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Ep. 466: How to Shop for Beauty Products with Science Educator Michelle Wong, PhD (Replay)

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Dermatology, Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Beauty News, Makeup, Skincare, Perfume, Fragrance

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Science educator Michelle Wong, PhD (aka @LabMuffin), is going to change the way you think about beauty products! Together, we take a closer look at the clean-beauty movement, discuss the racist and colorist history of skin-lightening products, talk about how to evaluate user reviews for authenticity, and learn how to avoid confirmation bias so we can be better beauty consumers. This interview originally aired in June 2019, but we'll be back on January 6 with all new episodes!

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, hello. And hello from Germany, where I'm visiting my stepson. It's Jen. Hi, everyone.

0:13.0

Jess isn't with me. We weren't able to record over the holidays. So we're giving you some replays.

0:17.7

So I'm here visiting family. I'm making him take me to like every Christmas market in Berlin. And

0:23.6

of course, I'm working on my German vocabulary, which is coming along. Let's say Zee Zee langsum,

0:31.3

which means not at all. Well, very, very slowly. Anyway, since we weren't able to record,

0:36.4

we are choosing some of our favorite interviews to play for you until the new year. We will be back

0:41.9

on January 6th with all new episodes. But today's interview is with chemist Michelle Wang,

0:48.0

who you probably know as lab muffin. Since this first aired, I've actually gotten to work with

0:53.0

Michelle on a few projects. And she is such an amazing science educator. I just love the way

0:57.5

she talks about skincare and hair care. And she really cuts through the beauty industry BES,

1:02.4

which you know I love. And I know you love. So I hope you enjoy the interview. Here it is.

1:15.5

Michelle, I can call you Michelle Wang. I don't have to call you lab muffin. Oh, yeah, definitely.

1:20.0

So we're here with Michelle. Thank you so much for joining us from what halfway around the world.

1:27.9

You're where are you in Australia? I'm in Sydney. So I have so many questions as do our listeners.

1:34.7

But first, I want to know what your background is because when I read some of your blog posts,

1:39.6

I know you're a scientist, but then you seem like a therapist, a psychologist, a sociologist.

1:45.7

So what did you study and how did you get into this business?

1:51.9

So I did a PhD in chemistry. I graduated in 2013, actually, which is so long ago.

1:59.5

So my PhD was in medicinal and super molecular chemistry. So medicinal, like, making

2:05.7

drugs and seeing how they work on the human body. And super molecular, that one's a bit weird.

2:10.5

It's like how chemicals interact with each other. So how like chemicals interact with tiny

2:16.3

receptors in your body and that sort of thing. So I started my blog in 2011 when I was in the middle

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