The Glam Laboratory

Wednesday evening, I gave a speech entitled "Hair, Hair and More Hair!" at my Toastmasters International club. I covered a lot in...

It's that time of year again when my skin starts going absolutely nuts. About 3 or 4 years ago, the skin on my hands became really dry ...

I've seen the claim "Not Tested On Animals" more times than I can count. I recently saw it while browsing Etsy, so I thought ...

I promised myself back in August that I would take the time to recognize my accomplishments and give myself a pat on the back before I retur...

I started a new project in the lab last week that inspired this blog post. While developing new products, a lot of "tests" are do...

I promised to start adding a splash of business development posts to the blog, so here's the first. One of the most important things to...

I was watching The Rachel Zoe Project with my bestie earlier this week and of all the things to comment on, she said "Is her nail polis...

I get inquiries for all kinds of product development ideas. Usually, the products I'm asked to develop have differentiable features, bu...

August 11, 2010 marked the first anniversary of Envie Bath and Body. While most people would've found some way to celebrate that milest...

I often have people approach me to review the ingredients lists of their personal care products. Usually they want to know if the product(s...

As you may already know, my son has severe eczema. I used a hydrocortisone compound nearly everyday for a year to keep his skin clear. Afte...

I've been away from the blog for far too long, but with good reason. Things are picking up in the lab and I've been working on a li...

Now that we've discussed what SPF is and how it's determined, we can get into a few of the ingredients that actually deliver the sun...

Late last week, someone tweeted that they were about to put on their SPF 100 lotion. My immediate reaction was "Wow! Marketing at its ...

"Nothing says Spring and Summer like color, color, color!"-- Me When spring arrives, there's color everywhere-- green grass, p...

A few weeks ago, I saw a tweet that baffled me a bit. Someone (I don't remember who) was completely annoyed that the top ingredient in ...

I had the pleasure of attending America's Beauty Show and FACE and BODY in Chicago a couple weekends ago. I had a blast! While I was t...

I realized today that I don't know much about my readers, and my readers may not know much about me. Even on Twitter it surprises me ho...

I'm going to tell you ladies a secret... are you ready? Here it goes: One night while I was asleep, my son decided to rest his bottle i...

With all the controversy and bad press looming in the cosmetic industry, I thought it was important to speak as both a consumer and a cosmet...