Julia Brownfield and Victoria England have something in common: At some point, each of them looked at commercially available cosmetics and skin care products and thought, "I can make better stuff than this."

So they set out to do it. Through determination and a great deal of trial-and-error experimentation, each developed her own line of products, created packaging and labeling, tackled the difficult task of marketing, and now each operates her own business, offering organic alternatives to traditional cosmetics.

Brownfield's initial motivation was a selfish one.

"I trained racehorses for 15 years, so my skin took a beating," she said. "I wanted a natural product for my skin. It was just for me."

Making extensive use of the Internet, Brownfield began researching fruits and vegetables, oils and vitamins, looking for the ideal ingredients to improve the health of her skin.

Symrise and Cutech launch SCoutech

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Joint venture provides high-tech screening services for the personal
care, nutraceuticals and pharma industries

Holzminden/Padua - Symrise GmbH Co. KG and the Italian biotech
company Cutech Srl have founded a highly specialized biotechnology
joint venture called SCoutech as of April 1st, 2008. SCoutech
offers screening services for cosmetic raw materials, cosmetic
formulations, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. Using cell and
tissue-based screening assays, SCoutech supports the development of
effective products for skin and hair care.

ZAPZYT enters adult market

FLOWOOD — ZAPZYT Skin Care Products, distributed by Waltman Pharmaceuticals Inc., is now entering the adult acne category with the launch of Adult Acne Clearing Gel by ZAPZYT.

Adult Acne Clearing Gel was created for adults 25 and older who suffer from mild acne and need a topical treatment. This new formula contains salicylic acid, aloe and natural botanicals to reduce the redness and swelling acne normally causes.

The light gel smoothes into skin without any visible sign and is light enough that it can be worn under make-up.

"We are so excited to expand our line to include an Adult Acne Gel," says Whitney Burns, vice president of Waltman Pharmaceuticals.

Adult Acne Gel by ZAPZYT became available April 1.

Waltman Pharmaceuticals, based in Flowood, has been marketing the ZAPZYT line of skin care products since 1987.

Dania residents: Toxic construction dust made us sick

Lueron Dixon, a retired nurse, suffers repeated skin rashes and must take breathing treatments every night to clear her lungs.

The longtime resident blames her health problems on toxic dust she says blew into her home during construction of a nearby warehouse a few years ago.

"I had nosebleed," she said. "Right now I have a lot of mucus. I cough so much at night, I've almost choked on my own mucus." Worse, she said, her brother, Eddie Fairchild, who shared her home, "right now has colon cancer, he has liver cancer; he has lung cancer. His concern is to live."

Dixon is one of almost 100 neighbors in a predominantly black community suing Lauris Boulanger Inc., which developed the Dania Distribution Centre at Dania Beach Boulevard and Southwest 12th Avenue.

Kids' book takes on plastic surgery

Divorce. Bullies. Foster care. There are books for children on just about every tough subject these days. But mommy's plastic surgery?

"Many parents don't explain to their kids what's going on," said the father of four, with his fifth child on the way. "Children are very perceptive.

Medical News: Moles, Allergy Relievers, Men's Health

If you plan to tan this summer, or even if tanning is a thing from the past, two studies released Monday will help people evaluate their risk of developing melanoma.