Why did they change their formula? - Episode 409

Perry Romanowski (0:00)

Hi, I'm Perry, and you're listening to The Beauty Brains. 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 409 I'm your host, Perry Romanowski, and with me today is the lovely Valerie George. Hello, Valerie.

Valerie George (0:30)

Hi, Perry.

Perry Romanowski (0:31)

Valerie, you look a little spiffy today. Were you doing something else?

Valerie George (0:36)

I had a webinar, but you look a little spiffy today. We usually look terrible when we come on to record.

Perry Romanowski (0:42)

I know. Maybe we could even share this video. But before we get to that, we should talk about more we're going to talk about. On today's show, we're going to cover lots of questions, including why would a company reformulate a product? Do different hair products cancel each other out? What sources do we recommend where consumers can educate themselves? What hair ingredient could be staining a shirt? And is a lotion with CBD oil suitable for sensitive skin? But first, some of that chit chat that everybody is clamoring for. Valerie, what's up with you?

Valerie George (1:17)

Well, I am headed to New Hampshire tomorrow. It's our first trip with Baby C. And we're a little nervous about traveling with him, but he's going to meet his great nana and great papa.

Perry Romanowski (1:30)

Wow, that's fun.

Valerie George (1:32)

Yeah, we'll see how it goes.

Perry Romanowski (1:34)

Now, often you will drive places. Is this a flying place or a driving one?

Valerie George (1:39)

Well, we've driven it before, but with Baby C being still a newborn baby, we were going to fly.

Perry Romanowski (1:47)

Okay. Now, I'm curious, having not had any babies myself or flown with any, do you have to buy the baby a seat?

Valerie George (1:55)

We, no, we are flying with him on our lap.

Perry Romanowski (1:58)

Oh, so he's like a carry-on, then?

Valerie George (2:00)

Once they see how big he is, they might make us get a second seat.

Perry Romanowski (2:03)

Right.

Valerie George (2:03)

Well, he is a tub of lard.

Perry Romanowski (2:06)

But you just fit him in the carry-on thing to see if he fits, right?

Valerie George (2:12)

You're awful.

Perry Romanowski (2:14)

No. So then you just hold him the whole way, then, right?

Valerie George (2:17)

You just hold him the whole way.

Perry Romanowski (2:19)

Okay. Well, that's good.

Valerie George (2:20)

And he's really good. He never really cries. You know, so we'll see what happens.

Perry Romanowski (2:25)

That's fun. We'll see how that goes.

Can't wait to hear that. Now, I'm actually headed to Canada next week.

Valerie George (2:33)

That's close to New Hampshire, depending on what side you're on.

Perry Romanowski (2:37)

I'm going to be in Montreal.

Valerie George (2:39)

Oh, right. We're going to be pretty close.

Perry Romanowski (2:40)

Oh, wow. That's cool. Well, I'll say hello. I'm actually speaking out there at the Society of Cosmetic Chemists meeting there. I'm their keynote speaker for their tech symposium, speaking about advances in the 21st century in cosmetic formulating.

Valerie George (2:57)

Oh, how fun. Sounds like a good time.

Perry Romanowski (2:59)

Yeah, it should be fun. And I am really winding down with traveling because I've traveled a lot this year.

Valerie George (3:07)

Yeah, I was disappointed to learn you're not coming to Suppliers Day, California.

Perry Romanowski (3:11)

Yeah.

Valerie George (3:12)

Maybe next show, they'll have us do some learning material. I know they did ask me if we could record a podcast episode from the show floor. And I said, unfortunately, Perry won't be there. I have a booth. But maybe for the next show in two years, we could plan something.

Perry Romanowski (3:27)

Yeah, I'd love to. That'd be a lot of fun.

Valerie George (3:30)

Well, just another quick news, cat news, because I know we have some listeners who like it when we talk about the cats.

Perry Romanowski (3:37)

Everybody loves the porch kitties and the lab kitties.

Valerie George (3:40)

Okay, Pretty Kitty is gone. She has not been around for a couple weeks, and she's disappeared before. But I feel like her kittens are a little too tiny for her to disappear.

Perry Romanowski (3:54)

Well, you know, they wean them off pretty quick.

Valerie George (3:57)

Yeah, I don't know. I just don't have a good feeling. But one of them, because you know, the kittens that she had for the second litter, their uncle is Stache, the original lab cat that was around that went missing. Yeah, one of them looks just like Stache, and he is so bold and friendly like Stache, and he's been letting me touch him.