Cosmetics

Growing number of US states consider banning cosmetics containing PFAS

In Vermont, the state Senate granted final approval this week to legislation that would prohibit manufacturers and suppliers from selling or distributing any cosmetics or menstruation products containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds in the state

Hugh Jackman is urging people to wear sunscreen: Can it prevent skin cancer?

'Wolverne' star Hugh Jackman has disclosed that he has had two biopsies as a result of a recent skin cancer scare. In the video, he further urged his fans to slather on sunscreen this summer. But do sunscreens really prevent skin cancer?

This British actor is the most handsome man in the world: How science proves it

'Bridgerton' star Regé-Jean Page’s face is 93.65 per cent perfect, according to the Golden Ratio devised in ancient Greece. Chris Hemsworth and Michael B Jordan come after Page, with a score of 93.53 per cent and 93.46 per cent respectively

More than half of the cosmetics sold in US, Canada are full of toxins, finds study

PFAS chemicals are an issue of increasing concern for lawmakers who are working to regulate their use in consumer products.

Illegal mica scavenging in Jharkhand is destroying the lives of women and children

The mining causes serious health hazards among women and child, leads to massive deforestation and loss of wildlife.

Govt classifies microbeads as "unsafe" for cosmetics, mulls banning products using 'major water pollutant'

Microbeads escape the filtration and treatment processes for waste water and end up in rivers, which ultimately lead to ocean where they contribute to the huge chunk of "plastic soup" in the environment

My politically charged lipstick

Notes from a lipstick loving feminist's diary

The Maneka Gandhi column: Snail mucus to placenta, your cosmetics are full of animal discard

The products in your cosmetics include shark oil, human infant foreskins, chicken bone marrows, dead beetles and animal fat, writes Maneka Gandhi

The Maneka Gandhi column: Have you put snail goo on your face yet?

Increasingly, snail slime is being used in medicines and cosmetics

Using eyeliner as lipstick: How Kylie Jenner was inspired to sell cosmetics line

Reality TV personality Kylie Jenner created her Lip Kit By Kylie range after she had to use a brown eyeliner to achieve “perfect lips”