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 look at the cosmetic industry.

This is episode 417. I'm your host,

Valerie George, and with me today is Perry Romanovski. Hi, Perry. Hello, Valerie. Always good to see you.

Good to see you. We have a lot of stuff we got to cover on today's show, including questions like,

what are your thoughts on pantinesene's abundant and strong system?

Is the ordinary lash curl finisher safe?

Do we have recommendations on barrier repair moisturizers, which is so important because

it's the middle of winter right now, at least in the Northern Hemisphere?

Are ionic hair dryers better for your hair?

And finally, is there anything unique about the Renpeer coconut whipped cream

leaving conditioner? But first, that inane chit-chat. Yeah, Valerie, how are things going for you?

You know, I'm in a daze. I have not had time to work on any of my New Year's resolutions.

Oh, no. I don't even remember what they were.

It's supposed to write them down.

That helps, right?

I know.

But I think I forgot where I jotted them somewhere, but I don't even really remember where.

But just trying to get footing from a whirlwind end to last year.

But we received some good news, both Perry and I this past week,

that we wrote a book and it's been published.

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