I am Perry and you're listening to the Beauty Brains. Hello and welcome 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 is episode 297. I'm your host Perry

Romanowski and with me today is Valerie George. Hello Valerie. Hi Perry.

So good to see you today and on today's show we are going to answer a bunch of questions, including,

how would a US citizen get a sunscreen from outside the US?

Recommendations on non-pilling Vitamin C products. Why is a

foundation considered a hazmat product? Is Curlsmith a less expensive

version of Oleplex and can you believe the claims of YouTube

germs telling you that sunscreen may be causing your hair loss? Wow no way!

It is amazing and we'll get to that one.

But first, Valerie, how are you today?

I'm doing great just here in my new lab that I'm building out now that I am consulting and need a space to do formulation so it's just

in a little nook of my ingredient warehouse that I have and so you got to get a

you got to get mixing equipment and beakers and all that stuff?

Yeah I have a lot of that stuff here.

Mr. cosmetic chemist wasn't too happy with me when a truck with two incubators

showed up on pallets necessary for stability testing.

But nonetheless he helped me unpack them.

The space is a, you know, it's in an interesting neighborhood in LA.

It's in a neighborhood where there's a lot of other manufacturers around.

You can't even look without seeing another manufacturer.

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