Taking the HPV test for Cervical Cancer
Hands up all who recognised what the teal on white ribbon stand for?
I too wasn’t familiar with this colour ribbon. We all know Red is for AIDS Awareness, Pink is for Breast Cancer Awareness, White is for justice… but teal on white?
Its for Cervical Cancer awareness.
Unlike breast cancer awareness which gets the whole month of October dedicated to it, cervical cancer remains pretty much a silent fight. Continue Reading >> Taking the HPV test for Cervical Cancer
What’s with the Big Eye Contact Lens?
Asian girls are notorious for wanting to change their looks to look like others. Whiter or fairer skin, double eyelids, bigger eyes … what this means is that the cosmetics industry is booming in Asia with many “Asia Exclusive” products.
One of these is the “big eye” phenomenon that I’ve noticed in the past couple of years. I noticed that this craze began when Korean mini series started taking Asia and the world by storm. Suddenly, you couldn’t move for Korean series, Korean cosmetics, Korean food (yum!) and one of these is the “big eye” contact lens.
Contour Express Gym - a fitness centre for women
I’m not much of a gym-goer. I find the atmosphere in a gym quite oppressive and there is an element of competition as well, for if you aren’t truly as fit as some of the other people you see, its easy to get demoralized. And there is also the men factor. Some women don’t feel nice trying to exercise with men checking them out at every opportunity.
Enter Contours Express, a women gym. Contours Express is a fitness centre for women and operate on a women only basis. These days, it might just be safer to join such gyms. Continue Reading >> Contour Express Gym - a fitness centre for women
Does my favourite cosmetic company test on animals?
Animal testing in cosmetics is a huge and controversial topic that I do not intend to get into but I can’t help but notice that there are many people who want to know which companies test on animals and which companies do not test on animals.
Here are 2 online sources where you can find a list of companies that test and do not test on animals. (Animal Testing and Caring Consumer) They are by no means comprehensive as new companies appear every day and company policies do change from time to time.
As a sampling, here’s a list of companies that do not test on animals as at the date of writing:
- Avon
- Amway
- Bare Escentuals
- Beiersdorf Inc - Nivea, Eucerin, La Prairie
- Blackmores
- Bobbi Brown
- Burts Bees
- Christian Dior
- Clarins
- Crabtree & Evelyn
- Dermalogica
- H20+
- Jurlique
- L’Occitane
- La Mer
- LUSH
- MAC Cosmetics
- OPI
- Origins
- Revlon
- Smashbox Cosmetics
- Stila
- The Body Shop
This is by no means an endorsement nor critique but if it matters to you then I hope the information is of use.
