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's look at the

cosmetics industry. This is So good to have you on today's show. We're going to answer questions about is buying $800 worth of beauty products a mistake

only if Mr. Cosmetic chemist says so.

Is there a difference between oils in facial oil products?

Do you need special shampoos for chlorine exposed hair?

What is the best age to start using anti-aging products?

And can you use a cleansing oil to wash your hands?

And of course, we'll do our inane chit chat.

How are you this week, Perry?

I'm good.

The foster cats that we have are finally coming out from under the bed

Although they're very strange they stay under the bed like all day and then at night time they come out and they'll pay attention to us and for like 10 minutes and then they go in the

basement so. But then the one cat lays on top of the other guy. There's an entire house

they have full rain but they have to lay on top of each other.

I don't get it, but they sure like each other.

Oh, that's so interesting.

And how's the weather in Chicago?

The weather is not bad. I mean we got into the 40s so that's better than you know

negative 11 Celsius which it was earlier. Yeah last week So yeah, makes for better running. It has been a super dry winter, at least in Los Angeles. It has. I've been looking at my skin I look like an alligator.

Really? You don't look like it on video here but...

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