Leaked Labs Lipstick Lesbians and Beauty Hype - episode 422

Perry Romanoski (0:00)

Hi, I'm Perry, and you're listening to The Beauty Brains. 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 422 I'm your host, Perry Romanoski, and with me today is Valerie George. Hello, Valerie.

Valerie George (0:29)

Hi, Perry.

Perry Romanoski (0:30)

Valerie, on today's show, we got lots of questions. So let's see what they're gonna be. What are our thoughts on the hair multiplier from Le Jardin? Is that French? Jardin?

Valerie George (0:43)

I think it is.

Perry Romanoski (0:45)

There you go. We'll also look at Paula's Choice's new Longevity Serum. What's going on with Leaked Labs from the Lipstick Lesbians? And are various hair products bad for curls? But first, some of that chit chat. Valerie, what do you have to these days?

Valerie George (1:04)

Well, not much. I'm preparing for a trip to California. Next week, I have to be in production somewhere. Brandi did a project for their Cashin and their Chips.

Although the product was finished a long time ago, they said, now you need to come. And so, I'll be there. I'm getting ready for travel.

Perry Romanoski (1:24)

It's fun. The life of a cosmetic chemist. Valerie, I got home last night at 1 o'clock in the morning. Where were you? It was late. I was, you know, I went and met one of my friends from high school. And sometimes, you know, I'll just, you know, sit around and chat for three hours, like old women.

Valerie George (1:42)

A name chit chat?

Perry Romanoski (1:43)

It is, it is a name chit chat. I'm practicing a name chit chat. But, so I get home at 1 and then the Heat Mizer is in my house. So apparently my wife let him in.

And then I was going to put him outside because I know he wakes up early. You know, I just got home. So I put him outside and he just runs back in the house. So then I'm like, okay, I'll let you sleep. But then 5 o'clock in the morning, he's up. So I'm working on four hours of sleep. Thanks Heat Mizer.

Valerie George (2:11)

Oh my gosh. Well, look at you. I thought you weren't going to let him come in. And here you are. He's warmed up to you guys.

Perry Romanoski (2:20)

Well, you know, next week, he's not going to be able to come in the house because we're baby, we're cat sitting for my sister-in-law's cat. And we don't want to like mix the outdoor cats with their cat.

Valerie George (2:30)

Yeah.

Perry Romanoski (2:30)

Yeah.

Valerie George (2:30)

You got to be careful with that. We actually are headed to In Cosmetics in Paris in a couple weeks. We're bringing baby C along with us, which will be interesting. We're visiting some family in Germany beforehand, and I'll get to pick up some skincare products. I ordered a long time ago, which we've talked about on the show.

But anyway, Doug the cat has to get boarded, and it'll be his first time in boarding, but he just loves people. So hopefully they give him a lot of attention, but we have to get this special feline test for him. I've only had dogs in recent years, so that's news for me.

Perry Romanoski (3:05)

Yeah, it's a feline FSO or something like that.

Valerie George (3:08)

Something like that, yeah.

Perry Romanoski (3:09)

Right, right. Well, that's fun. If I lived closer, I would cat-sit for you, but I don't.

Valerie George (3:17)

I wish you could. I actually thought, would Perry love to own Doug? I mean, I do love him. He's our lab cat, but we can't mingle him with Butch and Frank, and you know, he's so social. It's crazy. Like some cats will be like, pet me. Oh, just kidding.

Don't pet me, you know, hiss at you. But Doug is like, no, pet me. He even lets baby C yank on his ears.

Perry Romanoski (3:42)

Well, you know what? We have a cat that looks just like him called Striper's. Okay. And Striper's likes, he lets you pet him, but if you pet him for too long, then he starts hissing at you.

Valerie George (3:55)

No, Doug is not like that at all. I also will be, I thought I would put this out there for The Beauty Brains community. I will be teaching a continuing education program course for the Society of Cosmetic Chemists on Hair in May in New York City, right before the New York Suppliers Day show.

Perry Romanoski (4:16)

Well, that's exciting because I'm also going to be at that show, so I'll actually get to see you.