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Tuesday 1st September 2009
Magazines
What do you read regularly? Along the lines of eco/health sort of thing I mean, my near-obsessive perusal of Heat does not need to be discussed here... It's so hard to try and keep on top of reading generally, but are there any in particular that you love or really rate?
We try and read every issue of the Ecologist and Natural Health and I do love them, the styles on both, while very different obviously, are really good, but I wondered if there was anything out there you think we're missing out on?
Oh, and if you feel like being a little bit horrified, I saw this jaw-dropping little article today on the Campaing for Safe Cosmetics site. I'm angry about it actually, I think they should name and shame.
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2010/06/03 - Lafe's deodorants - why our stock is currently on sale
2010/05/07 - Are you a bit bored?
2010/04/23 - Ethical Consumer Magazine BEST BUY
2010/04/14 - Things we liked at the Natural & Organics Show last weekend
2010/03/23 - Heaps of things....
2010/02/25 - Palm Oil
2010/02/17 - Sunscreen Lotion, why it's not on the site any longer
2010/02/11 - Our Rowing Boys have made it half way!
2010/01/18 - Good news for us geeks...
2010/01/04 - Happy New Year
2009/12/22 - Happy Christmas to you ALL
2009/12/03 - PNS and Makeup
2009/11/11 - Our rowing boys are close to going - wish them luck!
2009/11/03 - Facebook, we now have a page
2009/10/29 - Don't throw away pumpkin pieces
2009/10/24 - Are you ready for the clock to go back yet? No? We're not either....
2009/09/21 - I've been reading again
2009/09/10 - MEEP! We're getting excited!
2009/09/09 - Autumn is in the air here
2009/09/01 - Magazines
2009/08/21 - Home pedicures, like a day at a spa, but without the weight loss in the pocket...
2009/08/20 - It's been a while again, holidays and all that
2009/08/04 - PNS and the Fish Mish
2009/07/20 - Sorry it's been a touch quiet on the blog front...
2009/07/13 - We have a new brochure
2009/07/06 - Our interests are hitting the mainstream press, well I never...
2009/06/24 - We've had fun, very, very silly fun
2009/06/19 - We have produced a TON of this beautiful stuff this year :)
2009/06/15 - Perhaps it's just Monday, but I'm a little cross
2009/06/05 - I've been having a clear out today
2009/06/03 - Last Friday Kevin arrived, today we rescued Steven Seagull
2009/06/01 - Glamour and more glamour
2009/05/29 - We have a new member of the PNS team
2009/05/28 - Back from Gardening Leave
2009/05/22 - How We Are!!!!!!!!!!!
2009/05/14 - Essential Oils
2009/05/13 - PNS perfumes, possibly
2009/05/06 - We now have a "Home" section on the site
2009/04/27 - "She smells of lemons!"
2009/04/21 - What are your thoughts on natural deodorants?
2009/04/07 - We've just come back from the Natural & Organic Exhibition at Olympia
2009/03/30 - Botanicals - Do you think it's safe to Grow Your Own Drugs like the telly programme says?
2009/03/26 - Our Big Announcement - PNS has won a Natural Health Magazine Award
2009/03/26 - Our Big Announcement - PNS has won a Natural Health Magazine Award
2009/03/18 - The Kasbah Box
2009/03/13 - We've made some big changes in the soaps
2009/03/10 - Grow your own drugs - did you see that on telly last night?
2009/03/05 - If you've ever had trouble getting to sleep, read this.
2009/03/02 - A day in the life of a whiteboard....
2009/02/23 - Twitter, we have succumbed
2009/02/18 - Goodness, it's been a while
2009/02/10 - Mobile phones, I'm now properly scared
2009/02/05 - Good reference books on the subject of vile chemicals in toiletries
2009/01/29 - Hormone disrupting
2009/01/22 - That didn't take long....
2009/01/05 - Happy New Year!!!
2008/12/23 - Happy Christmas to everyone
2008/12/19 - Quick hello and apologies for recent quietness
2008/12/10 - Exfoliation. Did anyone see Horizon last night?
2008/12/02 - We're doing our elf impressions now
2008/11/27 - Two local men doing a trans-Atlantic row
2008/11/25 - Our mums approve
2008/11/20 - Green is now mainstream - it's official
2008/11/16 - The links page has been updated
2008/11/11 - Back to the natural cleaning discussion again
2008/11/04 - So what do you think of the new site please?
2008/10/24 - Are you ever tempted to get false nails put on?
2008/10/22 - Meep! We just had a famous person in the shop, we're all starstruck
2008/10/20 - Borax a RESOUNDING success - I have finally banished bleach from the house forever!!
2008/10/09 - Onward and upward now, an explanation of why we hate phthalates
2008/10/07 - We're a bit sad at the moment
2008/09/29 - All this has got me thinking again...
2008/09/16 - Another question
2008/09/10 - I feel like Jesse from the Fast Show,
2008/09/04 - Conditioner, Creams and Christmas
2008/08/29 - So, what about nail varnish then?
2008/08/23 - I am not ignoring the blog, I promise
2008/08/12 - Update on the Washing Question
2008/08/04 - Another washing question
2008/07/31 - Green Fatigue
2008/07/28 - What do you use to wash your clothes with?
2008/07/16 - Natural Toothpastes
2008/07/15 - We're just ordering some new brushes and scrubby things
2008/07/07 - Oh we love summer
2008/06/26 - We have sand in our toes and ice cream on our faces
2008/06/25 - I'm all alone :(
2008/06/20 - Friday and we're shattered
2008/06/16 - A Blip
2008/06/02 - Well THAT was fun!!
2008/05/28 - Well how exciting....
2008/05/21 - Animal Testing of Cosmetics - PLEASE HELP
2008/05/12 - Organic companies finding thier teeth
2008/05/08 - Channel 4 - Dispatches, The truth about Beauty Creams I think the programme's called
2008/04/30 - Today we are mostly smelling of frankincense....
2008/04/25 - Baby Wipes
2008/04/22 - Tuesday and we have our brains back again
2008/04/21 - Mondayitis
2008/04/14 - An exciting phase
2008/04/08 - Hello and Welcome, oh, and spots
History's not exactly a strong subject for me, but I think it was indeed her that had pockmarks that were caused by or filled in by the white powder makeup that was so fashionable at the time. I just can't believe this one, it's such a retrograde step, we all think we're so well read on ingredients and then this pops out.
If you liked that, have you also heard about the carcinogens and the formaldehyde that's in Johnson's Baby products? Use the same link as in my previous post, there's a whole section on the site where you can write to Johnson's and ask them to justify thier "Pure & Gentle" claims in light of this. By the way, and I'm not trying to defend them, in the interests of fairness I should point out that they are by no means alone in this. It's the fact that it's legal that's the problem I think.
You're so right about this, I think there's a lot of mileage in this too; but as you rightly point out, nobody is going to fund it unless they can make a patentable compound out of the results, it all comes down to the filthy lucre doesn't it?
And I'm going to make you really cross now. I LOVE the celeb mags, it's like my secret shame, exept not so secret. I like guessing who's had what kind of work done (I can spot a thread lift or a chem peel at 500 paces now, me) especially if they claim it's down to a cream as you say. I think those claims are really all about who's advertising in the mag though, rather than being actual personal favourites. Airbrushing is reaching new heights these days though, poor Kate Moss appears to be reverting back to puberty at the minute (depending on what mag you're looking at). And I have a personal theory that Liz Hurley, Nicole Kidman and Kylie Minogue share the same plastic surgeon - they're morphing into the same person, check it out, honestly, go look at them, they are.
In all seriousness though, as much as I love these mags, I hate the way they make women feel about themselves, people do take them way too seriously (well, I think kids do, not sure women of my age seriously expect a cream to take away 20 years of alcohol, tobacco & sun abuse.... or do they?). I treat them as a fun way to pass 20 minutes, with the added bonus that I can walk away knowing that nobody's going to be photographing ME from an unflattering angle around every corner :)