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Includes some links for national and international nomenclature and regulation; for more of that, see the resources: ingredients post and the ingredient searching page.

• Allergies @ NHS Direct (UK)
• Allergy UK
• AUSTRALIA:
  • Australian Government Therapeutic Goods Administration
• Beaut.ie
• Beauté-test.com
• Beautiful With Brains
• The Beauty Bible
• The Beauty Brains
• TheBeauty Brains: How to Save Money on Beauty Products (ebook)
• Beauty Editor
• Beauty Fool
• BeautyGeeks
• The Beauty Look Book
• Beautypedia
• Blogdorf Goodman
• BRAZIL:
  • Guia para Avaliação de Segurança de Produtos Cosméticos
• British Beauty Blogger
• BRITISH PHARMACOPOEIA = main international standard:
  • BP 2012 online: includes the European Pharmacopoeia; access c/o many public and institutional libraries
  • British Approved Names (BAN) for pharmaceutical ingredients, generic names, plus formulae
• Buzzle.com items on natural skin care
• Café Makeup
• CANADA:
  • Health Canada: Cosmetic Advertising, Labelling and Ingredients
  • Health Canada: Information for Consumers: Cosmetic and personal care products
• Care2
• Chemists Corner: The Cosmetic Chemist’s Resource Site
• Christy Coleman
• Claire’s Beauty
• Colin’s Beauty Pages
• ConsumerSearch Blog: Productopia
• CosDNA
• Cosmetic ingredients
• Cosmetics Business: News and Information
• CosmeticsInfo: ingredient and product database
• CosmetoScope: Cosmetic Intelligence
• Crunchy Betty (you have food on your face): one of the best for DIY skincare
• The Dermatology Blog
• Dermatology.ca information
• DermWeb dermatology resources
• Don’t Be a Makeup Chicken
• Ecofabulous
• Eczema & dermatitis (@ Patient UK)
• Eczema @ BUPA (UK)
• Eczema @ NHS Direct (UK)
• Eczema Canada
• Eczema Society of Canada
• Eczema: UK National Eczema Society
• EczemaZones (UK)
• Essential Day Spa’s forum
• EUROPEAN UNION:
  • EU searchable cosmetic ingredient database
  • European Pharmacopoeia
  • European Medicines Agency
• Fig+Sage
• FutureDerm.com
• Garden of Wisdom’s forum
• The Glamorganic Goddess
• Go Cruelty-Free: shopping guide
• Gorgeously Green blog: beauty section
• Green Options
• Hey, Dollface!
• Hippyshopper
• I’m the It Girl
• INTERNATIONAL NOMENCLATURE OF COSMETIC INGREDIENTS:
  • INCI directory (c/o SpecialChem)
  • INCI for dummies (c/o Hilda Blue)
• Jennifae
• Karlasugar
• Kindly Indulge Me: Indulging the senses while making kind choices
• Lab Muffin (science + beauty = yay!)
• Leaping Bunny
• Lip Gloss and Laptops
• The London Beauty Review
• Lotus Palace
• Lotus Skin Spa
• MakeupAlley
• MakeupAlley: Product Review Search
• MakeupAlley: Go Green Board
• MakeupAlley: Skin Care Board
• MakeupAlley: Hair Care Board
• MakeupAlley: Makeup Board
• MakeupTalk forums
• Melbourne Dermatology
• Minimalist Beauty Reviews
• Mirror Reality: A Man’s Perspective on Skincare (Nyr on MUA)
• ModernMedicine
• Mountain Rose Blog (c/o MRH, next item)
• Mountain Rose Herbs: click any item in a category for links to further information; ex. oils
• Musings of a Muse
• Nadine Jolie
• The Non-Blonde
• Painted Ladies
• Periodic Elements of Style, The
• Personal Care Products Council (USA): Consumer Ingredient Information
• PETA cruelty-free search: NB this is ONLY here for information purposes, as it may be useful for shopping & consumption purposes. NBB warning on list: flaws, errors, inaccuracies, outdated details. NBBB I am NOT  a fan of PETA, especially recently.
• Phoebe’s Ingredients
• Phyrra
• Pink Sith
• Point of Interest! (aka Swift Crafty Money)
• Product Girl
• Product Junkies Rehab
• Product Placement
• PubMed: c/o National Center for Biotechnology Information resources–US National Library of Medicine–National Institutes of Health
• RatzillaCosme
• ReadyMade
• Rouge Deluxe
• Scent Hive (not just scent)
• Science-Based Medicine
• Silk Naturals’ forum
• Skin & Allergy News: News and views that matters to dermatology
• Skinacea
• Skin Care Talk: forum
• SmartSkincare.com
• Swatch Storm
• Temptalia
• The Non-Blonde
• Tightly Curly
• A Touch of Blusher
• Tree Hugger
• A Typical Atypical
• Uncaged (UK)
• USA:
  • Cosmetic ingredient information (PCPC)
  • Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
  • U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention: some resources may be available c/o public or institutional libraries, depending on your location
  • USP for consumers
  • USP Reference Standard Technical Data Sheets
• Well Beauty Blog
• Wikipedia: Chemistry (introduction…)
• Wikipedia: Cosmetics (intro)
• Wikipedia: History of Cosmetics
• wiseGEEK
• WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION:
  • WHO International Pharmacopoeia