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Katie Rigdon

Allergies and Cosmetics - 2 views

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    Interesting article about causes of skin allergies from WebMD. Looks like fragrances can play a big part in allergies and it also looks like there are some things that you can do to prevent these allergic reactions.
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    Interesting - but we have to be careful not to stray into the biology of allergies when explaining why they occur.
Amanda Jara

Skin Deep - Gold Face Cream - A Costly Leap of Faith - NYTimes.com - 2 views

    • Amanda Jara
       
      we can look up other common ingredients that cause allergic reactions...ie arbutin
    • Katie Rigdon
       
      I think allergies could be a really interesting topic to add to our blog because, like Jenny said, we are kind of all over the place and I think we need some topics so skin allergies (to things in cosmetics) could be one of them!
    • Jenny Mu
       
      But we also have to keep the topic focused on chemistry, and allergies could really easily go into biology or something like that. but there is a chemistry side to allergies too, so maybe that could work
    • Andrew Kang
       
      The article kept stressing the benefits of colloidal gold as opposed to gold in flakes or just applied to the skin. Perhaps we could look at nanochemistry in cosmetics - it was nanoparticles that gave the colloidal cream its advantage and with anything you apply to your skin perhaps there is consideration given to the substance on the molecular scale for its efficacy.
    • Jenny Mu
       
      But we should also consider the element itself. Whether in nanoparticles or in flakes, what scientific evidence is there that gold is good for the skin? Or is it just one big, expensive scam...
Jenny Mu

INGREDIENTS: Figuring out what's "hypo-allergenic" and "non-comedogenic" - 0 views

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    This is an easy to read, interesting blog post about the usage of worlds like "hypo-allergenic" and "non-comedogenic" on cosmetics, and what it actually means chemically for products to be labelled with those words. This kind of addresses what we were talking about on the simvastatin article, about cosmetics that can help clear skin Things that are non-comedogenic do not necessarily clear skin, but they do not cause acne. We could start there, looking at chemical compounds in cosmetics that can cause acne and that don't cause acne and then look into how to treat it.  
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