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 episode 267. I'm your host Valerie George and with me today is

Perry Romanoi. Hi Perry. Hi Perry. Hi Valerie so good to see you.

Great to see you Perry on today's show we're going to answer questions from our

listeners which include is the new metal detox technology something

revolutionary to protect hair? Who is there anything that can be done to get hair to grow thicker?

What's the difference between hair, moose, and hair gel?

Do you need to worry about kidney damage from products with the thoxy dye glycol?

Yeah. Can a hair conditioning treatment last as... with the thoxy dye glycol? Yikes!

Can a hair conditioning treatment last as long as four months?

Whoa, a hair loaded episode.

Yeah, this episode sounds like it's going to be pretty hairy.

Well, that's a perfect segue into our name, Chit-chat.

Have you ever a good week?

How's it been going?

Things here in Chicago are nice.

I gave a talk this week for the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Connecticut chapter.

Was it about cats?

Yeah, could you imagine?

What if I gave a talk about cat hair? I could. But, you know, I've given a couple

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