Hi, I'm Perry, and you're listening to the Beauty Brains, a show where real cosmetic chemists give you an

insider's look at the cosmetic industry and we answer your beauty product questions. This is

episode 300. I'm your host Perry Romanozky and with me today is Valerie

George. Hello Valerie. Hi Perry, I can't believe we're at episode 300.

Yeah, it is amazing.

How many other podcasts have 300 episodes?

Not that many, I must say. At least about beauty. Yeah exactly and

on today's show we're going to be covering questions about what's the difference

between ethyl-ascorbic ethyl ascorbic acid and

ascorbic acid is retinol retinoeate a gimmick do skin care lines add self

tanners to their products to produce that glowing skin look?

Does the Aqueous Prime Hair System really protect hair from damage?

And is it true that the majority of hair color manufacturers are located in a small town in Italy, but first,

some name Chit-chat and I'm looking at you Valerie and your hair is very curly today.

What's going on there? I am in Florida and surprisingly it's not too curly because there's not a lot of

humidity in the air. I imagine if there were it would be a whole lot curlier but there's a little bit so I'm here with my

lion's mane. Oh yeah it's well it's so it's very wavy it looks good. Yeah thanks I am here

because I am speaking at a show in Miami called Smart Lab, and it's a show for

R&D professionals and I am doing a talk about lab culture and building high performing teams.

Wow, that is amazing, very cool.

Yeah.

How long are you going to be in Florida?

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