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

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

This is episode 208. I'm your host Valerie George and with me today is my co-host Perry

Rominozky.

Hey Valerie, how's it going?

Oh, it's good. I'm drinking some tea that has tepid water, but I'm looking forward to the show.

I'm drinking tea with hot water and I'm also looking forward to the show.

On today's program, we're going to talk about of course a couple new stories that came up and

answer your questions about is there a bar shampoo or bar conditioner that works as well as the

ones out of a bottle why can't everyone use retinal? Is sugaring dangerous and does it work as

well as waxing? And finally do peptides have an effect beyond moisturizing and is there a best one to pick?

Are you ready?

I am ready for that.

Hey, you know, I like to do a little bit in Maine chit-chat before we start, but you know what

what I did last Friday?

What'd you do? I my wife and I went to a spa for two hours.

Oh wow how was it? Was it your first spa experience? No I've actually been to this this place before. It's more of a bath

house than a spa, I guess, but essentially you go in there, you know, you weren't

swim trunks or whatever, and they have a salt pool where you can float and then they have music in the water so you can hear it.

Then there's whirlpools and steam rooms and cold ranges.

But I bring this up because they had a big, they had a big salt lick,

although I don't think you're supposed to lick it,

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