Honey is a truly wonderful substance - but Alex and I were reminded of just how wonderful it is a few weeks ago when we got an email with some truly scary images from one of our testers for the FreeFrom Skincare Awards. Her husband had had a really awful operation to remove a …
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What Allergy? Essential reading for all food allergics
This is just a mini rave about our friend and colleague, Ruth Holroyd's, excellent allergy blog, What Allergy? I am sure that many of you will already know or follow Ruth – but if you don't, you should! Around 80,000 people do read her blog every month, so if you don't, you are …
The Allergy Show struts its stuff in the Grand Hall at Olympia
I do love Victorian ironwork. Whether it is the soaring arches of St Pancras Station, the Palm House at Kew or – the Grand Hall at Olympia. And, in terms of 'grand', you cannot get much grander than The Grand Hall at Olympia. The roof, 115 feet high and constructed from 85 …
Microbiome of the skin…
I am not going to even start to explain what this post link is all about beyond telling you that it describes a revolutionary new 'bacterial therapy for the skin' in which, far from washing bacteria off your skin with soap and shower gel, you actually apply them to your skin …
More on PPD – from the Ultimate Natural Beauty Bible!
Problems with the PPD (para-phenylenediamine) in hair dye are one of the most regularly searched subjects on this blog so I am glad to be able to point those who have had allergic reactions to PPD to some more suggestions for dealing with the hair colour problem. Our good …