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The Beauty Brains Discover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid
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Real scientists answer your beauty questions
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Episode 302 - Can you dilute your products to make them last longer?
On today’s show Perry and Valerie answer questions about…
What should we think about the EWG?How can you find less expensive versions of expensive hair shampoos/conditioners?Can you dilute out a conditioner with water to make it thinner?What in leave-in conditioner makes hair crunchy?Are skin moisturizers (or cosmetics in general) sterile?Beauty Science News
EWG sunscreen guide
Four Ways to Ask a question -
1. Become a patron and ask through there. These get top attention.
2. You can record your question on your smart phone and email to thebeautybrains@gmail.com
3. Send it to us via social media (see links below)
4. Submit it through the following form - Ask a question
Support the Beauty Brains
The Beauty Brains are now on Patreon! If you want to support the show Patreon is the best way to do it. This will help keep the show going and avoid any of those pesky advertisements that I find so maddening in other podcasts that I listen to. Thank you to all of our Patrons!
Social media accounts
on Instagram we’re at thebeautybrains2018
on Twitter, we’re thebeautybrains
And we have a Facebook page
Valerie's ingredient company - Simply Ingredients
Be Brainy about your Beauty!
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Episode 301 - Home treatments vs professionals
On today’s show we are going to answer questions about…
How do magnetic eyelashes work?Can red light make your hair grow?What home treatments are as good as what you would get from an esthetician?And Is it fine to cut your hair at home?Beauty Science News
Scarlett johansson launches a line
Kitchen Chemistry Hack
Hair slugging
Companies behaving badly
Badger company has numerous GMP violations as laid out by a letter from the FDA.
Lawsuit
Morphe using unapproved color additives
Questions
How do magnetic eyelashes work?
Thank you to you all! Listen to the end to hear a special announcement from Valerie for patrons.
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Is Retinyl Retinoate a gimmick - and other beauty questions - Episode 300
On today’s show we are going to answer questions about…
What’s the difference between ethyl ascorbic acid and ascorbic acidIs Retinyl Retinoate a gimmick?Do skincare lines add self tanner to their products to produce that glow on the skin?Does the AQUIS PRIME Hair Care System really protect hair from damage?Is it true that the majority of Haircolor manufacturers are located in a small town in Italy?Thank you to all of you for your continued support and questions!
Beauty Science News
Beauty refills go mainstream
Recall
Jergens recalls moisturizer
Four Ways to Ask a question -
1. Become a patron and ask through there. These get top attention.
2. You can record your question on your smart phone and email to thebeautybrains@gmail.com
3. Send it to us via social media (see links below)
4. Submit it through the following form - Ask a question
Support the Beauty Brains
The Beauty Brains are now on Patreon! If you want to support the show Patreon is the best way to do it. This will help keep the show going and avoid any of those pesky advertisements that I find so maddening in other podcasts that I listen to. Thank you to all of our Patrons!
Social media accounts
on Instagram we’re at thebeautybrains2018
on Twitter, we’re thebeautybrains
And we have a Facebook page
Valerie's ingredient company - Simply Ingredients
Be Brainy about your Beauty!
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Episode 299 - Lets talk about oil in beauty products
On today’s show we are going to answer questions about…
Can cosmetics increase the production of melanin in your skin?Do oils act as a sealant on skin?Does pre-pooing hair with oil reduce the effectiveness of shampoo?Does oil on hair cause dandruff?Does Head and Shoulders strip oil from hair?Can rancid oil cause a skin reaction?Beauty Science News
Do women smell worse than men?
Brand Leads Post Natural Beauty Movement - Tiny Associates tries to use as few ingredients derived from nature as possible in its formulas. Instead, the brand favors ingredients made in labs.
What’s a microplastic & are cosmetics filled with them?
Response
Recall
Suave recalls antiperspirants
Lawsuit
Rodan and Fields pays up
Four Ways to Ask a question -
1. Become a patron and ask through there. These get top attention.
2. You can record your question on your smart phone and email to thebeautybrains@gmail.com
3. Send it to us via social media (see links below)
4. Submit it through the following form - Ask a question
Support the Beauty Brains
The Beauty Brains are now on Patreon! If you want to support the show Patreon is the best way to do it. This will help keep the show going and avoid any of those pesky advertisements that I find so maddening in other podcasts that I listen to. Thank you to all of our Patrons!
Social media accounts
on Instagram we’re at thebeautybrains2018
on Twitter, we’re thebeautybrains
And we have a Facebook page
Valerie's ingredient company - Simply Ingredients
Be Brainy about your Beauty!
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thebeautybrains?fan_landing=true) -
Why are more expensive products popular? Episode 298
On today's show it's a solo episode where Perry tackles three questions including...
Why brands might change their formulas?Are professional skincare is better than the stuff you can buy in stores?If expensive products don’t work better why are they so popular?Link to the story discussed.
What's the difference between professional and OTC skincare?
Four Ways to Ask a question -
1. Become a patron and ask through there. These get top attention.
2. You can record your question on your smart phone and email to thebeautybrains@gmail.com
3. Send it to us via social media (see links below)
4. Submit it through the following form - Ask a question
Support the Beauty Brains
The Beauty Brains are now on Patreon! If you want to support the show Patreon is the best way to do it. This will help keep the show going and avoid any of those pesky advertisements that I find so maddening in other podcasts that I listen to. Thank you to all of our Patrons!
Social media accounts
on Instagram we’re at thebeautybrains2018
on Twitter, we’re thebeautybrains
And we have a Facebook page
Valerie's ingredient company - Simply Ingredients
Be Brainy about your Beauty!
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thebeautybrains?fan_landing=true) -
Should you take toxicology advice from Youtube? episode 297
On today’s show we answer questions about…
How would a US citizen get a sunscreen from outside the US?Non-pilling Vitamin C productsWhy is a foundation considered a hazmat product?Is curlsmith a less expensive version of Olaplex?And can you believe claims of youtube derms telling you sunscreens may be causing hair loss?Beauty News
Walmart going prestige?
Beauty Question links
Link between a hair loss condition (FFA) and sunscreen?
5 products you should avoid?
Four Ways to Ask a question -
1. Become a patron and ask through there. These get top attention.
2. You can record your question on your smart phone and email to thebeautybrains@gmail.com
3. Send it to us via social media (see links below)
4. Submit it through the following form - Ask a question
Support the Beauty Brains
The Beauty Brains are now on Patreon! If you want to support the show Patreon is the best way to do it. This will help keep the show going and avoid any of those pesky advertisements that I find so maddening in other podcasts that I listen to. Thank you to all of our Patrons!
Social media accounts
on Instagram we’re at thebeautybrains2018
on Twitter, we’re thebeautybrains
And we have a Facebook page
Valerie's ingredient company - Simply Ingredients
Be Brainy about your Beauty!
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thebeautybrains?fan_landing=true)
Customer Reviews
What you need to hear about the beauty industry
With so many people out there selling snake oil to the willing, it’s great to hear a podcast that tells you the truth. If you believe a cream will do the same thing as a face lift then you should listen to why it won’t from these guys.
Love this one
Find it really interesting Thanks
Freeing us from the shackles of advertisers
I have seen a few people who say that having 2 men talk about products that are marketed primarily at women is condecending, or even mansplaining. I don't see how having scientists who play a roll in developing these products explaining both how they actually work, and how marketers mislead consumers, is condecending. In my opinion, it is much more condecending for marketers to tell their consumers that a microgram of Vitamin X is going to cure us from aging, and rely on us being too ignorant to seek out the science behind their claims. If anything, this podcast empowers women by giving us real information that beauty companies won't give us, meaning that it will be more difficult for them to advertise to us that their new wonder ingredient will cure us from all our socially engineered insecurities. Moreover, the information is presented in a very easy to understand and engaging way. Thank you for making this podcast!