Does Sunscreen Stop Your Skincare From Working? - Episode 426

Perry Romanowski (0:00)

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

Hello, and 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 426 I'm your host Perry Romanowski, and with me today is Valerie George. Hello, Valerie.

Valerie George (0:29)

Hi, Perry.

Perry Romanowski (0:30)

Welcome back from New York. We're getting excited to talk about that, right?

Valerie George (0:34)

Yep, yep.

Perry Romanowski (0:35)

But we're also gonna talk about your questions. And on today's show, we're gonna cover a lot of them, including does sunscreen block skincare ingredients and makeup from working? What do you think of The Good Face Project for Cosmetic Formulation? Does AO2 Clear help treat acne? What would be a cheaper dupe for StriVectin Anti-Wrinkle Line BlurFector Primer? And do infrared hair tools damage hair? And do those heat-protecting oils actually work? But first, Valerie, we're back from New York Suppliers Day.

That was an adventure, huh?

Valerie George (1:11)

Oh, my goodness. We didn't get to do the meetup. I left early. Thank goodness. I changed my flight to come back home for a multitude of things happening back here. And I got out. And I think we can say other people didn't get out. There was a sinkhole on the runway at LaGuardia. There was something happening with weather.

Your flight got canceled and you didn't get home until 36 hours later than intended.

Perry Romanowski (1:36)

Yeah. Yeah, that was rough.

And of course, I stayed out way too later. That trip is always about, you know, that interesting. I got a hotel, an extra hotel, because my flight was canceled and such. And I didn't check into my hotel until 2.3 in the morning. And you know, when I got there, there was a line to wait to check in.

Valerie George (1:56)

Oh my goodness.

Perry Romanowski (1:59)

I couldn't believe it. It was like 10 people deep. Like who checks into a hotel at 2.3 in the morning?

Valerie George (2:04)

I've done it. But not because I'm out partying or anything, but because I'm on a late road trip and okay, I'd need to get a hotel room. But we did have a good time. I taught a course on everything about scalp, hair, hair color, hair damage, et cetera.

Went well. Oh, excellent. And my husband, Mr. Cosmetic Chemist was like, do you have eight hours of content to talk about? And I'm like, oh yeah, I could talk for even longer. And he said, are people gonna get a break? And I said, no, no breaks. And he was like, you have to give people a break. And I thought, of course, they're gonna get breaks, but not many because we have a lot of content to cover. So that was good. The show was good.

Perry Romanowski (2:45)

They at least got bagels and donuts in the back, right?

Valerie George (2:50)

No.

Perry Romanowski (2:51)

What? There was no food?

Valerie George (2:52)

Well, there was like a light breakfast with fruits and a light lunch, which most of the things had mushrooms, which that's one of my fears.

Perry Romanowski (3:00)

Not a fan of the mushroom?

Valerie George (3:01)

I respect the mushroom. I'm not gonna eat it. And we won't get into it. But yeah, that was great. The show was good.

It would have been nice to maybe spend a little extra time there, but I was glad to get out of there. I was really exhausted after having to be on. There was an independent beauty association event. I'm on the board, so I had to be there. You were there. I can't believe you went out afterwards. I was like, I have to go to bed.

Perry Romanowski (3:27)

I can't believe I survived that whole trip. I was just out way too late. And then I had to go out of town when I got back because it was Memorial Day weekend. And so today is like the first day I'm not going out and I'm just going to chill.

Valerie George (3:42)

Our hair looks like we went out too much and did too much. Our hair looks terrible today.

Perry Romanowski (3:47)

We actually look like we have matching hairdos right now.

Valerie George (3:51)

It's not good.

Perry Romanowski (3:53)

You can see my hair if you want to on my account, my TikTok account, Porchkitties, which I do every morning.

Valerie George (3:59)

And just imagine me, and that's what my hair looks like today. It's my dad would say, you're going to work like that. And you know what? I am.