How does color changing makeup work? Episode 158

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

You're listening to The Beauty Brains Show, where real scientists answer your beauty questions. And now, here's Randy and Perry.

Perry Romanoski (0:19)

Hello, and welcome to The Beauty Brains, where cosmetic chemists answer your beauty questions. I am cosmetic chemist extraordinaire, as people say, Perry Romanoski. And with me, as always, our co-host, co-founder, Randy Schuller. Hey, Randy.

Randy Schuller (0:33)

Hey, co-founder, I actually like that. If I have to be co-something, I'll go with founder.

Perry Romanoski (0:38)

Well, I think I saw your name quoted in Allure, and they called you the co-founder.

Randy Schuller (0:42)

I do like that as a title. I'm having new business cards printed up.

Perry Romanoski (0:45)

Yeah, you get to be in Allure a lot.

Randy Schuller (0:49)

They show me the love.

Perry Romanoski (0:51)

Yeah. Well, I was just working with a reporter from the Dr. Oz magazine, so look for that.

Hey, we got a really big show today. Lots of beauty questions. Since we had a little time off, we have a few more questions. So we're going to go through a lot of beauty questions, and we'll do a little less science news than we usually do.

But first, I have to say, I'm a little distracted right now. So if you see me trail off a little bit during the show, it's because of this distraction out there.

Randy Schuller (1:21)

What's that?

Perry Romanoski (1:23)

Well, in my backyard, I have my Christmas tree, right?

Randy Schuller (1:27)

I'm sorry. It's February.

Perry Romanoski (1:30)

Yeah. Well, see, what happens is I go cut down a tree, a live tree, put it in my house, and we keep it up until like after New Year's. And instead of just throwing it in the garbage, I put it in my backyard because I have these birds that will come and fly and they'll use the tree. And I feel like I'm doing something for the environment by recycling the tree in that way.

So I feed the birds. I love the birds. But now I've got a new guy coming by and eating the bird food. It's not a squirrel. It's a little guy I call Rat Skelnikov.

And when I say little, it's not little. This is the size of a squirrel, this rat. And so I put this trap out there to get him. It's supposed to electrocute him and kill him.

Randy Schuller (2:19)

You have some sort of rat electrocution device in your backyard during your Christmas tree.

Perry Romanoski (2:26)

No, I did. I mean, I felt bad about it, but my wife is not a fan of the rat. I mean, I kind of think he's kind of cute, but you can't have rats around your garage or whatever. So I put this trap out. He has no interest in it. And then I start feeling bad about trying to kill him. So I got a bucket. I went to YouTube, and I found these humane rat traps, right?

Which is a bucket. You make them in a bucket, a coat hanger, and a plastic bottle, and you put some peanut butter on it. And the rat's supposed to walk up and then fall into the bucket.

But then the squirrels come by, and they eat all the peanut butter.

Randy Schuller (3:02)

So you got a bucket full of squirrels?

Perry Romanoski (3:04)

No, the squirrels just get out. I got the rat sitting next to it, just eating the bird feed. I got pigeons coming around. I got squirrels. You know, squirrels and rats don't like each other.

So anyway, it's a little distracting. But let's not be distracted any longer. Let's get to beauty news.

Randy Schuller (3:21)

I don't think I can do anything at this point.

Perry Romanoski (3:27)

Hey, Randy, during the holiday season, I was on the market for a new alarm clock.

Mostly I wanted to get one where I could plug my phone in so I could listen to great podcasts like The Beauty Brains while I sleep.

Anyway, while looking for one, I stumbled on this product called SensorWake Alarm Clock. So it's this alarm clock that wakes you up by diffusing a burst of scent in the room. So you can wake yourself up with the smell of coffee, bacon, the forest, waves, grass, and then they have 10 other scents. Peanut butter, Ratskalnikov.

You know, I named him that because I'm a big fan of the Russians, just like Donald Trump. Don't go there. Anyway, back to the SensorWake. Each blast of scent, you get about 30 uses, and it's about $5 for a cartridge. So, you know, I suppose it's going to cost a little bit of money for this radio.