Hi, I'm Perry, and you're listening to the beauty brains a show where real cosmetic

chemists answer your beauty product questions and give you an

insiders look at the cosmetic industry.

This is episode 333 and that's a palindrome.

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

Hello Valerie.

Hi Perry. We could play where is Valerie now because you're

not in California are you? No I'm in Kansas. Well thank you for taking the time out of your busy traveling schedule to record today because on today's show

We're gonna be answering lots of fabulous questions sent in from our listeners and Patreon donors including our products marketed for babies

different than ones marketed for adults will layering products reduce the effectiveness of AHAs?

Does H-O-R-C-S dry out your skin?

What's the difference between Differin-Gell and Tretin-O-N and, what the heck is nanoplasty but first Valerie Kansas what's going

on in Kansas well technically I'm in Missouri but Kansas City Missouri and I'm going

back and forth between Kansas.

My ancestral homeland, my mom's side of the family portion of it, actually settled in Kansas

back when it wasn't even a state so pre-statehood.

They came down here. Yeah, pretty cool, huh? But anyway, I'm actually in Missouri,

just a couple miles from Kansas, and I'm at a show called the

Hand Crafted Soap and Cosmetics Guild Annual Convention. You and I were at the

Canadian version together. This is the American version.

Oh, well, that's fun. Yeah, and I'm getting to see familiar faces. I actually

just found out from one of my customers. I met them last year at the show. They came back this year. They said

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