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Add comment October 28th, 2007

Nano Gold Energising Cream

I know many of you out there are thinking: “I wish someone out there would make a face cream that I could feel confident spending £350 on”. Thankfully cosmetics company Chantecaille have come to the rescue. Cleverly realising that rich people have far more money than sense, they have produced Chantecaille Nano Gold Energising Cream, which boasts not just gold, but silk fibres coated in nano gold! Helen Brown at the Times Online is convinced, stating:

“The wide-ranging uses of gold are such that particles are now being considered by scientists as a possible way to detect and treat cancer. Which makes it easier to believe that, in face creams, it works a treat to soothe stressed skin.”

Hmm. You mind running that logic by me again? I heard acne is something to do with hormones, but that didn’t convince me to rub bull semen on my face. This is prime cargo cult science - a hazy idea of some miraculous substance, stripped of all qualifying caveats and details, and pumped into a standard face cream. Science is golden, people; this cream is just bunk.

1 comment October 28th, 2007