Launching a line, hair hydration, and retinaldehyde - Episode 419

Valerie George (0:00)

Hi, I'm Valerie, and you're listening to The Beauty Brains. This is 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 419 I'm your host, Valerie George, and with me today is Perry Romanowski. Hi Perry.

Perry Romanowski (0:27)

Hello Valerie, great to see you.

Valerie George (0:29)

Good to see you. We have a lot of stuff to cover on today's show, including are there hydrogen peroxide-free glosses for hair? Is retinol to hide better than adapalene for treating wrinkles? What are our thoughts on cosmetics in terracotta containers? Are oils or water better for locking in moisture to hair? And finally, how do you start your own skincare line? But first, that chit chat.

Perry Romanowski (0:54)

Valerie, I just got back from a vacation in Mexico, which you know what always happens to me when I go near the equator.

Valerie George (1:03)

You get bitten by sand mites. Oh no wait, that's the beach.

Perry Romanowski (1:07)

I didn't, well no, I was on the beach and such. We were near Puerto Vallarta, so a place called San Pancho, which is very cool. But yeah, I got bit up, and now I'm just looking at my face on this video here, and I get this big red mark because some bug bit me on my chin.

Valerie George (1:23)

I thought you were picking a zit.

Perry Romanowski (1:25)

No, that's not acne, that's a bug bite.

Valerie George (1:28)

Oh no, those bugs love you.

Perry Romanowski (1:30)

They do, and of course my legs are all bitten up. And you know what else happened to me?

When I go traveling, I will just like eat whatever. So I ordered this taco. It came with pickled onions on it, and it had some tuna, which was, I guess it was like sushi-grade tuna or something. Anyway, I was sick as a dog the next day, puking my guts up, and I'm like, oops. I guess I shouldn't have ate that.

Valerie George (1:58)

Yeah, seafood can be a little questionable, depending on where you go and whatnot. I tend to pass.

Perry Romanowski (2:05)

Yeah, usually should be cooked, right?

Valerie George (2:08)

Yeah, that's probably better.

Perry Romanowski (2:11)

I'm actually going to India next week. I'm doing a talk out there in a place called, I think it's Jaipur. It's called the Pink City. Anyway, I just got a text from my mother-in-law. She's like, oh, make sure you don't eat anything there. Like, you can get sick. I'm like, I know about getting sick on travel.

Valerie George (2:31)

Isn't there a song from the 70s, like, Don't Drink the Water, something like that?

Perry Romanowski (2:36)

There probably is, or probably should be, because I drank the water one time in, I think I was in Bangkok. Oh, talk about, I was sick for like 40s. That was rough. So, the bottom line here, people, when you're traveling, think about what you're eating and drinking.

Valerie George (2:52)

Yeah, especially if it's a little bit different than what you're used to. Well, my world is revolving around the Super Bowl right now, and this is because Mr. Cosmetic Chemist is a Patriots fan, which makes Baby Sea a de facto Patriots fan. And honestly, it's really quite disgusting. I thought life was going to be different when Tom Brady finally retired. And for a little bit, it was, because the dynasty was over. And, you know, nothing against Tom Brady. He actually is a really intelligent person, talented, has several businesses. Like, I watched his documentary. I have a lot of respect for him. But, it put a tough place in our marriage, because basically it was me, Mr. Cosmetic Chemist, and Tom for a long time.

Perry Romanowski (3:37)

Oh, my.

Valerie George (3:39)

And, now the Patriots are good again, and it's just consuming our lives.

Perry Romanowski (3:46)

I'm curious, because Tom Brady left the Patriots, and he went to the Buccaneers, I believe.

Valerie George (3:52)

Correct.

Perry Romanowski (3:53)

So, did your husband's allegiances follow him to the Buccaneers?

Valerie George (3:58)

Well, at the core, he was still a Patriots fan, but at the end of the day, he's a Tom Brady fan as well. And that's the only person, aside from Jimmy Garoppolo, who also was a Patriots backup quarterback for a while, that Mr. Cosmetic Chemist said, if I had to have a celebrity cheat, those two people are perfectly fine.

Perry Romanowski (4:17)

Oh, my. Even the backup quarterback? Wow.

Valerie George (4:21)

Well, just Jimmy Garoppolo, not the current ones.

Perry Romanowski (4:25)