’ve been rereading Watership Down, the classic by Richard Adams. It’s a story about rabbits, but it’s also about much more than that. A part of me is always worried about revisiting an old classic, since I’m afraid that I’ll notice that it just isn’t as magical as I remembered. In the case of Watership Down, I had no reason to be concerned. I was happy to see that my friends Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, and the rest of the clan were still just as lively the second…
Phthalates are one of the 400 ingredients that Brandless bans from its personal care products. This piqued my interest because I have heard some rumblings about phthalates before. These chemicals are used in lots of products, ranging from plastic toys to shampoos. I decided to dig into the research and see what I could find. According to the FDA, three types of phthalates appear in cosmetic products:
