Hi, I'm Perry, 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 cosmetic

industry. This is episode 224 and I'm your host Perry Romanozky and with me today is a lot of

audio questions. Valerie sends her regrets but work has been keeping her super busy so she won't be

joining us today but she'll be back for the next show I did also talk to

Sarah Bellum but she's busy and wonder what Randy is up to.

Anyway, on today's show I'm going to be answering questions about

whether beauty supplements can make hair and skin look better.

What exactly is skin pH and whether you have to

mix your products exactly to get them to work? I'll also give you my thoughts on a

few beauty science news items that I stumbled on in my internet feeds.

Of course I like to warm up with a little chit chat. First, I hope everyone is staying safe during this pandemic.

I know a lot more things are opening up here in the United States,

but boy, just keep wearing those mask people and practicing social distancing. I know they're a pain. I'm not

actually a huge fan, but they do help to stop the spread of the virus and so you should keep wearing them. Of course this can't really be

too good for makeup sales I figure it, you know, it's certainly not lipstick.

Incidentally when I mentioned masks I'm not talking about those facial masks I'm talking

about the ones that go over your nose and mouth I did actually see a story of somebody in the UK. They had a facial mask on and they were

wearing they were riding on public transportation. Amusing it was probably staged but

it does bring up an interesting point.

Although, you know, now I wonder, actually, I don't really wonder, I'm sure this is

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