Returning from NYC!

It's been almost a month!! Well, let me explain where I've been! On vacation mostly! A well needed trip back to NYC! Oh, I didn't realize how much I've missed NYC until I was there.

Nothing like a beautiful late summer / early autumn night in NY and there were plenty! Anyway, real life is back and calling me. I apologize for the long absense and I promise to give you a heads up next time!

Other than that, my work in the hospital is quite demaning right now as well! So I'll probably be posting only a couple times a week (hopefully).

Oh yeah, remember the Project Runway star that I left you hanging with last posting? Well, that was my old neighbor Danny! But unfortunately as I have come to find out, he was booted from the show. No worries, I have no doubt he'll make it in the biz.

Till next time peeps!

xoxo

A friend on Project Runway!

Here is a fun post. Lately I've had not much positive to say about television and today's media and entertainment industries. So now I have something that begs me to say something and it's a very positive thing for a change!

I had no idea for the longest time that a friend of mine (I used to live just downstairs from him in Manhattan) was on TV. Actually, on Project Runway which I actually like. Which says a lot for me since I don't even currently have TV because I'm just "over it", even the news seems like such crap these days. Yes, people think that's kinda weird, but honestly even if I liked TV, I don't have time to watch it . . . way way way too busy. So anyhow . . . getting back to the point!

I can't say what this person is like on Project Runway (since I haven't seen it yet!!) but I can tell you this person was one of those unique talents. I had been to a couple showcases of said designer while in NYC (said person was still a design student at the time). One time I was at a fashion show that was featuring the best of the city's student designers. Well, I can say that night, this Project Runway challenger's stuff was like magic, a distant winner. Not only that, it was clever too!

Know who I'm talking about? I'll reveal tomorrow!

A quick response to some emails on Parabens

Here is a quick response to some misconceptions on parabens. Many people have emailed me thinking that we need to eliminate parabens to prevent "even the smallest amount" from entering out systems. I have some bad news for anyone trying to eliminate parabens from their skincare "diet". Parabens are not just in skincare! It's would be important to say that Parabens are actually used to preserve different types of medications/immunizations that are injected directly into our system!

PARABENS REVIEWED

Here is the finally summary about parabens. It's the culmination of all the Paraben Posts 1-6 that I had written. Now the links are in one easy post. I am still receiving a lot (I mean A LOT) of emails about parabens and their safety (or lack of safety). I've responded in the comments sections to these questions as well.

So click on the Parts below to read the posts.
A suggestion: you might want to right-click and "open in a new tab" if you want to keep this page open.

Part 1: This is just an introduction to the series that I did when I first set out to write about parabens and their "controversial" uses in skincare products.

Part 2: This is a nice primer to the background on parabens. Their chemical profile, what they are and what they are doing in products. It's always best to start with something concrete, huh? We'll get into the controversy in following posts . . .

Part 3: This post is dedicated to clarifying just who is saying what. What's all the fuss? Haven't heard of parabens, then maybe you should start hearing what others are so up in arms about (or maybe not!).

Part 4: Here is a nice perspective using parabens to illustrate the divergences among "the Industry vs Science vs Reality". It's important to know, what's "popularly known" doesn't make it the least bit true! The skincare industry is certainly a place where these forces are unfortunately most at odds!

Part 5: This post on parabens is a summary of what I think. I try to put the whole paraben debacle into perspective. There are a ton of "bad things" that are thrown at our body systems everyday, but our body's have a great ability to fight these things off (and sometimes its a good thing to be exposed to "bad things"). I say this because a tactic used by "fear mongers" (maybe they learned from the Bush administration, sorry, I had to!!) is bombarding you with "the dangers of this or that ingredient" but it is taken out of context from the truth and the real science behind any sort of claim.

Part 6: Alas, the final post on parabens (for now at least!). This post discusses the ingredients that you should NOT mix parabens with, as well as, other non-paraben combos that should not be used in skincare products since they release higher amounts of formaldehyde.