| Hello and welcome to another issue of
beautymagonline.
Hello
and Happy New Year to all of you and happy holidays to those who
are enjoying the summer of the southern hemisphere.
I hope you are all being “sun smart” and have checked the
formulations of your sunscreens against the chart on page 88 in my
new
cosmetic chemistry book.
This
issue is a little special in that next February it will be ten
years since the first issue of this magazine went live on the net.
In those days e-zines were very rare and even more rare were
e-zines and websites dedicated to the beauty industry. When one
looks back over the past ten years the personal care/skin
treatment industry has had enormous growth and made great strides
in creating wonderful formulations.
This
is why I decided it was time for a little update in the way of a
cosmetic chemistry book besides a dictionary (that will come
later).
My book was written so as to give a positive impression about
cosmetics used today. There are many websites, books and articles
written that highlight the negative and cause unrest among
cosmetic users and I had no intention of fuelling that fire. What
I thought was unfortunate is that my book was not big enough to
say everything that I believe we should know, so the next few
issues of beautymagonline will be dedicated to cosmetic chemistry.
I
will be travelling the world in 2010 teaching a 2day course on
cosmetic chemistry, please check the website of www.pastiche.net.nz
to see what dates I will be in your country or city.
This course is an extension of the Pastiche
Method skin analysis course that has been taught for many
years. The chemistry course is the logical follow on and
concentrates on linking skin structure and function to product
composition a further step in the Pastiche
Method.
This
past year has seen a number of training courses being taught in
the USA and Canada, it has been a wonderful experience and I look
forward to returning in the New Year.Special thanks for the
generosity of Dermaconcepts and their supporting staff across the
USA who were a big part of making the teaching experience so
enjoyable.
This
past year, all around the world there has been many of you either
proof reading for me or listening to me and in some cases
“putting up with me”.
Please accept my sincerest “thank you” to those
of you who have supported my endeavours. I look forward to
catching up with you all again very soon.
Yours
truly,
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