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For most of the twentieth century, the cosmetics industry operated on a relatively simple model: synthetic chemistry could produce pigments in any colour, at any scale, with consistent properties and low production costs. That model worked well enough as long...

If you've been paying attention to the clean beauty movement in India, you may have noticed a quiet but significant shift happening in the hair color aisle. Brands are moving away from the heavy chemical formulas that have dominated for...

Every time you open a box of conventional hair dye, you are dealing with a cocktail of chemicals — and at the centre of that cocktail is one ingredient that has been raising alarms among dermatologists and allergists for decades:...