Realize Beauty
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Hi, I am Amanda Foxon-Hill, Realize Beauty came into being one balmy evening in February 2008. I had left the corporate cosmetics world two months before and had been playing with ideas relating to my feelings toward the beauty industry, natural cosmetics, and science. I wanted to share my passion for the scientific side of beauty with people.
Realize Beauty
2y ago
You would think that the rise in people with qualifications in cosmetic formulating would be closely mirrored by a rise in formulating competency and (one would hope) a rise in scientific literacy but that’s not been my experience. I accept that my opening sentence may come across as a bit harsh. That it could indicate ..read more
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2y ago
The other week I was made aware of a new ‘rule’ that’s making its way around the virtual hallways of cosmetic school (which one, who said what and why doesn’t matter), the rule being that you should not homogenise Carbomers. Now I’m not sure of the wider context of this truth or how it was ..read more
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2y ago
The world is made up of in-groups and out-groups and generally, that sucks! Sometimes, the in-groups are small and transient, like that group of girlfriends from school, the ones that decided collectively that they don’t like you so you can’t sit with them at recess today because you like the ‘wrong’ music or have the ..read more
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2y ago
Somatosensory means ‘of the body’. The term embraces the three ways in which we experience the physical world. Proprioception focuses on the movement of bone and muscle. Exteroception centres around interpreting touch, Interoception focuses on the status of our organs (heart rate, breathing, digestion etc). A podcast of this article is available by following this ..read more
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2y ago
One of the surprising joys of being back at University (part time, very slow progress, yes I’m getting there but…) is the reminder that Academic Integrity is not only expected, measured and tested, it’s the law. My uni – Charles Sturt, here in the beautiful central tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, has put together ..read more
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2y ago
I’ve struggled my whole life to understand why, in spite of my love of learning, doing and investigating, I get lost, stuck in a loop, overwhelmed or frozen all the time! It happens when I embark on a course, take on new projects at work, join a club or group and even when I sit ..read more
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2y ago
Last week I hit a bit of a low spot after missing out on this event. I’ve had a lot stressing me out mentally for the last couple of years and only relatively recently felt on top of it enough to start participating in industry events, forums, talks etc. I was accepted into the IFSCC ..read more
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2y ago
I’m still thinking about that ‘turn and learn’ situation. The idea that an INCI list tells tells pretty much all you need to know about a product. After writing my blog article the other day I felt there was some unfinished business on my part. I’m always telling people that science is a doing word ..read more
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2y ago
As much as I’m fascinated by cosmetic chemistry and the beauty industry I’m not really one for seeking out said content anywhere I can find it. I don’t tend to watch other creators YouTube chanels, read their blogs, hang around their schools or follow them on Instagram. If you are starting to think this may ..read more
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2y ago
I question the wisdom of normalising the use of amino acids for pH adjustment... Arginine is an amino acid and amino acids are famous for reacting together to build peptides and proteins. In a cosmetic sense, amino acids can be added into a formula individually to increase skin hydration or condition and strengthen the hair ..read more