Hi, I'm Perry, and you're listening to the beauty brains a show where real

cosmetic chemist answer your beauty product questions and give you an

insider's look at the cosmetic industry. This is

episode two hundred and seven. I'm your host Perry Romanowski and with me today

my co-host and most traveled cosmetic chemists in the industry

Valerie George Valerie you at home right now. and most traveled cosmetic chemists in the industry, Valerie

you at home right now?

Hey Perry, I am home in LA, finally.

Uh-huh.

All right.

Well, Valerie, on today's program, we are going to talk about a couple of Beauty Industry

News Stories and then answer your questions about whether an expensive skin serum is worth

the money, even when it's produced by a pharmaceutical company.

Whether hot water is more damaging than hot styling devices to your hair,

if nutrition pads can work to deliver actives, whether a shampoo or conditioner ingredient can make your hair grow faster, and finally if there is a bar shampoo or bar conditioner that works as well as the stuff out of the bottle.

But before we get to that, why don't we have some of that famous inane chit chat that we always have?

How's it going, Valerie?

I'm okay battling a cold. Oh, sorry to hear that. Hey some news

Valerie, I'm coming to LA on January 31st. Oh, how exciting. Yeah, maybe we can do an Instagram story or something

over that weekend if I even see you, or maybe we could have like a Beauty Brains

meetup somewhere in LA for people who might be around.

Yeah, well I think we can definitely do that. Of course, I know you're coming into town on a Friday night.

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