Hi, I'm Perry, and you're listening to the Beauty Brains. Hello and

welcome to the Beauty Burying is a show where real cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions

and give you an insiders look at the cosmetic industry.

This is episode 245.

I'm your host Perry Romanowski

and with me today all the way from sunny or not so sunny California,

Valerie George. Hello Valerie.

Hi Perry, it's still sunny here.

Oh yeah, well it's not sunny here, it's cold, it's gray, it's chilly here, I have to say. However, that's not going to stop us because on today's show we've got lots of questions and lots of answers. Today we're going to talk to you about whether silicones and proteins are any good in hair

products, whether you need to use the same amount of sunscreen in the winter as you do in

the summer. If color preserving shampoos and conditioners work, how long rednol products can last and

whether you can freeze them to make them last longer.

And finally, do perfumes smell different on different people.

But before we get to that, let's do some of our patented,

or not so patented, in-name chit-chat.

Our signature chit-chat.

That's that's better than calling it in name.

Valerie, it's been a little while last week were the holidays. How did that go for you?

We took a break from recording,

but we still were able to give our fans

some of our best questions in an episode.

But it was really nice to relax.

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