Sunscreen sticks, oils, hair masks and more - episode 404

Valerie George (0:00)

Hi, I'm Valerie 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 404 I'm your host, Valerie George, and with me today is Perry Romanowski. Hi Perry.

Perry Romanowski (0:27)

Hey Valerie, 404, that's a palindrome. Turn it upside down, and it's a, oh.

Valerie George (0:33)

I knew that you would say it was a palindrome. I just had a feeling. I was like, Perry has something to say about this number. And we on today's show have a lot to say about questions, including, what is the right way to apply sunscreen sticks? What role do oils, butters and silicones actually play in hair care? Do you need less anhydrous sunscreen than lotion based ones? And do all hair masks work the same way? But first, our chit chat.

Perry Romanowski (1:00)

Valerie, you know, last time I was talking, I was just back from doing this bike ride. And you know, I exercise and I do a lot of bike riding, you know, 150 miles in two days. And you know what, I gained weight.

Valerie George (1:13)

Wow, was it muscle?

Perry Romanowski (1:16)

I don't know, I know, I don't know what it was. Probably water retention or something. I gained like four pounds. How can you bike like 150 miles and gain four pounds?

Valerie George (1:26)

I mean, it has to be the water retention, right?

Perry Romanowski (1:29)

It must be something like that.

I guess I don't know enough about weight gain and loss. Although, on the plus side, I did kind of lose all that weight. Like, I lost nine pounds since that, so there you go. It all just kind of goes away, I guess.

Valerie George (1:44)

Well, speaking of weight gain, I took baby seat at the doctor today, and they actually told the nurses, please re-measure this tub of lard because we don't believe how much weight he gained in the last two weeks.

Perry Romanowski (1:57)

Wow.

Valerie George (1:58)

Yeah. He gained two and a half pounds, more than two inches in height, and he's just a very big old, very big boy.

Perry Romanowski (2:07)

That's like gaining 20% of his weight, right?

Valerie George (2:10)

Yeah. He's done a lot of eating and it must be all the Oreos I've been eating. We're passing them off to him.

Perry Romanowski (2:15)

Goes right through you to him.

Valerie George (2:17)

But you know what Oreos I'm not eating? Speaking of celebrity launches, you know, we always talk about the celebrity launches in skincare. Well, Oreos has had some celebrity launches as well because they're Selena Gomez Oreos. You know, when you're at the grocery store, you always kind of have to pop over to the Oreo section, see what they got going on. They always have these weird flavors like Oreos with gummy bears inside and all that kind of stuff.

Sure. And sure enough, they're cinnamon flavored Oreos. Selena Gomez is the flavor name.

Perry Romanowski (2:46)

Wow. The Selena Gomez? Yeah. I might have to try them. Actually, Oreos had never really been my favorites. Neither have like chips ahoy.

I kind of, oh, you know what? I like the Nutter Butters. So who would be the sponsor? Who would be like a celebrity to do Nutter Butters?

Valerie George (3:05)

I don't know, but the comedian who pops into my mind, is it Louie Anderson? I picture him liking Nutter Butters.

Perry Romanowski (3:14)

Sure, sure. I was thinking like a Jim Carrey, but yeah, yeah, some sort of a comedian.

Valerie George (3:18)

Just like a goofball. Yeah, you gotta be a goofball to eat Nutter Butters. But yeah, so Selena Gomez has a Beauty Line. She now has an Oreo named after her. Mr. Cosmetic Chemist said they're pretty good. I wouldn't try them, but he couldn't resist after talking smack about him for two weeks, so.

Perry Romanowski (3:36)

They sound pretty good. Oh, you know what? I was just reminded of one other thing.

Valerie George (3:40)

What?

Perry Romanowski (3:41)

You know how, like, you had a baby, like, what, three weeks ago?

Valerie George (3:45)

Four weeks ago? Yep.

Perry Romanowski (3:47)

You know who else had a baby four weeks ago?

Valerie George (3:49)

Who?

Perry Romanowski (3:51)

The other former Beauty Brain podcaster. Randy had a baby. So look, there's new Beauty Brains springing up all over the place.

Valerie George (4:00)

Look at that. Well, congratulations, Randy. I know you're not listening, but if you talk to Randy, please pass him congrats from all the Beauty Brains fans who were Randy fans.