Episode 392 - Protein overload, Witch hazel, and Razor burns

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

Valerie George (0:31)

Hi, Perry.

Perry Romanowski (0:32)

Valerie, we got a big show today. On the show today, we're gonna be answering questions, including can you highlight your hair after getting a Kenalog injection? Is protein overload a real thing? Can witch hazel prevent or get rid of acne? Is Alastin Skin Nectar beneficial? And how do you deal with razor burn? But first, a little chit chat. Valerie, I was just before I left on my trip, I forgot to mention that there was an event with my cats.

Valerie George (1:06)

What happened?

Perry Romanowski (1:07)

Well, Puffers was in the house, and the Heat Mizer were in the house, and those two don't really get along that well.

Valerie George (1:13)

Which is funny, because I've seen them sitting next to each other, staring in your door saying, meow, let me in.

Perry Romanowski (1:20)

They do that. It is so weird, they don't get along, but they're always together, like near each other outside. You know, there's this whole-

Valerie George (1:27)

It's a love-hate relationship.

Perry Romanowski (1:29)

Exactly, they're like frenemies. And you know who the big peacemaker is? Benitu. The cat who was stuck in the wall. Oh yeah, he'll rub against the Heat Mizer, he rubs against puffers, they're like- they're all past. So he's like the glue. Anyway, so the two of them are in my house, and they start getting into a bit of a cat fuss, so you know, and then they start going at it. And then Teddy sees this, and Teddy was having none of that in his house, and then he runs after, and then it was- puffers was running away, so Teddy goes after puffers, and they get into this big scrape, and then I don't know if you can see this, but my hand got scratched up, my legs.

Valerie George (2:09)

Oh my gosh.

Perry Romanowski (2:10)

Oh yeah. I had to break them up, and you know, Teddy, he was the guy going after, like puffers was just trying to run away and get out of the house, but Teddy was like, he was going after him, so.

Valerie George (2:21)

Well, Teddy has to let them know where they stand. It's his home. They don't act like that.

Perry Romanowski (2:26)

Well, I have to tell you, puffers doesn't really come in the house anymore. He's like, stick his head in, and I look around, but then he just leaves again. I know.

Valerie George (2:35)

He should have gone after Heatmizer, because Heatmizer is not very nice.

Perry Romanowski (2:40)

Heatmizer is, yeah, nobody likes the Heatmizer. Although Heatmizer is very people-friendly. He loves to hop on my lap and purrs while I pet him. Wow. And I'm looking forward to getting back there, because I'm in China.

Valerie George (2:58)

Yeah. Well, that's great. So you're doing a talk there. We talked about you prepping for the talk last time.

Perry Romanowski (3:04)

Yeah.

Valerie George (3:05)

You know, it'd be neat to go there one day. You know, one day, I'm not ready. I don't really like, you know, Asian food, just as in general with...

Perry Romanowski (3:14)

Sure, sure.

Valerie George (3:14)

I'm not a big meat eater at all.

Perry Romanowski (3:16)

Yeah.

Valerie George (3:16)

And just a lot of the spices I can't do, because they, you know, give me headaches and stuff. But maybe one day, I'll get there with my protein bars.

Perry Romanowski (3:25)

It's a very cool place. You know, the first time when I went there, I landed in China, and, you know, you have this notion in your head, growing up in America, of what places are like. And I got there and I looked around, I'm like, where's all this communism that people talk about? Because there was Starbucks, there was 7-Elevens, there was McDonald's. I'm like, this, so it was all very much what I'm used to, to tell you the truth. It was so, it was very enlightening to me to see that the kinds of things, the reputations that different countries have that you grow up with and you just think about, they're really a lot different than when you actually get there.

Valerie George (4:06)

Yeah, it'll be very exciting. The closest I got was actually a Delta flight. It was a China Air Connection flight, but I had no idea.