Hi, I'm Valerie and you're listening to The Beauty Brains.

Welcome to The Beauty Brains, a show where a real cosmetic chemist answer your beauty product questions and give you an insider's look at the cosmetic industry.

This is episode 379. I'm your host, Valerie George, and with me today is Perry Romanoffsky. Hi, Perry.

Hello, Valerie. Great to see you. Good to see you. I'm glad you're back. On today's show,

we're going to cover lots of questions, including, can layering sunscreens make them less effective why can't

you use loreal wonder water on your scalp what's the history of using blue light to treat acne

is it damaging to use a pre-treatment on hair and when can you call a formula a dupe but first inane chit-chap

Valerie we were a guest on a show recently,

which is a lot of fun. Oh, my goodness. We had such a great time on Jonathan Van Ness's podcast,

JVN. Maybe you know him from Queer Eye, maybe you know him from his hair brand. But we had so much fun. You killed me, Perry.

You know, it's funny. I was talking to my wife about that. And I was like, oh, yeah, we're on this podcast. I think there's a guy from like a queer, aren't she like, well, who? I'm like, I don't know, John or something like that? John. She's like, what?

What?

You were on with him?

Like, he's like a big star.

Even Mr. Cosmetic Chemists knew who he was.

Oh, yeah, I did not.

Well, he didn't know who he was, but he was familiar with the matter.

Sure, sure.

Well, I'm so oblivious to it, but my wife was

way impressed. Oh, gosh. Well, guys, I'm going to give you a little sneak peek, but we do want you to

listen to the full thing when it drops. We don't know when. We forgot to ask. But it's called Pretty

Curious. I'll be next week. next week. Oh, okay. All right.

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