Author Archive: Alex

The Lottery of Skincare

In our latest article on Skins Matter, we report on the case of a woman who developed a rash after several weeks using a body lotion containing goats’ milk — and despite ceasing using the product as soon as this…
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Show’s Over – but what a Show!

“We’re such a small brand, we’ve only just started – we didn’t think we’d have a chance of winning against Weleda, Green People and the rest!” For the second year running following the announcement of the results of the FreeFrom…
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Gluten-free skincare – a mixed blessing?

A new range of gluten-free skincare has been launched by JASON, and we currently (as of May 2014) have a competition to win the complete set on our SkinsMatter.com site. We’ve already covered the issue of gluten in skincare products…
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‘Free From’ Mums, Tums and Little ‘uns …

We were very interested to see this report recently from Cosmetics Design Europe about the opportunities in the mother and baby free from skincare market — and the high and growing demand for tailored products. This doesn’t surprise us. Pregnancy…
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Many Shows – Just One Roof

  Last week Skins Matter and the FreeFrom Skincare Awards announced a new partnership with the Love Natural, Love Organic Show – the new event from the team behind the Allergy + FreeFrom Show, alongside which it will be located…
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‘Free From’ Competitors?

“Unable to find skincare products free from parabens, petroleum derivatives and SLS, our founder decided to create her own!” I have lost count of the number of press releases we at Skins Matter have received over the years containing variations…
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Can it really be allergy free, ‘nasties’ free or chemical free?

One of our minor pet peeves at Skins Matter is manufacturers describing their products as ‘chemical free’. We’d been meaning to write a blog on this for a while, but planning and this month launching the Free From Skincare Awards…
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