What is mineral Sunscreen? The FDA has approved 16 active ingredients for use in sunscreens in America, but only 2 are generally recognized as safe and effective. These safe & effective ingredients are zinc oxide and titanium dioxide which are both minerals that sit on top of your skin to cre...

The Sunscreen revolution has hit and with it so has the advancement in skincare formulation, introducing the new generation SPFs that are formulated with efficacy, practicality & aesthetic enhancement in mind. This means that your sunscreen can give you a little extra glow & radiance alon...

As a Facialist & skincare enthusiast I have learnt how to make skin happy in 60 minute facials & by orchestrating homecare routines. So when it came to creating my own SPF you can probably imagine my formulating chemist’s face when she received my product development profile during the fo...

You only have to look up #texturetuesday on Instagram to see the obsession of skincare textures in the skincare community. For cosmetic formulators there is a constant battle between product efficacy & meeting the sensory needs for consumer likeability. While the texture tends to play a big r...

Scrolling through Tik Tok and feeling very triggered by an influential skincare influencer’s claim on my FYP. This person claims that she has worked with many scientists and also got her Esthetician license to make her own skincare line, which is brilliant. Most things she says is educated, artic...

This is the reason why Sunny Skin was born.... from working in the Professional Beauty industry as a facialist & analysing thousands of faces & skin types here in Australia I became extremely concerned with the different types of sun damage (dermal thinning, pigmentation & premature a...