The Science of Beauty

By: KOHARU

Summary

The ScienZ Society held our first discussion on the topic of ‘Science of Beauty’ led by one of our members, Koharu.

Many attended the session to discuss the main question “are natural cosmetics better?”. It began with an informative presentation on the definition of beauty in Science and ingredients included in the cosmetics where she introduced us to the main contents of the beauty products as well as the differences between natural, chemical, non chemical and organic products. This was followed by an open discussion with the attendance. For example, some of the questions were “are natural products better than others? And why is it better?”. Attendants were keen to discuss this matter, we also discussed further about the existing cosmetics brands such as Kylie cosmetics or the ordinary.

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Science of Beauty by Koharu

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