The 'Good, Clean, Fun' Blog

If you are baffled by what makes a serum different to a moisturiser, there is good reason. The line between serums, oils and creams is completely blurred. In the beginning when a bright spark came up with the idea of a serum they burst onto the scene as water-based products […]

The post Creams Vs. Serums Vs. Facial Oils … what’s the difference? appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

This week we heard a statement that smacked us between the eyes. “We are NOT what we eat. We are what we absorb”. “We are what we absorb” applies to many things. What we watch, read and listen to as well as what we use everyday like cleaning products and […]

The post We are what we absorb appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

Chowing down on some fresh veg and fruit is the foundation of getting our required amounts of vitamins. But the body needs to distribute the vitamin goodness to all parts of our bodies and only some goes to the skin. Regardless of how much we ingest it is impossible to […]

The post The Best Vitamins for Skin appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

When we develop new products some of the test batches came out in interesting colours. Like a yellow eye serum. Or a moisturiser with a green tinge. These colours weren’t intentional – they were just a side-effect of some very colourful ingredients. The yellow was created by CoQ10 extract (which […]

The post Artificial colours in skin care – they don’t belong (just like food!) appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

“In what order do I use all these products!?” There’s a plethora of different skincare products out there and it can all be more than a little confusing. Plus learning how to use them all correctly can be daunting too. After all, there is only 24hrs in a day, and if you have 37 products in your regime nothing will ever get done.

You may have thought that every ingredient that is in a cosmetic product is always listed. The ACCC requires it by law. But there are some loopholes where ingredients legitimately don’t need to be listed. Therapeutic Products Therapeutic products are not required to list all of their ingredients. By law […]

The post The hidden ingredients in your skincare products appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

We have been asked a lot lately about exfoliating scrubs, and for good reason! With long pants being the uniform of choice during winter the pins have not been getting a lot of attention or air-time. When the sun finally decided to make an appearance and entice us crack out […]

The post Get ready for bare legs with these DIY natural scrub recipes good enough to eat appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

Does having good skin improve your happiness or does being happy give you good skin? It sounds like we have put on our philosophical pants doesn’t it? It turns out both are true. So enter the new medical field of psychodermatology. It’s all based on how your mind and skin […]

The post The Chicken or the Egg? appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

When you read the word Teflon you probably have instant images of non-stick kitchenware. Us too. Teflon (or polytetrafluoroethylene) is most commonly used to keep fried eggs from becoming a sticky mess but did you also know that it is used in cosmetics? It can be used in waterproof mascara, […]

The post Teflon – it could be in your mascara appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

We can’t stop getting older. And getting older should not be a negative thing. But we can avoid, prevent, disrupt and reduce some of the factors that are getting us there faster than we should. The sun and smoking have long been known to age our skin faster than the […]

The post It’s everywhere and it’s making us look older – Air Pollution appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

Anti-oxidants are the golden child of the health world at the moment. That is because they are vital for our health and fighting oxidative stress. Not sure what we mean when we say “oxidative stress”? Think of it like this: when steel oxidises it gets rusty – when we oxidise […]

The post Have You Heard of Vitamin Q? (a.k.a. Coenzyme Q10) appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.

Last week we chatted about how some everyday chemicals can affect our hormones, ability to lose weight, and overall health. Since you’re reading this, chances are you’re already trying to live a healthy lifestyle by eating clean and using healthy skincare products. If you’re interested in taking it one step […]

The post 11 Simple Ways to Reduce your Chemical Load appeared first on Woohoo Skincare.