Hello this is Perry and you're listening to the Beauty Brains.

Hello and welcome to the beauty brains a show where real scientists answer

your beauty questions and give you an insider's look at the beauty product

industry this is episode 174. I'm your host Perry

Romanowski and with me today is hair-colored cosmetic chemist extraordinary

Valerie George. Hello Valerie. Hi Perry,

Hi Beauty Brains. On today's episode we're going to be answering your

beauty questions about why is the prescription azaleic acid so expensive? Do cosmetic products expire? Is petroleum in skin

products like aquifer bad for you? And what's the difference between

moisturizers and hydrators? Plus, I'll cover stories that we found

interesting in the cosmetic industry. Should be a fun show, but first we should say hello to

Valerie. Hello Valerie.

Hi Perry. How is your time in Florida?

You know, I had a lovely time in Florida.

It's always nice to get out of the wintertime and into the sun of Florida.

I got to speak on the topic of clean beauty which seems to be all

the rage these days. Was the crowd receptive to it? Yeah, yeah they were. Did you

know that the term clean beauty has overtaken the term

natural cosmetics in terms of Google searches per month? Oh that's really

interesting. Clean beauty is nice because it gives you the,

you can use synthetics, right?

So you get all the fear mongering of naturals,

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