Episode 391 - Beef tallow, humectants, smoke and more

The Beauty Brains

Discover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid

Beauty Products, Cosmetics, Arts, Natural Sciences, Fashion & Beauty, Science, Cosmetic Science

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Send us a text On today’s show we cover the following questions: Does beef tallow do anything for skin?What can you do to address the effects of second hand smoke on skin and hair? What should you consider when picking humectants?Why are cheap conditioners so thin?What does it mean for a fatty acid to swell?Beauty News Articles like this have been showing up in my feeds. 68 year olds spring skin routine made sagging skin 43% firmer? 47 year old skin became 42% firmer? Time Stamps 0:00 - ...

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Valerie, and you're listening to The Beauty Brains.
0:13.2	Welcome to The Beauty Brains, a show where real cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product
0:16.9	questions and give you an insider look at the cosmetics industry.
0:20.2	This is episode
0:20.8	391. I'm your host, Valerie George, and with me today is Perry Romanowski. Hi, Perry. Hello, Valerie.
0:27.8	Good to see you as always. Great to see you. We have a lot of great questions today on today's show,
0:33.0	including, does beef tallow do anything for your skin? Can you address the effects of secondhand
0:39.8	smoke on skin and hair? What should you consider when picking humectants? Why are cheap
0:46.0	conditioners so thin? And what does it mean for a fatty acid to swell? But first, our famous
0:52.1	inane chit-chap. Well, Valerie, it's been a little while since I've
0:56.2	seen you. What do you got going? Anything fun going on? Well, some people would say, oh, I fell off
1:02.2	the planet, but I actually fell off a ladder. That's what happened. What? Yeah, I did.
1:06.9	What happened? You were painting or something? You know, I was, everyone says, well, what were you doing on a ladder?
1:13.3	And it was like obviously climbing to reach something.
1:16.2	Sure, sure.
1:17.9	Well.
1:18.8	But anyway, so yeah, it wasn't crazy high.
1:22.1	You know, it was like a handful of feet off the ground.
1:24.1	High enough.
1:24.9	And I fell on cement and it hurt.
1:27.2	I thought I broke my leg, but I didn't.
1:29.4	Thank goodness. Wow. Wow. And I had some really ugly bruises, but I'm doing okay now.
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