Heat protectants, red light, antioxidants and more - episode 412

Perry Romanowski (0:00)

Hi, I'm Perry and you're listening to The Beauty Brains. Hello and welcome to The Beauty Brains, the show where real cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions and give you an insider's look at the cosmetic industry. This is episode 412 I'm your host, Perry Romanowski, and with me today is Valerie George. Hello, Valerie.

Valerie George (0:30)

Hi, Perry.

Perry Romanowski (0:32)

Valerie, do we have a guest on the show right now?

Valerie George (0:36)

We have a special guest loitering in the background. His name is Baby C.

Perry Romanowski (0:40)

Baby C. So maybe you'll hear some input from Baby C. But hopefully, Baby C will also help us answer some of these questions, including how long do heat protection last? Is there a meaningful difference between red light therapy mask? Why would an anti-aging cream be really expensive? Can't you just use rubbing alcohol to prevent itching and ingrown hairs? And finally, in an antioxidant balm, will the antioxidants absorb into the skin or do they stay on top? But first, a little chit chat. Valerie, you know what happened last week for me?

Valerie George (1:17)

What happened?

Perry Romanowski (1:18)

Well, I was in Hong Kong. I'll get to that. But I just crossed 17 years of my running streak.

Valerie George (1:26)

Wow, 17 That is someone's entire... I mean, you graduate from high school when you're 17 or 18

Perry Romanowski (1:34)

My running streak can finally go see our rated movies.

Valerie George (1:39)

Is it 17 now? It's probably been 17 for a while, and I just haven't noticed.

Perry Romanowski (1:43)

Isn't it NC 17 that you don't go to the movies anymore?

Valerie George (1:47)

I used to, but just not anymore. It's hard. Well, first of all, when I do get in a movie mood, I'm like, I just don't want to see anything. And then it's crowded, or maybe the weather is bad. I have a few businesses that also puts a damper on it, and now I have a baby.

Perry Romanowski (2:07)

And then there's probably a big TV at home too, so you can pretty much watch anything you want anyway, right?

Valerie George (2:12)

Well, that's part of it, but I actually don't even know how to turn our TV on.

Perry Romanowski (2:16)

Oh, really?

Valerie George (2:17)

I do not. Yeah, we just don't really watch it.

Perry Romanowski (2:21)

Not TV people, though. All right.

Valerie George (2:23)

Well, I mean, we used to watch movies. We did have TV shows that we would binge watch, but, I mean, just really the last couple of years since moving to Texas, it's really hard to find that downtime or create that downtime.

Perry Romanowski (2:37)

Sure, sure.

Valerie George (2:37)

And when I do have downtime, I, you know, I want to get a facial. I want to doom scroll and look at memes. Like, I just kind of want to do stupid things. And the other day, I had a call with a client, and they always like to do an icebreaker, and they said, oh, what's your guilty junk TV pleasure? You know, your guilty pleasure. And I'm like, oh, I don't really watch TV, but so many people on the call were like, oh my gosh, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Perry Romanowski (3:04)

Oh, yeah, that.

Valerie George (3:06)

And I was like, oh, that show sounds so stupid. But then the next day, literally in the New York Times, they were like, if you are not watching this show, you need to, no matter who you are. And I was like, I should check it out.

Perry Romanowski (3:17)

I think one of the secret wives is on Dancing with the Stars.

Valerie George (3:22)

I heard that, and I heard some people don't like her. I've had a couple people already tell me about her.

Perry Romanowski (3:27)

Well, my wife watches the show. That's the only reason, Dancing with the Stars, that is. She doesn't watch the Mormon show. She watches Dancing with the Stars.

Valerie George (3:36)

Well, maybe she should watch the Mormon show, according to the New York Times, who has listed us as one of the top beauty podcasts to listen to.

Perry Romanowski (3:43)

Oh, that's right, I remember.

Valerie George (3:45)

Do you remember that time we forgot to tell everyone that?

Perry Romanowski (3:48)

We did, we did. You know, we're low key humble brags or whatever. Well, you know, what I did.

Valerie George (3:54)

You went to Hong Kong.

Perry Romanowski (3:55)

When I went to Hong Kong, I watched a lot of movies on the plane. I think I watched like eight movies or something.