Ocinium Journal

Pregnancy is a crucial time to re-evaluate your personal care use and eliminate non-essential skincare products and fragrances from your routine. It is also a confusing time deciphering and scrutinising cosmetic labels for those cosmetic ingredients that should be banned from your pregnancy beauty kit. Pregnancy is often the time that women turn to organic skincare brands in a quest...

“Inner beauty, outer health” has taken a whole new meaning with the topical use of probiotics for skin health. It was only a matter of time before scientists began to research the benefits of probiotics outside of the gut wall! While this is still a relatively new field of research, the use of topical or dermal application of probiotics in...

In recent years there has been a strong focus on what we put inside our bodies in relation to our health and wellness, however research is now indicating that what we put on our bodies via personal care and cosmetic products significantly contributes to toxic burden within the body also. It is estimated that the average female is exposed to...

Whilst our bodies are equipped to cope with natural detoxification pathways, many can not maintain adequate detoxification processes at the speed required to effectively off set negative dietary and lifestyle choices of which we continue to burden our bodies with at an alarming rate.   Personal care and cosmetic products contribute to the toxic burden with the average female exposed...