As CNN reported, sunscreens over promise and under-deliver. At Environmental Working Group, we analyzed over 900 commercial sunscreens. More
85% of suncare unsafe
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has attacked leading sunscreen brands for offering inadequate protection against UV rays or containing potentially hazardous ingredients. More
Choosing the safest sunscreens
This sunscreen screening site gives detailed information about all the products and groups them by the types of harmful rays they're meant to protect against. More
Beauty IQ
Taking back our power
Unfortunately for women, the dominance of male motivation spans the globe--particularily in the beauty industry. As a result, men often define the perfect norm against which women are measured and found lacking. Sometimes, women's bodies are the blank screens upon which men's standards of beauty are projected (including other women involved in the beauty industry). More....
For ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Persians, sparkling eyes were considered beautiful. Sometimes they even applied a heavy metal poison antimony to make their conjunctiva sparkle. During the Elizabethan era, a woman with a high forehead was considered beautiful so upper-class Elizabethan women plucked or shaved their foreheads. More....
