Aussie Researchers Find Sugar Compounds With Positive Potential

Send to KindleTweet A trio of researchers in Australia have discovered a sugar compound that could help prevent heart disease. According to a release from the University of Melbourne, Dr. Corin Storkey and Professor Carl Schiesser from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology at The University of Melbourne teamed up [...]

Monsanto, BASF To Add GMO Wheat

Send to KindleTweet Agricultural giants Monsanto and Germany’s BASF announced on July 7 joint plans to make genetically modified wheat. The addition will be the fifth in their collaboration, which already includes corn, soy, cotton and canola. According to the new agreement, the two companies will invest about $1 billion during the collaboration. The duo [...]

Australian Beauty Secrets Come Stateside

Send to KindleTweet It’s a rare talent that has hair like this but can handle all manes equally. The beautiful woman below is none other than Janet Waddell, a haircare veteran and owner of the namesake salon in NYC’s Gramercy Park neighborhood. A blowout is a simple reminder of how big a role haircare is [...]

Aussie & Kiwi Beauty

Send to KindleTweet The giant hole in the ozone layer over Australia is likely the main reason Australian sunscreen brands are superior to most found in the United States. So, it came as no surprise that some of my favorite beauty finds on my trip to New Zealand and Australia were sunscreen products. In addition, I also [...]

The Travel Playlist: Coming to America?

Send to KindleTweet A combination of indie magazines, music podcasts recapping SXSW and a few airlines’ featured media players revealed a whole new playlist. Most of these artists fall under the alternative or indie umbrella and reign from Australia, New Zealand, England and the United States. Spring is coming and these emerging artists ensure there’s [...]

Vogue Down Under…

Send to KindleTweet It doesn’t take long for a woman to realize that trip to Sydney, Australia, will mean too much time shopping and not enough exploring. Maybe it’s the proximity to China, where almost all clothes are made, that offers an intense selection of shopping given the size of the city. From cheap and [...]

Swiss, Aussie Companies To Certify Aboriginal Ingredients Fair Trade

Send to KindleTweet Swiss company Cosmetochem is planning to get two ingredients from Aboriginal crops fair trade certification. The ingredients, Kakadu plum and desert raisin (bush tomato), are used in the beauty brand Outback Spirit Botanicals. Cosmetochem’s Dr. Jane Tiedtke told Cosmetics Design that if they gain fair trade certification for these two ingredients, they [...]

Skin Care Gratification: A Study in Patience & Vanity

Send to KindleTweet Skincare is the perfect example of the modern consumer’s lack of patience and eternal quest for instant gratification. In reality, no product heals infections overnight, eliminates lines completely or quells blemishes in a matter of days. There are some services, however, that either provide an instant glow or with ongoing use, plumper, [...]

The Sunscreen Finals

Send to KindleTweet The words “I love you” and “broad spectrum” may be some of the most overused phrases. Both are often used, even when they don’t apply to the situation. So, sunscreen shopping begs the question, do we need truth in marketing, not just truth in advertising? The lack of regulation in the cosmetics [...]

As Women and Gay Men Intended…

Kind and Zen, this model has traveled the globe, but favors NYC and Barcelona. When asked about body pressure, he told us that men don’t have the same pressure women do, but they do have to fit a certain mold. There is a such a thing as too skinny, and apparently, if one doesn’t have enough bulk or definition, he loses out on the lucrative advertising deals.

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