I agree with you on the SPF thing - personally, I only really want/need it in my lip products. I find that in some face products it can leave a white cast or feel chalky on the skin.
It sounds like you had a wonderful time!! I would love to see a factory in action... I've only been to a chocolate factory (good thing was we could eat as much chocolate as we wanted!!)
Wow that sounds fantastic! Particularly like the vintage stuff, always find it interesting to see how much makeup has 'evolved' with time. Thanks for posting about it.
I'm quite curious to know whether Boots has a single lab dedicated to everything, from skincare to makeup and they focus on a few projects a time, or do they split it up to individual foundation areas, lipstick areas.etc?
Also, is the other Boots brands like 17 and TimeDelay made there? Are their formulas based on N0 7 (ie. is the research shared) or do the scientists need to go on to producing independent goods for each brand?
It would be fab if you could answer those questions - I'm really curious! Thanks for a really interesting post. x
Hi ShimmerDreamz: ok, no there are some separate labs - the make up lab is separate to the skincare for example. What seems to happen is that they are working on different things every day, so one area is not dedicated to say, foundation. It would be foundation one day, lipstick the next etc especially when they are formulating the colours, but in the same room. And yes, they seem to make their own brands (and other people's) at the site, but don't know if one formula is based on another...I guess the remit will be what they want a product to do for the budget they have, and while base ingredients will be the same or similar I think the differences will be in the added ingredients and result target for the product.
It's not like I'm a scientist or anything, I'm just a med student...but SPF has NOTHING to do with vitamin D deficiency, that is just plain uninformed. SPF does not prevent the body from producing vit D.
There is simply not enough daylight the whole year through for the body to produce vitamin D, but there's no need to rely on daylight for vit D. Eating wrong (and let's face it, the Brits obviously do not eat well) is the real problem. We have the same problem in Denmark where no one uses SPF, but everyone gets skin cancer AND vitamin D deficiency, lol!
This is so neat! Thank you so much for sharing pictures! I just fell in love with Boots Illuminating Concealer. Now I want to try some of their moisturizers :)
My boyfriend used to work in Boots Factory and maybe from a Beauty blogger point of view they're great but their HR skills and the way they treat their staff is no good - he'd arrive for his 6 am shift (which meant he had to get up at 4 am and go on a push bike for about 40 minutes) just to be told there is no work and be sent home with 2 hours pay. Some weeks he'd earn less than a Jobseekers Allowance would be even though when he got the job it was supposed to be a long term contract full time job... So it kinda makes me like Boots as a company (or it might be just the Agency that they used for recruitment) but I'd still love to visit their factory and do visit their stores almost every weekend :)
Absolutely fascinating - Thanks for the write up. FWIW I once went to a leather testing factory for my work and you would think it was hard to get excited by it, by the end I was enthusing and able to tell everyone the virtues of different leathers and which companies do the most testing on their products....
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Wow! Looks like you had a good time!
I agree with you on the SPF thing - personally, I only really want/need it in my lip products. I find that in some face products it can leave a white cast or feel chalky on the skin.
Anyway, cool post!
It sounds like you had a wonderful time!! I would love to see a factory in action... I've only been to a chocolate factory (good thing was we could eat as much chocolate as we wanted!!)
Wow that sounds fantastic! Particularly like the vintage stuff, always find it interesting to see how much makeup has 'evolved' with time. Thanks for posting about it.
I'm quite curious to know whether Boots has a single lab dedicated to everything, from skincare to makeup and they focus on a few projects a time, or do they split it up to individual foundation areas, lipstick areas.etc?
Also, is the other Boots brands like 17 and TimeDelay made there? Are their formulas based on N0 7 (ie. is the research shared) or do the scientists need to go on to producing independent goods for each brand?
It would be fab if you could answer those questions - I'm really curious! Thanks for a really interesting post. x
woah! great post, i would love a tour there, you lucky lady, thanks for sharing! xxx
Hi ShimmerDreamz: ok, no there are some separate labs - the make up lab is separate to the skincare for example. What seems to happen is that they are working on different things every day, so one area is not dedicated to say, foundation. It would be foundation one day, lipstick the next etc especially when they are formulating the colours, but in the same room. And yes, they seem to make their own brands (and other people's) at the site, but don't know if one formula is based on another...I guess the remit will be what they want a product to do for the budget they have, and while base ingredients will be the same or similar I think the differences will be in the added ingredients and result target for the product.
It's not like I'm a scientist or anything, I'm just a med student...but SPF has NOTHING to do with vitamin D deficiency, that is just plain uninformed. SPF does not prevent the body from producing vit D.
There is simply not enough daylight the whole year through for the body to produce vitamin D, but there's no need to rely on daylight for vit D. Eating wrong (and let's face it, the Brits obviously do not eat well) is the real problem. We have the same problem in Denmark where no one uses SPF, but everyone gets skin cancer AND vitamin D deficiency, lol!
This is so neat! Thank you so much for sharing pictures! I just fell in love with Boots Illuminating Concealer. Now I want to try some of their moisturizers :)
Looks like a great day out. I would've found this fascinating! Thanks for the post. x
What an interesting post. Really enjoyed reading this. Sounds like you had a fun day. I loved looking at the vintage Boots stuff!x
My boyfriend used to work in Boots Factory and maybe from a Beauty blogger point of view they're great but their HR skills and the way they treat their staff is no good - he'd arrive for his 6 am shift (which meant he had to get up at 4 am and go on a push bike for about 40 minutes) just to be told there is no work and be sent home with 2 hours pay. Some weeks he'd earn less than a Jobseekers Allowance would be even though when he got the job it was supposed to be a long term contract full time job... So it kinda makes me like Boots as a company (or it might be just the Agency that they used for recruitment) but I'd still love to visit their factory and do visit their stores almost every weekend :)
Absolutely fascinating - Thanks for the write up. FWIW I once went to a leather testing factory for my work and you would think it was hard to get excited by it, by the end I was enthusing and able to tell everyone the virtues of different leathers and which companies do the most testing on their products....
Great post. I never really thought about what goes on behind the scenes but this was so interesting.
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