The Ingredients List

Whenever I do talks at the library, I always feel like there’s never enough time to answer all the questions and address people’s concerns. Seeing as it will be many months before we can return to in-person talks, I am planning to do an online Community Call. If you have burning questions about skin care…

I will be delivering an online seminar hosted by the Toronto Public Library, this Friday, October 23, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. EDT., streaming on the Crowdcast platform. The seminar is entitled “Beauty Hacks”, and I will be talking about the environmental impact of beauty products, and ways to reduce consumption, including streamlining a skin care…

Since April, I have been working on short educational videos for the Ontario Science Centre and my most recent video is about the science of sunscreens! On a related note, I strongly recommend watching my science of laundry video, as I go into solubility and polarity. Although this may appear to be about laundry detergent,…

The Toronto Public Library has switched to offering talks and seminars online, and so I will be delivering “The Science of Beauty” online for the first time, on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Click on the link below to head over to Crowdcast to sign up! Since this is a virtual event,…

I think it’s safe to say that the past couple weeks have been a pretty wild ride for most of us! I hope everyone reading this is managing to stay safe and well during these challenging times. By now, you have probably heard all the warnings from health and government officials: Keeping a physical distance…

Happy New Year! I can hardly believe it’s 2020!! I was feeling very nostalgic through the end of 2019, since the past decade saw so many big changes in my personal life. The past couple years have been extremely hectic and exhausting, and it has left little time for me to devote to the blog and to…

Heads up: I will be giving a short series of two talks at the Toronto Public Library this month! Worried about what’s in your skin care and cosmetic products? Come to my talk next Friday at the Northern District branch! I will be explaining the science behind cosmetic ingredients that have been labelled as “dirty”,…

By now, you have probably heard of the U.N. report that predicts catastrophic climate change happening by 2040, i.e. within the next 20 years (and if you have not yet heard of it, read it here). This is not just some abstract thing that is going to happen in the far-off future, it’s happening now…

I have two library talks scheduled for the beginning of June 2018! The first talk is part of the Toronto Public Library‘s Fragile Earth program series. I will be talking about sustainability issues surrounding beauty products. If you have always wondered whether ‘natural’ is better than ‘synthetic/man-made’, or what happens to product packaging once you are…

I will be at the Cedarbrae Branch of the Toronto Public Library, this Saturday, Nov. 12, with more science of beauty! This seminar will cover basic rules for identifying products that will work for a given skin type and skin care concern, based on an analysis of the ingredient list. I will be focusing on…