Hello everyone this is Perry and I just wanted to break in here and

apologize for the sound quality of today's show

apparently my microphone wasn't working great and I had to do a little audio magic to get it to work but I thought it was important for us to get a show out and I think it's all right to listen to we'll have better quality next show and have a happy new year.

So on with the show.

Hi, I'm Perry and you're listening to the Beauty Brains. Welcome to the Beauty Brains, a show where real cosmetic chemists to answer your beauty product questions and give you an insider's look at the cosmetic industry.

This is episode 323 and that is a palindrome.

I love palindromes.

I'm your host Perry Romanowski and with me today is the lovely and talented Valerie George.

Hello Valerie. Hi Perry. lovely and talented Valerie George hello Valerie hi Perry on today's show you know this is the end of the year show so we're gonna only answer a few questions but we got lots to talk about like our predictions from last year, predictions for the

future, we got feedback and we're going to answer questions about what

ingredients are banned in cosmetics in the US? What does Petrolatum do for

hair and what are our favorite hair conditioning ingredients? But first a little

chit chat Valerie. This is a we're coming to the end of the year this year we are in fact if

you're listening to the show in the day it downloaded it's probably new years even

you're getting ready to celebrate 2023.

Exactly, well welcome to the new year.

But one of the things I'd like to do at the end of the year is to look back on the year

and see how you did.

So just think of the entire year and give it a grade. What would you grade

2022? I would give it a 10 for me. A 10.

It was a pretty great year.

Well, that is pretty good.

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