Testing situation

YOU should be careful with cosmetic testers, dermatolo‐gists and make‐up artists say. There is usually a supply of pads and cotton buds to try out cosmetics, although many peo‐ple use their fingers. Bacteria can also grow in the testers if people ‘double dip’ and re‐ap‐ply make‐up when using pads or cotton buds.

If you must test make sure the tester is sealed, use an indi‐vidual one‐time use applicator and only put the make‐up on the back of your hand.

Vaping alert

VAPING does not help young smokers break the habit, a sur‐vey of UK 1,000 teenagers re‐vealed.

US researchers analysing the data discovered that fre‐quent smoking ‐ more than six cigarettes a week ‐ was higher in those who began vaping be‐fore they were 15.

Youngsters who smoked and vaped were twice as likely to smoke heavily by the time they left school than their peers who used tobacco, the investigators found.