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Rewound geekery: Eyelash serums...
..featuring another of those things that people always want to talk to me about, plus my thoughts on the ethics of affiliate links and whether they've…
Aug 12
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Rewound geekery: Demonised ingredients...
...featuring my thoughts on Yuka and other apps that claim to tell you whether your beauty products are safe or not (spoiler, they're ALL safe), plus…
Aug 5
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July 2026
Newspaper & magazine beauty geekery...
...have I told you I'm also a journalist and I write for a load of newspapers and magazines? Have a read of some of my recent work...
Jul 29
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Other beauty geekery...
...featuring other beauty writers' newsletters that I love and a rare discount opportunity...
Jul 22
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New perspectives geekery...
...including an update to one of last week's stories (mea culpa), a look at what constitutes "normal" when it comes to skin, some chat about "chicken…
Jul 15
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Skin science geekery…
…featuring a brand I really feel is raising the bar when it comes to testing in the beauty industry and an interesting clinical trial…
Jul 8
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Nail geekery...
...featuring everything nails, from the politics and economics of nail trends, and the media environment shaping them, to the health risks of gel…
Jul 1
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June 2026
Prime & prejudice geekery...
...featuring some seriously good beauty deals, my latest (safe) bronzed body combo, & me getting stuck in to why wellness is giving me the massive ick…
Jun 24
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Science (& science-washing) geekery...
...featuring the renaissance of science (& it's murky shadow), all you need to know about clinical trials & consumer perception studies, and a new…
Jun 17
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Hormonal geekery...
... including whether pregnant women really need dedicated skincare ranges, and the REAL reason why peri/menopausal women are all so…
Jun 10
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Fragrance geekery...
...featuring a load of brilliant smells that won't bust your budget, the truth about "pheromone" scent, Molecule 01, plus what the word "Fragrance" is…
Jun 3
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May 2026
UV Geekery part 2...
...it's a heatwave, I couldn't not...more sunscreens I love, how to get your kids to wear sunscreen, some great sun-related further reading, nerdy UVA…
May 27
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